CC Ādi 15.1
Bengali
কুমনাঃ সুমনস্ত্বং হি যাতি যস্য পদাব্জয়োঃ ।
সুমনোঽর্পণমাত্রেণ তং চৈতন্যপ্রভুং ভজে ॥ ১ ॥
সুমনোঽর্পণমাত্রেণ তং চৈতন্যপ্রভুং ভজে ॥ ১ ॥
Verse text
ku-manāḥ su-manastvaṁ hi
yāti yasya padābjayoḥ
su-mano-’rpaṇa-mātreṇa
taṁ caitanya-prabhuṁ bhaje
yāti yasya padābjayoḥ
su-mano-’rpaṇa-mātreṇa
taṁ caitanya-prabhuṁ bhaje
Synonyms
ku-manāḥ — a person interested in activities of material sense enjoyment; su-manastvam — the position of a devotee without material desires; hi — certainly; yāti — gets; yasya — whose; pada-abjayoḥ — at the lotus feet; su-manaḥ — a flower; arpaṇa — offering; mātreṇa — simply by doing so; tam — Him; caitanya-prabhum — Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu; bhaje — I worship.
Translation
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya because simply by offering a flower at His lotus feet even the most ardent materialist becomes a devotee.