Sri Sri Advaita Astakam

ganga-tire tat payobhis tulasyah
patraih puspaih prema-hunkara-ghosaih
prakatyartham gauram-aradhayad yah
sriladvaitacharyam etam prapadye [1]

I surrender to Srila Advaita Acharya who sat on the bank of the Ganges and worshipped Lord Gaura, longing for His descend, with Ganges water, Tulasi leaves and flowers and deep, loving cries.

yadd-hunkaraih prema-sindhor-vikarair
akrstah san gaura-goloka-nathah
avirbhutah sri-navadvipa-madhye
sriladvaitacharyam etam prapadye [2]

I surrender to Srila Advaita Acharya whose cries and oceanic divine love attracted Gaura, the Lord of Goloka, and induced Him to appear in Sri Nabadwip.

brahmadinam durlabha-prema-purair-
adinam yah plavayam asa lokam
avirbhavya srila-chaitanya-chandram
sriladvaitacharyam etam prapadye [3]

I surrender to Srila Advaita Acharya who, upon the advent of Lord Srila Chaitanya-chandra, magnanimously flooded the whole world with divine love for the Lord that is very hard to attain even for Lord Brahma.

sri-chaitanyah sarva-sakti-prapurno
yasyaivajna-matrato ’ntardadhe ’pi
durvijneyam yasya karunya-krtyam
sriladvaitacharyam etam prapadye [4]

I surrender to Srila Advaita Acharya by whose unfathomable mercy Sri Chaitanya filled the world with His power and then on whose mere order He disappeared.

srsti-sthityantam vidhatum pravrttah
yasyamsamsah brahma-visnvisvarakhyah
yenabhinnam tam maha-visnu-rupam
sriladvaitacharyam etam prapadye [5]

I surrender to Srila Advaita Acharya who, being non-different from Maha-Vishnu, engages a portion of his plenary portion in ordaining the universal creation and sustenance as Lord Brahma and Lord Vishnu.

kasmimschid yah sruyate chasrayatvat
sambhor ittham sambhavan-nama dhama
sarvaradhyam bhakti-matraika-sadhyam
sriladvaitacharyam etam prapadye [6]

I surrender to Srila Advaita Acharya who, in some places, is also heard to be Lord Siva due to his submissive position, and who is universally worshippable and attainable only by devotees.

sita-namni preyasi prema-purna
putro yasyapy achyutananda-nama
sri-chaitanya-prema-pura-prapurnah
sriladvaitacharyam etam prapadye [7]

I surrender to Srila Advaita Acharya whose beloved spouse Sita Thakurani is full of divine love and whose son Achyutananda is an overflowing ocean of divine love for Lord Sri Chaitanya.

nityanandadvaitato ’dvaita-nama
bhaktyakhyanad yah sad-acharya-nama
sasvach-chetah-sancharad gaura-dhama
sriladvaitacharyam etam prapadye [8]

I surrender to Srila Advaita Acharya whose name is Advaita (‘non-dual’), because he is non-different from Lord Nityananda Prabhu, and Acharya, because he is a true teacher who speaks about devotion; and whose consciousness and heart always move in the abode of Lord Gauranga.

pratah pritah pratyaham sampathed yah
sitanathasyastakam suddha-buddhih
so ’yam samyak tasya padaravinde
vindan bhaktim tat-priyatvam prayati [9]

Those who, every morning, recite this poem in praise of Sitanath Sri Advaita Acharya with affection and a pure mind, surrendering at his holy lotus feet, become dear to him.

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