advaita ÄcÄrya, nityÄnanda, Å›rÄ«nivÄsa
gadÄdhara, dÄmodara, murÄri, haridÄsa
Ära yata caitanya-kṛṣṇera bhakta-gaṇa
bhakti-bhÄve Å›ire dhari sabÄra caraṇa
advaita ÄcÄrya - Advaita Ä€cÄrya; nityÄnanda - Lord NityÄnanda; Å›rÄ«nivÄsa - ÅšrÄ«vÄsa Paṇá¸ita; gadÄdhara - GadÄdhara Paṇá¸ita; dÄmodara - SvarÅ«pa DÄmodara; murÄri - MurÄri Gupta; haridÄsa - HaridÄsa ṬhÄkura; Ära - other; yata - all; caitanya-kṛṣṇera - of ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa Caitanya; bhakta-gaṇa - devotees; bhakti-bhÄve - with a devotional attitude; Å›ire - on my head; dhari - I take; sabÄra - of all of them; caraṇa - the lotus feet.
Advaita Ä€cÄrya, Lord NityÄnanda, ÅšrÄ«vÄsa Paṇá¸ita, GadÄdhara Paṇá¸ita, SvarÅ«pa DÄmodara, MurÄri Gupta, HaridÄsa ṬhÄkura and all the other devotees of ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa Caitanya — bowing down with devotion, I hold their lotus feet on my head.
The author of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya-caritÄmá¹›ta teaches us that we must offer our respectful obeisances to all such pure confidential devotees of Lord Caitanya if we indeed want to know Him in truth.
