Ādi 8.1

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

vande caitanya-devam tam bhagavantam yad-icchaya

prasabham nartyate citram lekharaṅge jado 'py ayam

SYNONYMS

vande-I offer my respectful obeisances; caitanya-devam-unto Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tam-Him; bhagavantam-the Personality of Godhead; yat-icchaya-by whose desires; prasabham-all of a sudden; nartyate-dancing; citram-wonderfully; lekharaṅge-in the matter of writing; jadah-dull fool; api-although; ayam-this.

TRANSLATION

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

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