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 TEXT 4 
jaya jaya srivasadi yata bhakta-gana 
pranata ha-iya vandon sabara carana 
SYNONYMS 
jaya jayaall glories; srivasa-adiunto Srivasa Thakura, etc.; yataall; bhakta-ganadevotees; pranataoffering obeisances; ha-iyadoing so; vandonI pray; sabaraall; caranalotus feet. 
TRANSLATION 
Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Srivasa Thakura and all other devotees of the Lord. I fall down to offer them respect. I worship their lotus feet. 
PURPORT 
Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami teaches us first to offer respect to the Panca-tattva-Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Nityananda Prabhu, Advaita Prabhu, Gadadhara Prabhu and Srivasa and other devotees. We must strictly follow the principle of offering our respects to the Panca-tattva, as summarized in the mantra sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu-nityananda sri-advaita gadadhara srivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda. At the beginning of every function in preaching, especially before chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra-Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare-we must chant the Panca-tattva's names and offer our respects to them. 
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