Ādi 9.1

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তং শ্রীমৎকৃষ্ণচৈতন্যদেবং বন্দে জগদ্‌গুরুম্ ।
যস্যানুকম্পয়া শ্বাপি মহাব্ধিং সন্তরেৎ সুখম্ ॥ ১ ॥

tam srimat-krsna-caitanya-devam vande jagad-gurum

yasyanukampaya svapi mahabdhim santaret sukham

SYNONYMS

tam-unto Him; srimat-with all opulence; krsna-caitanya-devam-unto Lord Krsna Caitanyadeva; vande-I offer obeisances; jagat-gurum-spiritual master of the world; yasya-whose; anukampaya-by the mercy of; sva api-even a dog; maha-abdhim-great ocean; santaret-can swim; sukham-without difficulty.

TRANSLATION

Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the spiritual master of the entire world, Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, by whose mercy even a dog can swim across a great ocean.

PURPORT

Sometimes it is to be seen that a dog can swim in the water for a few yards and then come back to the shore. Here, however, it is stated that if a dog is blessed by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he can swim across an ocean. Similarly, the author of Caitanya-caritamrta, Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, placing himself in a helpless condition, states that he has no personal power, but by the desire of Lord Caitanya, expressed through the Vaisnavas and Madana-mohana vigraha, it is possible for him to cross a transcendental ocean to present Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta.

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