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CC Ādi 8.1

Bengali

বন্দে চৈতন্যদেবং তং ভগবন্তং যদিচ্ছয়া ।
প্রসভং নর্ত্যতে চিত্রং লেখরঙ্গে জড়োঽপ্যয়ম্ ॥ ১ ॥

Text

vande caitanya-devaṁ taṁ
bhagavantaṁ yad-icchayā
prasabhaṁ nartyate citraṁ
lekha-raṅge jaḍo ’py ayam

Synonyms

vande — I offer my respectful obeisances; caitanya-devam — unto Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; tam — Him; bhagavantam — the Personality of Godhead; yat-icchayā — by whose desires; prasabham — all of a sudden; nartyate — dancing; citram — wonderfully; lekha-raṅge — in the matter of writing; jaḍaḥ — dull fool; api — although; ayam — this.

Translation

I offer my respects to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, by whose desire I have become like a dancing dog and suddenly taken to the writing of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, although I am a fool.