OCEAN OF NECTAR

Sri Siksastakam

Diving deep into the reality
of His own beauty and sweetness,
Krishna took the mood of Radharani,
and garbing Himself in Her brilliant luster,
appeared as Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

For the last twelve years
of His manifested pastimes
He was deeply absorbed
in union and separation
and shared His heart’s inner feelings
with His most confidential devotees.

In the agony of separation from Sri Krishna
torrents of ecstasy flowed from His heart
and His teachings,
known as Sri Siksastakam,
appeared from His lips
like eight unbounded rivers
of Golden Nectar.

Verse 1

cheto-darpana-marjanam bhava-maha-davagni-nirvapanam
sreyah-kairava-chandrika-vitaranam vidya-vadhu-jivanam
anandambudhi-vardhanam prati-padam purnamrtasvadanam
sarvatma-snapanam param vijayate sri-krsna-sankirtanam

The Holy Name of Krishna
cleanses the mirror of the heart
and extinguishes the fire of misery,
in the forest of birth and death.

As the evening lotus blooms
in the moon’s cooling rays,
the heart begins to blossom
in the nectar of the Name.

And at last the soul awakens
to its real inner treasure—
a life of love with Krishna.

Again and again tasting nectar,
the soul dives and surfaces
in the ever-increasing ocean
of ecstatic joy.

All phases of the self
of which we may conceive
are fully satisfied and purified,
and at last conquered by
the all-auspicious influence
of the Holy Name of Krishna.

Verse 2

namnam akari bahudha nija-sarva-saktis
tatrarpita niyamitah smarane na kalah
etadrsi tava krpa bhagavan mamapi
durdaivam idrsam ihajani nanuragah

O my Lord, Your Holy Name
bestows auspiciousness upon all.
And You have unlimited names
such as Krishna and Govinda
by which You reveal Yourself.

In Your many Holy Names
You have kindly invested
all Your transcendental potency.
And in chanting these Names
there are no strict rules
concerning time or place.

Out of Your causeless mercy,
You have descended
in the form of divine sound,
but my great misfortune is
that I have no love
for Your Holy Name.

Verse 3

trnad api sunichena taror iva sahisnuna
amanina manadena kirtaniyah sada harih

One who is humbler
than a blade of grass,
more forbearing than a tree,
who gives all honor to others
without desiring it for himself,
is qualified to always chant
the Holy Name of Krishna.

Verse 4

na dhanam na janam na sundarim kavitam va jagad-isa kamaye
mama janmani janmanisvare bhavatad bhaktir ahaituki tvayi

O Lord, I have no desires
to accumulate wealth, followers,
beautiful women, or salvation.
My only prayer is for
Your causeless devotional service
birth after birth.

Verse 5

ayi nanda-tanuja kinkaram patitam mam visame bhavambudhau
krpaya tava pada-pankajasthita-dhuli-sadrsam vichintaya

O son of Nanda Maharaj,
I am Your eternal servant
yet because of my own karma
I have fallen into this terrible ocean
of birth and death.
Accept this fallen soul
and consider me a particle of dust
at Your lotus feet.

Verse 6

nayanam galad-asru-dharaya vadanam gadgada-ruddhaya gira
pulakair nichitam vapuh kada tava nama-grahane bhavisyati

O Lord, when will tears flow
from my eyes like waves,
voice tremble in ecstasy?
When will the hairs of my body
stand on end while chanting
Your Holy Name?

Verse 7

yugayitam nimesena chaksusa pravrsayitam
sunyayitam jagat sarvam govinda-virahena me

O Govinda!
Without You, the world is empty.
Tears are flooding my eyes like rain,
and a moment seems like forever.

Verse 8

aslisya va pada-ratam pinastu mam
adarsanan marma-hatam karotu va
yatha tatha va vidadhatu lampato
mat-prana-nathas tu sa eva naparah

Krishna may embrace me in love
or trample me under His feet.
He may break my heart
by hiding Himself from me.
Let that debauchee do whatever He
likes, but He will always be the only
Lord of my life.

CONTENTS

• Introduction
• The Blind Men and The Elephant
• Higher Satisfaction
• Primordial Sound
• Divine Service
• Sri Siksastakam
• Ocean of Nectar

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