Adi-lila, Chapter 8 159
TEXT 4

og os Maniht as Sevsie |
She EBA AW Hata Sas 8 0

jaya jaya Srivasadi yata bhakta-gana
pranata ha-iya vandoh sabara carana

SYNONYMS

jaya jaya—all glories; srivasa-adi—unto Srivasa Thakura, etc.; yata—all; bhakta-
gana—devotees; pranata—offering obeisances; ha-iya-doing so; vandoh—| pray;
sabara—all; carana—lotus feet.

TRANSLATION

Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Srivasa Thakura and all other devotees
of the Lord. | fall down to offer them respect. | worship their lotus feet.

PURPORT

Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami teaches us first to offer respect to the Pafica-tattva—
Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Nityananda Prabhu, Advaita Prabhu, Gadadhara
Prabhu and Srivasa and other devotees. We must strictly follow the principle of
offering our respects to the Pafica-tattva, as summarized in the mantra—Ssri-krsna-
caitanya prabhu nityananda $ri-advaita gadadhara srivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda. At
the beginning of every function in preaching, especially before chanting the Hare
Krsna maha-mantra—Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama,
Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare—we must chant the Pajfica-tattva’s names and
offer our respects to them.

TEXT 5

ae Sfay Sea Sea TAC |
ote Fifa OCW, SW CHTY GatAICe Nc A

muka kavitva kare yan-sabara smarane
pangu giri langhe, andha dekhe tara-gane

SYNONYMS

muka—dumb; kavitva—poet; kare—becomes; yari—whose; sabara—all; smarane—
by remembering; pafigu—the lame; gir/—mountains; /anghe—crosses; andha—blind;
dekhe—sees; tarad-gane—the stars.
