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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Adi 1.2
nityanandau sahoditau
gaudodaye puspavantau
SYNONYMS
vande -- I offer respectful obeisances; sri-krsna-caitanya -- to Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya; nityanandau -- and to Lord Nityananda; saha-uditau -- simultaneously arisen; gauda-udaye -- on the eastern horizon of Gauda; puspavantau -- the sun and moon together; citrau -- wonderful; sam-dau -- bestowing benediction; tamah-nudau -- dissipating darkness.
TRANSLATION
I offer my respectful obeisances unto Sri Krsna Caitanya and Lord Nityananda, who are like the sun and moon. They have arisen simultaneously on the horizon of Gauda to dissipate the darkness of ignorance and thus wonderfully bestow benediction upon all.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness