3.1

sri-caitanya-prabhum vande

yat-padasraya-viryatah

sangrhnaty akara-vratad

ajnah siddhanta-san-manin

SYNONYMS

sri-caitanya-prabhum—to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; vande—I offer my respectful obeisances; yat—of whom; pada-asraya—of the shelter of the lotus feet; viryatah—from the power; sangrhnati—collects; akara-vratat—from the multitude of mines in the form of scriptures; ajnah—a fool; siddhanta—of conclusion; sat-manin—the best jewels.

I offer my respectful obeisances to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

By the potency of the shelter of His lotus feet, even a fool can collect the valuable jewels of conclusive truth from the mines of the revealed scriptures.