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Šri Caitanya-caritāmrta
[[Madhya-lilā. Ch. 6
knowledge, His devotional service and detachment from whatever does not foster Krșna consciousness. He has descended because He is an ocean of transcendental mercy. Let me surrender unto His lotus feet.
PURPORT
This verse and the following verse are included in the  Caitanya-candrodaya-nātaka  (6.74), by Śrī Kavi-karnapura.
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কালাম্লষ্টং ভক্তিযোগং নিজং য: প্রাত্ন্কৃত্ ং কৃষ্ণচৈত্য্যনাম। । আবিভূত্তস্ত্য পাদারবিন্দে গাঢ়ং গাঢ়ং লীয়তাং চিত্তভূদ্গ: ॥ ২৫৫ ॥
kālān naṣṭaṁ bhakti-yogaṁ nijaṁ yaḥ prāduṣkartuṁ kṛṣṇa-caitanya-nāmā āvirbhūtas tasya pādāravinde gāḍhaṁ gāḍhaṁ līyatāṁ citta-bhṛṅgaḥ
SYNONYMS
kālāt —from misuse of material propensities and attachment to fruitive activities and speculative knowledge over the course of time;  naṣṭam —destroyed;  bhakti-yogam —the science of devotional service;  nijam —which is applicable to Him only;  yaḥ —one who;  prāduṣkartum —to revive;  kṛṣṇa-caitanya-nāmā —named Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  āvirbhūtaḥ —who has appeared;  tasya —His;  pāda-aravinde —in the lotus feet;  gāḍham gāḍham —very deeply;  līyatām —let it be merged;  citta-bhṛṅgaḥ —my consciousness, like a honeybee.
TRANSLATION
“Let my consciousness, which is like a honeybee, take shelter of the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has just now appeared as Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu to teach the ancient system of devotional service to Himself. This system had almost been lost due to the influence of time.”
PURPORT
As stated in  Bhagavad-gitā: :
yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata