Recently translated and publishedfrom the Bengali into English by Dasaratha-suta dasa.First OctetThe Flood of Krsna Prema1) O Srila Prabhupada! You personally sufferto see the sufferingof the fallen conditioned souls.On this anniversary of your separationI am utterly despondent.2) "The ocean of mercy was previously held back by a dam,but Lord Nityananda personally cut a channel in itand thereby released the outpouring floodof pure ecstatic love of God. "( from Locana's dasa's song Nitai Guna mani)3) Those devotees to whom the responsiblity was givento continue spreading this flood of lovesomehow became overpowered by Mayaand were thus reduced to simply performingritualistic Hindu ceremoniesfor the benefit of the materialists.4) Lord Nityananda's inundation of prema was thus completely stoppedby those known as jati-gosai (caste gosvamis)But then you personally came, O Masterto open wide the floodgates once again.5) Again you engulfed everyonein the deluge of pure divine love-even such a low, wretched, fallenand sinful soul as myself.6) On the strength of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu's commandyou sent all of your servantsas spiritual masters, going from door to door,just to deliver the fallen souls.7) The devotees were enthusiastically preaching everywhere-from the oceans to the Himalaya mountains,But now that you have gone from our midsteverything today has become very dark.8) O Srila Prabhupada! You personally sufferto see the sufferingof the fallen conditioned souls.On this day of your separationI am utterly despondent.Second OctetThe Merciful Flood Has Been Stopped1) Just as Advaita Prabhu had prayed ferventlyand thus induced Sri Gauranga to descend,so did your father, Bhaktivinoda Thakura,pray for you to incarnate.2) Due to Bhaktivinoda's eagerness, O Master,you came and proclaimed to everyonethat India is the most holy landof the Lord's divine pastimes.3) "One who has taken birth in this landof Bharata-bhumi (India) should firstmake his own life successful and then workfor the benefit of all other people" (C.C Adi 9.41)4) This is the most significant message of Lord Caitanyathat you boldly preached everywhere.But now in your absence, O Master,everything has fallen into darkness.5) The overflowing ocean of your compassionhas once again been dammed up.This makes me feel as if a spear of great miseryhas indeed pierced my heart.6) Without Caitanya Mahaprabhu's message being spreadthere is only confusion and upheaval in the movement.Seeing this situation, all the Vaisnavas are also feelingoverwhelmed with the pangs of your separation.7) The spirit souls have once again been captured by Mayaand plunged into absolute darkness.Desperately searching for relief, they are simply perishingin a fathomless ocean of anxiety.8) O Srila Prabhupada! You personally sufferto see the sufferingof the fallen conditioned souls.On this day of your separationI am utterly despondent.Third OctetPractical Chanting and Preaching1) You instructed everyone you metto chant the holy name of Lord Krsna.You showed the example of continually recitingthe maha-mantra into their ears.2) You empowered everyone with the qualificationto further distribute that holy nameBut now, by the influence of Maya,there is only darkness on all sides.3) The souls who are truly attached to worshiping the Lordalways sing and dance in joyful sankirtana.Following in the footsteps of their spiritual master,they deliver the whole world.4) But those who have no such qualification perform nirjana bhajanaor so-called confidential worship in a solitary place.Thus acting whimsically, all of them actually remain absorbedin personal sense gratification.5) [As stated in the Srimad Bhagavatam 10,33,30]:"An ordinary soul should never imitate the activitiesof the Supreme Lord, even in his mind."According to these instructions in devotional service,the unqualified imitators are ruined.6) You preached "utility is the principle"-that is, one should act without attachmentand use anything that is deemed appropriatein the devotional service of the Lord.7) In such detached devotional service to Lord Krsnathere would be a temple established in every houseBut now just the opposite situationis apparent everywhere.8) O Srila Prabhupada! You personally sufferto see the sufferingof the fallen conditioned souls.On this day of your separationI am utterly despondent.Fourth OctetThe Essential Purport Neglected1) Everything regarding material prosperityas well as mystic perfectionis fully present in your transcendental message:"Because the residents of Vraja have life,therefore they engage in preaching work." (Dusta Mana verse)2) The "resolute intelligence" ("vyavasayatmika buddhi")explained by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti[in his commentary to Bhagavad Gita 2.41]is now spoiled since your disciples have become ensnaredin the bewildering noose of Maya.3) Those disciples who were irresolute in performingdevotional service according to your instructionshave now divided your mission in many factions.It appears that the tigress of ambitionfor material names and famehas appeared and personally provoked this upheaval.4) The essential purport of your messageobviously did not enter their ears.O where will I get the strengthto perform this hari-nama-sankirtana?5) To chant the holy name of the Lordis the explicit commandof my worshipful spiritual master.I could never honestly neglect that order6) Your greatest acclaim is that you propagatedthe topmost religious cultureAnyone who accepts the holy name from youbecomes spiritually qualified.7) If all those who attained this qualificationwere to go out and make disciplesthen the miserable conditioned souls would all be deliveredfrom this world of birth and death.8) O Srila Prabhupada! You personally sufferto see the sufferingof the fallen conditioned souls.On this day of your separationI am utterly despondent.Fifth OctetThe Disciple's Empowerment is Lost1) The greatest mantra of all, consisting of thirty-two letters, is:Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare HareHare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare HarePeople who are possessed by gross foolishness refuse to chant it.2) Your so-called disciple, the jackal named Ananta Vasudeva,disobeyed your final instructions to keep the mission united,and thereby created a scandalous fiasco.The result of this philosophical deviation is evident to this dayas imitative sahajiyas are being worshiped as gurus in yourtemples.3) Is there a single temple to be foundwhere your instructions are still being followed?As it is said: "punar musiko bhava"-Everyone has "again become a mouse."4) The lion's food has been stolen awayby the deceptive tricks of the jackalNow caught in Maya's mighty clutcheseveryone is reduced to wailing and weeping.5) O Master! If your are merciful to us one again,then even though we are trapped hereon the shores of the ocean of death,we will finally behold a change for the better.6) Then once again we can blissfully rememberthe holy name of Krsna,and once again we will have firm faithin your "Vaikuntha messages."7) Once again you will make us dancein the pure holy name of Krsna.thus you will personally dispelall this confusion caused by Maya.8) O Srila Prabhupada! You personally sufferto see the sufferingof the fallen conditioned souls.On this day of your separationI am utterly despondent.Sixth OctetThe Preaching Mission is Scattered1) "Continue dancing, singing and performing sankirtanain the association of devotees." ( C.C. Adi 7.92)These words spoken by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhuare especially nectarine.2) If we have complete faith in theseinstructions given by you, our spiritual master,then in the performance of sankirtanaactual love for Krsna will be aroused in us.3) Without love of God, our tiny intelligenceonly becomes entangled in the network of Maya's delusionsBecause no one actually attained prema,now there has been great upheaval in your mission.4) The whole world has become filledwith impersonalists,and the Vaisnavas have given upthe work of preaching that was entrusted unto themand have simply gone off to perform solitary worship.5) The Vaisnava's were famous as "patita pavana"( deliverers of the fallen)but now this title has fallen into disgrace.Countless numbers of your discipleshave been forced to leave your movement.6) At such an inauspicious time, O Master,what can be done to repair the damage that is done?The beautiful garden that you had so carefully plantedis now parched and withered away.7) O Master, please awaken some good intelligencein this insignificant disciple of yoursso that my firm faith in your transcendental messagemay increase more and more.8) O Srila Prabhupada! You personally sufferto see the sufferingof the fallen conditioned souls.On this day of your separationI am utterly despondent.Seventh OctetDistributing the Pure Devotional Process1) The most magnanimous incarnation of theLord is Sri Krsna Caitanya.Distributing the process of attaining love of Godby chanting the holy names of Krsna,He thus blessed the entire universe.2) O Master, you are the personificationof the transcendental message of Lord Caitanya.You are the distributor of that messageto every town and village.3) You sent your devotees to preachin the faraway lands of the Western countries,and you personally traveled all over India,even to the South.4) You preached the pure philosophy of Lord Gaurangain such a way that intelligent persons could understand.And you showed such great concern, O Master,in convincing all you adversaries!5) Lord Gauranga used many tricks just to engagethe conditioned souls in devotionalservice,and you have also understood how to useall those tricks perfectly well.6) You understood time, place and circumstance,and utilized everything as a strategy for preaching.Although observing your activities with their very eyes.those who are blind like owls and other creatures of the nightcould not see your true purpose.7) What will the Auls and the Sahajiyasand the other nonsense groups ever understand?And what will the sheep-like common peopleor dry logicians ever understand?8) O Srila Prabhupada! You personally sufferto see the sufferingof the fallen conditioned souls.On this day of your separationI am utterly despondent.Eighth OctetIf Only You would Come Again1) Lord Caitanya's method of devotional serviceis not performed in solitude.You preached this again and againto your own devotees.2) Just as the Lord delivered Jagai and Madhaiout of His own causeless mercy,you explained to everyone that this same methodof preaching work has to go on.3) The world has now filled upwith many Jagais and Madhais to deliver.Everyone is anxiously looking down the roadwaiting for Caitanya-Nitai to come to their rescue.4) If, at such a time as this,you were to personally return to this worldand once more preach about all these thingsthe way you always used to do…5) … If there were enthusiastic preaching activitiesagain taking place in every direction,then all the people as beforewould be stirred up in blissful excitement.6) Your profound shouting would causethe demons and atheists to flee,and your narrations of Lord Caitanya's messagewould fill the hearts of the innocent souls.7) Again the whole world would beexcitedly bustling with good tidings;but as it is, in your absence nowthere is nothing of value anywhere.8) O Srila Prabhupada! You personally sufferto see the sufferingof the fallen conditioned souls.On this day of your separationI am utterly despondent.9) O Master! My heart is broken in your absence.This disciple named Abhayhas hereby revealed only a small tokenof his wretched agony of separation.
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