Sri Advaitastaka

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February 8th, 2003, Saturday (Saptami)

Appearance day of Sri Advaita Acarya

 

(Fasting till noon)

 

 

 

SRI ADVAITASTAKA

 

Eight Prayers Glorifying Lord Advaita

by Srila Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya

 

 

Text 1

 

ganga-tire tat-payobhis tulasyah

patraih purpaih prema-hunkara-ghoraih

prakatyartham gauram aradhayad yah

sailadvaitacaryam etam prapadye

 

ganga - of the Ganges river; tire - on the shore; tat - of that

river; payobhih - with the waters; tulasyah - of the sacred Tulasi plant;

patraih - with leaves; puspaih - with flowers; prema - of pure love of God;

hunkara-ghosain - with loud cries; prakatya - for the appearance; artham -

for the purpose; gauram - Lord Caitanya; aradhayat - worshipped; yah - Who;

srila-advaita-acaryam - Srila Advaita Acarya; etam - to Him; prapadye - I

surrender.

 

Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya, Who with tulasi leaves,

flowers, water from the Ganges' shore, and loud calls of love, worshiped

Lord Gaura and begged Him to appear.

 

 

Text 2

 

yad-dhunkaraih prema-sindhor vikarair

akartah san gaura-goloka-nathah

avirbhutah sri-navadvipa-madhye

sriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye

 

yat - of Whom; hunkaraih - because of the loud cries; prema - of

pure love of God; sindhoh - of the ocean; vikaraih - with ecstatic

transformations; akartah - attracted; san - being; gauga - golden; goloka -

of Goloka Vrndavana; nathah - the Lord; avirbhutah - manifested;

sri-navadvipa - of Navadvipa; madhye - in the midst.

 

Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya. Attracted by His loud

calls, the golden Lord of Goloka Vrindavana, Who is an ocean of ecstatic

love, appeared in Sri Navadvipa.

 

 

Text 3

 

brahmadimam durlabha-prema-purair

adinam yah plavayam asa lokam

avirbhavya srila-caitanyacandram

sriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye

 

brahma-adinam - of Lord Brahma and others; durlabha - difficult to

attain; prema - of pure love of Godhead; puraih - with floods; adinam - even

to the lowest persons; yah - Who; plavayam asa - inundated; lokam - the

worlds; avirbhavya - having caused to appear; srila-caitanyacandram - Lord

Caitanyacandra.

 

 

Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya Who, by making the moon of

Lord Caitanya rise, flooded the world with a love even Brahma and the great

demigods cannot attain.

 

 

Text 4

 

sri-caitanyah sarva-sakti-prapurno

yasyaivajna-matrato 'ntardarde 'pi

durvijneyam yasya karunya-katyam

sriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye

 

sri-caitanyah - Lord Caitanya; sarva - all; sakti - of potencies;

prapurnah - full; yasya - of Whom; eva - indeed; ajna - the order; matratah

- by only; antardadhe - disappeared; api - although; durvijneyam - difficult

to understand; yasya - of Whom; karunya - of mercy; katyam - activity.

 

Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya, whose mercy is beyond

understanding, and by whose request alone all-powerful Lord Caitanya

disappeared from this world.

 

 

Text 5

 

sarti-sthity-antam vidhatum pravatta

yasyamsamsah brahma-virnv-isvarakhyah

yenabhinnam tam maha-virnu-rupam

sriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye

 

sarti - creation; sthiti - maintenance; antam - and annihillation;

vidhatum - to perform; pravattah - engaged; yasya - of Whom; amsa - parts;

amsah - of the parts; brahma - Lord Brahma; visnu - Lord Visnu; isvara - and

Lord Siva; akhyah - named; yena - by whom; abhinnam - not different; tam -

to Him; maha-visnu - of Lord Maha-Visnu; rupam - form.

 

Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya, Who is non-different from

the form of Lord Maha-Visnu, and Whose parts and parcels are Brahma, Visnu,

and Siva engaged in the creation, maintenance, and destruction of the

worlds.

 

 

Text 6

 

kasmimscid yah sruyate casrayatvat

sambhor ittham sambhavan-nama dhama

sarvaradhyam bhakti-matraika-sadhyam

sriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye

 

kasmimscit - somewhere; yah - Who; sruyate - is heard; ca - and;

asrayatvat - because of being the shelter; sambhoh - of Lord Siva; ittham -

in this way; sambhavat-nama - the name of Lord Siva; dhama - abode; sarva -

by all; aradhyam - worshipable; bhakti - by devotion; matra - alone; eka -

one; sadhyam - attainable.

 

Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya, Who is worshiped by all,

Who is attained only by devotional service, and Who, as is heard in a

certain Vedic literature, because He is Lord Siva's shelter, has a name and

glory like Lord Siva's.

 

 

Text 7

 

sita-namni preyasi prema-purna

putro yasyapy acyutananda-nama

sri-caitanya-prema-pura-prapurnah

sriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye

 

sita - sita-devi; namni - named; preyasi - dear wife; prema - of

pure love of Godhead; purna - full; putrah - son; yasya - of Whom; api -

and; acyuthananda - Acyutananda; nama - named; sai-caitanya - for Lord

Caitanya; prema - pure love;pura - with the flood; prapurnah - filled.

 

Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya, Who is flooded with love

for Lord Caitanya, and Whose beloved wife Sita-devi and son Acyutananda are

also filled with love.

 

 

Text 8

 

nityanandadvaitato 'dvaita-nama

bhaktyakhyanad yah sad-acarya-nama

sasvac-cetah-sancarad-gaura-dhama

sriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye

 

nityananda - from Lord Nityananda; advaitatah - because of

non-difference; advaita - advaita; nama - named; bhakti - of devotional

service; akhyanat - because of description; yah - who; sat - pious; acarya -

acarya; nama - named; sasvat - eternal; cetah - mind; sancarat - appearing;

gaura - Lord Caitanya; dhama - abode.

 

Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya, Whose heart is Lord

Gaura's eternal home, Who is named Advaita because He is not (a) different

(dvaita) from Lord Nityananda, and Who is named Acarya because He teaches

devotional service.

 

 

Text 9

 

pratah pritah pratyaham sampathed yah

sitanathasyastakam suddha-buddhih

so 'yam samyak tasya padaravinde

vindan bhaktim tat-priyatvam prayati

 

pratah - in the early morning; pritah - delighted; pratyaham - every

day; sampathey - may read; yah - who; sita-nathasya - of Lord Advaita, the

Lord of Sita-devi; astakam - eight verses; suddha - pure; buddhih - mind;

sah - he; ayam - that very person; samyak - completely; tasya - of Him; pada

- feet; aravinde - for the lotus flower; vindan - attaining; bhaktim -

devotion; tat - to Him; priyatvam - the state of being dear; prayati -

attains.

 

A perse whose intelligence is pure and who every morning happily

reads these eight verses glorifying Lord Advaita, the husband of Sita,

attains devotion for His lotus feet and becomes dear to Him.