Sri Guru Arati Stuti

jaya 'guru-maharaja' yati-rajesvara
sri-bhakti-raksaka deva-gosvami sridhara [1]

All glory to Srila Guru Maharaj, Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami, the leading general of the tridandi-sannyasis!

patita-pavana-lilavistari' bhuvane
nistarila dina-hina apamara jane [2]

You revealed your Pastimes in this world as the saviour of the fallen and delivered the sinful and unfortunate souls.

tomara karuna-ghana murati heriya
preme bhagyavana jiva pade murachiya [3]

Beholding your intensely merciful form, the fortunate souls faint with divine love.

sudirgha supibya deha divya-bhavasraya
divya-jnana-dipta-netra divya-jyotirmaya [4]

Your lofty, delightful form is an abode of divine emotion and filled with divine lustre. Your eyes are illumined with divine knowledge.

suvarna-suraja-kanti aruna-vasana
tilaka, tulasi-mala, chandana-bhusana [5]

Your form is adorned with tilak, tulasibeads, sandalwood paste, saffron cloth, and golden radiance like that of the sun.

apurva sri-anga-sobhakare jhalamala
audarya-unnata-bhava madhurya-ujjvala [6]

The extraordinary beauty of your divine form shines with the exalted joy of benevolence, the brightness of divine sweetness.

achintya pratibha, snigdha, gambhira, udara
jada-jnana-giri-vajra divya-diksadhara [7]

You are endowed with inconceivable genius, affection, gravity, and magnanimity. You are a thunderbolt atop the mountain of mundane knowledge, and the conduit for divine revelation.

gaura-sankirtana-rasa-rasera asraya
"dayala nitai" name nitya premamaya [8]

You are the abode of the joy of Sri Gauranga's sankirtan dance, and you are always filled with divine love as you call "Dayal Nitai".

sangopange gaura-dhame nitya-parakasa
gupta-govardhane divya-lilara-vilasa [9]

The play of your divine Pastimes at Hidden Govardhan Hill in Sri Gauranga's abode are manifest eternally.

gaudiya-acharya-gosthi-gaurava-bhajana
gaudiya-siddhanta-mani kantha-vibhusana [10]

You are revered by the assembly of Gaudiya Acharyas. Your neck is adorned with the jewel of Gaudiya-siddhanta.

gaura-sarasvati-sphurta siddhantera khani
aviskrta gayatrira artha-chintamani [11]

You are the mine of the siddhanta revealed by Sri Gauranga and Srila Saraswati Thakur. You discovered the divine meaning of the gayatri mantra.

eka-tattva varnanete nitya-nava-bhava
susangati, samanjasya, e saba prabhava [12]

Your ever-new joy as you describe the Absolute, your adjustments, your harmonies—such greatness...

tomara satirtha-varga sabe eka-mate
rupa-sarasvati-dharadekhena tomate [13]

Unanimously all of your godbrothers see within you the revelation of Sri Rupa and Srila Saraswati Thakur.

tulasi-malika-haste sri-nama-grahana
dekhi' sakalera haya 'prabhu' uddipana [14]

Seeing you chant the Holy Name with tulasibeads in hand, everyone remembers Prabhupad Srila Saraswati Thakur.

koti-chandra-susitala o pada bharasa gandharva-govinda-lilamrta-labha-asa [15]

The shelter of your feet, which are cooling like millions of moons, is our hope to attain the nectar of Sri SriRadha-Govinda's Pastimes

avichintya-bhedabheda-siddhanta-prakasa sanande arati stuti kare dina-dasa [16]

O manifestation of the principle of inconceivable differ-ence and nondifference (union in separation)! This humble servant chants your glories and worships you with joy.

—Composed by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj

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