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Srimad-arca-stavah. PRAYERS TO THE DEITY FORM OF THE LORD. FROM SRI KRSNA LILA STAVA.

Posted by padmavati mataji on January 2, 2011 at 2:53pm


(1)
pāṣāṇa-dhātu-mṛd-dāru-sikatā-maṇi-lekhajā
sādā te prātikṛtir acalā vā calā prabho

(2)
śālagrāma-śilā cātha yatra kutrāpy avasthitā
yādṛśī tādṛśī vāpi bhaktair bhaktyābhipūjitā

(3)
bhavatādhiṣṭhittā sarvā saccidānanda-rūpiṇī
tvam eva kathayase sadbhis tasmai tubhyaḿ namo namaḥ

TRANSLATION
1) O Krsna, appearing in the forms of stone, metal, clay, wood, sand-drawings; jewels; and pictures, You temporarily or permanently appear in Your deity-incarnation.

2) O Krsna, who also appears as the Salagrama-sila, wherever or in whatever form You manifest Yourself, the devotees worship You with great devotion.

3) O Krsna, I offer my obeisances to You, whose form is eternal truth, knowledge, and bliss, and confirmed by Your saintly devotees.

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    Madhavi-lata devi dasi December 1, 2012 at 11:47pm

    Dear Padmavati Mataji,

    These prayers are so beautiful.

    I will add them to my daily prayers.

    Thank you so much for kindly posting.

    Your humble servant, Mldd

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    padmavati mataji January 2, 2011 at 3:00pm

    Devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa gradually spiritualizes and beautifies all one's senses. Ordinary people may not see how a Vaiṣṇava is being transformed, for only a devotee can appreciate the actual beauty of other devotees. Therefore Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī cautions us in his Upadeśāmṛta (5) against judging a devotee superficially: "One should overlook a devotee's being born in a low family, having a body with a bad complexion, a deformed body, or a diseased or infirm body. According to ordinary vision, such imperfections may seem prominent in the body of a pure devotee, but despite such seeming defects, the body of a pure devotee cannot be polluted.

     The devotees' intelligence is likened to the moon, whose cool, soothing beauty can be seen and appreciated by everyone in the world. Similarly, the tongue of one who glorifies the Lord is said to shower down a rain of nectar, which, like the moonshine, is available to all without distinction.
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