Yadi Te Hari Pada Saroja Sudha

O friend, if you desire to drink the nectarean beverage of service to the lotus feet of Lord Hari, and if your home has become a fortress for the age of quarrel and an impediment to your devotional service, then just give up such a home and worship Lord Caitanya, who is like a moon shining in the groves of Godruma forest.

O friend, please consider this: wealth, youth, royal happiness, and the very existence of this material body are all temporary and liable to be destroyed at any moment. Give up all attachment to them and abandon all fruitless chattering about material news and affairs. Just worship Lord Caitanya, who is like a moon shining in the groves of Godruma forest.

O friend, the happiness of female association robs one of the real goal of life and in the end places one in a very fearful condition. Just give up that so-called happiness and become intoxicated by the nectar of the holy names of Lord Hari. Worship Lord Caitanya, who is like a moon shining in the groves of Godruma forest.

So-called nectarean poetry describing dull material topics is not at all sweet. The actual nectar is in the glorification of Lord Caitanya, the purifier of Kali-yuga. What is the use of studying these dull, material poems? Just give them up and worship Lord Caitanya, who is like a moon shining in the groves of Godruma forest.

Lord Caitanya is actually that same Supreme Personality who appeared as the son of Mahārāja Nanda. He was fond of playing the flute sweetly. With Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī on His left side, He enjoyed charming and delightful pastimes on the banks of the Yamunā Ruver. O friend, please worship that Supreme Person, who is like a moon shining in the groves of Godruma forest.

Surrounded by His own associates, Lord Caitanya chanted the holy names of Lord Hari and became the exclusive ocean of mercy spreading love of God to the residents of Bengal. Just worship that Lord Caitanya, who is like a moon shining in the groves of Godruma forest.

Lord Caitanya enchants the minds of those in the renounced order of life and He is the master of Navadvīpa, His own abode, which is surrounded by the river Ganges. He stays there with His consort Śrīmatī Viṣṇupriyā-devī and receives the worship and prayers of the demigods and devotees. Just worship that Lord Caitanya, who is like a moon shining in the groves of Godruma forest.

Out of compassion for ther sufferings of the conditioned souls, the Supreme Lord has assumed the beautiful form of Lord Caitanya. Chasing away the dog of Kali-yuga with a stick, Lord Caitanyacontinually administers the supreme medicine of the chanting of Lord Hari's holy names. Just worship that Supreme Person, who is like a moon shining in the groves of Godruma forest.

Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa's lotus face always displays mercy for all living entities, regardless of whether they consider themselves the friends of the Lord or His enemies. For this reason the merciful son of Vraja's king has now appeared as the golden-
complexioned Lord Caitanya. Just worship that Lord Caitanya, who is like a moon shining in the groves of Godruma forest.

Lord Caitanya is glorified by all the Upaniṣads, and the splendor of His complexion has eclipsed the glory of gold. He has appeared as the son of Jagannātha Miśra, the best of brāhmaṇas, and He performs pastimes with His associates in His own abode of Navadvīpa. Just worship that Lord Caitanya, who is like a moon shining in the groves of Godruma forest.

All incarnations of the Personality of Godhead are simultaneously present in the form of Lord Caitanya, the best of incarnations. Lord Caitanya is the Absolute Truth, and He is intent on performing His own transcendental pastimes. He continually tastes the ocean of nectar that is the confidential mellows of pure love of God exchanged by the residents of Vrajabhūmi. Just worship that Lord Caitanya, who is like a moon shining in the groves of Godruma forest.

If one does not have intense devotional service, then scholarship, noble birth, wealth, or any other material asset will not help one attain the mercy of Lord Caitanya. O friend, for this reason please become free from all material motives and with great devotion worship Lord Caitanya, who is like a moon shining in the groves of Godruma forest.

Lord Caitanya is the same Personality of Godhead who formerly delivered the elephant Gajendra from the crocodile's attack in the middle of the lake, and who also delivered Gajapati Mahārāja Pratāparudra from the ferocious crocodile of material existence. Just worship that Lord Caitanya, who is full of inconceivable potencies, and who appears like an auspicious desire-tree, and who is like a moon shining in the groves of Godruma forest.

Satisfied at heart by Surabhīndra's austerities, Lord Hari appeared as a golden-complexioned brāhmaṇa known as Lord Caitanya and refuted the conclusions of the impersonalists. Just worship that Lord Caitanya, who is full of eternal transcendental bliss and who is like a moon shining in the groves of Godruma forest.

O friend, please reject all varieties of material desires and also reject the impersonalists' conception of the living entity's oneness with the Supreme Godead. Give up all so-called auspicious and inauspicious material activities and just engage in the pure and favorable loving service of Lord Caitanya, who is like a moon shining in the groves of Godruma forest.

O friend, be humble, meek, full of compassion for the fallen souls, and respectful to all. Just worship the devotees of Lord Hari and always drink the nectar of Lord Hari's holy names. In this way worship Lord Caitanya, who is like a moon shining in the groves of Godruma forest.

O friend, just call out the names of the Personality of Godhead, saying: "O Yādava, O Mādhava, O Kṛṣṇa, O Hari, O Rāma, O Janārdana, O Keśava, O dear master of the daughter of King Vṛṣabhānu!" Continually worship Lord Caitanya, who is like a moon shining in the groves of Godruma forest.

Please call out: "O Kṛṣṇa, O master of Govardhana Hill, Vṛndāvana, and the banks of the Yamunā! O Lord who appears like a brilliant sun shining in the forests of Gokula! O Lord who relishes the transcendental pastime of the rāsa dance! O Lord Caitanya, O fair-complexioned Lord Hari!" In this way just worship Lord Caitanya, who is like a moon shining in the groves of Godruma forest.

Go to Lord Caitanya's forest, known as the nine islands of Navadvīpa, read about Lord Caitanya's pastimes with great delight, and roll about on the bank of the Ganges, which is marked with Lord Caitanya's footprints. In this way worship Lord Caitanya, who is like a moon shining in the groves of Godruma forest.

Remember the transcendental pastimes of Gaura-Gadādhara, become a devotee of Gaura-Gadādhara, and hear the pleasing instructions of Gaura-Gadādhara. Worship Lord Caitanya, who is like a moon shining in the groves of Godruma forest.