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SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI : SPECIAL POETRY
Srila Gadadhara-Prarthana
(Prayer to Srila Gadadhar Pandit Goswami)
(By Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj)
nilambhodhi-tate sada sva-virahaksepanvitam bandhavam
srimad-bhagavati katha madiraya sanjivayan bhati yah
srimad-bhagavatam sada sva-nayanasrupayanaih pujayan
gosvami-pravaro gadadhara-vibhur bhuyat mad eka gatih
On the shore of the ocean in Nilachal, Sri Gadadhar Pandit would read
Srimad Bhagavatam to his Friend (Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu), who
suffered from deep pain of separation from Himself (Krishna). Sri Gadadhar
Pandit would supply the wine of Krishna-lila to intoxicate his
afflicted Friend and thus give Him some relief. As he read, tears always fell
from his eyes like flower offerings onto the pages of Srimad
Bhagavatam. May this great personality, Sri Gadadhar Pandit, the best of
the goswamis, always remain my only shelter.
guru-rupa-harim gauram radha-ruchi-ruchavrtam
gadadharanvitam vande vani-vinoda-vanditam
I offer my obeisances to Lord Gaura, who is the Supreme Lord coming in the
form of the guru and as a relisher of Sri Radha’s divine mood, to Sri
Gadadhar Pandit and to the worshippable Lords Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati
Thakur and Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur.
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