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 hareyamādibhir yoga-pathaiḥkāma-lobha-hato muhuḥmukunda-sevayā yadvattathātmāddhā na śāmyatiIt is true that by practicing restraint of the senses by the yoga system one can get relief from the disturbances of desire and lust, but this is not sufficient to give satisfaction to the soul, for this (satisfaction) is derived from devotional service to the Personality of Godhead.(S.B.1:6:35).yasyāḿ vai śrūyamāṇāyāḿkṛṣṇe parama-pūruṣebhaktir utpadyate puḿsaḥśoka-moha-bhayāpahāSimply by giving aural reception to this Vedic literature, the feeling for loving devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, sprouts up at once to extinguish the fire of lamentation, illusion and fearfulness. (S.B.1:7:7).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).akāmaḥ sarva-kāmo vāmokṣa-kāma udāra-dhīḥtīvreṇa bhakti-yogenayajeta puruṣaḿ paramA person who has broader intelligence, whether he be full of all material desire, without any material desire, or desiring liberation, must by all means worship the supreme whole, the Personality of Godhead. (S.B.2:3:10).
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