426 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta ([Madhya-lila, Ch. 22
pati-putra-suhrd-bhratr-
pitrvan mitravad dharim
ye dhydyanti sadodyuktas
tebhyo ‘piha namo namah
SYNONYMS
pati—a husband; putra—a son; suhrt—a friend; bhratr—a brother; pitr—a
father; vat—like; mitra—an intimate friend; vat—like; harim—on the Supreme
Personality of Godhead; ye—all those who; dhydyanti—meditate; sada—always;
udyuktah —full of eagerness; tebhyah—unto them; api—also; iha—here; namah
namah—repeated respectful obeisances.
TRANSLATION
‘Let me offer my respectful obeisances again and again to those who al-
ways eagerly meditate upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead as a hus-
band, son, friend, brother, father or intimate friend.’
PURPORT
This verse appears in the Bhakti-rasdmrta-sindhu (1.2.308).
TEXT 164
OR TS SCA CAA AN A-SLS |
FHA aL Sia Griora ‘ANS’  sws ti
ei mata kare yeba raganuga-bhakti
krsnera carane tanra upajaya ‘priti’
SYNONYMS
ei mata—in this way; kare—executes; yeba—anyone who; raganuga-bhakti —
spontaneous devotional service to Krsna; krsmera carane—to the lotus feet of
Krsna; taénira—his; upajaya—awakens; priti—affection.
TRANSLATION
“If one engages in spontaneous loving service to the Lord, his affection at
the lotus feet of Krsna gradually increases.
TEXT 165
Asrgca ‘als’, ‘Sta—ay ge ara
Bel CATs aay BH Hestaig i sve i
