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RELIGION OF THE HEART : PREFACE
Your Fearless Lotus Feet
Vyasa-puja offering for His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj written by His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, in 1957.
| 1) | They come from such faraway lands Bearing gifts of worship in their outstretched hands, Fervently they hasten—your kinsmen in bands To greet you on this, your Holy Birthday. |
| 2) | At your Fearless Lotus Feet they happily rejoice With streaming eyes and stuttering voice, Horripilating body and a love that’s choice— Considering themselves most fortunate. |
| 3) | O most Magnanimous Master, gracefully forgiving, On this Holy Day to offer I have practically nothing, What little I have is sullied and trifling, Not worthy of offering to thee. |
| 4) | Burning in repentance for my one time thoughtlessness, Your feet’s shelter I beg in all repentance May I not ever lose you from inadvertence, Please grant only fearlessness to me. |
| 5) | Having lost myself in Maya’s delusion I’ve found only flickering pleasure and convulsion On the giant wheel of virtue and indiscretion— And a garland of cradles and sepulchers. |
| 6) | Absorbed in a great purposeless search Away I have pushed the true wealth of this birth, And tossed between heaven and earth, I’ve gotten only a burning fever. |
| 7) | An abysmal hellfire ignites all around Projecting its snout while flames leap and bound, Expanding a huge cavernous mouth— Intending only to devour me. |
| 8) | World-engulfing and world-scorching flames Cause me to run hither and thither in torment And wearied I drop into a slumbering suspense In Mahamaya’s dense trickery. |
| 9) | This great sinner, this fallen outcaste Infatuated by the six enemies is aghast As lust and greed propel him fast— To the shore of the ocean of death. |
| 10) | My uncontrolled mind—a will o’ the wisp Takes no good counsel, though I give it the whip Carrying its burden in a subconscious grip— Hastens me to doom’s doorstep. |
| 11) | Please save me Lord! Out of your own kind goodness Your glance alone defeats Maya’s madness O shelter of all the poor and helpless May the world behold your grace. |
| 12) | Maya’s bonds I cannot break Your Lotus Foot Dust for to take Do sever these bonds and forever make Your Holy Lotus Feet my serving place. |
| 13) | Many a helpless wretch has found Shade and shelter ‘neath your ground But this fallen soul by Maya bound— Can only heave long sighs. |
| 14) | The Nectar Ganges Name you brought Saved many helpless souls distraught And yet this worthless slave is caught— Deceived by day and night. |
| 15) | My self-surrender is just a farce To call my own, my wealth is sparse O Redeemer Lord! Do make me yours And call me your very own. |
| 16) | Your Lotus Feet I humbly entreat May Forever be my Object Sweet Lord, Bind and nourish me with daily service And the rope of your kind compassion. |
Preface
Part One: The Glories of Devotional Service
1 The Service of
Vrndavan
2 The Lord is not Impersonal
3 Evidence of the Conception of a Personal God
in the Scriptures of India
4 Preparing to Understand Krsna's Transcendental Pastimes
Part Two: Krishna's Four Super-excellent Qualities
1 Krishna's Sweet Pastimes
2 Krishna's Wonderful Associates
3 Krishna's Transcendental Flute
4 Krishna's Unparalleled Beauty and Opulence
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