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caitanyacandra-caritāmṛta-śuddha-sindhu

caitanyacandra-caritāmṛta-śuddha-sindhu-
vṛndāvanīya-surasormi-samun-nimagnāḥ |
ye vai jagan nija-guṇaiḥ svayam āpunanti
tān vaiṣṇavāṁś ca hari-nāma-parān namāmi ||
(Sādhanāmṛta-candrikā: 1.38)

“I offer obeisance to them,
The Vaiṣṇavas,
Who are devoted to Hari’s name,
Who personally purify the universe
With their own qualities,
And who are joyfully immersed
In the waves of the excellent rasa of Vṛndāvana
Within the pure ocean of the nectar
Of Caitanyacandra’s līlā.”

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siṁhāsanasya madhye śrī-gaura-kṛṣṇaṁ smaret tataḥ

siṁhāsanasya madhye śrī-gaura-kṛṣṇaṁ smaret tataḥ |
dakṣiṇe baladevaṁ śrī-nityānanda-suvigraham ||
vāme gadādharaṁ devam ānanda-śakti-vigraham |
devasyāgre karṇikāyām advaitaṁ viśva-pāvanam ||
tad-dakṣiṇe bhakta-varyaṁ śrīvāsaṁ chatra-hastakam |
caturdikṣu mahānandamayaṁ bhakta-gaṇaṁ tathā ||
(Caitanyārcana-candrikā; cited in Sādhanāmṛta-candrikā: 2.8)

“Remember Śrī Gaurakṛṣṇa upon the siṁhāsana, and then on the right [of him] the fine figure of Śrī Nityānanda, who is Baladeva [himself], on the left [of Gaurakṛṣṇa] Gadādharadeva, the figure of the ānanda-śakti, in front of Deva [i.e., Gaurakṛṣṇa] in the whorl Advaita, the purifier of the universe, to his [i.e., Advaita’s] right the foremost of the bhaktas, Śrīvāsa, holding a parasol in hand, and in the four directions bhaktas full of great bliss.”

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mahāprabhu nityānanda do̐hāra dāsera dāsa

mahāprabhu nityānanda do̐hāra dāsera dāsa |
yāre kṛpā kare, tāra ihāte viśvāsa ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 3.19.109)

“One upon whom Mahāprabhu, Nityānanda, and a servant of their servants bestow grace can have faith in this [i.e., in the extraordinary līlā of Śrīman Mahāprabhu].”

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