nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhu-talesrimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namineI offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine GraceA. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who is verydear to Lord Krishna, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracarinenirvisesha-sunyavadi-pascatya-desa-tarineOur respectful obeisances are unto you, O spiritual master,servant of Sarasvati Gosvami.You are kindly preaching the message of Lord Caitanyadevaand delivering the Western countries,which are filled with impersonalism and voidism.namo maha-vadanyaya krishna-prema-pradaya tekrishnaya krishna-caitanya-namne gaura-tvishe namahO most munificent incarnation! You are Krishna Himselfappearing as Sri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu.You have assumed the golden colour of Srimati Radharani,and You are widely distributing pure love of Krishna.We offer our respectful obeisances unto You.namo brahmanya-devaya go-brahmana-hitaya ca jagad-dhitaya krsnaya govindaya namo namahLet me offer my respectful obeisances unto Lord Krishna,the worshipable Deity for all brahminical men.He is the well-wisher of cows and brahmanasand is always benefitting the whole world.I offer my repeated obeisances to the Personalityof Godhead known as Krishna and Govinda.śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanyaprabhu-nityānandaśrī-advaita gadādharaśrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛndaI offer my obeisances to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya,Prabhu Nityānanda, Śrī Advaita, Gadādhara,Śrīvāsa and all others in the line of devotion.hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇakṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare harehare rāma hare rāmarāma rāma hare haretulayāma lavenāpina svargaḿ nāpunar-bhavambhagavat-sańgi-sańgasyamartyānāḿ kim utāśiṣaḥThe value of a moment's association with the devotee of the Lord cannot even be compared to the attainment of heavenly planets or liberation from matter, and what to speak of worldly benedictions in the form of material prosperity, which are for those who are meant for death.(S.B.1:18:13).pibanti ye bhagavata ātmanaḥ satāḿkathāmṛtaḿ śravaṇa-puṭeṣu sambhṛtampunanti te viṣaya-vidūṣitāśayaḿvrajanti tac-caraṇa-saroruhāntikamThose who drink through aural reception, fully filled with the nectarean message of Lord Kṛṣṇa, the beloved of the devotees, purify the polluted aim of life known as material enjoyment and thus go back to Godhead, to the lotus feet of Him (the Personality of Godhead).(S.B.2:2:37).āyur harati vai puḿsāmudyann astaḿ ca yann asautasyarte yat-kṣaṇo nītauttama-śloka-vārtayāBoth by rising and by setting, the sun decreases the duration of life of everyone, except one who utilizes the time by discussing topics of the all-good Personality of Godhead. (S.B.2:3:17).śṛṇvataḥ śraddhayā nityaḿgṛṇataś ca sva-ceṣṭitamkālena nātidīrgheṇabhagavān viśate hṛdiPersons who hear Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam regularly and are always taking the matter very seriously will have the Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa manifested in their hearts within a short time. (S.B.2:8:4).praviṣṭaḥ karṇa-randhreṇasvānāḿ bhāva-saroruhamdhunoti śamalaḿ kṛṣṇaḥsalilasya yathā śaratThe sound incarnation of Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Soul (i.e. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam), enters into the heart of a self-realized devotee, sits on the lotus flower of his loving relationship, and thus cleanses the dust of material association, such as lust, anger and hankering. Thus it acts like autumnal rains upon pools of muddy water. (S.B.2:8:5).
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