Chaitanya -- The living force Krsna-Chaitanya -- The all-attractive Supreme living force Gauranga -- He of fair bodily complexion Dvija-Nayaka -- The hero amongst the twice-born brahmanas Yatinam Siromani -- The crest jewel of sannyasis (who wander freely) Dandinam Siromani - The crest jewel of sannyasis (who carry staffs) Nyasinam Siromani -- The crest jewel of sannyasis (who renounce everything). Raktambara-Dhara -- He Who wears red cloth Sriman -- The supreme opulent one Navadvipa-Sudhakara -- The source of nectar in Navadvipa Prema-Bhakti-Prada -- The bestower of ecstatic loving devotion Sri-Sachi-Nandana -- The delightful son of mother Sachi.
"That person who recites these twelve holy names of the Lord three times a day (at dawn, noon and dusk) will achieve the perfection of all their best desires, and will attain pure devotion unto the divine lotus feet of Lord Chaitanya."
TRANSLATION 1-2) O Srimad-Bhagavatam, O nectar churned form the ocean of all the Vedic scriptures, O most prominent transcendental fruit of all the Vedas, O you who are enriched with the jewels of all spiritual philosophical conclusions, O you who grant spiritual vision to all the people of the world; O life-breath of the Vaisnava devotees, O Lord, You are the sun which has arisen to dispel the darkness of the Kali yuga. You are actually Krsna Who has returned (among us).
3) O Srimad-Bhagavatam, I offer respectful obeisances unto You. By reading you one attains transcendental bliss, for Your syllables rain pure love of God upon the reader. You are always to be served by everyone, for you are an incarnation of Krsna.
4) O Srimad-Bhagavatam, O my only friend, O my companion, O my teacher, O my great wealth, O my deliverer, O my good fortune, O my bliss, I offer respectful obeisancesunto you.
5) O Srimad-Bhagavatam, O giver of saintliness to the unsaintly, O uplifter of the very fallen, please do not ever leave me. Please become manifested upon my heart and my throat, accompanied by pure love of Krsna.
I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I offer my respectful obeisances unto him. When will Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī Prabhupāda, who has established within this material world the mission to fulfill the desire of Lord Caitanya, give me shelter under his lotus feet?
vande 'haḿ śrī-guroḥ śrī-yuta-pada-kamalaḿ śrī-gurūn vaiṣṇavāḿś ca śrī-rūpaḿ sāgrajātaḿ saha-gaṇa-raghunāthānvitaḿ taḿ sa-jīvam sādvaitaḿ sāvadhūtaḿ parijana-sahitaḿ kṛṣṇa-caitanya-devaḿ śrī-rādhā-kṛṣṇa-pādān saha-gaṇa-lalitā-śrī-viśākhānvitāḿś ca
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master and unto the feet of all Vaiṣṇavas. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī along with his elder brother Sanātana Gosvāmī, as well as Raghunātha Dāsa and Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa, Gopāla Bhaṭṭa, and Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī. I offer my respectful obeisances to Lord Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda along with Advaita Ācārya, Gadādhara, Śrīvāsa, and other associates. I offer my respectful obeisances to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and Śrī Kṛṣṇa along with Their associates Śrī Lalitā and Viśākhā.
he kṛṣṇa karuṇā-sindho dīna-bandho jagat-pate gopeśa gopikā-kānta rādhā-kānta namo 'stu te
O my dear Kṛṣṇa, You are the friend of the distressed and the source of creation. You are the master of the gopīs and the lover of Rādhārāṇī. I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.
I offer my respects to Rādhārāṇī, whose bodily complexion is like molten gold and who is the Queen of Vṛndāvana. You are the daughter of King Vṛṣabhānu, and You are very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa.
vāñchā-kalpatarubhyaś ca kṛpā-sindhubhya eva ca patitānāḿ pāvanebhyo vaiṣṇavebhyo namo namaḥ
I offer my respectful obeisances unto all the Vaiṣṇava devotees of the Lord. They can fulfill the desires of everyone, just like desire trees, and they are full of compassion for the fallen souls.
I offer my obeisances to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, Prabhu Nityānanda, Śrī Advaita, Gadādhara, Śrīvāsa and all others in the line of devotion.
hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare
oḿ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya janmādy asya yato 'nvayād itarataś cārtheṣv abhijñaḥ svarāṭ tene brahma hṛdā ya ādi-kavaye muhyanti yat sūrayaḥ tejo-vāri-mṛdāḿ yathā vinimayo yatra tri-sargo 'mṛṣā dhāmnā svena sadā nirasta-kuhakaḿ satyaḿ paraḿ dhīmahi
O my Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, son of Vasudeva, O all-pervading Personality of Godhead, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You. I meditate upon Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa because He is the Absolute Truth and the primeval cause of all causes of the creation, sustenance and destruction of the manifested universes. He is directly and indirectly conscious of all manifestations, and He is independent because there is no other cause beyond Him. It is He only who first imparted the Vedic knowledge unto the heart of Brahmājī, the original living being. By Him even the great sages and demigods are placed into illusion, as one is bewildered by the illusory representations of water seen in fire, or land seen on water. Only because of Him do the material universes, temporarily manifested by the reactions of the three modes of nature, appear factual, although they are unreal. I therefore meditate upon Him, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is eternally existent in the transcendental abode, which is forever free from the illusory representations of the material world. I meditate upon Him, for He is the Absolute Truth. (S.B. 1:1:1).
In the revealed scriptures, the ultimate object of knowledge is Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead. The purpose of performing sacrifice is to please Him. Yoga is for realizing Him. All fruitive activities are ultimately rewarded by Him only. He is supreme knowledge, and all severe austerities are performed to know Him. Religion [dharma] is rendering loving service unto Him. He is the supreme goal of life. (S.B.1:2:28/29).
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Hare Krishna mataji! When is a good time to recite this prayer? At the end of morning program?
12 NAMES OF LORD CAITANYA MAHAPRABHU.
Sri Krsna-Chaitanya-Dvadasa-Nama-Stotram
by Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya:
Twelve principal names of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu are:
(1) caitanyah krsna-caitanyo gaurango dvija-nayakah
yatinam dandinam caiva nyasinam ca siromanih
(2) raktambara-dharah sriman navadvipa-sudhakarah
prema-bhakti-pradas caiva sri-saci-nandanas tatha.
Chaitanya -- The living force
Krsna-Chaitanya -- The all-attractive Supreme living force
Gauranga -- He of fair bodily complexion
Dvija-Nayaka -- The hero amongst the twice-born brahmanas
Yatinam Siromani -- The crest jewel of sannyasis (who wander freely)
Dandinam Siromani - The crest jewel of sannyasis (who carry staffs)
Nyasinam Siromani -- The crest jewel of sannyasis (who renounce everything).
Raktambara-Dhara -- He Who wears red cloth
Sriman -- The supreme opulent one
Navadvipa-Sudhakara -- The source of nectar in Navadvipa
Prema-Bhakti-Prada -- The bestower of ecstatic loving devotion
Sri-Sachi-Nandana -- The delightful son of mother Sachi.
"That person who recites these twelve holy names of the Lord three times a
day (at dawn, noon and dusk) will achieve the perfection of all their best
desires, and will attain pure devotion unto the divine lotus feet of Lord
Chaitanya."
OBEISANCES TO SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM.
(1)
sarva-śāstrābdhi-pīyūṣa sarva-vedaika-sat-phala
sarva-siddhānta-ratnāḍhya sarva-lokaika-dṛk-prada
(2)
sarva-bhāgavata-prāṇa śrīmad-bhāgavata-prabho
kali-dhvāntoditāditya śrī-kṛṣṇa-parivartita
(3)
paramānanda-pāṭhāya prema-varṣy-akṣarāya te
sarvadā sarva-sevyāya śrī-kṛṣṇāya namo'stu me
(4)
mad-eka-bandho mat-sańgin mad-guro man-mahā-dhana
man-nistāraka mad-bhāgya mad-ānanda namo'stu te
(5)
asādhu-sādhutā-dāyin atinīcocca-tākara
hā na muñca kadācin māḿ premṇā hṛt-kaṇṭhayoḥ sphura
TRANSLATION
1-2) O Srimad-Bhagavatam, O nectar churned form the ocean of all the Vedic scriptures, O most prominent transcendental fruit of all the Vedas, O you who are enriched with the jewels of all spiritual philosophical conclusions, O you who grant spiritual vision to all the people of the world; O life-breath of the Vaisnava devotees, O Lord, You are the sun which has arisen to dispel the darkness of the Kali yuga. You are actually Krsna Who has returned (among us).
3) O Srimad-Bhagavatam, I offer respectful obeisances unto You. By reading you one attains transcendental bliss, for Your syllables rain pure love of God upon the reader. You are always to be served by everyone, for you are an incarnation of Krsna.
4) O Srimad-Bhagavatam, O my only friend, O my companion, O my teacher, O my great wealth, O my deliverer, O my good fortune, O my bliss, I offer respectful obeisancesunto you.
5) O Srimad-Bhagavatam, O giver of saintliness to the unsaintly, O uplifter of the very fallen, please do not ever leave me. Please become manifested upon my heart and my throat, accompanied by pure love of Krsna.
oḿ ajñāna-timirāndhasya
jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaḿ yena
tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
śrī-caitanya-mano-'bhīṣṭaḿ
sthāpitaḿ yena bhū-tale
svayaḿ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaḿ
dadāti sva-padāntikam
I was born in the darkest ignorance,
and my spiritual master opened my eyes
with the torch of knowledge.
I offer my respectful obeisances unto him.
When will Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī Prabhupāda,
who has established within this material world
the mission to fulfill the desire of Lord Caitanya,
give me shelter under his lotus feet?
vande 'haḿ śrī-guroḥ śrī-yuta-pada-kamalaḿ śrī-gurūn vaiṣṇavāḿś ca
śrī-rūpaḿ sāgrajātaḿ saha-gaṇa-raghunāthānvitaḿ taḿ sa-jīvam
sādvaitaḿ sāvadhūtaḿ parijana-sahitaḿ kṛṣṇa-caitanya-devaḿ
śrī-rādhā-kṛṣṇa-pādān saha-gaṇa-lalitā-śrī-viśākhānvitāḿś ca
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet
of my spiritual master and unto the feet of all Vaiṣṇavas.
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī
along with his elder brother Sanātana Gosvāmī, as well as
Raghunātha Dāsa and Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa, Gopāla Bhaṭṭa, and Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī.
I offer my respectful obeisances to Lord Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda
along with Advaita Ācārya, Gadādhara, Śrīvāsa, and other associates.
I offer my respectful obeisances to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and Śrī Kṛṣṇa
along with Their associates Śrī Lalitā and Viśākhā.
he kṛṣṇa karuṇā-sindho
dīna-bandho jagat-pate
gopeśa gopikā-kānta
rādhā-kānta namo 'stu te
O my dear Kṛṣṇa,
You are the friend of the distressed
and the source of creation.
You are the master of the gopīs
and the lover of Rādhārāṇī.
I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.
tapta-kāñcana-gaurāńgi
rādhe vṛndāvaneśvari
vṛṣabhānu-sute devi
praṇamāmi hari-priye
I offer my respects to Rādhārāṇī,
whose bodily complexion is like molten gold
and who is the Queen of Vṛndāvana.
You are the daughter of King Vṛṣabhānu,
and You are very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa.
vāñchā-kalpatarubhyaś ca
kṛpā-sindhubhya eva ca
patitānāḿ pāvanebhyo
vaiṣṇavebhyo namo namaḥ
I offer my respectful obeisances unto
all the Vaiṣṇava devotees of the Lord.
They can fulfill the desires of everyone,
just like desire trees,
and they are full of compassion
for the fallen souls.
śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya
prabhu-nityānanda
śrī-advaita gadādhara
śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda
I offer my obeisances to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya,
Prabhu Nityānanda, Śrī Advaita, Gadādhara,
Śrīvāsa and all others in the line of devotion.
hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa
kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare
hare rāma hare rāma
rāma rāma hare hare
oḿ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya
janmādy asya yato 'nvayād itarataś cārtheṣv abhijñaḥ svarāṭ
tene brahma hṛdā ya ādi-kavaye muhyanti yat sūrayaḥ
tejo-vāri-mṛdāḿ yathā vinimayo yatra tri-sargo 'mṛṣā
dhāmnā svena sadā nirasta-kuhakaḿ satyaḿ paraḿ dhīmahi
O my Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, son of Vasudeva,
O all-pervading Personality of Godhead,
I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.
I meditate upon Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa
because He is the Absolute Truth and
the primeval cause of all causes of the creation,
sustenance and destruction of the manifested universes.
He is directly and indirectly conscious of all manifestations,
and He is independent because
there is no other cause beyond Him.
It is He only who first imparted the Vedic knowledge
unto the heart of Brahmājī, the original living being.
By Him even the great sages and
demigods are placed into illusion,
as one is bewildered by the illusory representations
of water seen in fire, or land seen on water.
Only because of Him do the material universes,
temporarily manifested by the reactions
of the three modes of nature,
appear factual, although they are unreal.
I therefore meditate upon Him, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa,
who is eternally existent in the transcendental abode,
which is forever free from the illusory
representations of the material world.
I meditate upon Him, for He is the Absolute Truth.
(S.B. 1:1:1).
vāsudeva-parā vedā
vāsudeva-parā makhāḥ
vāsudeva-parā yogā
vāsudeva-parāḥ kriyāḥ
vāsudeva-paraḿ jñānaḿ
vāsudeva-paraḿ tapaḥ
vāsudeva-paro dharmo
vāsudeva-parā gatiḥ
In the revealed scriptures,
the ultimate object of knowledge
is Śrī Kṛṣṇa,
the Personality of Godhead.
The purpose of performing sacrifice
is to please Him.
Yoga is for realizing Him.
All fruitive activities are ultimately
rewarded by Him only.
He is supreme knowledge,
and all severe austerities are
performed to know Him.
Religion [dharma] is rendering
loving service unto Him.
He is the supreme goal of life.
(S.B.1:2:28/29).