110 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 10

tam vande gaura-jaladam
svasya yo darsanamrtaih

vicchedavagraha-mlana-
bhakta-sasyany ajivayat

SYNONYMS

tam—unto Him; vande—I offer my respectful obeisances; gaura—Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu; jala-dam—rain cloud; svasya—of Himself; yah—He who; darsana-
amrtaih—by the nectar of the audience; viccheda—because of separation;
avagraha—scarcity of rain; mlana—morose, dried up; bhakta—devotees;
sasyani—food grains; ajivayat —saved.

TRANSLATION

| offer my réspectful obeisances unto Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who is
compared to a cloud that pours water on fields of grain, which are like devo-
tees suffering due to a shortage of rain. Separation from Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu is like a drought, but when the Lord returns, His presence is like
a nectarean rain that falls on all the grains and saves them from perishing.

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jaya jaya Sri-caitanya jaya nityananda
jayadvaita-candra jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda

SYNONYMS
jaya jaya—all glories; sri-caitanya—to Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; jaya—all
glories; nityananda—to Nityananda Prabhu; jaya—all glories; advaita-candra—to
Advaita Acarya; jaya—all glories; gaura-bhakta-vrndra—to all the devotees of Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

TRANSLATION

All glories to Lord Caitanya. All glories to Nityananda. All glories to
Advaitacandra. And all glories to all the devotees of Lord Caitanya.

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