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CC Madhya 21.1

Bengali

অগত্যেকগতিং নত্বা হীনার্থাধিকসাধকম্‌ ।
শ্রীচৈতন্যং লিখাম্যস্য মাধুর্যৈশ্বর্য-শীকরম্‌ ॥ ১ ॥

Text

agaty-eka-gatiṁ natvā
hīnārthādhika-sādhakam
śrī-caitanyaṁ likhāmy asya
mādhuryaiśvarya-śīkaram

Synonyms

agati-eka-gatim — to the only shelter for the conditioned souls who do not know the goal of life; natvā — offering obeisances; hīna-artha — of the necessities of the conditioned souls, who are poor in spiritual knowledge; adhika — increase; sādhakam — bringing about; śrī-caitanyam — unto Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; likhāmi — I am writing; asya — of Him; mādhurya-aiśvarya — of the sweetness and opulence; śīkaram — a small portion.

Translation

Offering my obeisances unto Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, let me describe a particle of His opulence and sweetness. He is most valuable for a fallen conditioned soul bereft of spiritual knowledge, and He is the only shelter for those who do not know the real goal of life.