Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu Jive Doya Kori

śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu jīve doyā kori’ swa-pārṣada swīya dhāma saha avatari’

Out of compassion for the fallen souls, Sri Krisna Caitanya came to this world with His personal associates and divine abode...

atyanta durlabha prema koribāre dāna śikhāya śaraṇāgati bhakatera prāna

...to teach saranagati, surrender to the almighty Godhead, and to freely distribute ecstatic love of God, which is ordinarily very difficult to obtain. This saranagati is the very life of the true devotee.

dainya, ātma-nivedana, goptṛtve varaṇa ‘avaśya rakṣībe kṛṣṇa’—viśvāsa, pālana

The ways of saranagati are humility, dedication of the self, acceptance of the Lord as one’s only maintainer, faith that Krishna will surely protect,...

bhakti-anukūla-mātra kāryera svīkara bhakti-pratikūla-bhāva varjanāńgikāra

...execution of only those acts favorable to pure devotion, and renunciation of conduct adverse to pure devotion.

ṣaḍ-ańga śaraṇāgati hoibe jāhāra tāhāra prārthanā śune śrī-nanda-kumāra

The youthful son of Nanda Maharaja, Sri Krishna, hears the prayers of anyone who takes refuge in Him by this six-fold practice.

rūpa-sanātana-pade dante tṛṇa kori’ bhakativinoda poḍe duhuń pada dhori’

Bhaktivinoda places a straw between his teeth, prostrates himself before the two Goswamis, Sri Rupa and Sri Sanatana, and grasp their lotus feet with his hands.

kāńdiyā kāńdiyā bole āmi to’ adhama śikhāye śaraṇāgati koro he uttama

“I am certainly the lowest of men.” he tells them weeping, “but please make me the best of men by teaching me the ways of saranagati”