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SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI : SRI GURU VANDANA
sri-guru-charana-padma, kevala-bhakati-sadma,
vando muni savadhana mate
yanhara prasade bhai, e bhava tariya yai,
krsna-prapti haya yannha haite [1]
I carefully offer my obeisance at Sri Guru’s lotus feet, which are an abode
of exclusive devotion, by whose mercy, brother, we can cross this material
world, and through whom we can come to Krishna.
guru-mukha-padma-vakya, chittete kariya aikya,
ara na kariha mane asa
sri-guru-charane rati, sei se uttama gati,
ye prasade pure sarva asa [2]
Make the teachings from Sri Guru’s lotus mouth one with your heart and do not
desire anything else. Attachment to Sri Guru’s holy feet is the highest path:
all aspirations are fulfilled by his mercy.
chaksu-dana dila yei, janme janme prabhu sei,
divya jnana hrde prakasita
prema-bhakti yaha haite, avidya vinasa yate,
vede gaya yanhara charita [3]
He who has given me eyes and revealed divine knowledge in my heart is my
Master birth after birth. The Vedas extol him as being capable of granting
transcendental loving devotion and destroying ignorance.
sri-guru karuna-sindhu, adhama janara bandhu,
lokanatha lokera jivana
ha ha prabhu kara daya, deha more pada-chhaya,
e adhama laila sarana [4]
Sri Guru is an ocean of mercy and a friend of the worst people. He is the
master of the whole world and the very life of all that be. O Master! Please
give me some place in the shade of your feet. This wretch has surrendered to
you.
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