8.4
jaya jaya srivasadi yata bhakta-gana
pranata ha-iya vandon sabara carana
SYNONYMS
jaya jaya—all glories; srivasa-adi—unto Srivasa Thakura, etc.; yata—all; bhakta-gana—devotees; pranata—offering obeisances; ha-iya—doing so; vandon—I pray; sabara—all; carana—lotus feet.
Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Srivasa Thakura and all other devotees of the Lord.
I fall down to offer them respect.
I worship their lotus feet.
PURPORT
Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami teaches us first to offer respect to the Panca-tattva-Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Nityananda Prabhu, Advaita Prabhu, Gadadhara Prabhu and Srivasa and other devotees.
We must strictly follow the principle of offering our respects to the Panca-tattva, as summarized in the mantra sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu-nityananda sri-advaita gadadhara srivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda.
At the beginning of every function in preaching, especially before chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra-Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare-we must chant the Panca-tattva’s names and offer our respects to them.