TAD VAG VISARGO JANATAGHA VIPLAVO
YASMIN PRATITY ADI SADUKTI NODITAH MANDO'PI GOVINDAVILASA
VARNANAIR MANDAM GIRAM SVAM VIDADHE
SADADRTAM
(SRI GOVINDA LILAMRTAM, 1-8)
The saintly persons say that the transcendental glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are so beautiful and attractive that any living entity who becomes in accords with this becomes free from all sinful activities. Even though I am a less intelligent low born person, because I am engaged in glorifying the transcendental qualities of the Lord, all the statements that I make here will be pleasing to the saintly persons. Thinking this, I am writing this literature.
SITARTA-NAGNAMBU NIMAGNA KANYAKA- GANASYA BASANSI HRTANI YAT TVAYA TENA AGIRAT TE MURALI KARAD GATA PRAPNOTI DUHKHAM PARA-DUHKHADO HI YAH (SRI GOVINDA LILAMRTAM 10-76)
(Lalita sakhi speaks) Oh Krsna, because You stole the garments of the gopis who were distressed with cold and were nude, due to this sin, you have lost your flute. Any person who tortures others, he certainly suffers for that action.
PADYAVALI by Srila Rupa Gosvami VYADHASYA ACARANAM DHRUVASYA CA VAYO VIDYA GAJENDRASYA KA KUBJAYAH KUMU NAMA UPAM ADHIKAM KIM TAT SUDAMNO DHANAM? VAMSAH KO VIDURASYA YADAVAPATER UGRASYA KIM PAURUSAM BHAKTYA TUSYATI KEVALAM NA CA GUNAIR BHAKTIPRIYO MADHAVAH
(SRI PADYAVALI-8 OF Srila Rupa Gosvami) from Bhajana Mahatmyam Chapter) Lord Sri Madhava, who loves devotional service becomes very pleased with a person who takes shelter of Him at His lotus feet with pure devotion, not by the good qualities of a person who does not engage in devotional service. If the Supreme Lord would have become pleased with only good qualities, then where are the good qualities within the hunter. He was killing faultless living entities every day (in the Mahabharata, there is a history of a hunter whose name was Dharma. He was killing animals, but he was worshipping his parents, thinking they were gods and he was selling meat and taking care of them.) Seeing his devotion, Lord Sri Krsna gave him liberation. If the duration of life is seen to do devotional service, then where is the age of Dhruva Maharaja (he was only five)? If somebody sees the wisdom to do devotional service, then where is the wisdom of an elephant? (history of the king of elephants from the Srimad Bhagavatam). If beauty is seen to please God, Lord Krsna, then where is the beauty of Kubja who pleased Krsna? (Lord Sri Krsna accepted her because of her pure consciousness.) If the Lord can be pleased only by wealth, then where is the wealth of Sudhama Vipra? If the Lord can be pleased by the persons born in high class families, then Vidura Maharaja could not please the Lord. If the Lord can only be pleased by great abilities, then Maharaja Ugrasena who tolerated the imprisonment of Kansa could please Him.(Seeing the internal consciousness of Maharaja Ugrasena, after killing King Kamsa and releasing Maharaja Ugrasena from tormentation put him on the king's seat and He Himself became the minister). Therefore, the Lord is addressed as the pleaser.
KASAYA ANNA CA BHOJANADI NIYAMAN NO VA VANE VASATO VYAKSANAD ATHAVA MUNI-VRATA BHARAC CITTA UDBHAVAH KSIYATE KUNTU SPHITA KALINDA TANAYA TIRESU VIKRIDATO GOVINDASYA PADARAVINDA BHAJANA ARAMBHASYA LESAD API (PADYAVALI-11 BHAJANA MAHATMYA)
Just by wearing saffron clothes, by regulative eating of food which is in the mode of goodness, by living in a lonely place such as in the forest, by giving elegant attractive powerful lectures, by taking a vow of silence, by moving around in the places of pilgrimage, one cannot cease the insatiable lusty desires, but by meditating on the lotus feet of Lord Sri Govinda, who is playing on the banks of the clear water of the Yamuna, even for a moment, one cannot completley uproot the lusty desires of Cupid.
KRSNA BHAKTI RASA BHAVITA MATIH KRIYATAM YADI KUTO;PI LABHYATE TATRA LAULYAM API MULYAM EKALAM JANMA KOTI-SUKRTAIR NA LABHYATE. (SRI PADYAVALI-14 (PREMA SAUBHAGYAN)
Oh saintly persons, if one can get the knowledge which is equipted with melodious devotion to Lord Sri Krsna, if available anywhere, one should immediately take it the wealth of intense hankering. This intense hankering is the only price for attaining this devotional mellow of Lord Sri Krsna which is unattainable even by engaging in pious actions for millions of births.
NAMA CINTAMANIH KRSNAS CAITANYA RASA VIGRAHAH PURNAH SUDDHO NITYA MUKTO 'BHINNATVAN NAMA NAMINOH (SRI PADYAVALI-25, NAMA MAHATMYAM)
There is no differnce between the name and the personality of Godhead. Therefore,(*find the verse in the Caitanya Caritamrita).
MADHURA MADHURAM ETAN MANGALAM MANGALANAM SAKALA NIGAMAVALLI SAT PHALAM CIT SVARUPAM SAKRDAPI PARI GITAM SRADDHAYA HELAYA VA BHRGUVARA! NARAMATRAM TARAYET KRSNA NAMA
(Sri Padyavali-26 Nama Mahatmya) Oh , this holy name of the Lord is sweeter than the sweetest, more auspicious than the most auspicious thing and this is the beautiful fruit of the Vedic desire tree and it is a live personality form of the Supreme Personality, Sri Krsna. Anybody who chants with full consciousness or by chance or with rejection, somehow or other if someone chants even once, then he can go across this material ocean easily.
HE GOPALAKA HE KRPAJALANIDHE HE SINDHU KANYAPATE! HE SANSANTAKA HE GAJENDRA KARUNA PARINA HE MADHAVA! HE RAMANUJA HE JAGATTRAYA GURO HE PUNDARIKAKSA! NAM HE GOPIJANA NATHA! PALAYA PARAM JANAMI NA TVAM VINA. (SRI PADYAVALI-36 (NAMA KIRTANAM)
Oh protector of cows, O deep ocean of mercy, O husband of the daughter of the ocean (Laksmi devi), O killer of Kamsa, O saviour and bestower of mercy to Gajendra, O Madhava, O brother of Balarama, O spiritual master of the three worlds, O lotus eyed personality, O the heart of the Gopis, I do not know anybody else but You, therefore please protect me.
AHO AHOBHIR NA KALER VIDUYATE SUDHA-SUDHARA-MADHURAM PADE PADE DINE DINE CANDANA-CANDRA-SITALAM YASO YASODA TANAYASYA GIYATE (SRI PADYAVALI-41, SRI KRSNA KATHA MAHATMYAM)
Oh dear gentle personalities, any person who sings the transcendental glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead which is a string of transcendental sweetness in every step and is more soothing and cooling then sandlewood or the moon, sings the glories of the son of Yasoda daily, he does not get tortured by the dirty misgivings of Kaliguga.
PRAHLADA-NARADA-PARASARA-PUNDARIKA-VYASA-AMBARISA-SUKA-SAUNAKA- BHISMA-DALBHYAN RUKMANGADA UDDHAVA-VIBHISANA-PHALGUNA ADIN PUNYANI IMAN PARAMA BHAGAVATAN MANAMI (SRI PADYAVALI-52, TADBHAKTANAM MAHATMYAM)
Prahlada, Narada, Parasara, Pundarika, Vyasa, Ambarisha, Sukhadeva Gosvami, Saunaka Rsi, Bismadeva, Balbhya Rsi, Rukmangada, Uddhava, Vibhisana, Arjuna, etc. to all of these great personalities, I pay my humble obeisances.
SRI VISNOH SRAVANE PARIKSID ABHAVAD VAIYASAKIH KIRTANE PRAHLADAH SMARANE TADANGHRI BHAJANE LAKSMIH PRTHUH PUJANE. AKRURAS TU ABHEVANDANE KAPI PATIR DASYE'THA SAKHYE'RJUNAH SARVAS TU ATMA NIVEDANE BALIR ABHUT KRSNAPTIR ESAM PARAM (SRI PADYAVALI-53 (TAD BHAKTANAM MAHATMYAM)
Parikit Maharaja achieved liberation just by hearing, Sukhadeva Gosvami just by chanting, Prahlada by remembering, Sri Laksmidevi, by serving the Lord's lotus feet, and Prthu Maharaja by worshiping the Lord, by prayer, Akrura achieved liberation, by serving, Sri Hanuman achieved liberation, by becoming a friend, Arjuna achieved liberation, and by complete renunciation, Bali Maharaja achieved liberation. By the execution of only a particular kind of service, each of these personalities got liberation achieved Krsna.
TVAD BHAKTAH SARITAM PATIM CULUKAVAT KHADYOTAVAT BHASKARAM MERUM PASYATI LOSTRAVAT KIM APARAM BHUMEH PARTIM BHRTYAVAT CITARATNA CAYAM SILA SAKALAVAT KALPADRUMAM KASTHAVAT SAMSARAM TRNARASIVAT KIM APARAM DEHAM NIJAM BHARAVAT (SRI PADYAVALI-56, TAD BHAKTANAM MAHATMYAM)
Oh Supreme Personality of Godhead,
Your devotees ...........and it is a bunch of straw combined, what else
can I say, even their own body becomes a great burden to them.
SANDHYA VANDANA! BHADRAM ASTU BHAVATE BHOH SNANA! TUBHYAM NAMO BHOH DEVAH! PITARAS CA TARPANA VIDHAU NA AHAM KSAMAH KSAMYATAM TATRA KVAPI NISADYA YADAVA KULOT TAM SASYA KAMSA DVISAH SMARAM SMARAM AGHAM HARAMI TAD ALAM MANYE KIM ANYENA NE? (SRI PADYAVALI 79, BHAKTANAM NISTA)
(slokam quoted from Sri Madhavendra Puri Pada) O chanting of Gayatri, all auspiciousness to you, O bathing, I pay my obeisances to you, O demigods and forfathers, I cannot give oblations to you all and therefore please forgive me because I have come to a situation, even in a lonely place, I remember the fountainhead of the Yadu dynasty, the enemy of Kamsa, Lord Sri Krsna again and again and thus I have become free from sin. By remembering Lord Sri Krsna, I think my self purified. I do no need any other process. Therefore there is no other need for any other process for liberation for me.
MUGDHAM MAM NIGADANTU NITINIPUNA BHRANTAM MUHUR VAIDIKA MANDAM BANDHAVA SANCAYA JADA DHIYAM MUKYA ADARAH SODARAH UNMATTAM DHANINO VIVEKA CATURAH KAMAM MAHA DAMBHIKAM MOKTUM NA KSAMATE MANAS API MANO GOVINDA PADA SPRHAM (SRI PADYAVALI-81, BHAKTANAM NISTHA)
Even if the rich people call me mad and the intellectuals call me arrogant let them speak, but even then, I am unable to give up the hankering at the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead Lord Sri Govinda.
KSAUNI PATITVAM ATHAVAIKAM AKINCANATVAM NITYAM DADASI BAHUMANA ATHA APAMANAM VAIKUNTHA VASAM ATHAVA NARAKE NIVASAM NA VASUDEVA! MAMA NASTI GATIS TVADANYA (SRI PADYAVALI-84 BHAKTANAM NISTHA)
Oh Supreme Personality of Godhead, even if you make me the king of the whole earth or the poorest of all, or daily, you reward me good respect or unlimited insults, whether you give me residence in Vaikuntha or put me in the hellish planets, but O son of Vasudeva, I do not desire seperation and difference from you.
DISATU SVARAJYAM VA VITARATU TAPATRAYAM VAPI SUKHITAM DUHKHITAM API MAM NA VIMUNCATU KESAVAH SVAMI (SRI PADYAVALI-85 BHAKTANAM NISTHA)
Oh Supreme Personality of Godhead................ ?
APAHARATI MANO ME KO'PY AYAM KRSNA CAURAH PRANATA-DURITA-CAURAH PUTANA-PRANA CAURAH VALAYA-VASANA-CAURO BALA GOPI JANANAM NAYANA-DRDAYA-CAURAH PASYATAM SAJJANANAM (SRI PADYAVALI-101, BHAKTANAM UTKANTHA)
The personality who steals the sins of His devotees, who stole the life air of Putana demon, who stole the ornaments and garments of young (five year old gopis) who steals the eyes and hearts of those who come and see Him, such a head of thieves, black personality is suddenly stealing my mind from me.
KADA DRAKSAMI NANDASYA BALAKAM NIPAMALAKAM PALAKAM SARVA SATVANAM LASAT TILAKA BHALAKAM (SRI PADYAVALI-104 BHAKTANAM UTKANTHA)
a prayer by Madhavendra Puri Pada) The personality of Godhead who is wearing a garland of Kadamba flowers, the personality who is maintaining all living entities, whose forehead is annointed with sandlewood paste mixed with musk, such personality, the son of Nanda Maharaja, when will I see such a personality?
BHAKTIH SEVA BHAGAVATO MUKTIS TAT PADA LANGHANAM KO MUDHO DASATAM PRAPYA PRABHAVAM PADAM ICCHATI (SRI PADYAVALI 110 MOKSA ANADARAH)
Service rendered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead is called devotional service and following that service is liberation, therefore, which foolish person, after giving up service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead will desire to merge in Him?
BHAVA BANDHAC CHIDE TASYAI SPRHAYAMI NA MUKTAYE BHAVAN PRABHUR AHAM DASA ITI YATRA VILUPYATE (SRI PADYAVALI 111, MOKSA ANADARAH) SPOKEN BY SRI HANUMANJI)
O Supreme Lord Rama, I do not desire that liberation which even cuts the bondage to this material world but which cuts the consciousness that I am the servant and you are the master and which takes away my service to you and gives me liberation.
KA TVAM MUKTIR UPAGATASMI BHAVATI KASMAD AKASMAD IHA SRI KRSNA SMARANENA DEVA! BHAVATO DASI PADAM PRAPITA DURE TISTHA MANAGA NAGASI KATHAM KURYAD ANARYAM MAYI TVAM GANDHAN NIJA-NAMA CANDANA RASA ALEPASYA LOPO BHAVET (SRI PADYAVALI-113 (MOKSA ANADARAH)
(Some fixed devotee speaks)"WHo are you?" I am liberation and have come to serve you. "Why have you suddenly come here?" O dear, because you have remembered Lord Sri Krsna constantly, therefore I have come to serve you as a maid servant, therefore please keep me engaged in your service. "O stay at a distance. Why are you cutting me with a hatch although I am completely faultless by making me bereft of devotional service to the Supreme Lord? By your fragrance, the wonderful sandlewood paste of the holy name will be destroyed (in other words, by accepting you, the consciousness that I am servant of God will not remain. The transcendental pleasure of the chanting of the holy name will be removed from me, therefore please go away from me."
ARCYE VISNAU SILADHIR GURUSU NARAMATIR VAISNAVE JATI BUDDHIR VISNOR VA VAISVAVANAM KALIMALA MATHANE PADA TIRTHE'MBU BUDDHIH SRI VISNOR NAMNI MANTRE SAKALA KALUSA HE SABDA SAMANYA BUDDHIR VISNAU SARVESVARA ISE TAD ITARA SAMADHIR YASYA VA NARAKI SAH (SRI PADYAVALI-114, BHAGAVAD-DHARMA TATVAM)
Any person who thinks that the Deity of the Supreme Lord is an ordinary stone, that the genuine spiritual master is an ordinary person, that a devotee of the Lord is coming from a particular caste and creed, that the water which has washed the lotus feet of Lord Visnu or a Vaisnava devotee of the Lord is ordinary water and that the holy name of the Lord is an ordinary hymn and that the Lord of all lords, the Supreme Lord Sri Visnu's name is equal to all other demigods is certainly a resident of hell.
DVIJA STRINAM BHAKTE MRDUNI VIDURA ANNE VRAJA GAVAM DADHI KSIRE SAKHYUH SPHUTACIPITAM USTAU MURA RIPO YASODAYAH STANYE VRAJA YUVATI DATTE MADHUNI TE YATHASIDAMODAS TAM IMAM UPAHARE'PI KURUTAM (SRI PADYAVALI-116, NAIVEDYA ARPANE VIJNAPTI)
(stated by Sri Ramanujacarya) O enemy of the Mura demon, as You accepted the eatables from the wives of the brahmanas of Mathura, as you accepted the banana peels of Vidura, as you accepted the butter, yogurt and milk of the cows of the Vraja area, as you accepted the handful of rise from your friend Sudhama, as you accepted the milk from the nipples of Mother Yasoda, and You accepted the sweets offered with love by the gopis of Vraja area with happiness and became pleased and satisfied, in the same way, please accept my gift with happiness and become satisfied. (In other words, as you accepted all the gifts with love of the previous devotees, please accept my offering ingredients with the same happiness).
SRAVANE MATHURA NAYANE MATHURA VADANE MATHURA HRDAYE MATHURA PURATO MATURA PARATO MATHURA MADHURA MADHURA MATHURA MATHURA (SRI PADYAVALI-124, SRI MATHURA MAHIMA)
Let me hear the name of Mathura in my ears. Let me see Mathura with my eyes, let me Mathura with my mouth, let me think of Mathura in my mind, let there be Mathura in the front and in the back because Mathura is the only sweet.
SAMBHO! SVAGATAM ASYATAM ITA ITO VAMENA PADMODBHAVE! KRAUNCARE! KUSALAM SUKHAM SURAPATE! VITTESA! NO DRSYASE. ITTHAM SVAPNA GATASYA KAITABHA RIPOH SRUTVA JANANYA GIRAH KIM KIM BALAKA! JALPASI ITY ANUCITAM THU THU KRTAM PATU VAH (SRI PADYAVALI-146 (SRI HAREH SVAPNAYITAM CHAPTER)
One day, Lord Sri Krsna saw a dream. Seeing the dream, he spoke. He said, "O Lord Siva, you are welcome. Please sit on My right side. O Brahma, you are welcome. Please sit on my left side. O Kartikeya (son of Lord Siva), are you happy? O Indra, are you happy? O Kuvera, I have not seen you for a long time. What happened?" Hearing these words from the dreaming Krsna, Mother Yasoda surprisingly spoke, "O how my baby speaks undesirable statements. If he speaks like this, his ears will be cut off. How have some other spirits taken over my little baby?" Saying this with full maternal affection, she started sprinkling her saliva on Him although He is the master of all the universes and who protects them, Mother Yasoda is spitting on Him to protect Him.
DALATI HRDAYAM GADHODVEGAM DVIDHA NATU BHIDYATE VAHATI VIKALAH KAYO MURCHAM NA MUNCATI CETANAM JVALAYATI TANUM ANTAR DAHAH KAROTI NA HASMASAT PRAHARATI VIDHIR MARMACCHEDI NA KRNTATI JIVITAM (SRI PADYAVALI-325, SRI RADHAYA VILAPAH)
Due to the seperation of Lord Sri Govinda, my heart is unlimitedly pained but does not turn into two pieces. THen I would have become a little happy. Due to seperation, by my body has become unconscious but does not give up its life. Seperation of the Lord burns the heart but does not turn me into ashes. The destiny really hits me hard but does not kill me.
AYI DINA DAYARDRANATHA! HE MATHURA NATHA ! KADA AVALOKYASE? KRDAYAM TVADALOKA KATARAM DAYITA! BHRAMYATI KIM KAROMY AHAM? (SRI PADYAVALI-330, SRI DADHAYA VILAPA CHAPTER) WRITTEN BY SRI MADHAVENDRA PURI PADA)
O LOrd who is merciful to the miserable. O Lord of Mathura, I am a miserable orphan. When will I see You? O merciful one, when I am unable to see YOu will hankering to see You, my heart is tormented. What should I do in this situation?
YAR NAHIN VRAJA RAJA KUMAR SO, PYAR NAHIN VRAJA VASIN KAU SAU HETA NAHIN HARI BHAKTI BAROBAR DESA NAHIN VRAJA MANDALA JAISAU NAMA RATAIN JAHAN RADHIKA KRSNA NIRMALA JALA YAMUNA JALA KAISAU NAMA NAIN MANAMOHANA KAU SAU GAMA NAHIN NANDA GAMA HAI JAISAU (RASAKHANA POET)
There is no better friend than the Supreme Lord Sri Krsna, the son of the king of Vraja. There is no better affection than the affection of the residents of the Vraja area to the Supreme Lord. There is no better shelter of liberation than the devotional service to Lord Sri Hari. There is no better place to live than the Vraja area where everyone chants the name of LOrd Sri Radha-Krsna. There is no better water then the water of the Yamuna. There is no better name than Lord Sri Krsna who attracts everyone's mind to Him. There is no better village than to live than Nandagram, the capital village of Nanda Maharaja.
BARHAPIDA BHIRAMAM MRGAMADA TILAKAM KUNDALA AKRANTA GANDAM KANJAKSAM KAMBU KANRTHAM SMITA SUBHAGA MUKHAM SVADHARE NYASTA VENUM SYAMAM SANRTAM TRIBHANGAM RAVI KARA VASANAM BHUSITAM VAIJAYANTYA VANDE VRNDAVANASTHAM YUVATI SATA VRTAM BRAHMA GOPALA VESAM
(PARISISTAM-2) Who is decorated with a wonderful crown equipted with a peacock feather. Whose broad forehead is annointed with the paste of sandlewood mixed with musk? There shadows from the morrors of the shark shaped earrings which are falling on His two cheeks which defeat the pride of Cupid, whose eyes are as wonderful as the fructified lotus petals, whose neck is like that of a conch, whose face is slightly smiling, whose lips which are as red as bimba fruit where the flute is situated, whose bodily complextion defeats the bluish complextion of newly born rain clouds, who is supremely peaceful, who is wearing a yellow cloth which is as bright as sun rays, whose neck is decorated with a vaijayanti garland and who is surrounded by hundreds of young gopis of Vraja, I pay my salutations and pray to such a personality who is dressed like a cowhear man, who situated in Vrindaban. _________