24.1
atmarameti padyarkasy-
arthamsun yah prakasayan
jagat-tamo jaharavyat
sa caitanyodayacalah
SYNONYMS
atmarama-iti—beginning with the word atmarama; padya—verse; arkasya—of the sunlike; artha-amsun—the shining rays of different meanings; yah—who; prakasayan—manifesting; jagat-tamah—the darkness of the material world; jahara—eradicated; avyat—may protect; sah—He; caitanya-udaya-acalah—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who is like the eastern horizon, where the sun rises.
May Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu be glorified.
It was He who acted as the eastern horizon where the sun of the atmarama verse rises and manifests its rays in the form of different meanings and thus eradicates the darkness of the material world.
May He protect the universe.