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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-līlā, Ch. 1]
TRANSLATION
Even a person with no knowledge can immediately acquire all knowledge simply by the benediction of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Therefore I am praying to the Lord for His causeless mercy upon me.
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বন্দে শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য-নিত্যানন্দে সহোদিতৌ । গৌড়োদয়ে পুষ্পবন্তো চিত্রৌ শব্দৌ তমোনুদ্রৌ ॥
vande śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya- nityānandau sahoditau gauḍa-udaye puṣpavantau citrau śandau tamo-nudau
SYNONYMS
vande —I offer respectful obeisances;  śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya —to Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya;  nityānandau —and to Lord Nityānanda;  saha-uditau —simultaneously arisen;  gauḍa-udaye —on the eastern horizon of Gauḍa;  puṣpavantau —the sun and moon together;  citrau —wonderful;  śam-dau —bestowing benediction;  tamaḥ-nudau —dissipating darkness.
TRANSLATION
I offer my respectful obeisances unto Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda, who are like the sun and moon. They have arisen simultaneously on the horizon of Gauḍa to dissipate the darkness of ignorance and thus wonderfully bestow benediction upon all.
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জয়তাং স্বরতৌ পল্লোর্যম মন্দমতেগতী । মৎসর্বস্বপদান্তোজৌ রাধামদনমোহনৌ ॥ ৩ ॥
jayatāṁ suratau paṅgor mama manda-mater gatī mat-sarvasva-padāmbhojau rādhā-madana-mohanau