Prayers unto Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Prabhupada

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Prayers unto His Divine Grace Om Visnupada Paramahamsa Parivrajakacarya 108 Sri

Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Maharaja Prabhupada, the most

illustrious spiritual master of Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and

the foremost scholar of Vedic knowledge in the modern age on the most

auspicious occassion of his disappereance day 14th December 2000.

 

Sri Sri Prabhupada-padma Stavakah

 

1

sujanarbuda-radhita-pada-yugam

yuga-dharma-dhurandhara-patra-varam

varadabhaya-dayaka-pujya-padam

pranamami sada prabhupada-padam

2

bhajanorjita-saj-jana-sangha-patim

patitadhika-karunikaika-gatim

gati-vancita-vancakacintya-padam

pranamami sada prabhupada-padam

3

atikomala-kancana-dirgha-tanum

tanu-nindita-hema-mrnala-madam

madanarbuda-vandita-candra-padam

pranamami sada prabhupada-padam

4

nija-sevaka-taraka-ranji-vidhum

vidhutahita-hunkrita-simha-varam

varanagata-balisa-sanda-padam

pranamami sada prabhupada-padam

5

vipulikrta-vaibhava-gaura-bhuvam

bhuvanesu vikirtita-gaura-dayam

dayaniya-ganarpita-gaura-padam

pranamami sada prabhupada-padam

6

cira-gaura-janasraya-visva-gurum

guru-gaura-kisoraka-dasya-padam

paramadrta-bhaktivinoda-padam

pranamami sada prabhupada-padam

7

raghu-rupa-sanatana-kirti-dharam

dharani-tala-kirtita-jiva-kavim

kaviraja-narottama-sakhya-padam

pranamami sada prabhupada-padam

8

kripaya hari-kirtana murti-dharam

dharani-bhara-haraka-gaura-janam

janakadhika-vatsala-snigdha-padam

pranamami sada prabhupada-padam

9

saranagata-kinkara-kalpa-tarum

taru-dhik-krta dhira vadanya varam

varadendra-ganarcita-divya-padam

pranamami sada prabhupada-padam

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parahamsa-varam paramartha-patim

patitoddharane krita-vesa-yatim

yati-raja-ganaih parisevya-padam

pranamami sada prabhupada-padam

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vrishabhanu-suta-dayitanucaram

caranasrita-renu-dharas tam aham

mahad-adbhuta-pavana-sakti-padam

pranamami sada prabhupada-padam

 

Prayer unto the Lotus Feet of my Lord and Master Srila Prabhupada

 

1

His lotus feet are served in devotion by multitudes of high, virtuous

souls; he is the establisher of the religion of the age (as Sri

Krsna-sankirtana); he is the presiding monarch (of the Visva

Vaisnava-Raja-Sabha - the universal society of the pure devotees that are the

true 'kings' or guides of all); and he is the fulfiller of the most cherished

desires of those who dispel fear (for all souls). I make my obeisance unto the

lotus feet of that illustrious great soul, worshippable by one and all -

perpetually do I make my obeisance unto the radiance emanating from the

toenails of the holy feet of my Lord.

 

2

He is the leader of the fortunate souls blessed with the treasure of

internal pure devotion; he is greatly merciful upon the fallen souls, being

their only shelter; and his inconceivable holy feet are the shelter for the

deceivers, by deceiving them. I make my obeisance unto his lotus feet -

perpetually do I make my obeisance unto the radiance emanating from the

toenails of the holy feet of my Lord.

 

3

I make my obeisance unto his divine, charming yet commanding lofty form

of golden hue. That beautiful figure shames the mad ecstasy of golden lotus

stems. Venerated by tens of millions of Cupids, the moons of the toenails of my

Worshipful Divine Master reveal the beauty of his lotus feet. Perpetually do I

make my obeisance unto that effulgence emanating from the toenails of the holy

feet of my Lord.

 

4

Like the moon that delights the stars, he is surrounded by his circle

of personal servitors, making their hearts bloom in divine ecstasy. The

malicious non-devotees are made to flee in panic by the sound of his thunderous

roar, and the simple, inoffensive souls attain the ultimate fortune by

accepting his lotus feet. I make my obeisance unto him; perpetually do I make

my obeisance unto the brilliance emanating from the toenails of the holy lotus

feet of my Lord.

 

5

He has revealed the vast, magnificent beauty of Sri Gaura Dhama; he has

broadcast the tidings of the supreme magnanimity of Sri Gauranga throughout the

whole universe; and in the hearts of the fit recipients of his grace, he has

firmly established the lotus feet of Sri Gaura. I make my obeisance unto him;

perpetually do I make my obeisance unto the effulgence emanating from the

toenails of the holy feet of my Lord.

 

6

He is the eternal shelter and the Universal Guru for the souls

surrendered unto Sri Gauranga. Absorbed in the service of his Gurudeva, Sri

Gaura Kisora, he wholeheartedly adores Sri Bhaktivinoda Thakura. I make my

obeisance unto him; perpetually do I make my obeisance unto the effulgence

emanating from the toenails of the holy feet of my Lord.

 

7

He is the illustrious personality to raise the flag that sings the

glory of Sri Rupa, Sri Sanatana, and Sri Raghunatha. His glory is sung

throughout the world as nondifferent from the powerful personality of brilliant

erudition, Sri Jiva. And he has won the renown of being one with the hearts of

Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja and Thakura Narottama. I make my obeisance unto him;

perpetually do I bow down to the brilliance emanating from the toenails of the

holy feet of my Divine Master.

 

8

Bestowing his grace upon all souls, he is Hari-kirtana incarnate. As

the associate of Sri Gaura, he relieves Mother Earth of the burden of offenses

committed upon her. And he is so gracious that his endearance of all beings

excels that of even a father. I make my obeisance unto him - the mine of all

these qualities; perpetually do I bow down to the effulgence emanating from the

toenails of the holy feet of my Divine Master.

 

9

Like a wish-fulfilling tree for his surrendered servitors (he fulfills

their heart's aspirations), even a tree is shamed by his magnanimity and

forbearance. And great personalities who are competent to confer boons - they,

too, worship his lotus feet. I make my obeisance unto him; perpetually do I bow

down to the radiance emanating from the toenails of the holy feet of my Divine

Master.

 

10

The crownjewel of the paramahamsas, the Prince of the treasure of the

supreme perfection of life, Sri Krsna-prema, he accepted the robes of a

mendicant sannyasi just to deliver the fallen souls. The topmost tridandi

sannyasis attend his lotus feet. I make my obeisance unto him; perpetually do I

bow down to the effulgence emanating from the toenails of the holy feet of my

Divine Master.

 

11

He is the dearmost intimate follower of the Divine Daughter of Sri

Vrsabhanu, and I know myself as the most fortunate by taking the dust of his

holy feet upon my head. I make my obeisance unto his invincible, wondrously

purifying lotus feet - perpetually do I bow to the brilliance emanating from

the toenails of the holy feet of my Divine Master.

 

Sri Sri Dayita Dasa Dasakam

 

1

nite yasmin nisante nayana-jala-bharaih snata-gatrarbudanam

uccair utkrosatam sri-vrsakapi-sutayadhiraya sviya-gosthim

prthvi gadhandhakarair hrta-nayana-manivavrta yena hina

yatrasau tatra sighram krpana-nayana he niyatam kinkaro 'yam

2

yasya sri-pada-padmat pravahati jagati prema-piyusa-dhara

yasya sri-pada-padma-cyuta-madhu satatam bhrtya-bhrngan vibharti

yasya sri-pada-padmam vraja-rasika-jano modate samprasasya

yatrasau tatra sighram krpana-nayana he niyatam kinkaro 'yam

3

vatsalyam yac ca pitro jagati bahumatam kaitavam kevalam tat

dampatyam dasyutaiva svajana-gana-krta bandhuta vancaneti

vaikuntha-sneha-murteh pada-nakha-kiranair yasya sandarsito 'smi

yatrasau tatra sighram krpana-nayana he niyatam kinkaro 'yam

4

ya vani kantha-lagna vilasati satatam krsna-caitanyacandre

karna-krodaj-jananam kim u nayana-gatam saiva murtim prakasya

niladri-sasya netrarpana-bhavana-gata netra-tarabhidheya

yatrasau tatra sighram krpana-nayana he niyatam kinkaro 'yam

5

gaurendor asta-saile kim u kanaka-ghano hema-hrj-jambu-nadya

avirbhutah pravarsair nikhila-jana-padam plavayan dava-dagdham

gauravirbhava-bhumau rajasi ca sahasa samjugopa svayam svam

yatrasau tatra sighram krpana-nayana he niyatam kinkaro 'yam

6

gauro gaurasya sisyo gurur api jagatam gayatam gaura-gatha

gaude gaudiya-gosthy-asrita-gana-garima dravide gaura-garvi

gandharva gaura-vatyo giri-dhara-parama-preyasam yo garistho

yatrasau tatra sighram krpana-nayana he niyatam kinkaro 'yam

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yo radha-krsna-namamrta-jala-nidhinaplavayad-visvam etad

amlecchasesa-lokam dvija-nrpa-vanijam sudra-sudrapakrstam

muktaih siddhair agamyah patita-jana-sakho gaura-karunya-saktir

yatrasau tatra sighram krpana-nayana he niyatam kinkaro 'yam

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apy asa vartate tat purata-vara-vapur lokitum loka-sandam

dirgham nilabja-netram tila-kusuma-nasam ninditarddhendu-bhalam

saumyam subhramsu-dantam sata dala-vadanam dirgha-bahum varenyam

yatrasau tatra sighram krpana-nayana he niyatam kinkaro 'yam

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gaurabde sunya-bananvita-nigamamite krsna-pakse caturthyam

pause mase maghayam amara-gana-guror-vasare vai nisante

daso yo radhikaya atisaya-dayito nitya-lila-pravisto

yatrasau tatra sighram krpana-nayana he niyatam kinkaro 'yam

10

ha-ha-karair-jananam guru-carana-jusam puritabhur-nabhas ca

yato 'sau kutra visvam prabhupada-virahad-dhanta sunyayitam me

padabje nitya-bhrtyah ksanam api viraham notsahe sodhum atra

yatrasau tatra sighram krpana-nayana he niyatam kinkaro 'yam

 

 

Prayer unto Sri Sri Dayita Dasa

(after the manifest pastimes of Sri Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakura)

 

 

1

At the end of the night of Sri Sri Vrsabhanunandini, She suddenly took

him to her entourage, withdrawing him from the company of throngs of

grief-stricken souls. A great cry of lamentation arose, their bodies were

bathed by their tears. When he was thus stolen away, this world was plunged

into the deep darkness of one whose eyes have been stolen away (hrta - stolen

away; nayana-mani - jewel of the eye - the internal name of Saraswati Thakura

is 'Nayana-mani').

(Bereft of the vision of my Divine Master,) O my sorrowful eyes

(dina-nayana), (or, O savior of the fallen [Dina-nayana],) wherever that great

soul may be, please quickly take this servitor there! (Although he is my Master

named 'Nayana,' or 'one who brings us near,' in his mercy he shows the

miserliness of not taking me unto his company.)

 

2

From his lotus feet, the nectarine river of divine love flows

throughout the universe; his servitors, like bees, maintain their lives

drinking the honey that falls from his lotus feet; and the pure devotees in the

shelter of the confidential mellows of Vraja revel in the bliss of singing the

glories of his lotus feet: O Dina-nayana, wherever that great soul may be,

please quickly take this servitor there.

 

3

Parental affection, so highly esteemed in the world, is a colossal hoax

(as an obstacle to Hari-bhakti); socially recognized pure matrimonial love is

nothing but dacoitry (in that it plunders away both the husband's and the

wife's eagerness for the chance to acquire the treasure of love unadulterated

by the superficiality of familial prejudice); and common friendship is merely

deception: I have gleaned these thoughts from the rays of light that emanate

from the toenails of the holy feet of that great personality, the embodiment of

supramundane affection. O Dina-nayana, wherever that great soul may be, please

quickly take this servitor there.

 

4

The divine message sung by Sri Krsna Caitanyacandra had its continuous

play in the ears of the people. From the ear, did he, just to fulfill the

purport of the name 'Nayana-mani,' reveal his form to the eye, making his

advent in the mansion (temple) favored by the glance of Sri Nilacalacandra (at

the time of the Rathayatra festival)? O Dina-nayana, wherever that great soul

(Mahapurusa) may be, please swiftly take this servitor there.

 

5

Drawing up the pure golden waters of the Jambu River mentioned in

Srimad-Bhagavatam, has this golden cloud arisen on the mountain where the

golden moon (Sri Gauracandra) descended (set), just to shower down torrents of

rain upon the whole countryside that was scorched by the forest fire (of

threefold sufferings), then suddenly conceal himself in the dust of the land of

the Advent of Sri Gauranga? O Dina-nayana, wherever that Great Master may be

now, please quickly take this servitor to that place.

 

6

He is of the same hue as Sri Gaura, and although he, who sings the

tidings of Sri Gaura, is the (natural) Guru of the whole universe, he accepted

discipleship to a great devotee called Sri Gaura Kisora ('adolescent Gaura').

In the whole Gaura-mandala he is the repository of the glory of those who grant

entrance into the fold of the pure Gaudiya Vaisnavas. He proudly ascended the

lofty throne of preaching the glories of the gift of the Golden Lord Sri Gaura

(the service of Sri Radha-Govinda in Vraja) to the Vaisnavas of Dravida (the

devotees in South India, who are generally worshippers of Laksmi-Narayana). The

glory of his dignity shines even in the group of Sri Gandharva, and he holds a

pre-eminent position in the intimate circle of Sri Giridhari, that is, he is

the most beloved of Lord Mukunda. O Dina-nayana, where that great soul is now,

please swiftly take this servitor there.

 

7

He inundated the whole universe of countless living beings - whether

brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, sudra, less than sudra, and even mleccha - with the

oceanic nectar of the holy name of Sri Radha-Krsna. Although unapproachable by

the liberationists and yogic perfectionists, he is known as the friend of the

fallen, the mercy potency of Sri Gauranga. O Dina-nayana, wherever that great

soul may be, please swiftly take this servitor there.

 

8

Do I have a hope to ever see that beautiful golden personality who

makes everything auspicious for the world? Do I have a hope to ever behold that

tall figure once again, his blue lotus eyes, his nose that excels the charm of

the Tila flower, his forehead that shames the half-moon, his graceful lotus

face, his gleaming pearl-white teeth, his long arms extending to his knees? O

Dina-nayana, wherever that great soul has gone, please swiftly take this

servitor there.

 

9

In the year of our Lord Gauranga 450, in the month of Pausa, on the

fourth day of the dark fortnight of the moon in the star of Magha, at the

closing of the night of Brhaspativara (5.30 a.m., 1st January, 1937), that most

beloved attendant of Srimati Vrsabhanunandini entered into the eternal

pastimes. O Dina-nayana, wherever that great soul may be, quickly take this

servitor there to him.

 

10

The entire earth and skies were filled with the cries of anguish of the

people, and of the disciples devoted to the service of Sri Gurudeva's lotus

feet. Where has that Great Master gone? Alas! today the whole universe seems

empty, in the separation of Prabhupada. The servitor of Gurudeva cannot endure

even a moment of his separation. O Dina-nayana, wherever, wherever that great

soul may be, please quickly take this servitor there to him.

 

Sri Dayita Dasa Pranati Pancakam

 

1

bhayabhanjana jayasamsana-karunayatanayanam

kanakotpala janakojjvala-rasasagara-cayanam

mukharikrta-dharanitala-harikirtana-rasanam

ksitipavana-bhavatarana-pihitaruna-vasanam

subhadodaya-divase vrsaravija-nija-dayitam

pranamami ca caranantika-paricaraka-sahitam

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saranagata-bhajanavrata-cirapalana-caranam

sukrtalaya-saralasaya-sujanakhila-varanam

harisadhana-krtabadhana janasasana-kalanam

sacaracara-karunakara-nikhilasiva-dalanam

subhadodaya-divase vrsaravija-nija-dayitam

pranamami ca caranantika-paricaraka-sahitam

3

atilaukika-gatitaulika-ratikautuka-vapusam

atidaivata-mativaisnava-yati-vaibhava-purusam

sasanatana-raghurupaka-paramanugacaritam

suvicaraka iva jivaka iti sadhubhiruditam

subhadodaya-divase vrsaravija-nija-dayitam

pranamami ca caranantika-paricaraka-sahitam

4

sarasitata-sukhadotaja-nikatapriyabhajanam

lalitamukha-lalanakula-paramadarayajanam

vrajakanana-bahumanana-kamalapriyanayanam

gunamanjari-garima-guna-harivasanavayanam

subhadodaya-divase vrsaravija-nija-dayitam

pranamami ca caranantika-paricaraka-sahitam

5

vimalotsavam amalotkala-purusottama-jananam

patitoddhrti-karunastrti-krtanutana-pulinam

mathurapura-purusottama-samagaurapuratanam

harikamaka-haridhamaka-harinamaka-ratanam

subhadodaya-divase vrsaravija-nija-dayitam

pranamami ca caranantika-paricaraka-sahitam

 

 

Homage unto Sri Dayita Dasa

 

1

He (of divine form) came forth from the birthplace of the golden lotus

- the ocean of the mellow of divine consorthood. His large, merciful eyes

dispel (the suffering souls') fear and proclaim (the surrendered souls')

victory. His tongue (constantly) vibrates the whole Earth planet with Sri

Krsna-sankirtana, his beauty resplendent in the robes of the sun's radiance

(saffron) that purifies the universe and dispels the suffering of material

existence. On his Holy Day of Advent, I (again and again) bow down unto that

beloved associate of Sri Vrsabhanunandini, and the servitors of his lotus feet.

 

2

The devotees surrendered in pure devotion are eternally protected at

his lotus feet. He is worshippable by the pure souls endowed with sincerity and

good fortune, and he accepts (even) those who obstruct the service of Sri Hari,

just to rectify them. As the very fountainhead of mercy upon all mobile and

immobile beings, he crushes the inauspiciousness of the whole universe. On his

Holy Day of Advent, I (again and again) bow down unto that beloved associate of

Sri Vrsabhanunandini, and the servitors of his lotus feet.

 

3

Like a miracle, his body moves with a joyful elegance and charm beyond

the world's understanding, fulfilling the artist's aspiration. (Or, dancing in

pastimes transcendental to the world, his artistic form incites divine love's

hankering). His intellect surpasses that of (even) the demigods, and he is

nobility incarnate as the commander in-chief of the Vaisnava sannyasis

(tridandi-yatis). The sadhus of profound intellect describe the nature of his

personality as meticulously in the line of Sri Sanatana, Sri Rupa, and Sri

Raghunatha, and they speak of him as being on the same plane as Sri Jivapada

(being superbly replete in perfect theistic conclusions). On his Holy Day of

Advent, I (again and again) bow down unto that beloved associate of Sri

Vrsabhanunandini, and the servitors of his lotus feet.

 

4

On the bank of Sri Radha Kunda at Svananda Sukhada Kunja, he is devoted

to the service of his Beloved, and (furthermore) he is greatly endeared to the

divine damsels of Vraja headed by Lalita. He is most favorite to Kamala-manjari

who is pre-eminent in Vrndavana, and with the glorious qualities of Gunamanjari

he builds the residence of Sri Hari. On his Holy Day of Advent, I (again and

again) bow down unto that beloved associate of Sri Vrsabhanunandini, and the

servitors of his lotus feet.

 

5

He is immaculate joy incarnate, or, he is the graciousness or the joy

of Vimala Devi. He manifested the pastimes of his Advent at Purusottama Ksetra

in the holy land of Orissa, and he revealed his pastimes of delivering the

fallen souls and extending his mercy upon them (by awarding them the gift of

divine love) at the 'new isles,' or Navadvipa. Circumambulating Gaura Dhama in

the same way as traditionally done at Vraja Dhama and Purusottama Dhama, he

continuously propagates - the loving desire of Vraja, the divine abode of

Vaikuntha, and the holy name of Krsna. On his Day of Holy Advent, I (again and

again) make my obeisance unto that dear associate of Sri Vrsabhanunandini, and

the servitors of his holy lotus feet.

 

By HH B.R. Sridhar Maharaja