kalau yaá¹ vidvÄá¹saḥ sphuá¹­am abhiyajante dyuti-bharÄd
akṛṣṇÄá¹…gaá¹ kṛṣṇaá¹ makha-vidhibhir utkÄ«rtana-mayaiḥ
upÄsyaá¹ ca prÄhur yam akhila-caturthÄÅ›rama-juá¹£Äá¹
sa devaÅ› caitanyÄká¹›tir atitarÄá¹ naḥ ká¹›payatu

 kalau - in the Age of Kali; yam - Him whom; vidvÄá¹saḥ - the learned men; sphuá¹­am - clearly manifested; abhiyajante - worship; dyuti-bharÄt - due to an abundance of bodily luster; akṛṣṇa-aá¹…gam - whose body is not blackish; kṛṣṇam - Lord Kṛṣṇa; makha-vidhibhiḥ - by the performances of sacrifice; utkÄ«rtana-mayaiḥ - consisting of loud chanting of the holy name; upÄsyam - worshipable object; ca - and; prÄhuḥ - they said; yam - whom; akhila - all; caturtha-ÄÅ›rama-juá¹£Äm - of those who are in the fourth order of life (sannyÄsa); saḥ - He; devaḥ - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; caitanya-Äká¹›tiḥ - having the form of Lord Caitanya MahÄprabhu; atitarÄm - excessively; naḥ - unto us; ká¹›payatu - let Him show His mercy.


Text

“By performing the sacrifice of congregational chanting of the holy name, learned scholars in the Age of Kali worship Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is now nonblackish because of the great upsurge of the feelings of ÅšrÄ«matÄ« RÄdhÄrÄṇī. He is the only worshipable Deity for the paramahaá¹sas, who have attained the highest stage of the fourth order [sannyÄsa]. May that Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Caitanya, show us His great causeless mercy.â€

Purport

This verse is DvitÄ«ya ÅšrÄ« CaitanyÄṣṭaka 1, from the Stava-mÄlÄ of ÅšrÄ«la RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ«.