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| Adi-lila | Chapter 9: The Desire Tree of Devotional Service |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Adi 9.1
yasyanukampaya svapi
SYNONYMS
tam -- unto Him; srimat -- with all opulence; krsna-caitanya-devam -- unto Lord Krsna Caitanyadeva; vande -- I offer obeisances; jagat-gurum -- spiritual master of the world; yasya -- whose; anukampaya -- by the mercy of; sva api -- even a dog; maha-abdhim -- great ocean; santaret -- can swim; sukham -- without difficulty.
TRANSLATION
Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the spiritual master of the entire world, Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, by whose mercy even a dog can swim across a great ocean.
PURPORT
Sometimes it is to be seen that a dog can swim in the water for a few yards and then come back to the shore. Here, however, it is stated that if a dog is blessed by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he can swim across an ocean. Similarly, the author of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, placing himself in a helpless condition, states that he has no personal power, but by the desire of Lord Caitanya, expressed through the Vaisnavas and the Madana-mohana vigraha, it is possible for him to cross a transcendental ocean to present Sri Caitanya-caritamrta.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness