Sri Guru Arati-Stuti

jaya ʻguru-maharajaʹ yati-rajesvara
sri-bhakti-raksaka deva-gosvami sridhara [1]

All glory to Srila Guru Maharaj (Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev- Goswami Maharaj), the emperor of tridandi-sannyasis!

patita-pavana-lila vistari bhuvane
nistarila dina-hina apamara jane [2]

You extended to this world your pastimes of rescuing the fallen and delivered all sinful and bereft souls without discrimination.

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

Beholding your form of deep, concentrated mercy, fortunate souls fall unconscious, overwhelmed with divine love.

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

Your very tall, beautiful body is a sanctuary of divine love. Your eyes glowing with transcendental knowledge, you emanate divine radiance.

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

You possess a beautiful halo the colour of the sun. Garbed in the clothes the colour of the dawn sky, you are adorned with tilak marks, tulasi neckbeads and sandalwood paste.

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

Your holy limbs emanate extraordinary beauty. You are replete with the highest benevolence, radiating sublime sweetness.

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

Endowed with inconceivable genius, affection, gravity and magnanimity, as a lightning bolt, you strike the mount of mundane knowledge and lay the foundation for transcendental awakening.

gaura-sankirtana-rasa-rasera asraya
‘dayala nitai’ name nitya prema-maya [8]

You are an abode of ecstasy of the highest pastimes manifest in Gaura’s sankirtan. Transcendental love for the Lord always stirs within you as you chant the Holy Name of Lord Nityananda, repeating, ‘Dayal Nitai! O Merciful Nitai!’

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

Eternally manifest in your main and supporting associates in the holy abode of Gaura, you sport in your joyful pastimes at ‘Hidden’ Govardhan Hill (Gupta Govardhan).

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

Befittingly venerated by the acharyas of the Gaudiya lineage, your beautiful speech is adorned with the jewels of Gaudiya siddhanta.

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

You are a mine of the teachings revealed by the line of preceptors from Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu to Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad. You discovered gayatri-mantra’s transcendental, wish-fulfilling jewel of a purport.

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

When you speak about some topic, infinite newer and newer realisations keep emerging, appearing in a very harmonious and agreeable way.

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

All your godbrothers unanimously see the current of Sri Rupa and Srila Saraswati Thakur within you.

tulasi-malika haste sri-nama-grahana
dekhiʹ sakalera haya ‘prabhu’ uddipana [14]

Whenever you are seen chanting the Holy Name with tulasi beads in your hand, it arouses the memory of the Lord in everyone.

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

Desiring to attain the nectarean pastimes of Sri Sri Gandharva- Govinda, we find that our hope lies at your holy feet, which are as cooling as millions of moons.

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

This poor servant happily offers this worshipful glorification of you, who are an embodiment of the teachings of inconceivable oneness and difference.

Composed by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj

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