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chota bada bhakta-gana, vandon sabara sri-carana, sabe more karaha santosa
svarupa-gosanira mata, rupa-raghunatha jane yata, tai likhi’ nahi mora dosa
SYNONYMS
chota—small; bada—great; bhakta-gana—devotees; vandon—I worship; sabara—all of them; sri-carana—the lotus feet; sabe—all of you; more—unto me; karaha—please do; santosa—satisfaction; svarupa-gosanira mata—the view of Svarupa Damodara Gosvami; rupa-raghunatha—Rupa and Raghunatha; jane—know; yata—all; tai—that; likhi’-writing; nahi—there is not; mora—my; dosa—fault.
I worship herewith the lotus feet of all kinds of devotees, both advanced and neophyte.
I request all of them to be satisfied with me.
I am faultless because I have written herein whatever I have understood from Svarupa Damodara Gosvami and Rupa and Raghunatha dasa Gosvamis.
I have neither added to nor subtracted from their version.
PURPORT
According to Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, there are three kinds of devotees, known as bhajana-vijna (experts in devotional service), bhajana-sila (devotees engaged in devotional service), and krsna-name diksita krsna-nama-kari (initiated devotees engaged in chanting).
The author of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta begs the mercy of all these devotees and asks them to be pleased with him.
He says, “Let the neophyte devotees-the devotees who are very expert in arguing though they have no sense of advanced devotional service, who think themselves very advanced because they imitate some smarta-brahmana-let such devotees not be displeased with me, thinking that I have committed errors in this regard.
I beg their pardon with great humility, but I am submitting that I personally have no desire to add or subtract anything.
I have only written what I have heard in the disciplic succession because I am dedicated to the lotus feet of previous acaryas like Svarupa Damodara, Raghunatha dasa Gosvami and Rupa Gosvami.