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SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI : SRI GURU VANDANA

Sri Gurvastakam

(By Srila Visvanath Chakravarti Thakur)

samsara-davanala-lidha-loka-
tranaya karunya-ghanaghanatvam
praptasya kalyana-gunarnavasya
vande guroh sri-charanaravindam [1]

I offer my obeisance unto the lotus feet of Sri Guru, who is an ocean of good qualities and auspiciousness and who, as a thick rain cloud of mercy, brings relief to this world devoured by the forest fire of material existence.

mahaprabhoh kirtana-nrtya-gita-
vaditra-madyan-manaso rasena
romancha-kampasru-taranga-bhajo
vande guroh sri-charanaravindam [2]

I offer my obeisance unto the lotus feet of Sri Guru, whose eyes shed streams of tears, who trembles and has goosebumps as he relishes the intoxicating dancing, singing and playing instruments in Mahaprabhu’s kirtan.

sri-vigraharadhana-nitya-nana-
srngara-tan-mandira-marjanadau
yuktasya bhaktams cha niyunjato ’pi
vande guroh sri-charanaravindam [3]

I offer my obeisance unto the lotus feet of Sri Guru, who unwaveringly engages himself and all devotees in various services related to the worship of holy Deities of the Lord, including dressing and decorating the Lord and cleaning His temple.

chatur-vidha-sri-bhagavat-prasada-
svadv-anna-trptan hari-bhakta-sanghan
krtvaiva trptim bhajatah sadaiva
vande guroh sri-charanaravindam [4]

I offer my obeisance unto the lotus feet of Sri Guru, who always serves the Lord’s devotees by satisfying them with four types of delicious prasad of the Lord (chewed, sucked, licked and drunk) and thereby feels satisfied himself.

sri-radhika-madhavayor-apara-
madhurya-lila-guna-rupa-namnam
prati-ksanasvadana-lolupasya
vande guroh sri-charanaravindam [5]

I offer my obeisance unto the lotus feet of Sri Guru, who longs to relish at every moment the boundless sweet pastimes, qualities, beauty and Names of Sri Radha-Madhav.

nikunja-yuno rati-keli-siddhyair
ya yalibhir yuktir apeksaniya
tatrati-daksyad-ati-vallabhasya
vande guroh sri-charanaravindam [6]

I offer my obeisance unto the lotus feet of Sri Guru, who is dearly beloved and very expert at facilitating amorous pastimes in forest recesses (when Sri Radha’s girlfriends wait to come up with a pretext to arrange a meeting for Her and Krishna).

saksadd-haritvena samasta-sastrair
uktas tatha bhavyata eva sadbhih
kintu prabhor yah priya eva tasya
vande guroh sri-charanaravindam [7]

I offer my obeisance unto the lotus feet of Sri Guru, who is said by all scriptures to be, no doubt, the Supreme Lord Himself and considered to be such by pious souls but who is also, no doubt, the Lord’s dear associate.

yasya prasadad bhagavat-prasado
yasyaprasadat na gatih kuto ’pi
dhyayam stuvams tasya yasas-tri-sandhyam
vande guroh sri-charanaravindam [8]

I offer my obeisance unto the lotus feet of Sri Guru, by pleasing whom one can please the Lord, and by displeasing whom one has nowhere to go; I sing and meditate on his glory at the three junctions of the day.

srimad gurorastakam etad uchchair
brahme muhurte pathati prayatnat
yas tena vrndavana-natha-saksat-
sevaiva labhya januso ’nta eva [9]

One who very carefully tries to recite this ‘Sri Gurvastakam’ during the brahma-muhurta time will, no doubt, attain service to the Lord of Vrindavan upon the end of their birth.

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