TRANSLATION
1) O Krsna, Who descended in the province of Mathura, O Lord Who gives the great gift of pure love for Yourself, O Perfromer of extraordinary pastimes, O great Treasure-house of various kinds of sweetness, O Lord Who is full of transcendental opulences, great mercy and majesty. All glories unto You.
2) O Krsna, O Deliverer of the Pandavas and Protector of King Pariksit, everyone should hear talks in relation with You, just as King Pariksit who enquired about Your pastimes.
3) O Krsna, you are situated within and without everything and You appropriately grant happiness and distress to the devotees and the impious. King Pariksit, full of doubts, and very eager to hear, enquired about You and Your pastimes.
4) O Krsna, the nectar of the topics in relation to you were spoken by Sukadeva Gosvami, and those topics became the very life-breath of King Pariksit, who had abandoned all other food and drink. O Lord, when the entire earth was afflicted by a great horde of demonic kings, the earth became distressed and bitterly lamented.
5) O Krsna, hearing the lament of Mother Earth, Lord Brahma and the other demigods approached the ocean of milk. Staying there in meditation, Lord Brahma heard Your words of instruction which delighted the pious devotees on the earth planet.
(5)
śrī nṛsiḿhaḿ ca kūrmam ca
sadehanvantari-mohinīm
saptame vāmanaḿ vande
namaḥ paraśurāma te
(6)
śrī-rāmacandra he vyāsa
namas te śrī-halāyudha
he buddha kalkin māḿ pāhi
prapannāśani-paṇjara
TRANSLATION
1) O Krsna, You have appeared as Lord Kapila, Lord Varaha and Lord Yajna, Narada Muni and the Four Kumaras are Your empowered incarnations. I offer respectful obeisancesunto You.
2) O Dattatreya, I offer respectful obeisances unto You. O Nara-Narayana Rsi, I worship You. O Hayagriva, O Hamsa, O Lord Who is very dear to Dhruva Maharaja, I offer respectful obeisances unto You.
3) O Krsna, I offer respectful obeisances unto You Who appeared as Lord Rsabhadeva and King Prthu, in the reign of Svayambhuva Manu, in the reign of Svayambhuva Manu. I offer respectful obeisances to Lord vibhu, who appeared during the time of the second Manu, and Lord Satyasenaka, who appeared at the time of the third Manu.
4) I offer respectful obeisances unto Krsna, who appeared as Sri Hari, Sri Vaikuntha and Sri Ajita, Who appeared in the reigns of the fourth fifth and sixth Manus. I offer respectful obeisances unto Krsna Who appeared as Lord Matsya, the incarnation as a great fish, as well as Lord Sesa, who holds up the earth planet.
5) I offer respectful obeisances untol Lord Nrsimha, Lord Kurma, Lord Dhanvantari and Lord Mohini-Murti, Who all appeared in the reign of the sixth Manu. I offer respectful obeisances unto Lord Vamana, Who appeared during the rule of the seventh Manu, and O Lord Parasurama, I offer respectful obeisances unto You.
6) O Lord Ramacandra, O Vyasadeva, O Lord Balarama, Who carries a plow-weapon, I offer respectful obeisances unto You. O Lord Buddha, O Lord Kalki, Who is as powerful as a network of lightning bolts, please protect me.
TRANSLATION
1) O Krsna, O Supreme Controller, O Master of the Goddess of Fortune, Your form is eternal and full of knowledge and bliss. You are full of all transcendental features, and You eternally remain an ever-fresh youth.
2) O Krsna, all your limbs are exceedingly beautiful. You are very affectionate and Your complexion is dark like a rain-cloud. Your eyes are like lotus flowers, and You are adorned with yellow garments. Your lotus-face is always smiling. I offer my respectful obeisances unto you.
3) O amazingly beautiful Krsna, Your personal sweetness has outshone the beauty of Your ornaments, and thus it is You who decorate your ornaments and not they You. O Krsna, whose glance is always full of your mercy and love, all glories unto You.
4) O Krsna, You are as beautiful as millions of cupids, and as effulgent as millions of suns. You are as charming as millions of moons and You delight the entire universe. You are the hero of the beautiful Vaikuntha planets.
5) O Krsna, in Your splendid four-armed form, you hold the conch, lotus, club and disc. You are worshiped by Ananta Sesa and Your other associates, and You are carried by Garuda.
6) O Krsna, Your followers possess a spiritual form similar to Your own. You are decorated with all auspicious transcendental attributes, and You are full of all glories. You are beyond the reach of the material mind and words.
7) O Krsna, O Lord of the downtrodden and miserable, O my only shelter, You may be attained by those who abandon all material desires. O Protector from distress, You grant a benediction which is beyond the limited wishes of this material world. (I offer respectful obeisances unto You).
PRAYERS TO LORD KRISHNA. part 3. FROM SRI KRSNA LILA STAVA.
(1)
paramātman vāsudeva
pradhāna-purūśeśvara
sarva-jṇāna-kriya-śakti-
dātre tubhyaḿ namo namaḥ
(2)
hṛt-padma-karṇikā-vāsa
gopāla puruśottama
nārāyaṇa hṛśikeśa
namo 'ntaryāmine `stu te
TRANSLATION
1) O Krsna, O all-pervading Supresoul, O Controller of the unmanifested material nature and the living entities, O giver of the potency by which all things may be known and any wonderful thing may be done, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.
2) O Krsna, O Supersoul Who resides in the whorl of the lotus flower of the hearts of the living entities, O Supreme Person who has the form of a transcendental cowherd boy, O resting place of all living entities, O master of the senses, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.
(13)
go-gopa-gopikāsaktaḿ tvāḿ ca darśīyituḿ prabhuḥ
evaḿ yo mama hīnasya sarvāśālambanaḿ param
(14)
mahā-kāruṇya-mahimā purāṇo nitya-nūtanaḥ
tvadīyaḥ saccidānandas tasmai nityaḿ namo namaḥ
TRANSLATION
1) O Krsna, although I am a cheat, a liar, very lowly and fallen, badly behaved and always engaged in sinful activities, You are nevertheless very merciful to me. Therefore, Letme offer my respectful obeisances to the great glory of Your mercy.
2) O Krsna, because of Your mercy, I have attained a state somewhat like the condition of the saintly devotees, and I have left my former place to reside in the auspicious and splendid district of Mathura-mandala.
3) O Krsna, within You all transcendental knowledge resides, and no sinful impurity may stand. Although one may attain the four kinds of liberation, he may not find himself near to You.
4) O Krsna, endowed with Your own transcendental glory and the great treasure of Your sweetness and charm, You eternally reside in that place known as Mathura.
5) O Krsna, because of Your mercy, I was able in the city of Jagannatha Puri, to attain the association of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who is the most dear person to You and whose association is very difficult to attain.
6) O Krsna, by Your mercy, I became eager to view Your beautiful face as You rode on Your Rathayatra chariot, and by that mercy I am able to reside in Vrndavana-dhama, the place where You performed so many pastimes.
7) O Krsna, the gopis describe Your transcendental glories, and You Yourself describe their transcendental qualities. the fortunate devotees who, staying at a respectful distance, hear these descriptions, attain pure love for You.
8) O Krsna, just as before even today You appear and eternally perform pastimes, within the hearts of those moving and unmoving living entities who are inundate with the flood of pure love for You.
9) O Krsna, in this place of Vrndavana, You have enabled me to attain the association of Your most dear servants (headed by Rupa Gosvami and Raghunatha Gosvami). That association is my only treasure and my very life. O Lord, I eternally offer my respectful obeisances unto You.
10) O Krsna, at the present moment Your Holy Name are flowing from my mouth. O Lord, perhaps at some time You will enable me to remember Your lotus feet within my heart.
11) O Krsna, may this abominable and base body of mine always bow down to offer respects unto You. O Lord, may You protect me from all calamities and grant me the great treasure of Your pure devotional service.
12) O Krsna, You are able to grant to me eternal pure love for You and constant remembrance and glorification of you. O Lord, You are able to cause me to attain Your own affectionate side-long glance.
13) O Krsna, although I am very base and wretched, You are the shelter of all my hopes. O Lord, who is greatly attached to the cows, cowherd men and boys and gopis ofVraja, You are certainly able to reveal Yourself to me.
14) O Krsna, Your great glory is Your great mercy. although You are the oldest person, Your transcendental, eternal, blissful and all-cognizant form is eternally youthful. O Lord, I continuously offer my respectful obeisances unto You.
Replies
(1)
śrī kṛṣṇa jīyā mathurāvatīrṇa
sva-prema-dānaika-nitānta-kṛtya
nānā-sumādhurya-mahā-nidhāna
saḿvyañjitaiśvarya-kṛpā-mahattvā
(2)
parīkśit-pṛṣṭha-carita
sarva-sevya-kathāmṛta
kṛta-pāṇḍava-niṣṭara
parīkṣid-deha-gopana
(3)
bahir-antaḥ-sthitasādhu
sādhu-duḥkha-sukha-prada
śuśrūśākṛṣṭa-rajāntar-
nānā-śaṇkānupṛṣṭha he
(4)
tyaktodānna-nṛpa-prāṇa
sukodgīrṇa-kathāmṛta
nṛpa-vyājāsurānīka-
bharatārta-kṣiti-rodaka
(5)
dharārta-nāda-dugdhābdhi-
gata-brahmādy-upasthita
brahma-dhyāna-śrutādeśa-
kathā-pyāyita-bhū-sura
TRANSLATION
1) O Krsna, Who descended in the province of Mathura, O Lord Who gives the great gift of pure love for Yourself, O Perfromer of extraordinary pastimes, O great Treasure-house of various kinds of sweetness, O Lord Who is full of transcendental opulences, great mercy and majesty. All glories unto You.
2) O Krsna, O Deliverer of the Pandavas and Protector of King Pariksit, everyone should hear talks in relation with You, just as King Pariksit who enquired about Your pastimes.
3) O Krsna, you are situated within and without everything and You appropriately grant happiness and distress to the devotees and the impious. King Pariksit, full of doubts, and very eager to hear, enquired about You and Your pastimes.
4) O Krsna, the nectar of the topics in relation to you were spoken by Sukadeva Gosvami, and those topics became the very life-breath of King Pariksit, who had abandoned all other food and drink. O Lord, when the entire earth was afflicted by a great horde of demonic kings, the earth became distressed and bitterly lamented.
5) O Krsna, hearing the lament of Mother Earth, Lord Brahma and the other demigods approached the ocean of milk. Staying there in meditation, Lord Brahma heard Your words of instruction which delighted the pious devotees on the earth planet.
(1)
śrī-catuḥ-sana-rūpāya
stubhyaḿ śrī-naradātmane
śrī-varāhāya yajṇāya
kapilāya namo namaḥ
(2)
dattātreya namas tubhyaḿ
nara-nārāyaṇau bhaje
he hayagrīva he haḿsa
dhruva-priya namo `stu te
(3)
pṛthum tvāḿ ṛśabhaḿ caiva
vande svāyambhuve `ntare
dvitīye vibhu-nāmānāḿ
trtīye satyasenakam
(4)
caturthe śrīhariḿ vande
vaikuṇṭham paṇcame tathā
śaśthe `jitaḿ mahā-mīnaḿ
śeśaḿ ca dharaṇī-dharam
(5)
śrī nṛsiḿhaḿ ca kūrmam ca
sadehanvantari-mohinīm
saptame vāmanaḿ vande
namaḥ paraśurāma te
(6)
śrī-rāmacandra he vyāsa
namas te śrī-halāyudha
he buddha kalkin māḿ pāhi
prapannāśani-paṇjara
TRANSLATION
1) O Krsna, You have appeared as Lord Kapila, Lord Varaha and Lord Yajna, Narada Muni and the Four Kumaras are Your empowered incarnations. I offer respectful obeisancesunto You.
2) O Dattatreya, I offer respectful obeisances unto You. O Nara-Narayana Rsi, I worship You. O Hayagriva, O Hamsa, O Lord Who is very dear to Dhruva Maharaja, I offer respectful obeisances unto You.
3) O Krsna, I offer respectful obeisances unto You Who appeared as Lord Rsabhadeva and King Prthu, in the reign of Svayambhuva Manu, in the reign of Svayambhuva Manu. I offer respectful obeisances to Lord vibhu, who appeared during the time of the second Manu, and Lord Satyasenaka, who appeared at the time of the third Manu.
4) I offer respectful obeisances unto Krsna, who appeared as Sri Hari, Sri Vaikuntha and Sri Ajita, Who appeared in the reigns of the fourth fifth and sixth Manus. I offer respectful obeisances unto Krsna Who appeared as Lord Matsya, the incarnation as a great fish, as well as Lord Sesa, who holds up the earth planet.
5) I offer respectful obeisances untol Lord Nrsimha, Lord Kurma, Lord Dhanvantari and Lord Mohini-Murti, Who all appeared in the reign of the sixth Manu. I offer respectful obeisances unto Lord Vamana, Who appeared during the rule of the seventh Manu, and O Lord Parasurama, I offer respectful obeisances unto You.
6) O Lord Ramacandra, O Vyasadeva, O Lord Balarama, Who carries a plow-weapon, I offer respectful obeisances unto You. O Lord Buddha, O Lord Kalki, Who is as powerful as a network of lightning bolts, please protect me.
(1)
parameśvara lakśmīsā
sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha
sarva-sal-lakśaṇopeta
nitya-nūtana-yauvana
(2)
sarvāṇga-sundara snigdha
ghana-śyāmābja-locana
pītāmbara sadā-smera
mukha-padma namo `stu te
(3)
paramāścurya-saundarya
mādhurya-jita-bhūśaṇa
sadā-kṛpā-snigdha-dṛśṭe
jaya bhuśaṇa-bhuśaṇa
(4)
kandarpa-koṭi-lāvaṇya
sūrya-koṭi-mahā-dyute
koṭīndu-jagad-ānandin
śrīmad-vaikuṇṭha-nāyaka
(5)
śaṇkha-padma-gadā-cakra-
vilasac-chrī-catur-bhuja
śeśā;di-pārśadopasya
śrīmad-garuḍa-vā;hana
(6)
svānurūpa-parīvāra
sarva-sad-guṇa-sevita
bhagavān hṛd-vaco-1tīta
mahā-mahima-pūrita
(7)
dīna-nāthaika-śaraṇa
hīnārthādhika-sādhaka
samasta-durgati-trātar
vāṇchatīta-phala-prada
TRANSLATION
1) O Krsna, O Supreme Controller, O Master of the Goddess of Fortune, Your form is eternal and full of knowledge and bliss. You are full of all transcendental features, and You eternally remain an ever-fresh youth.
2) O Krsna, all your limbs are exceedingly beautiful. You are very affectionate and Your complexion is dark like a rain-cloud. Your eyes are like lotus flowers, and You are adorned with yellow garments. Your lotus-face is always smiling. I offer my respectful obeisances unto you.
3) O amazingly beautiful Krsna, Your personal sweetness has outshone the beauty of Your ornaments, and thus it is You who decorate your ornaments and not they You. O Krsna, whose glance is always full of your mercy and love, all glories unto You.
4) O Krsna, You are as beautiful as millions of cupids, and as effulgent as millions of suns. You are as charming as millions of moons and You delight the entire universe. You are the hero of the beautiful Vaikuntha planets.
5) O Krsna, in Your splendid four-armed form, you hold the conch, lotus, club and disc. You are worshiped by Ananta Sesa and Your other associates, and You are carried by Garuda.
6) O Krsna, Your followers possess a spiritual form similar to Your own. You are decorated with all auspicious transcendental attributes, and You are full of all glories. You are beyond the reach of the material mind and words.
7) O Krsna, O Lord of the downtrodden and miserable, O my only shelter, You may be attained by those who abandon all material desires. O Protector from distress, You grant a benediction which is beyond the limited wishes of this material world. (I offer respectful obeisances unto You).
(1)
paramātman vāsudeva
pradhāna-purūśeśvara
sarva-jṇāna-kriya-śakti-
dātre tubhyaḿ namo namaḥ
(2)
hṛt-padma-karṇikā-vāsa
gopāla puruśottama
nārāyaṇa hṛśikeśa
namo 'ntaryāmine `stu te
TRANSLATION
1) O Krsna, O all-pervading Supresoul, O Controller of the unmanifested material nature and the living entities, O giver of the potency by which all things may be known and any wonderful thing may be done, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.
2) O Krsna, O Supersoul Who resides in the whorl of the lotus flower of the hearts of the living entities, O Supreme Person who has the form of a transcendental cowherd boy, O resting place of all living entities, O master of the senses, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.
(1)
śrī-kṛṣṇa tava kārūṇya-mahimne me namo namaḥ
yo māḿ nīcaḿ durācāraḿ nitya-pāpa-rataḿ śaṭham
(2)
aho tasyā avasthāyāḥ satām iva daśām imām
tasmāt sthānād idaḿ sthānaḿ mathurā-maṇḍalaḿ śubham
(3)
yasmin jñāna-kṛtaḿ vāpi sarva-pāpaḿ na tiṣṭhati
caturdhā yatra muktiḥ syāt tvaḿ ca sannihitaḥ sadā
(4)
yasmin sva-sanmahimnevārpito vasasi nityadā
nija-mādhurya-sampattyā madhureti yad ucyate
(5)
tathā tasmāc ca duḥsańgād yas tvat-priyatamasya hi
śrīmac-caitanya-devasya sańgaḿ nīlācale tathā
(6)
rathopari tava śrīman-mukha-darśana-kautukam
punar vṛndāvanaḿ hyetat tat-tat-krīḍāspadaḿ tava
(7)
gopikā yasya sat-kīrtiḿ bhavāḿś cāvarṇayan guṇān
dūra-sthāḥ śravaṇād yasya labhante prema te śubhāḥ
(8)
carācaraḿ prāṇi-jātaḿ yasya tvat-prema-samplutam
nityam adyāpi yasmiḿs tvaḿ pūrvavat krīḍasi sphuṭam
(9)
atraiva tvat-priyaḿ yāś ca mad-eka-dhana-jīvanam
prāpayan me punaḥ sańgaḿ tasmai nityaḿ namo namaḥ
(10)
adhunā yo mama mukhān niḥsārayati nāma te
kadācic caraṇāmbhojaḿ hṛdi me smārayaty api
(11)
mat-kāyenādhamenāpi namas te kārayed ayam
sarvāpadbhyo'pi māḿ rakṣed yat te bhakti-sampadam
(12)
dātuḿ śaknoti me’jasraḿ prema-smaraṇa-kīrtanam
tava prema-kaṭākṣaḿ ca mayi prāpayituḿ kṣamaḥ
(13)
go-gopa-gopikāsaktaḿ tvāḿ ca darśīyituḿ prabhuḥ
evaḿ yo mama hīnasya sarvāśālambanaḿ param
(14)
mahā-kāruṇya-mahimā purāṇo nitya-nūtanaḥ
tvadīyaḥ saccidānandas tasmai nityaḿ namo namaḥ
TRANSLATION
1) O Krsna, although I am a cheat, a liar, very lowly and fallen, badly behaved and always engaged in sinful activities, You are nevertheless very merciful to me. Therefore, Letme offer my respectful obeisances to the great glory of Your mercy.
2) O Krsna, because of Your mercy, I have attained a state somewhat like the condition of the saintly devotees, and I have left my former place to reside in the auspicious and splendid district of Mathura-mandala.
3) O Krsna, within You all transcendental knowledge resides, and no sinful impurity may stand. Although one may attain the four kinds of liberation, he may not find himself near to You.
4) O Krsna, endowed with Your own transcendental glory and the great treasure of Your sweetness and charm, You eternally reside in that place known as Mathura.
5) O Krsna, because of Your mercy, I was able in the city of Jagannatha Puri, to attain the association of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who is the most dear person to You and whose association is very difficult to attain.
6) O Krsna, by Your mercy, I became eager to view Your beautiful face as You rode on Your Rathayatra chariot, and by that mercy I am able to reside in Vrndavana-dhama, the place where You performed so many pastimes.
7) O Krsna, the gopis describe Your transcendental glories, and You Yourself describe their transcendental qualities. the fortunate devotees who, staying at a respectful distance, hear these descriptions, attain pure love for You.
8) O Krsna, just as before even today You appear and eternally perform pastimes, within the hearts of those moving and unmoving living entities who are inundate with the flood of pure love for You.
9) O Krsna, in this place of Vrndavana, You have enabled me to attain the association of Your most dear servants (headed by Rupa Gosvami and Raghunatha Gosvami). That association is my only treasure and my very life. O Lord, I eternally offer my respectful obeisances unto You.
10) O Krsna, at the present moment Your Holy Name are flowing from my mouth. O Lord, perhaps at some time You will enable me to remember Your lotus feet within my heart.
11) O Krsna, may this abominable and base body of mine always bow down to offer respects unto You. O Lord, may You protect me from all calamities and grant me the great treasure of Your pure devotional service.
12) O Krsna, You are able to grant to me eternal pure love for You and constant remembrance and glorification of you. O Lord, You are able to cause me to attain Your own affectionate side-long glance.
13) O Krsna, although I am very base and wretched, You are the shelter of all my hopes. O Lord, who is greatly attached to the cows, cowherd men and boys and gopis ofVraja, You are certainly able to reveal Yourself to me.
14) O Krsna, Your great glory is Your great mercy. although You are the oldest person, Your transcendental, eternal, blissful and all-cognizant form is eternally youthful. O Lord, I continuously offer my respectful obeisances unto You.
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