Å›rÄ«-caitanya-nityÄnanda, ÄcÄrya advaitacandra,
svarÅ«pa-rÅ«pa-raghunÄthadÄsa
iá¹…hÄ-sabÄra Å›rÄ«-caraṇa, Å›ire vandi nija-dhana,
janma-lÄ«lÄ gÄila kṛṣṇadÄsa
Å›rÄ«-caitanya-nityÄnanda - Lord ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu and NityÄnanda Prabhu; ÄcÄrya advaitacandra - Ä€cÄrya ÅšrÄ« Advaitacandra; svarÅ«pa-rÅ«pa-raghunÄthadÄsa - SvarÅ«pa DÄmodara, RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ« and RaghunÄtha dÄsa GosvÄmÄ«; iá¹…hÄ-sabÄra - of all of them; Å›rÄ«-caraṇa - the lotus feet; Å›ire - on the head; vandi - offering respect; nija-dhana - personal property; janma-lÄ«lÄ - narration of the birth; gÄila - sang; kṛṣṇadÄsa - KṛṣṇadÄsa KavirÄja GosvÄmÄ«.
Taking on my head as my own property the lotus feet of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu, NityÄnanda Prabhu, Ä€cÄrya Advaitacandra, SvarÅ«pa DÄmodara, RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ« and RaghunÄtha dÄsa GosvÄmÄ«, I, KṛṣṇadÄsa KavirÄja GosvÄmÄ«, have thus described the advent of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu.
ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu, NityÄnanda, Advaita Prabhu, SvarÅ«pa DÄmodara, RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ«, RaghunÄtha dÄsa and their followers are all accepted by KṛṣṇadÄsa KavirÄja GosvÄmÄ«. Anyone who follows in the footsteps of KavirÄja GosvÄmÄ« also accepts the lotus feet of the above-mentioned lords as his personal property. For a materialistic person, material wealth and opulence are only illusory. Actually they are not possessions but entanglements because by enjoying the material world a conditioned soul becomes more and more entangled by incurring debts for his present enjoyment. Unfortunately, a conditioned soul considers property for which he is in debt to be his own, and he is very busy acquiring such property. But a devotee considers such property not real property but simply an entanglement in the material world. If Lord Kṛṣṇa is very pleased with a devotee, He takes away his material property, as He states in ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam (10.88.8): yasyÄham anugá¹›hṇÄmi hariá¹£ye tad-dhanaá¹ Å›anaiḥ. “To show special favor to a devotee, I take away all his material property.†Similarly, Narottama dÄsa ṬhÄkura says:
dhana mora nityÄnanda, rÄdhÄ-kṛṣṇa-Å›rÄ«caraṇa
sei mora prÄṇadhana
“My real riches are NityÄnanda Prabhu and the lotus feet of ÅšrÄ« RÄdhÄ and Kṛṣṇa.†He further prays, “O Lord, kindly give me this opulence. I do not want anything but Your lotus feet as my property.†ŚrÄ«la Narottama dÄsa ṬhÄkura has sung in many places that his real property is the lotus feet of RÄdhÄ and Kṛṣṇa. Unfortunately, we are interested in unreal property and are neglecting our real property (adhane yatana kari’ dhana teyÄginu).
Sometimes smÄrtas consider RaghunÄtha dÄsa GosvÄmÄ« a śūdra. But KṛṣṇadÄsa KavirÄja GosvÄmÄ« here especially mentions svarÅ«pa-rÅ«pa-raghunÄthadÄsa. Therefore one who considers the lotus feet of RaghunÄtha dÄsa to be transcendental to all divisions of the caste system enjoys the riches of actual spiritual bliss.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to ÅšrÄ« Caitanya-caritÄmá¹›ta, Ä€di-lÄ«lÄ, thirteenth chapter, describing the advent of Lord ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu.
