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SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI : SRIMAN MAHAPRABHU VANDANA
sri-krsna-chaitanya prabhu jive daya kari’
svaparsada sviya dhama saha avatari [1]
Bestowing His mercy on jiva souls, Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
descends with His associates and abode.
atyanta durlabha prema karibare dana
sikhaya saranagati bhakatera prana [2]
To distribute the rarest form of divine love, He teaches surrender, which is
the life and soul of devotees.
dainya, atma-nivedana, goptrtve varana
‘avasya raksibe krsna’—visvasa palana [3]
(1) Humility, (2) self-submission, (3) accepting that the Lord is your
maintainer, (4) keeping faith that ‘Krishna will certainly protect’.
bhakti-anukula matra karyera svikara
bhakti-pratikula bhava–varjanangikara [4]
(5) Accepting only what is favourable to devotion and (6) rejecting what is
unfavourable to devotion.
sad-anga saranagati haibe yanhara
tanhara prarthana sune sri-nanda-kumara [5]
Lord Krishna hears the prayers of those who surrender to Him in these six
ways.
rupa-sanatana-pade dante trna kari’
bhakativinoda pade dui pada dhari’ [6]
With a straw between his teeth, Bhaktivinod falls before Rupa and Sanatan,
clasping their feet.
kandiya kandiya bale, ami ta’ adhama
sikhaye saranagati karahe uttama [7]
Crying bitterly, he prays, ‘I am a wretched soul! Please grant me the highest
qualification by teaching me surrender.’
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