CC Adi 4.51

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 51

sureśānāṁ durgaṁ gatir atiśayenopaniṣadāṁ

munīnāṁ sarva-svaṁ praṇata-paṭalīnāṁ madhurimā

viniryāsaḥ premṇo nikhila-paśu-pālāmbuja-dṛśāṁ

sa caitanyaḥ kiṁ me punar api dṛśor yāsyati padam

SYNONYMS

sura-īśānām — of the kings of the demigods; durgam — fortress; gatiḥ — the goal; atiśayena — eminently; upaniṣadām — of the Upaniṣads; munīnām — of the sages; sarva-svam — the be-all and end-all; praṇata-paṭalīnām — of the groups of the devotees; madhurimā — the sweetness; viniryāsaḥ — the essence; premṇaḥ — of love; nikhila — all; paśu-pālā — of the cowherd women; ambuja-dṛśām — lotus-eyed; saḥ — He; caitanyaḥ — Lord Caitanya; kim — what; me — my; punaḥ — again; api — certainly; dṛśoḥ — of the two eyes; yāsyati — will come; padam — to the abode.

TRANSLATION

“Lord Caitanya is the shelter of the demigods, the goal of the Upaniṣads, the be-all and end-all of the great sages, the beautiful shelter of His devotees, and the essence of the love of the lotus-eyed gopīs. Will He again be the object of my vision?”

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