7l: Devotional Prayers
Devotional Prayers
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MAHGALACARANA
vande 'ham sri-guroḥ sri-yuta-pada-kamalam sri-gurun vaisnavams ca
sri-rūpam sagrajatam saha-gana-raghunathanvitam tam sa jivam sadvaitam savadhūtam parijana-sahitam krsna-caitanya-devam sri-radha-krsna-padan saha-gana-lalita- sri-visakhanvitams ca (I am offering my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master and unto the feet of all Vaisnavas. I offer my respectful obeisances to Lord Krsna Caitanya and Lord Nityananda, along with Advaita Acarya, Gadadhara, Srivasa, and other associates. I offer my respectful obeisances to Srimati Radharani, and Sri Krsna along with their associates Sri Lalita and Visakha.)
SRĪLA-PRABHUPADA-PRANATI
nama om visnu-padaya krsna-presthaya bhū-tale
srimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namine (I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who is very dear to Lord Krsna, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.)
namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracarine
nirvisesa-sūnyavadi-pascatya-desa-tarine (Our respectful obeisances are unto you, O spiritual master, servant of Sarasvati Gosvami. You are kindly preaching the message of Lord Caitanyadeva and delivering the Western countries, which are filled with impersonalism and voidism.)
SRĪ-GURU-PRANAMA
om ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana-salakaya
caksur unmilitam yena tasmai sri-gurave namaḥ (I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, who has opened my eyes, blinded by the darkness of ignorance, with the torchlight of knowledge.)
SRĪLA-BHAKTISIDDHANTA- SARASVATĪ
nama om visnu-padaya krsna-presthaya bhū-tale
srimate bhaktisiddhanta-sarasvatiti namine (I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, who is very dear to Lord Krsna, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.)
sri-varsabhanavi-devi-dayitaya krpabdhaye
krsna-sambandha-vijnana-dayine prabhave namaḥ (I offer my respectful obeisances to Sri Varsabhanavi-devidayita Dasa [another spiritual name of Siddhanta Sarasvati], who is favored by Srimati Radharani and who is the ocean of transcendental mercy and the deliverer of the science of Krsna.)
madhuryojjvala-premaḍhya-sri-rūpanuga-bhaktida
sri-gaura-karuna-sakti-vigrahaya namo 'stu te (I offer my respectful obeisances unto you, who delivers devotional service which is enriched with conjugal love of Radha and Krsna, coming exactly in the line of revelation of Srila Rūpa Gosvami.
namas te gaura-vani-sri-mūrtaye dina-tarine
rūpanuga-viruddhapa-siddhanta-dhvanta-harine I offer my respectful obeisances unto you, who are the personified teachings of Lord Caitanya. You are the deliverer of the fallen souls. You do not tolerate any statement which is against the teachings of devotional service enunciated by Srila Rūpa Gosvami.
SRĪLA-GAURAKISORA-PRANATI
namo gaura-kisoraya saksad-vairagya-mūrtaye
vipralambha-rasambhode padambujaya te namaḥ (I offer my respectful obeisances unto Gaura-kisoradasa Babaji Maharaja [the spiritual master of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati], who is renunciation personified. He is always merged in a feeling of separation and intense love of Krsna.)
SRĪLA-BHAKTIVINODA-PRANATI
namo bhaktivinodaya sac-cid-ananda-namine
gaura-sakti-svarūpaya rūpanuga-varaya te (I offer my respectful obeisances unto Saccidananda Bhaktivinoda, who is transcendental energy of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He is strict follower of the Gosvamis, headed by Srila Rūpa.)
SRĪLA-JAGANNATHA-PRANATI
gauravirbhava-bhūmes tvam nirdesta saj-jana-priyaḥ
vaisnava-sarvabhaumaḥ sri-jagannathaya te namaḥ (I offer my respectful obeisances to Jagannatha dasa Babaji, who is respected by the entire Vaisnava community and who discovered the place where Lord Caitanya appeared.)
SRĪ-VAISNAVA-PRANAMA
vancha-kalpatarubhyas ca krpa-sindhubhya eva ca
patitanam pavanebhyo vaisnavebhyo namo namaḥ (I offer my respectful obeisances unto all the Vaisnava devotees of the Lord. They are just like desire trees who can fulfill the desires of everyone, and they are full of compassion for the fallen conditioned souls.)
SRĪ-GAURAHGA-PRANAMA
namo maha-vadanyaya krsna-prema-pradaya te
krsnaya krsna-caitanya-namne gaura-tvise namaḥ (I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya, who is more magnanimous than any other avatara, even Krsna Himself, because He is bestowing freely what no one else has ever given-pure love of Krsna.)
SRĪ PANCA-TATTVA PRANAMA
panca-tattvatmakam krsnam bhakta-rūpa-svarūpakam
bhaktavataram bhaktakhyam namami bhakta-saktikam (I bow down to Lord Krsna, who appears as a devotee [Lord Caitanya Himself], as His personal expansion [Sri Nityananda], His incarnation [Sri Advaita], His devotee [Sri Srivasa], and His energy [Sri Gadadhara], and who is the source of all strength for the devotees.)
SAMBANDHADHIDEVER PRANAMA
jayatam suratau pahgor mama manda-mater gati
mat-sarva-sva-padambhojau radha-madanamohanau (Glory to the all-merciful Sri Radha and Madanamohana. They are the only shelter of my depraved and crippled self. Their lotus feet are the be-all and end-all of my life.)
SRĪ KRSNA PRANAMA
he krsna karuna-sindho dina-bandho jagat-pate
gopesa gopika-kanta radha-kanta namo 'stu te (O my dear Krsna, You are the friend of the distressed and the source of creation. You are the master of the gopis, and the lover of Radharani. I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.)
ABHIDHEYADHIDEVER-PRANAMA
divyad-vrndaranya-kalpa-drumadhaḥ
srimad-ratnagara-simhasana-sthau srimad-radha-srila-govinda-devau presthalibhiḥ sevyamanau smarami (I meditate on Sri Radha and Govinda. They are seated on a throne in a mansion bedecked with gems under the desire trees in Vrndavana, being served by Their loving female attendants.)
PRAYOJANADHIDEVER PRANAMA
sriman rasa-rasarambhi vamsi-vata-tata-sthitaḥ
karsan venu-svanair gopir gopinathaḥ sriye 'stu naḥ (May Lord Gopinatha confer on us His grace. He inaugurated the rasa-lila by attracting the spiritual milkmaids of Vraja with the enchanting tune of His flute, and He is seated at the base of the vamsivata tree.)
SRĪ RADHA PRANAMA
tapta-kancana-gaurahgi radhe vrndavanesvari
vrsabhanu-sute devi pranamami hari-priye (I offer my respects to Radharani, whose bodily complexion is like molten gold and who is the Queen of Vrndavana. You are the daughter of King Vrsabhanu, and You are very dear to Lord Krsna.)
Verse quoted by Lord Caitanya, from the Brhan-Naradiya Purana:
harer nama harer nama
harer namaiva kevalam kalau nasty eva nasty eva nasty eva gatir anyatha. (B.N. 38.126) (Chant the holy name, chant the holy name, chant the holy name. There is no other alternative, there is no other alternative, there is no other alternative for God realization in the Age of Kali.)
SRĪ GURVASTAKAM
Eight Prayers Glorifying the Spiritual Master -by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakur (1)
samsara-davanala-liḍha-loka-
tranaya karunya-ghanaghanatvam praptasya kalyana-gunarnavasya vande guroḥ sri-caranaravindam (The spiritual master is receiving benediction from the ocean of mercy. Just as the cloud pours water on the forest fire to extinguish it, so the spiritual master extinguishes the blazing fire of material existence. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.)
(2)
mahaprabhoḥ kirtana-nrtya-gita-
vaditramadyan-manaso rasena romanca-kampasrutarahgabhajo vande guroḥ sri-caranaravindam (The spiritual master is always engaged in chanting and hearing the message of Lord Caitanya and sometimes is dancing in ecstasy. Sometimes he feels quivering in his body because of spiritual trance. I offer my respectful obeisances unto such spiritual master.)
(3)
sri-vigraharadhana-nitya-nana-
srhgara-tan-mandiramarjanadau yuktasya bhaktams ca niyunjjato 'pi vande guroḥ sri-caranaravindam (The spiritual master is always engaged along with his disciples in the temple worship of Sri Sri Radha and Krsna. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such spiritual master.)
(4)
catur-vidha-sri-bhagavat-prasada-
svadv-anna-trptan hari-bhakta-sahghan krtvaiva trptim bhajataḥ sadaiva vande guroḥ sri-caranaravindam (The spiritual master is always offering Krsna four kinds of foodstuffs [analyzed as those which are chewed, those which are licked up, those which are drunk and those which are swallowed]. Four kinds of prasadam are offered to Krsna, and when the spiritual master sees that the devotees are eating bhagavat-prasadam, he is satisfied. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such spiritual master.)
(5)
sri-radhika-madhavayor apara-
madhurya-lila guna-rūpa-namnam prati-ksanasvadana-lolupasya vande guroḥ sri-caranaravindam (The spiritual master is always anxious to hear and chant about the wonderful pastimes between Radhika and Madhava, which are all in the modes of loving exchanges [Madhurya-Lila], as well as about their quality, names and form. The spiritual master aspires after relishing these things at every moment. I offer my respectful obeisances to such spiritual master.)
(6)
nikunjjayūno ratikeli-siddhyai
ya yalibhir yuktir apeksaniya tatratidaksadati-vallabhasya vande guroḥ sri-caranaravindam (The spiritual master is very much expert in assisting the gopis, who are engaged in the perfection of Radha-Krsna conjugal love affairs. At different times they make different tasteful arrangements for such spiritual exchange, and the spiritual master is there to assist in the affairs. I offer my most humble obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.)
(7)
saksad-dharitvena samasta-sastrair
uktas tatha bhavyata eva sadbhiḥ kintu prabhor yaḥ priya eva tasya vande guroḥ sri-caranaravindam (The spiritual master is honored as much as the Supreme Lord because of his being the most confidential servitor of the Lord. This is acknowledged in all revealed scriptures and followed by all authorities. Therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master, who is a bona fide representative of Sri Hari [Krsna].)
(8)
yasya prasadad bhagavat-prasado
yasyaprasadan na-gatiḥ kuto 'pi dhyayam stuvams tasya yasas tri-sandhyam vande guroḥ sri-caranaravindam (By the mercy of the spiritual master one is benedicted by the mercy of Krsna. Without the grace of the spiritual master no one can make any advancement. Therefore I should always remember the spiritual master. At least three times a day I should offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master.)
ARATRIKA CEREMONY
Prayer by Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur (1)
kiba jaya jaya goracander arotiki sobha
(Everyone come see all the glories of the beautiful aratrika ceremony of Lord Caitanya.)
(2)
jahnavi-tata vane jaga jana-manolobha
(This aratrika ceremony on the bank of the Ganges to receive Lord Caitanya is so beautiful that it will attract the minds of all the people of the world.)
(3)
kiba vasiachena goracanda ratna-simhasane
(Come see how Lord Caitanya is seated on the jeweled throne.)
(4)
arati karena brahma adideva-gane
(To offer aratrika to Lord Caitanya all the demigods have come, headed by Lord Brahma.)
(5)
kiba daksine nitaicanda bame gadadhara
(See Nityananda Prabhu on the right side of Lord Caitanya, and on the left side, Sri Gadadhara.)
(6)
nikate advaita prabhu srivasa chatradhara
(Nearby are Advaita Prabhu and Sri Srivasa, who is bearing the umbrella above Lord Caitanya's head.)
(7)
kiba sahkha baje ghanta baje baje karatala
(Listen to the sounding of the conchshells, the ringing bells, and the sound of the kartals.)
(8)
madhura mrdahga baje sunite rasala
(All these sounds, along with that of the sweet mrdahga, are very relishable to hear.)
Song Taught by Srila Prabhupada, from Srimad-Bhagavatam
samasrita ye padapallava-plavam
mahat-padam punya-yaso murareḥ bhavambudhir vatsa-padam param padam padam padam yad vipadam na tesam (This material world is full of danger, and the ocean of nescience is very difficult to cross. But for one who has taken shelter of the lotus feet of Sri Krsna, this vast ocean is like a puddle of water contained in a calf's hoofprint in the mud. There is danger at every step, but the devotee is not affected by it.)
Song about Krsnaloka, from Sri Brahma-samhita
cintamani-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vrksa-
laksavrtesu surabhir abhipalayantam laksmi-sahasra-sata-sambhrama-sevyamanam govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami (I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the first progenitor, who is tending the cows, yielding all desire, in abodes built with spiritual gems, surrounded by millions of purpose-trees, always served with great reverence and affection by hundreds of thousands of Laksmis, or gopis.)
(cont'd on p. 79)
Sri Sri Siksastakam
Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu instructed His disciples to write books on the science of Krsna, a task which those who follow Him have continued to carry out down to the present day. The elaborations and expositions on the philosophy taught by Lord Caitanya are in fact the most voluminous, exacting and consistent-due to the unbreakable system of disciplic succession-of any religious culture in the world. Yet Lord Caitanya, in His youth widely renowned as a scholar, Himself left us only eight verses, called Siksastakam, in which His mission and precepts are revealed.
(1) ceto-darpana-marjanam bhava-maha-davagni-nirvapanam
sreyaḥ-kairava-candrika-vitaranam vidya-vadhū-jivanam anandambudhi-vardhanam prati-padam pūrnamrtasvadanam sarvatma-snapanam param vijayate sri-krsna-sankirtanam Glory to the Sri Krsna Sahkirtana, which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years together. Thus the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth and death, is extinguished. This sahkirtana movement is the prime benediction for humanity at large because it spreads the rays of the benediction moon. It is the life of all transcendental knowledge, it increases the ocean of transcendental bliss, and it helps us to have a taste of the full nectar for which we are always anxious.
(2) namnam akari bahudha nija-sarva-saktis
tatrarpita niyamitaḥ smarane na kalaḥ etadrsi tava krpa bhagavan mamapi durdaivam idrsam ihajani nanuragaḥ O my Lord! Your holy name alone can render all benediction upon the living beings, and therefore You have hundreds and millions of names, like Krsna, Govinda, etc. In these transcendental names You have invested all Your transcendental energies, and there is no hard and fast rule for chanting these holy names. O my Lord! You have so kindly made approach to You easy by Your holy names, but unfortunate as I am, I have no attraction for them.
(3) trnad api sunicena
taror api sahisnuna amanina manadena kirtaniyaḥ sada hariḥ One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking himself lower than the straw in the street, more tolerant than the tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige, and ready to offer all respects to others. In such a state of mind one can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly.
(4) na dhanam na janam na sundarim
kavitam va jagad-isa kamaye mama janmani janmanisvare bhavatad bhaktir ahaituki tvayi O almighty Lord! I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor have I any desire to enjoy beautiful women, nor do I want any number of followers. What I want only is that I may have Your causeless devotional service in my life-birth after birth.
(5) ayi nanda-tanuja kihkaram
patitam mam visame bhavambudhau krpaya tava pada-pahkaja- sthita-dhūli-sadrsam vicintaya O son of Maharaja Nanda, I am Your eternal servitor, and although I am so, somehow or other I have fallen in the ocean of birth and death. Please, therefore, pick me up from this ocean of death and fix me as one of the atoms of Your lotus feet.
(6) nayanam galad-asru-dharaya
vadanam gadgada-ruddhaya gira pulakair nicitam vapuḥ kada tava-nama-grahane bhavisyati O my Lord! when will my eyes be decorated with tears of love, flowing constantly while I chant Your holy name? When will my words be choked up when uttering the holy name? And when will all the holes of hair on my body have eruptions by the recitation of Your name?
(7) yugayitam nimesena
caksusa pravrsayitam sūnyayitam jagat sarvam govinda-virahena me O Govinda! Feeling Your separation I am considering a moment twelve years or more, and tears are flowing from my eyes like torrents of rain. I am feeling all vacant in the world in the absence of You.
(8) aslisya va pada-ratam pinastu mam
adarsanan marma-hatam karotu va yatha tatha va vidadhatu lampato mat-prana-nathas tu sa eva naparaḥ I do not know anyone except Krsna as my Lord, and He will always remain as such, even if He handles me roughly by His embrace or makes me broken-hearted by not being present before me. He is completely free to do anything and everything, but He is always my worshipable Lord, unconditionally.
SIX SYMPTOMS OF SURRENDER
in Devotional Service • One should accept everything favorable for discharging devotional service.
• One should reject everything unfavorable for discharging devotional service. • One should believe firmly that the Lord will protect His devotee always. • One should feel exclusively dependent on the mercy of the Lord. • One should have no separate interest besides the interest of the Lord. • One should always feel oneself meek and humble. Song about Krsnaloka, cont'd.
venum kvanantam aravinda-dalayataksam
barhavatamsam asitambuda-sundarahgam kandarpa-koti-kamaniya-visesa-sobham govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami (I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is adept in playing on His flute, with blooming eyes like lotus petals, with head bedecked with a peacock's feather, with the figure of beauty tinged with the hue of blue clouds, and His unique loveliness charming millions of Cupids.)
ahgani yasya sakalendriya-vrttimanti
pasyanti panti kalayanti ciram jaganti ananda-cinmaya-sad-ujjvala-vigrahasya govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami (I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, whose transcendental form is full of bliss, truth and substantiality and is thus full of the most dazzling splendor. Each of the limbs of that transcendental figure possesses, in Himself, the full-fledged functions of all the organs, and eternally sees, maintains and manifests the infinite universes, both spiritual and mundane.)
Prayer to Lord Nrsimhadeva for the Continued Health of Our Spiritual Master
tava kara-kamala-vare nakham adbhuta-srhgam
dalita-hiranyakasipu-tanu-bhrhgam kesava dhrta-narahari-rūpa jaya jagadisa hare (O my Lord, Your hands are very beautiful, like the lotus flower, but with Your long nails You have ripped apart the wasp Hiranyakasipu. Unto You, Lord of the universe, do I offer my humble obeisances.)
(This prayer was recited by the boy devotee Prahlada Maharaja in order to pacify Lord Nrsimhadeva.)
bhaja Sri Krsna Caitanya
Prabhu Nityananda Sri Advaita Gadadhara Srivasadi Gaura-bhakta-vrnda (I offer my obeisances unto Sri Krsna Caitanya, Nityananda Prabhu, Sri Advaita, Gadadhara, Srivasa, and all the followers of Lord Caitanya.)
Jagannatha-svami nayana pathagami bhavatu me
(Jagannatha-svami-O Lord of the universe; nayana pathagami bhavatu me-please be visible unto me.)
namo brahmanya-devaya
go-brahmana-hitaya ca jagat-hitaya krsnaya govindaya namo namaḥ (I offer my respectful obeisances to the Supreme Absolute Truth, Krsna, who is the well-wisher of the cows and the brahmanas as well as the living entities in general. I offer my repeated obeisances to Govinda, who is the pleasure reservoir for all the senses.)
OBEISANCES AND RESPECTS
jaya om visnu-pada paramahamsa parivrajakacarya astottara-sata sri srimad bhaktivedanta gosvami maharaja ki jaya.
(108 glories to the wandering mendicant and topmost swan-like devotee, the great preceptor Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaja, who has taken shelter at the feet of Visnu.)
jaya om visnu-pada paramahamsa parivrajakacarya astottara-sata sri srimad bhaktisiddhanta sarasvati gosvami maharaja ki jaya.
(108 glories to the wandering mendicant and topmost swan-like devotee, the great preceptor Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Maharaja, who has taken shelter at the feet of Visnu.)
ananta-koti vaisnava-vrnda ki jaya.
(All glories to Ananta, the couch of Visnu.)
namacarya haridasa thakur ki jaya.
(All glories to the acarya of the holy name, Haridasa Thakur.)
premse kaho sri-krsna-caitanya-prabhu-nityananda-sri-advaita-gadadhara-srivasadi sri-gaura-bhakta-vrnda ki jaya.
(All glories to the flowing transcendental love of Lord Caitanya, Lord Nityananda, Advaita Acarya, Gadadhara, Sri Srivasa, and all the devotees of Lord Gaura.)
sri -sri-radha-krsna-gopa-gopinatha syama-kunḍa radha-kunḍa giri-govardhana ki jaya.
(All glories to Sri Radha and Krsna, all the cowherd families owned by Gopinatha, the bathing tank of Syama [Krsna], the bathing tank of Radha, and the hill of Govardhana.)
vrndavana-dhama ki jaya. mathura-dhama ki jaya. navadvipa-dhama ki jaya.
(All glories to the abodes of Vrndavana, Mathura and Navadvipa.)
jagannatha-puri-dhama ki jaya.
(All glories to the temple of the Lord of the universe at Puri.)
gahgamayi ki jaya, yamunamayi ki jaya.
(All glories to the sacred Ganges and Yamuna rivers.)
tulasidevi, ki jaya.
(All glories to the sacred plant tulasi, which is offered at the feet of Krsna.)
bhaktidevi ki jaya.
(All glories to bhakti, devotional service to the Lord.)
sama-veda-bhakta-vrnda ki jaya.
(All glories to the assembled devotees.)
Govinda jaya jaya!
Gopala jaya jaya! Radha-ramana-hari! Govinda jaya jaya! (Govinda-the Supreme Lord; jaya-victory; Gopala-cowherd boy, i.e. Krsna; Radha-ramana-He who enjoys Radha [Radha is His pleasure potency]; Hari-the Lord.)
THE MAHA-MANTRA
Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna,
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