288 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila, Ch. 11

SYNONYMS
suni’—hearing; givananda-sena—Sivananda Sena; prema-avista haia—becom-
ing absorbed in pure love; dandavat hafid—offering obeisances; pade—falls
down; sloka—a verse; padiya—reciting.

TRANSLATION

Immediately upon hearing this, Sivananda Sena became absorbed in
ecstatic love and fell down on the ground, offering obeisances to the Lord. He
then began to recite the following verse.

TEXT 151

fARHcSRAAs Satfarwoaty cy FAaMahy Aas |
wath Tae Sta fartr la] iH PAWL RAAT Ide o4

nimajjato ‘nanta bhavarnavantas
ciraya me kilam ivasi labdhah

tvaydpi labdharn bhagavann idanim
anuttamam patram ida dayayah

SYNONYMS

nimajjatah —being immersed; ananta—O unlimited one; bhava-arnava-antah—
within the ocean of nescience; ciraya—after a long time; me—of me; kdlam—
the shore; iva—like; asi—You are; labdhah—obtained; tvaya—by You; api—also;
labdham—has been gained; bhagavan—O my Lord; idanim—now; anuttamam—
the best; patram—candidate; idam—this; dayayah—for showing Your mercy.

TRANSLATION

“O my Lord! O unlimited one! Although | was merged in the ocean of ne-
science, | have now, after a long time, attained You, just as one may attain the
seashore. My dear Lord, by getting me, You have obtained the right person
upon whom to bestow Your causeless mercy.”

PURPORT

This is a verse composed by Alabandaru Yamundacarya. One's relationship with
the Supreme Personality of Godhead may be reestablished even after one has
fallen into the ocean of nescience, which is the ocean of material existence in-
volving the repetition of birth, death, old age and disease, all arising out of the ac-
ceptance of the material body. There are 8,400,000 species of material life, but in
the human body one attains a chance to get release from the repetition of birth
and death. When one becomes the Lord’s devotee, he is rescued from this
