Text 254] The Liberation of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya 341

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GIG cater aly’ iw fefeoml coer |
foras cafe Sz Ha GS BCD CAAT ACO MI

prabhu sloka padi’ patra chindiya phelila
bhittye dekhi’ bhakta saba sloka kanthe kaila

SYNONYMS

prabhu—the Lord; sloka—verses; padi’—reading; patra—the palm leaf; chin-
diy4—tearing to pieces; phelila—threw; bhittye—on the outside wall; dekhi’—
seeing; bhakta—the devotees; saba—all; sloka—verses; kanthe—within the
neck; kaila—kept.

TRANSLATION

As soon as Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu read the two verses, He immediately
tore up the palm leaf. However, all the devotees read these verses on the out-
side wall, and they all kept them within their hearts. The verses read as
follows.

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Caatas-faar- fre-sfecats-feretlca ss ees Yass |
Fpetowmsaaeta FrryeTaAys aiicy tres |

vairdgya-vidya-nija- bhakti- yoga-
siksartham ekah purusah puranah

sri-krsna-caitanya-sarira-dhari
krpambudhir yas tam aham prapadye

SYNONYMS

vairagya—detachment from everything that does not help develop Krsna con-
sciousness; vidya—knowledge; nija—own; bhakti- yoga—devotional service;
siksd-artham —just to instruct; ekah—the single person; purusah—the Supreme
Person; puranah—very old, or eternal; sri-krsma-caitanya—of Lord Sri Krsna
Caitanya Mahaprabhu; Sarira-dhari—accepting the body; krpa-ambudhih—the
ocean of transcendental mercy; yah—who; tam—unto Him; aham—l; _pra-
padye—surrender.

TRANSLATION

“Let me take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna, who
has descended in the form of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu to teach us real
