SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI : VANDANA

Vandana

vande ’ham sri-guroh sri-yuta-pada-kamalam sri-gurun vaisnavams cha
sri-rupam sagrajatam saha-gana-raghunathanvitam tam sa-jivam
sadvaitam savadhutam parijana-sahitam krsna-chaitanya-devam
sri-radha-krsna-padan saha-gana-lalita-sri-visakhanvitams cha

I worship the holy lotus feet of my initiating and instructing guru as well as all predecessor gurus and all Vaishnavs; Sri Rupa Goswami, his elder brother Sri Sanatan Goswami, along with their dear associates Sri Raghunath and Sri Jiva; Sri Advaita Prabhu, Sriman Nityananda Prabhu and Sri Krishna Chaitanyadev, along with all His near and dear ones; and Sri Sri Radha-Krishna, along with Their dear associates Lalita, Visakha and others.

om ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana-salakaya
chaksur unmilitam yena tasmai sri-gurave namah

I offer my obeisance to Sri Guru, who has opened my eyes, which were blinded by the darkness of ignorance, by applying the anjan (potent kajol, or antimony) of knowledge upon them.

pujya-sri-guru-varga-vandita-mahabhavanvitayah sada
paurvaparya-parampara-prachalita-prajya pramurtakrteh
bhakter nirmala-nirjharasya nibhrtam samraksakam sadaram
vande sri-gurudevam anata-sira acharya-varyam nijam

I bow my head in eternal obeisance to my gurudev, the best of acharyas, Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj. He is the ever vigilant, stalwart guardian of the current of pure devotion, whose highest form flows from the most worshippable Sri Rupanuga guru-varga in their exclusive dedication to Mahabhava, Srimati Radharani.

gurvvabhista-supurakam guru-ganair asisa-sambhusitam
chintyachintya-samasta-veda-nipunam sri-rupa-panthanugam
govindabhidham ujjvalam vara-tanum bhakty anvitam sundaram
vande visva-gurun cha divya-bhagavat-premno hi bija-pradam

I offer my obeisance to him who perfectly fulfils his gurudev’s most cherished desires; who is fully adorned with the blessings of his gurudev’s associates; who is expert in all conceivable and inconceivable aspects of Vedic knowledge; who is a pre-eminent follower of Srila Rupa Goswami Prabhu’s line; who is known as ‘Govinda’ (Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj); whose beautiful, effulgent, exalted form is suffused with pure devotion; who is the guru of the entire universe; and who is the giver of the seed of divine love for the Supreme Lord.

devam divya-tanum suchhanda-vadanam balarka-chelanchitam
sandrananda-puram sad-eka-varanam vairagya-vidyambudhim
sri-siddhanta-nidhim subhakti-lasitam sarasvatanam varam
vande tam subhadam mad-eka-saranam nyasisvaram sridharam

I worship Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, the bestower of all auspiciousness, my only shelter and the master of all renunciates. He is my Lord, who possesses a transcendental form, whose face expression is very grave, who is clad in the holy clothes the colour of the newly risen sun. He is an abode of intense joy, the only genuine master whom one can accept and surrender to, and an ocean of divine knowledge of renunciation. A repository of holy scriptural teachings and pastimes of the highest devotion, he is a great follower of Srila Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad.

sri-siddhanta-sarasvatiti vidito gaudiya-gurvvanvaye
bhato bhanuriva prabhata-gagane yo gaura-sankirtanaih
mayavada-timingilodara-gatan-uddhrtya jivaniman
krsna-prema-sudhabdhi-gahana-sukham pradat prabhum tam bhaje

I worship my Lord, who is known as Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur in the preceptorial succession of gurus in the Gaudiya line. Like a radiant sun, his sankirtan (glorification) of Gauranga Mahaprabhu illuminates the sky, breaking the darkness of the night. He extricates souls out of illusion – out of the belly of a monstrous whale-devouring timingila creature – and grants them the happiness of diving and bathing in the pure ocean of divine love for Lord Krishna.

namo gaura-kisoraya bhaktavadhuta-murtaye
gauranghri-padma-bhrngaya radha-bhava-nisevine

I offer my obeisance to Srila Gaura Kisor Das Babaji Maharaj, who is a worshippable embodiment of an avadhut devotee (who is situated beyond all rules and regulations, and who can rescue the most fallen), who is a bumblebee at the lotus feet of Sri Gaura, relishing the divine mood of Sri Radhika.

vande bhaktivinodam sri-gaura-sakti-svarupakam
bhakti-sastrajna-samrajam radha-rasa-sudha-nidhim

I offer my obeisance to Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur, who embodies the divine potency of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu, who is the king reigning over all experts in devotional scriptures, and who is an ocean of nectar of ecstatic devotion to Srimati Radharani.

gaura-vrajasritasesair vaisnavair vandya-vigraham
jagannatha-prabhum vande premabdhim vrddha-vaisnavam

I offer my obeisance to Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj, my Lord, a venerable senior Vaishnav, an ocean of divine love and a worshippable Deity of all Vaishnavs who took shelter in Lord Gauranga Mahaprabhu in Sri Gaura Dham and in Lord Sri Krishna in Sri Vrindavan Dham.

vanchha-kalpatarubhyas cha krpa-sindhubhya eva cha
patitanam pavanebhyo vaisnavebhyo namo namah

Again and again I offer my obeisance to the Supreme Lord’s devotees, who are saviours of the fallen, oceans of mercy and wish-fulfilling trees.

pancha-tattvatmakam krsnam bhakta-rupa-svarupakam
bhaktavataram bhaktakhyam namami bhakta-saktikam

I offer my obeisance to Sri Pancha-tattva: to Sri Krishna Chaitanya, who is non-different from Lord Sri Krishna; to Prabhu Nityananda, who is His alter-ego, manifest as a devotee; to Sri Advaita, who advents in this world as a devotee; to Gadadhar, who is known as a devotee; and to Srivas and other devotees, who embody divine devotional power.

namo mahavadanyaya krsna-prema-pradaya te
krsnaya krsna-chaitanya-namne gaura-tvise namah

Obeisances to the extremely magnanimous bestower of Krishna-prema! I offer my obeisance to Lord Sri Krishna, who is known as Sri Krishna Chaitanya of golden lustre.

jayatam suratau pangor mama manda-mater-gati
mat-sarvasva-padambhojau radha-madana-mohanau

May supremely merciful Sri Sri Radha-Madan-mohan – who are the only refuge for this lame fool and whose lotus feet are his all-in-all, his dearest treasure – be ever victorious.

divyad-vrndaranya-kalpa-drumadhah-
srimad-ratnagara-simhasanasthau
sri-gandharva-srila-govinda-devau
presthalibhih sevyamanau smarami

I always remember the Divine Couple, Sri Sri Radha-Govinda, who are seated on a throne within a jewelled temple standing at the foot of a wish-fulfilling tree in beautiful, effulgent Sri Vrindavan, and who are served by Their dear sakhis (girlfriends).

sriman rasa-rasarambhi vamsivata-tatasthitah
karsan venu-svanair gopir gopinathah sriye ’sthu nah

May Lord Gopinath – the originator of the ecstatic rasa dance, who resides at Vamsivat and attracts gopis by the sound of His flute – bestow auspiciousness upon me.

vrndayai tulasi-devyai priyayai kesavasya cha
krsna-bhakti-prade devi satyavatyai namo namah

Again and again I offer my obeisance to Vrinda Devi (Tulasi Devi), who is very dear to Lord Kesav, who bestows devotion to Krishna and is known as Satyavati.

atha natva mantra-gurun gurun bhagavatartha-dan
vyasan jagad-gurun natva tato jayam-udirayet

Before reciting scriptures that can conquer material world, let us offer obeisances to our initiating guru, to the guru who teaches us the meaning of Srimad Bhagavatam, to Sri Vyasadev and all the gurus in the universe.

jayah sa-parikara-sri-sri-guru-gauranga-gandharva-
govinda-sundara-pada-padmanam jayastu

All glory to the holy lotus feet of Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharva-Govindasundar and all Their associates.

SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI (English)
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INDEX

• Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Vani
• Introduction
• Foreword (1)
• Foreword (2)
• Guidance
• Daily Kirtan Guidelines

VANDANA

SRI GURU VANDANA

• Krsna haite chatur-mukha
• Jaya jaya gurudeva acharya nirmala
• Jaya jaya gurudevera arati ujjvala
• Jaya guru maharaja yati-rajesvara
• Sujanarvuda-radhita-pada-yugam
• Sri-guru-charana-padma
• Sri-guru-charana-padma
• Gurudev! krpa-bindu diya
• Gurudev! bada krpa kari
• Gurudev! kabe tava karuna prakase
• Gurudev! kabe mora sei dina habe?
• Gurudeve vraja-vane
• Sri-rupa-manjari-pada

SRI VAISHNAV VANDANA

• (Ohe) vaisnava thakura, dayara sagara
• Ei-bara karuna kara vaisnava gosani
• Thakura vaisnava pada, avanira susampada
• Thakura vaisnava-gana! kari ei nivedana
• Krpa kara vaisnava thakura
• Ki-rupe paiba seva muni durachara
• Dhana mora nityananda
• Mana tumi tirthe sada rata

SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI (Bengali)
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