tam - unto Him; vande - I offer my respectful obeisances; gaura - Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; jala-dam - rain cloud; svasya - of Himself; yaḥ - He who; darśana-amṛtaiḥ - by the nectar of the audience; viccheda - because of separation; avagraha - scarcity of rain; mlāna - morose, dried up; bhakta - devotees; śasyāni - food grains; ajīvayat - saved.

I offer my respectful obeisances unto Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is compared to a cloud that pours water on fields of grain, which are like devotees suffering due to a shortage of rain. Separation from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is like a drought, but when the Lord returns, His presence is like a nectarean rain that falls on all the grains and saves them from perishing.