From the most perfect sublime prayer Srimad Bhaktivinoda-viraha-dasakam by Srila Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Maharaj Verse 9 sri-gauranumatam svarupa-viditam rupagrajenadrtam rupadyaih parivesitam raghu-ganair-asvaditam sevitam jivadyair abhiraksitam suka-siva-brahmadi-sammanitam sri-radha-pada-sevanamrtam aho tad-datum iso bhavan What was sanctioned by Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu by His descent, was intimately known only to Sri Swarupa Damodara Goswami. Sanatana Goswami, the elder brother of Sri Rupa Goswami, was attentive to that divine truth, and Rupa Goswami Himself served that very thing with his own hands to the devotees. Raghunatha Dasa Goswami tasted its sweetness and also added something of his own to its flavour. (He was assisted in doing so by Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami and Gopala Bhatta Goswami.) What was distributed by Rupa and tasted by Raghunatha was protected by Sri Jiva Goswami, who lent support to its divinity with scriptural evidence. The taste of that divine Truth is aspired after by Sri Sukadeva Goswami, Lord Siva, and Lord Brahma, who regard it with the highest respect from a distance. What is that inconceivable ambrosia? The sublime sweet nectar of the mellows relished in the service of Srimati Radharanis holy lotus feet. O Bhaktivinoda Thakura, within this world, you fully possess the ability to give us that extraordinary nectar. Verse 10 kvaham manda-matis tvativa-patitah kva tvam jagat-pavanah bho svamin krpayaparadha-nicayo nunam tvaya ksamyatam yace ham karuna-nidhe! varam imam padabja-mule bhavat sarvasvavadhi-radhika-dayita-dasanam gane ganyatam But where am I! I am in a most fallen condition, my intelligence bound with fault. Where are you, O deliverer of the universe? O master! By your causeless mercy alone, my unlimited offences can be pardoned. O ocean of compassion! O Gurudeva! I humbly be for one favour before your lotus feet: kindly count me as one of the servitors of Sri Sri Radha-Krsna, that Divine Couple who are an ocean of matchless wealth.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 08:07:16 +0000
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