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  • śry-advaita namas tubhyaṁ kali-jana-kṛpā-nidhe |
    gaura-prema-pradānāya śrī-sītā-pataye namaḥ ||
    (Unknown source)

    “O Śrī Advaita!
    Obeisance and obeisance unto you,
    The ocean of grace for the people of Kali,
    The bestower of prema for Gaura,
    The husband of Śrī Sītā.”

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  • sad-bhaktāli-niṣevitāṅghri-kamalaṁ kundendu-śuklāmbaraṁ
    śuddha-svarṇa-ruciṁ subāhu-yugalaṁ smerānanaṁ sundaram |
    śrī-caitanya-dṛśaṁ varābhaya-karaṁ premāṅga-bhūṣāñcitam
    advaitaṁ satataṁ smarāmi paramānandaika-kandaṁ prabhum ||
    (Gaura-govindārcana-smaraṇa-paddhati: 51; cited in Sādhanāmṛta-candrikā: 2.13)

    “The lotuses of his feet served by the bees of pure bhaktas,
    His cloth kunda and moon white,
    His luster pure gold,
    His arms superlative,
    His smiling face beautiful,
    His sight on Śrī Caitanya,
    His hands in [the mudrās of] benediction and refuge,
    His figure adorned with the ornaments of prema—
    I continuously meditate on Advaita Prabhu, the sole root of the highest bliss.”

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  • nistāritāśeṣa-janaṁ dayāluṁ
    premāmṛtābdhau parimagna-cittam |
    caitanya-candrādṛtam arcitaṁ tam
    advaita-candraṁ śirasā namāmi ||
    (Gaura-govindārcana-smaraṇa-paddhati: 22)

    “I offer obeisance with my head unto him, Advaitacandra, the gracious deliverer of countless persons, whose heart is completely submerged in the ocean of the nectar of prema, and who is honored and worshipped by Caitanyacandra.”

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  • advaita te karuṇayā praṇayāvalokaiḥ
    ke vābhavan na hi śacī-tanayasya dāsāḥ |
    premāmbudhau ca sahasā bata ke na magnā
    āśāpi no bhavati me bata kiṁ bravīmi ||
    (Sādhanāmṛta-candrikā: 1.10)

    “O Advaita! Who by your compassion and glances of love has not become a servant of the son of Śacī? Bata! And who has not fortunately become submerged in the ocean of prema? I [however] don’t have even hope. Bata! What shall I say?”

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  • yena śrī-harir īśvaraḥ prakaṭayāñ cakre kalau rādhayā
    premṇā yena maheśvareṇa sakalaṁ premāmbudhau plāvitam |
    viśvaṁ viśva-prakāśi-kīrtim atulaṁ taṁ dīna-bandhuṁ prabhum
    advaitaṁ satataṁ namāmi hariṇādvaitaṁ hi sarvārthadam ||
    (Sādhanāmṛta-candrikā: 1.10)

    “He by whom Īśvara Śrī Hari was manifested with Rādhā in [the Age of] Kali, the Maheśvara by whose prema the entire world became flooded in an ocean of prema, he whose glory manifest throughout the world is unparalleled—I continuously offer obeisance unto him, the friend of the humble and bestower of all arthas, Advaita Prabhu, who is non-different (“advaita”) from Hari.”

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  • advaitaṁ hariṇādvaitād ācāryaṁ bhakti-śaṁsanāt |
    bhaktāvatāram īśaṁ tam advaitācāryam āśraye ||
    (Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.1.13)

    “I take shelter in him, the bhaktāvatāra Lord Advaita Ācārya, who is [known as] ‘Advaita’ because he is non-different (“advaita”) from Hari and [known as] ‘Ācārya’ because he teaches bhakti.”

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