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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 38 Text 14 taṁ tv adya nūnaṁ mahatāṁ gatiṁ guruṁ trailokya-kāntaṁ dṛśiman-mahotsavam rūpaṁ dadhānaṁ śriya īpsitāspadaṁ drakṣye mamāsann uṣasaḥ su-darśanāḥ   TRANSLATION Today I shall certainly see Him, the goal and spiritual master of the great souls. Seeing Him brings jubilation to all who have eyes, for He is the true beauty of the universe. Indeed, His personal form is the shelter desired by the goddess of fortune. Now all the dawns of my life have become auspicious.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 1 Text 17 bhāratīre kṛpā haila prabhura dekhiyā sarva-gaṇa hari bale ḍākiyā ḍākiyā   TRANSLATION On seeing the Lord bestow mercy on Keśava Bhāratī, everyone loudly chanted the name of Hari.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 1 Text 8 karilena mātra prabhu sannyāsa-grahaṇa mukundere ājñā haila karite kīrtana   TRANSLATION Immediately after the Lord accepted sannyāsa, He instructed Mukunda to perform kīrtana.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 38 Text 13 sa cāvatīrṇaḥ kila sātvatānvaye sva-setu-pālāmara-varya-śarma-kṛt yaśo vitanvan vraja āsta īśvaro gāyanti devā yad aśeṣa-maṅgalam   TRANSLATION That same Supreme Lord has descended into the dynasty of the Sātvatas to delight the exalted demigods, who maintain the principles of religion He has created. Residing in Vṛndāvana, He spreads His fame, which the demigods glorify in song and which brings auspiciousness to all.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 1 Text 1 avatīrṇau sa-kāruṇyau paricchinnau sad-īśvarau śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-nityānandau dvau bhrātarau bhaje   TRANSLATION I worship the two brothers, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Śrī Nityānanda, who have descended in this world as the supreme controllers. They have appeared in covered forms as the embodiments of mercy.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 28 Text 176 eteke tomāra nāma śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya sarva-loka tomā’ haite yāte haila dhanya   TRANSLATION “Therefore Your nam will be Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya. Because of You, everyone will become fortunate.”

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 38 Text 12 yasyākhilāmīva-habhiḥ su-maṅgalaiḥ vāco vimiśrā guṇa-karma-janmabhiḥ prāṇanti śumbhanti punanti vai jagat yās tad-viraktāḥ śava-śobhanā matāḥ   TRANSLATION All sins are destroyed and all good fortune is created by the Supreme Lord’s qualities, activities and appearances, and words that describe these three things animate, beautify and purify the world. On the other hand, words bereft of His glories are like the decorations on a corpse.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 28 Text 152 kathaṁ-katham api sarva-dina-avaśeṣe kṣaura-karma nirbāha haila prema-rase   TRANSLATION Somehow or other, in the mellows of ecstatic love, the Lord's head was finally shaved by the end of the day.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 28 Text 129 tabe tumi loka-śikṣā-nimitta-kāraṇe karibā āmāre guru hena laya mane   TRANSLATION “Yet I think that to teach people in general, You will accept me as Your guru.”

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 38 Text 11 ya īkṣitāhaṁ-rahito ’py asat-satoḥ sva-tejasāpāsta-tamo-bhidā-bhramaḥ sva-māyayātman racitais tad-īkṣayā prāṇākṣa-dhībhiḥ sadaneṣv abhīyate   TRANSLATION He is the witness of material cause and effect, yet He is always free from false identification with them. By His internal potency He dispels the darkness of separation and confusion. The individual souls in this world, who are manifested here when He glances upon His material creative energy, indirectly perceive Him in the activities of their life airs, senses and intelligence.