CC Madhya 8.1
Bengali
সঞ্চার্য রামাভিধ-ভক্তমেঘে
স্বভক্তিসিদ্ধান্তচয়ামৃতানি ।
গৌরাব্ধিরেতৈরমুনা বিতীর্ণৈ-
স্তজ্জ্ঞত্ব-রত্নালয়তাং প্রযাতি ॥ ১ ॥
স্বভক্তিসিদ্ধান্তচয়ামৃতানি ।
গৌরাব্ধিরেতৈরমুনা বিতীর্ণৈ-
স্তজ্জ্ঞত্ব-রত্নালয়তাং প্রযাতি ॥ ১ ॥
Verse text
sañcārya rāmābhidha-bhakta-meghe
sva-bhakti-siddhānta-cayāmṛtāni
gaurābdhir etair amunā vitīrṇais
taj-jñatva-ratnālayatāṁ prayāti
sva-bhakti-siddhānta-cayāmṛtāni
gaurābdhir etair amunā vitīrṇais
taj-jñatva-ratnālayatāṁ prayāti
Synonyms
sañcārya — by empowering; rāma-abhidha — of the name Rāma; bhakta-meghe — in the cloudlike devotee; sva-bhakti — of His own devotional service; siddhānta — of conclusions; caya — all collections; amṛtāni — nectar; gaura-abdhiḥ — the ocean known as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; etaiḥ — by these; amunā — by the cloud known as Rāmānanda Rāya; vitīrṇaiḥ — distributed; tat-jñatva — of knowledge of devotional service; ratna-ālayatām — the quality of being an ocean containing valuable jewels; prayāti — achieved.
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is known as Gaurāṅga, is the ocean of all conclusive knowledge in devotional service. He empowered Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya, who may be likened to a cloud of devotional service. This cloud was filled with the water of all the conclusive purports of devotional service and was empowered by the ocean to spread this water over the sea of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Himself. Thus the ocean of Caitanya Mahāprabhu became filled with the jewels of the knowledge of pure devotional service.