Compiled by The Bhaktivedanta Archives

Çréla Prabhupäda Praëati

Çré Çré Gurv-añöaka
Païca-tattva Mahä-mantra
The Mahä-mantra
Prema-Dhvané Prayers
Çré Çré Gurv-añöaka Translation
Prayers to Lord Nåsiàha
Çré Tulasé Praëäma
Çré Tulasé-kértana
Çré Tulasé Pradakñiëa Mantra
Çré Tulasé Pranäma
Çré Tulasé-kértana Translation
Çré Çré Çikñäñöakam
Ten Offenses Against the Holy Name
Obeisances to the Vaiñëava Devotees
Çréla Prabhupäda
Japa
Greeting the Deities (with Prabhupäda)
Çré Guru-vandanä
Kértana (with Prema-Dhvané Prayers)
Çré Guru-vandanä Translations
Jaya Rädhä-Mädhava
Prema-Dhvané Prayers
Verses Recited Before SB Class
Invocation

His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupäda

Çréla Prabhupäda came to America in 1965, at the age of seventy, to fulfill

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his spiritual master’s request that he teach the science of Kåñëa consciousness
throughout the English speaking world. In a dozen years he published some
seventy volumes of translation and commentary on India’s Vedic literatures,
and these are now standard in universities worldwide. Meanwhile, traveling
almost nonstop, Çréla Prabhupäda molded his international society into a
worldwide confederation of äçramas, schools, temples and farm communities.
He passed away in 1977 in India’s Våndävana, the place most sacred to Lord
Kåñëa, and his disciples are carrying forward the movement he started.

Çréla Prabhupäda Praëati

(Chanted byDravida Däsa)

nama oà viñëu-pädäya kåñëa-preñöäya bhü-tale

çrémate bhaktivedänta-svämin iti nämine

I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta

Swami Prabhupäda, who is very dear to Lord Kåñëa, having taken shelter of His
lotus feet.

namas te särasvate deve gaura-väëé-pracäriëe

nirviçeña-çünyavädi-päçcätya-deça-täriëe

Our respectful obeisances are unto you, O spiritual master, servant of Sarasvaté
Gosvämé. You are kindly preaching the message of Lord Caitanyadeva and
delivering the Western countries, which are filled with impersonalism and
voidism.

Çré Guru Praëäma

oà ajïäna-timirändhasya
jïänäïjana-çaläkayä
cakñur unmélitaà yena
tasmai çré-gurave namaù

I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, who has opened my

eyes, which were blinded by the darkness of ignorance, with the torchlight of

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knowledge.

Çré Çré Gurv-añöaka

(Çréla Prabhupäda)

by Çréla Viçvanätha Cakravarté Öhäkura

Çréla Viçvanätha Cakravarté Öhäkura, who appeared in the middle of the
seventeenth century, is a great spiritual master in the Kåñëa conscious chain of
gurus and disciples. He says, “One who, with great care and attention, loudly
recites this beautiful prayer to the spiritual master during the brähma-muhürta
obtains direct service to Kåñëa, the Lord of Våndävana, at the time of his
death.”

(1)

saàsära-dävänala-léòha-loka-
träëäya käruëya-ghanäghanatvam
präptasya kalyäëa-guëärëavasya
vande guroù çré-caraëäravindam

The spiritual master is receiving benediction from the ocean of mercy. Just as a
cloud pours water on a forest fire to extinguish it, so the spiritual master
delivers the materially afflicted world by extinguishing the blazing fire of
material existence. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a
spiritual master, who is an ocean of auspicious qualities.

(2)

mahäprabhoù kértana-nåtya-géta-
väditra-mädyan-manaso rasena
romäïca-kampäçru-taraìga-bhäjo
vande guroù çré-caraëäravindam

Chanting the holy name, dancing in ecstasy, singing and playing musical
instruments, the spiritual master is always gladdened by the sankértaìa
movement of Lord Caitanya Mahäprabhu. Because he is relishing the mellows

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of pure devotional service within his mind, sometimes his hair stands on end, he
feels quivering in his body, and tears flow from his eyes like waves. I offer my
respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.

(3)

çré-vigrahärädhana-nitya-nänä-
såìgära-tan-mandira-märjanädau
yuktasya bhaktäàç ca niyuïjato ’pi
vande guroù çré-caraëäravindam

The spiritual master is always engaged in the temple worship of Çré Çré Rädhä
and Kåñëa. He also engages his disciples in such worship. They dress the
Deities in beautiful clothes and ornaments, clean Their temple, and perform
other similar worship of the Lord. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the
lotus feet of such a spiritual master.

(4)

catur-vidha-çré-bhagavat-prasäda-
svädv-anna-tåptän hari-bhakta-saìghän
kåtvaiva tåptià bhajataù sadaiva
vande guroù çré-caraëäravindam

The spiritual master is always offering Kåñëa four kinds of delicious food
[analyzed as that which is licked, chewed, drunk and sucked]. When the
spiritual master sees that the devotees are satisfied by eating bhagavat-prasäda,
he is satisfied. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a
spiritual master.

(5)

çré-rädhikä-mädhavayor apära-
mädhurya-lélä-guëa-rüpa-nämnäm
prati-kñaëäsvädana-lolupasya
vande guroù çré-caraëäravindam

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The spiritual master is always eager to hear and chant about the unlimited
conjugal pastimes of Rädhikä and Mädhava, and Their qualities, names and
forms. The spiritual master aspires to relish these at every moment. I offer my
respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.

(6)

nikuïja-yüno rati-keli-siddhyai
yä yälibhir yuktir apekñaëéyä
taträti-däkñyäd ati-vallabhasya
vande guroù çré-caraëäravindam

The spiritual master is very dear, because he is expert in assisting the gopés,
who at different times make different tasteful arrangements for the perfection
of Rädhä-Kåñëa’s conjugal loving affairs within the groves of Våndävana. I offer
my most humble obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.

(7)

säkñäd-dharitvena samasta-çäçtrair
uktas tathä bhävyata eva sadbhiù
kintu prabhor yaù priya eva tasya
vande guroù çré-caraëäravindam

The spiritual master is to be honored as much as the Supreme Lord, because he

is the most confidential servitor of the Lord. This is acknowledged in all
revealed scriptures and followed by all authorities. Therefore I offer my
respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master, who is a
bona fide representative of Çré Hari [Kåñëa].

(8)

yasya prasädäd bhagavat-prasädo

yasyäprasädän na gatiù kuto ’pi
dhyäyan stuvaàs tasya yaças tri-sandhyaà
vande guroù çré-caraëäravindam

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By the mercy of the spiritual master one receives the benediction of Kåñëa.
Without the grace of the spiritual master, one cannot make any advancement.
Therefore, I should always remember and praise the spiritual master. At least
three times a day I should offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of
my spiritual master.

Kértana
(Çréla Prabhupäda)

Païca-tattva Mahä-mantra

(jaya) çré-kåñëa-caitanya prabhu nityänanda

çré-advaita gadädhara çréväsädi-gaura-bhakta-vånda
Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu is always accompanied by His plenary expansion Çré
Nityänanda Prabhu, His incarnation Çré Advaita Prabhu, His internal potency
Çré Gadädhara Prabhu, and His marginal potency Çréväsa Prabhu. He is in the
midst of them as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One should know that
Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu is always accompanied by these other tattvas.
Therefore our obeisances to Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu are complete when we
say, çré kåñëa-caitanya prabhu nityänanda çré-advaita gadädhara
çréväsädi-gaura-bhakta-vånda. As preachers of the Kåñëa consciousness
movement, we first offer our obeisances to Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu by
chanting this Païca-tattva mantra; then we say, Hare Kåñëa, Hare Kåñëa,
Kåñëa Kåñëa, Hare Hare, Hare Räma, Hare Räma / Räma Räma, Hare Hare.
There are ten offenses in the chanting of the Hare Kåñëa mahä-mantra, but
these are not considered in the chanting of the Païca-tattva mantra, namely,
çré kåñëa-caitanya prabhu nityänanda çré-advaita gadädhara
çréväsädi-gaura-bhakta-vånda. Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu is known as
mahä-vadänyävatära, the most magnanimous incarnation, for He does not
consider the offenses of the fallen souls. Thus to derive full benefit of the
chanting of the mahä-mantra (Hare Kåñëa, Hare Kåñëa, Kåñëa Kåñëa, Hare
Hare /Hare Räma, Hare Räma, Räma Räma, Hare Hare), we must first take
shelter of Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu, learn the Païca-tattva mantra, and then
chant the Hare Kåñëa mahä-mantra. That will be very effective.

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 The Mahä-mantra
(Çréla Prabhupäda)

Hare Kåñëa Hare Kåñëa

Kåñëa Kåñëa Hare Hare
Hare Räma Hare Räma
Räma Räma Hare Hare
Ancient India’s Vedic literatures single out one mantra as the mahä
(supreme) mantra. The Kali-santaraëa Upaniñad explains, “These sixteen
words: Hare Kåñëa, Hare Kåñëa, Kåñëa Kåñëa, Hare Hare / Hare Räma, Hare
Räma, Räma Räma, Hare Hare, are especially meant for counteracting the ill
effects of the age of confusion and quarrel.” The Närada Païcarätra adds, “All
understanding, all mantras, and all processes for self-realization are compressed
into eight words: Hare Kåñëa, Hare Kåñëa, Kåñëa Kåñëa, Hare Hare.” And Çré
Caitanya Mahäprabhu exults, “O my Lord, O Supreme Personality of
Godhead, Your holy name alone can render all benediction to the living
beings, and thus You have hundreds and millions of names, like Kåñëa and
Govinda [“the reservoir of pleasure”]. In these transcendental names You have
invested all Your transcendental energies. There are not even hard and fast
rules for chanting these names. O my Lord, out of kindness You enable us to
easily approach You by Your holy names...” The name Kåñëa means “the
all-attractive one,” and the name Räma means “O all-attractive, all-pleasing
Lord, O energy of the Lord, please engage me in Your service.”
This transcendental vibration by chanting of Hare Kåñëa, Hare Kåñëa,
Kåñëa Kåñëa, Hare Hare, Hare Räma, Hare Räma, Räma Räma, Hare Hare is
the sublime method for reviving our Kåñëa consciousness. As living spiritual
souls we are all originally Kåñëa conscious entities, but due to our association
with matter since time immemorial, our consciousness is now polluted by
material atmosphere. In this polluted concept of life, we are all trying to
exploit the resources of material nature, but actually we are becoming more
and more entangled in our complexities. This illusion is called mäyä, or hard
struggle for existence over the stringent laws of material nature. This illusory
struggle against the material nature can at once be stopped by revival of our
Kåñëa consciousness.
Kåñëa consciousness is not an artificial imposition on the mind. This

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consciousness is the original energy of the living entity. When we hear the
transcendental vibration, this consciousness is revived. And the process is
recommended by authorities for this age. By practical experience also, we can
perceive that by chanting this mahä-mantra, or the Great Chanting for
Deliverance, one can at once feel transcendental ecstasy from the spiritual
stratum. When one is factually on the plane of spiritual understanding,
surpassing the stages of sense, mind and intelligence, one is situated on the
transcendental plane. This chanting of Hare Kåñëa, Hare Kåñëa, Kåñëa Kåñëa,
Hare Hare/ Hare Räma, Hare Räma, Räma Räma, Hare Hare is directly
enacted from the spiritual platform, surpassing all lower states of
consciousness, namely sensual, mental and intellectual. There is no need of
understanding the language of the mantra, nor is there any need of mental
speculation nor any intellectual adjustment for chanting this mahä-mantra. It
springs automatically from the spiritual platform, and as such, anyone can take
part in this transcendental sound vibration, without any previous
qualification, and dance in ecstasy.
We have seen it practically. Even a child can take part in the chanting, or
even a dog can take part in it. The chanting should be heard, however, from
the lips of a pure devotee of the Lord, so that immediate effect can be
achieved. As far as possible, chanting from the lips of a nondevotee should be
avoided, as much as milk touched by the lips of a serpent causes poisonous
effect.
The word Harä is a form of addressing the energy of the Lord. Both Kåñëa
and Räma are forms of addressing directly the Lord, and they mean the highest
pleasure, eternal. Harä is the supreme pleasure potency of the Lord. This
potency, when addressed as Hare, helps us in reaching the Supreme Lord.
The material energy, called as mäyä, is also one of the multipotencies of the
Lord, as much as we are also marginal potency of the Lord. The living entities
are described as superior energy than matter. When the superior energy is in
contact with inferior energy, it becomes an incompatible situation. But when
the supreme marginal potency is in contact with the spiritual potency, Harä, it
becomes the happy, normal condition of the living entity.
The three words, namely Harä, Kåñëa and Räma, are transcendental seeds of
the mahä-mantra, and the chanting is a spiritual call for the Lord and His
internal energy, Harä, for giving protection to the conditioned soul. The
chanting is exactly like a genuine cry by the child for the mother. Mother

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Harä helps in achieving the grace of the supreme father, Hari, or Kåñëa, and
the Lord reveals Himself to such a sincere devotee.
No other means, therefore, of spiritual realization is as effective in this age as
chanting the mahä-mantra, Hare Kåñëa, Hare Kåñëa, Kåñëa Kåñëa, Hare Hare /
Hare Räma, Hare Räma, Räma Räma, Hare Hare.

Prema-Dhvané Prayers
(Çréla Prabhupäda)

Obeisances and Respects

jaya oà viñëu päda paramahaàsa parivräjakäcärya añöottara-çata çré-çrémad His

Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedänta Swami Prabhupäda ké jaya. iÇréla Prabhupäda
these lines have been added.**
All glories to the wandering mendicant and topmost swanlike devotee, the great
preceptor His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupäda, who has
taken shelter at the feet of Lord Viñëu.
jaya oà viñëu päda paramahaàsa parivräjakäcärya añöottara-çata Çré-Çrémad His
Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhänta Sarasvaté Gosvämé Prabhupäda ké jaya
All glories to the wandering mendicant and topmost swanlike devotee, the great
preceptor His Divine Grace Çréla Bhaktisiddhänta Gosvämé Mahäräja
Prabhupäda, who has taken shelter at the feet of Lord Viñëu.
ananta-koöi vaiñëava-vånda ké jaya
All glories to the countless millions of Vaiñëavas.
nämäcärya çréla haridäsa öhäkura ké jaya
All glories to the äcärya of the holy name, Haridäsa Öhäkura.
premse kaho çré kåñëa caitanya prabhu nityänanda çré advaita gadädhara
çréväsädi gaura-bhakta-vånda ké jaya
With love call out to Lord Caitanya, Lord Nityänanda, Advaita Äcärya,
Gadädhara, Çré Çréväsa, and all the devotees of Lord Gaura.

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çré-çré-rädhä-kåñëa gopa-gopénätha çyäma-kuëòa rädhä-kuëòa giri-govardhana ké
jaya
All glories to Çré Rädhä and Çré Kåñëa, the Lord of the gopas and gopés. All
glories to Çyäma-kuëòa, Rädhä-kuëòa and Govardana Hill.
våndävana-dhäma ké jaya, navadvépa-dhäma ké jaya
All glories to the abodes of Våndävana and Navadvépa.
samaveta bhakta-vånda ké jaya
All glories to the assembled devotees.
gaìgä-mäyé ké jaya, yamunä-mäyé ké jaya
All glories to the sacred Ganges and Yamunä rivers.
tulasé-devé ké jaya
All glories to tulasé-devé.
All glories to the assembled devotees.
All glories to the assembled devotees.
All glories to the assembled devotees.
Thank you very much.

Çré Çré Gurv-añöaka Translation

(Narrated by Parama-rüpa Däsa)

(1)

The spiritual master is receiving benediction from the ocean of mercy. Just as a
cloud pours water on a forest fire to extinguish it, so the spiritual master
delivers the materially afflicted world by extinguishing the blazing fire of
material existence. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a
spiritual master, who is an ocean of auspicious qualities.

(2)

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Chanting the holy name, dancing in ecstasy, singing and playing musical
instruments, the spiritual master is always gladdened by the sankértaìa
movement of Lord Caitanya Mahäprabhu. Because he is relishing the mellows
of pure devotional service within his mind, sometimes his hair stands on end, he
feels quivering in his body, and tears flow from his eyes like waves. I offer my
respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.

(3)

The spiritual master is always engaged in the temple worship of Çré Çré Rädhä
and Kåñëa. He also engages his disciples in such worship. They dress the
Deities in beautiful clothes and ornaments, clean Their temple, and perform
other similar worship of the Lord. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the
lotus feet of such a spiritual master.

(4)

The spiritual master is always offering Kåñëa four kinds of delicious food
[analyzed as that which is licked, chewed, drunk and sucked]. When the
spiritual master sees that the devotees are satisfied by eating bhagavat-prasäda,
he is satisfied. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a
spiritual master.

(5)

The spiritual master is always eager to hear and chant about the unlimited
conjugal pastimes of Rädhikä and Mädhava, and Their qualities, names and
forms. The spiritual master aspires to relish these at every moment. I offer my
respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.

(6)

The spiritual master is very dear, because he is expert in assisting the gopés,
who at different times make different tasteful arrangements for the perfection
of Rädhä-Kåñëa’s conjugal loving affairs within the groves of Våndävana. I offer
my most humble obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.

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 (7)

The spiritual master is to be honored as much as the Supreme Lord, because he

is the most confidential servitor of the Lord. This is acknowledged in all
revealed scriptures and followed by all authorities. Therefore I offer my
respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master, who is a
bona fide representative of Çré Hari [Kåñëa].

(8)

By the mercy of the spiritual master one receives the benediction of Kåñëa.
Without the grace of the spiritual master, one cannot make any advancement.
Therefore, I should always remember and praise the spiritual master. At least
three times a day I should offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of
my spiritual master.

Prayers to Lord Nåsiàha

(Sung by Agnideva Däsa)

namas te narasiàhäya
prahlädähläda-däyine
hiraëyaçikapor vakñaù
çilä-öaìkä-nakhälaye

I offer my obeisances to Lord Nåsiàha, who gives joy to Prahlada Mahäräja and
whose nails are like chisels on the stonelike chest of the demon Hiraëyakaçipu.

ito nåsiàhaù parato nåsiàho

yato yato yämi tato nåsiàhaù
bahir nåsiàho hådaye nåsiàho
nåsiàham ädià çaraëaà prapadye

Lord Nåsiàha is here and also there. Wherever I go, Lord Nåsiàha is there. He
is in the heart and is outside as well. I surrender to Lord Nåsiàha, the origin of
all things and the supreme refuge.

tava kara-kamala-vare nakham adbhuta-çrìgaà

dalita-hiraëyakaçipu-tanu-bhågam

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 keçava dhåta-narahari-rüpa jaya jagadéça hare

O Keçava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of
half-man, half-lion! All glories to You! Just as one can easily crush a wasp
between one’s fingernails, so in the same way the body of the wasplike demon
Hiraëyakaçipu has been ripped apart by the wonderful pointed nails on Your
beautiful lotus hands.

Çré Tulasé Praëäma

(Sung by Acyutänanda Däsa)

våndäyai tulasé-devyai, priyäyai keçavasya ca

viñëu-bhakti-prade devé, satyavatyai namo namaù

I offer my repeated obeisances unto Vånda, Çrématé Tulasé Devé, who is very
dear to Lord Keçava. O goddess, you bestow devotional service to Lord Kåñëa
and possess the highest truth.

Çré Tulasé-kértana
(Sung by Acyutänanda Däsa)

(1)

namo namaù tulasé! kåñëa-preyasé, (namo namaù)

rädhä-kåñëa-sevä päbo ei abhiläñé
(namo namaù tulasé! kåñëa-preyasé, namo namaù)

O Tulasé, beloved of Kåñëa, I bow down before you again and again. My desire
is to obtain the service of Çré Çré Rädhä and Kåñëa.

(2)

je tomära çaraëa loy, tära väïchä pürëa hoy

kåpä kori’ koro täre båndäbana-bäsé
(namo namaù tulasé! kåñëa-preyasé, namo namaù)

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Whoever takes shelter of you has his wishes fulfilled. Bestowing your mercy
upon him, you make him a resident of Våndävana.

(3)

mor ei abhiläñ, biläs kuïje dio väs

nayane heribo sadä jugala-rüpa-räçi
(namo namaù tulasé! kåñëa-preyasé, namo namaù)

My desire is that you will also grant me a residence in the pleasure groves of Çré
Våndävana-dhäma. Thus, within my vision I will always behold the beautiful
pastimes of Rädhä and Kåñëa.

(4)

ei nivedana dharo, sakhér anugata koro

sevä-adhikära diye koro nija däsé
(namo namaù tulasé! kåñëa-preyasé, namo namaù)

I beg you to make me a follower of the cowherd damsels of Vraja. Please give
the privilege of devotional service and make me your own maidservant.

(5)

déna kåñëa-däse koy, ei jena mora hoy

çré-rädhä-govinda-preme sadä jena bhäsi
(namo namaù tulasé! kåñëa-preyasé, namo namaù)
(tulasé! kåñëa-preyasé, namo namaù)

This very fallen and lowly servant of Kåñëa prays, “May I always swim in the
love of Çré Çré Rädhä and Govinda.”

Çré Tulasé Pradakñiëa Mantra

(Sung by Acyutänanda Däsa)

yäni käni ca päpäni, brahma-hatyädikäni ca

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 täni täni praëaçyanti, pradakñiëaù pade pade

By the circumambulation of Çrématé Tulasé Devé all the sins that one may have
committed are destroyed at every step, even the sin of killing a brähmaëa.

Çré Tulasé Pranäma

(Sung by Acyutänanda Däsa)

våndäyai tulasé-devyai, priyäyai keçavasya ca

viñëu-bhakti-prade devé, satyvatyai namo namaù

I offer my repeated obeisances unto Vånda, Çrématé Tulasé Devé, who is very
dear to Lord Keçava. O goddess, you bestow devotional service to Lord Kåñëa
and possess the highest truth.

Çré Tulasé-kértana Translation

(Narrated by Parama-rüpa Däsa)

(1)

O Tulasé, beloved of Kåñëa, I bow down before you again and again. My desire
is to obtain the service of Çré Çré Rädhä and Kåñëa.

(2)

Whoever takes shelter of you has his wishes fulfilled. Bestowing your mercy
upon him, you make him a resident of Våndävana.

(3)

My desire is that you will also grant me a residence in the pleasure groves of Çré
Våndävana-dhäma. Thus, within my vision I will always behold the beautiful
pastimes of Rädhä and Kåñëa.

(4)

I beg you to make me a follower of the cowherd damsels of Vraja. Please give

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the privilege of devotional service and make me your own maidservant.

(5)

This very fallen and lowly servant of Kåñëa prays, “May I always swim in the
love of Çré Çré Rädhä and Govinda.”

Çré Çré Çikñäñöakam

(Chanted by Dravida Däsa)

Lord Caitanya Mahäprabhu instructed His disciples to write books on the

science of Kåñëa, a task which His followers have continued to carry out down
to the present day. The elaborations and expositions on the philosophy taught
by Lord Caitanya are, in fact, the most voluminous, exacting and consistent,
due to the system of disciplic succession. Although Lord Caitanya was widely
renowed as a scholar in His youth, He left only eight verses, called Çikñäñöaka.
These eight verses clearly reveal His mission and precepts. These supremely
valuable prayers are translated herein.

(1)

ceto-darpaëa-märjanaà bhava-mahä-dävägni-nirväpanaà
çreyaù-kairava-candrikä-vitaraëaà vidyä-vadhü-jévanam
änandämbudhi-vardhanaà prati-padaà pürëämåtäsvädanaà
sarvätma-snapanaà paraà vijayate çré-kåñëa-saìkértanam

Glory to the çré-kåñëa-saìkértana, which cleanses the heart of all the dust
accumulated for years and extinguishes the fire of conditional life, of repeated
birth and death. This saìkértana movement is the prime benediction for
humanity at large because it spreads the rays of the benediction moon. It is a
life of all transcendental knowledge. It increases the ocean of transcendental
bliss, and it enables us to fully taste the nectar for which we are always anxious.

(2)

nämnäm akäri bahudhä nija-sarva-çaktis

taträrpitä niyamitaù smaraëe na kälaù

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 etädåçé tava kåpä bhagavan mamäpi
durdaivam édåçam ihäjani nänurägaù

O my Lord, Your holy name alone can render all benediction to living beings,
and thus You have hundreds and millions of names, like Kåñëa and Govinda. In
these transcendental names You have invested all Your transcendental energies.
There are not even hard and fast rules for chanting these names. O my Lord,
out of kindness You enable us to easily approach You by Your holy names, but I
am so unfortunate that I have no attraction for them.

(3)

tåëäd api sunécena

taror api sahiñëunä
amäninä mänadena
kértanéyaù sadä hariù

One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind,
thinking oneself lower than the straw in the street; one should be more tolerant
than a tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige, and should be ready to offer all
respect to others. In such a state of mind one can chant the holy name of the
Lord constantly.

(4)

na dhanaà na janaà na sundaréà

kavitäà vä jagad-éça kämaye
mama janmani janméçvare
bhavatäd bhaktir ahaituké tvayi

O almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor do I desire

beautiful women, nor do I want any number of followers. I only want Your
causeless devotional service, birth after birth.

(5)

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 ayi nanda-tanuja kiìkaraà
patitaà mäà viñame bhavämbudhau
kåpayä tava päda-paìkaja-
sthita-dhülé-sadåçaà vicintaya

O son of Maharaja Nanda [Kåñëa], I am Your eternal servitor, yet somehow or

other I have fallen into the ocean of birth and death. Please pick me up from
this ocean of death and place me as one of the atoms at Your lotus feet.

(6)

nayanaà galad-açru-dhärayä
vadanaà gadgada-ruddhayä girä
pulakair nicitaà vapuù kadä
tava näma-grahaëe bhaviñyati

O my Lord, when will my eyes be decorated with tears of love flowing

constantly when I chant Your holy name? When will my voice choke up, and
when will the hairs of my body stand on end at the recitation of Your name?

(7)

yugäyitaà nimeñeëa
cakñuñä prävåñäyitam
çünyäyitaà jagat sarvaà
govinda-viraheëa me

O Govinda! Feeling Your separation, I am considering a moment to be like

twelve years or more. Tears are flowing from my eyes like torrents of rain, and
I am feeling all vacant in the world in Your absence.

(8)

äçliñya vä päda-ratäà pinañöu mäm

adarçanän marma-hatäà karotu vä
yathä tathä vä vidadhätu lampaöo

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 mat-präëa-näthas tu sa eva näparaù

I know no one but Kåñëa as my Lord, and He shall remain so even if He

handles me roughly by His embrace or makes me brokenhearted by not being
present before me. He is completely free to do anything and everything, for He
is always my worshipful Lord, unconditionally.

Ten Offenses Against the Holy Name

(Narrated by Parama-rüpa Däsa)

1) To blaspheme the devotees who have dedicated their lives for propagating
the holy name of the Lord.
2) To consider the names of demigods like Lord Çiva or Lord Brahmä to be
equal to or independent of the holy name of Lord Viñëu.
3) To disobey the orders of the spiritual master.
4) The blaspheme the Vedic literature or literature in pursuance of the Vedic
version.
5) To consider the glories of chanting Hare Kåñëa as imagination.
6) To give some interpretation on the holy name of the Lord.
7) To commit sinful activities on the strength of chanting the holy name of
the Lord.
8) To consider the chanting of Hare Kåñëa as one of the auspicious ritualistic
activities which are offered in the Vedas as fruitive activities
(karma-käëòa).
9) To instruct a faithless person about the glories of the holy name.
10) To not have complete faith in the chanting of the holy names and to
maintain some material attachment, even after understanding so many
instructions on this matter. It is also an offense to be inattentive while
chanting. Every devotee who claims to be a Vaiñëava must carefully guard
against these ten offenses in order to quickly achieve the desired success,
Kåñëa prema.

Obeisances to the Vaiñëava Devotees

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 (Chanted by Dravida Däsa)

väïchä-kalpatarubhyaç ca
kåpä-sindhubhya eva ca
patitänäà pävanebhyo
vaiñëavebhyo namo namaù

I offer my respectful obeisances unto all the Vaiñëava devotees of the Lord.
They are just like desires trees who can fulfill the desires of everyone, and they
are full of compassion for the fallen conditioned souls.

Comment by Çréla Prabhupäda

Çréla Prabhupäda: “I think now we should chant Hare Kåñëa ”

Japa
(Çréla Prabhupäda)

Hare Kåñëa Hare Kåñëa

Kåñëa Kåñëa Hare Hare
Hare Räma Hare Räma
Räma Räma Hare Hare

(Chanting softly and focused on one’s beads)

Greeting the Deities

govindam ädi-puruñaà tam ahaà bhajämi

govindam ädi-puruñaà tam ahaà bhajämi
govindam ädi-puruñaà tam ahaà bhajämi

I worship the Supreme Original Personality of Godhead, Govindam

Brahma-saàhitä verse 30
veëuà kvaëantam aravinda-daläyatäkñaà
barhävataàsam asitämbuda-sundaräìgam
kandarpa-koöi-kamanéya-viçeña-çobhaà

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 govindam ädi-puruñaà tam ahaà bhajämi

“I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is adept in playing on His flute,
with blooming eyes like lotuspetals, with hair decked with peacock’s feather,
with the figure of beauty tinged with the hue of blue clouds, and His unique
loveliness charming millions of Cupids.

Brahma-saàhitä verse 32
aìgäni yasya sakalendriya-våtti-manti
paçyanti pänti kalayanti ciraà jaganti
änanda-cin-maya-sad-ujjvala-vigrahasya
govindam ädi-puruñaà tam ahaà bhajämi

“I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, whose transcendental form is full of

bliss, truth, substantiality and is thus full of the most dazzling splendor. Each of
the limbs of that transcendental figure possesses in Himself the full-fledged
functions of all the organs, and eternally sees, maintains and manifests the
infinite universe, both spiritual and mundane.

Çré Guru-vandanä
(Sung by Jayaçacénandana Däsa)

The worship of Çré Guru

(1)

çré-guru-caraëa-padma, kevala-bhakati-sadma,
bando mui sävadhäna mate
jähära prasäde bhäi, e bhava toriyä jäi,
kåñëa-präpti hoy jähä ha’te

The lotus feet of our spiritual master are the only way by which we can attain
pure devotional service. I bow down to his lotus feet with great awe and
reverence. By his grace one can cross over the ocean of material suffering and
obtain the mercy of Kåñëa.

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 (2)

guru-mukha-padma-väkya, cittete koriyä aikya,

är nä koriho mane äçä
çré-guru-caraëe rati, ei se uttama-gati,
je prasäde püre sarva-äçä

My only wish is to have my consciousness purified by the words emanating

from his lotus mouth. Attachment to his lotus feet is the perfection that fulfills
all desires.

(3)

cakhu-dän dilo jei, janme janme prabhu sei,

divya-jïän håde prokäçito
prema-bhakti jähä hoite, avidyä vinäça jäte,
vede gäy jähära carito

He opens my darkened eyes and fills my heart with transcendental knowledge.

He is my Lord birth after birth. From him ecstatic prema emanates; by him
ignorance is destroyed. The Vedic scriptures sing of his character.

(4)

çré-guru karuëä-sindhu, adhama janära bandhu,

lokanätha lokera jévana
hä hä prabhu koro doyä, deho more pada-chäyä,
ebe jaça ghuñuk tribhuvana
(prabhupäda patita-pävana)
(prabhupäda loilo çaraëa)
(jaya jaya gurudev)
(jaya prabhupäda)

Our spiritual master is the ocean of mercy, the friend of the poor, and the lord
and master of the devotees. O master! Be merciful unto me and give me the
shade of your lotus feet. Your fame is spread all over the three worlds.

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 Kértana
(Sung by Viñëujana Swami)

nama oà viñëu-pädäya kåñëa-preñöäya bhü-tale

çrémate bhaktivedänta-svämin iti nämine

I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta

Swami Prabhupäda, who is very dear to Lord Kåñëa, having taken shelter of His
lotus feet.

namas te särasvate deve gaura-väëé-pracäriëe

nirviçeña-çünyavädi-päçcätya-deça-täriëe

Our respectful obeisances are unto you, O spiritual master, servant of Sarasvaté
Gosvämé. You are kindly preaching the message of Lord Caitanyadeva and
delivering the Western countries, which are filled with impersonalism and
voidism.

(Jaya) çré kåñëa-caitanya prabhu nityänanda

çré-advaita gadädhara çréväsädi-gaura-bhakta-vånda

I offer my obeisances to Çré Kåñëa Caitanya, Prabhu Nityänanda, Çré Advaita,

Gadädhara, Çréväsa and all others in the line of devotion.

Hare Kåñëa Hare Kåñëa

Kåñëa Kåñëa Hare Hare
Hare Räma Hare Räma
Räma Räma Hare Hare

My dear Lord, and the spiritual energy of the Lord, kindly engage me in your
service. I am now embarressed with this material service. Please engage me in
your service.

Prema-Dhvané Prayers
(Çréla Prabhupäda)

Obeisances and respects iiMay not contain the full Prema-Dhvané as done in
your temple.*

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jaya oà viñëu päda paramahaàsa parivräjakäcärya añöottara-çata çré-çrémad His
Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedänta Swami Prabhupäda ké jaya. iiiÇréla Prabhupäda
these lines have been added.**
All glories to the wandering mendicant and topmost swanlike devotee, the great
preceptor His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupäda, who has
taken shelter at the feet of Lord Viñëu.
jaya oà viñëu päda paramahaàsa parivräjakäcärya añöottara-çata Çré-Çrémad His
Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhänta Sarasvaté Gosvämé Prabhupäda ké jaya.
All glories to the wandering mendicant and topmost swanlike devotee, the great
preceptor His Divine Grace Çréla Bhaktisiddhänta Gosvämé Mahäräja
Prabhupäda, who has taken shelter at the feet of Lord Viñëu.
ananta-koöi vaiñëava-vånda ké jaya
All glories to the countless millions of Vaiñëavas.
nämäcärya çréla haridäsa öhäkura ké jaya
All glories to the äcärya of the holy name, Haridäsa Öhäkura.
ISKCON Founder-Äcärya Çréla Prabhupäda ké jaya ivÇréla Prabhupäda these
lines have been added.**
All glories to Çréla Prabhupäda, the Founder-Äcärya of ISKCON.
premse kaho çré kåñëa caitanya prabhu nityänanda çré advaita gadädhara
çréväsädi gaura-bhakta-vånda ké jaya
With love call out to Lord Caitanya, Lord Nityänanda, Advaita Äcärya,
Gadädhara, Çré Çréväsa, and all the devotees of Lord Gaura.
çré-çré-rädhä-kåñëa gopa-gopénätha çyäma-kuëòa rädhä-kuëòa giri-govardhana ké
jaya
All glories to Çré Rädhä and Çré Kåñëa, the Lord of the gopas and gopés. All
glories to Çyäma-kuëòa, Rädhä-kuëòa and Govardana Hill.
våndävana-dhäma ké jaya, navadvépa-dhäma ké jaya
All glories to the abodes of Våndävana and Navadvépa.

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 samaveta bhakta-vånda ké jaya
All glories to the assembled devotees.
gaìgä-mäyé ké jaya, yamunä-mäyé ké jaya
All glories to the sacred Ganges and Yamunä rivers.
tulasé-devé ké jaya
All glories to tulasé-devé.
All glories to the assembled devotees.
All glories to the assembled devotees.
All glories to the assembled devotees.
Thank you.

Çré Guru-vandanä Translations

(Narrated by Parama-rüpa Däsa)

(1)

The lotus feet of our spiritual master are the only way by which we can attain
pure devotional service. I bow down to his lotus feet with great awe and
reverence. By his grace one can cross over the ocean of material suffering and
obtain the mercy of Kåñëa.

(2)

My only wish is to have my consciousness purified by the words emanating

from his lotus mouth. Attachment to his lotus feet is the perfection that fulfills
all desires.

(3)

He opens my darkened eyes and fills my heart with transcendental knowledge.

He is my Lord birth after birth. From him ecstatic prema emanates; by him
ignorance is destroyed. The Vedic scriptures sing of his character.

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 (4)

Our spiritual master is the ocean of mercy, the friend of the poor, and the lord
and master of the devotees. O master! Be merciful unto me and give me the
shade of your lotus feet. Your fame is spread all over the three worlds.

Jaya Rädhä-Mädhava
(Çréla Prabhupäda)

(jaya) rädhä-mädhava (jaya) kuïja-bihäré

(jaya) gopé-jana-vallabha (jaya) giri-vara-dhäré
(jaya) yaçodä-nandana, (jaya) braja-jana-raïjana,
(jaya) jämuna-téra-vana-cäré

Kåñëa is the lover of Rädhä. He displays many amorous pastimes in the groves
of Våndävana, He is the lover of the cowherd maidens of Vraja, the holder of
the great hill named Govardhana, the beloved son of mother Yäsodä, the
delighter of the inhabitants of Vraja, and He wanders in the forests along the
banks of the River Yamunä.

(Çréla Prabhupäda was very fond of this song and sang it just before his
lectures. In Allahabad and Gorakhpur Çréla Prabhupäda fell into a trance after
singing the first two lines, and after some time he came back to external
consciousness and said, “Now just chant Hare Kåñëa.” Çréla Prabhupäda said
that this song is “a picture of Våndävana. Everything is there—Çrématé
Rädhärani, Våndävana, Govardhana, Yaçodä, and all the cowherd boys.”)

Prema-Dhvané Prayers
(Çréla Prabhupäda)

Obeisances and Respects

jaya oà viñëu päda paramahaàsa parivräjakäcärya añöottara-çata çré-çrémad His

Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedänta Swami Prabhupäda ké jaya**
All glories to the wandering mendicant and topmost swanlike devotee, the great
preceptor His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupäda, who has

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taken shelter at the feet of Lord Viñëu.
jaya oà viñëu päda paramahaàsa parivräjakäcärya añöottara-çata Çré-Çrémad
Bhaktisiddhänta Sarasvaté Gosvämé Prabhupäda Mahäräja ké jaya
All glories to the wandering mendicant and topmost swanlike devotee, the great
preceptor His Divine Grace Çréla Bhaktisiddhänta Gosvämé Mahäräja
Prabhupäda, who has taken shelter at the feet of Lord Viñëu.
ananta-koöi vaiñëava-vånda ké jaya
All glories to the countless millions of Vaiñëavas.
nämäcärya çréla haridäsa öhäkura ké jaya
All glories to the äcärya of the holy name, Haridäsa Öhäkura.
ISKCON Founder-Äcärya Çréla Prabhupäda ké jayavÇréla Prabhupäda these lines
have been added.**
All glories to Çréla Prabhupäda, the Founder-Äcärya of ISKCON.
premse kaho çré kåñëa caitanya prabhu nityänanda çré advaita gadädhara
çréväsädi gaura-bhakta-vånda ké jaya
With love call out to Lord Caitanya, Lord Nityänanda, Advaita Äcärya,
Gadädhara, Çré Çréväsa, and all the devotees of Lord Gaura.
çré-çré-rädhä-kåñëa gopa-gopénätha çyäma-kuëòa rädhä-kuëòa giri-govardhana ké
jaya
All glories to Çré Rädhä and Çré Kåñëa, the Lord of the gopas and gopés. All
glories to Çyäma-kuëòa, Rädhä-kuëòa and Govardana Hill.
våndävana-dhäma ké jaya, navadvépa-dhäma ké jaya
All glories to the abodes of Våndävana and Navadvépa.
samaveta bhakta-vånda ké jaya
All glories to the assembled devotees
All glories to the assembled devotees
All glories to the assembled devotees.

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Thank you very much.

Verses Recited Before Bhägavatam Class

(Chanted by Dravida Däsa)

(1)

näräyaëaà namaskåtya
naraà caiva narottamam
devéà sarasvatéà vyäsaà
tato jayam udérayet

Before reciting this Çrémad Bhägavatam, which is the very means of conquest,
one should offer respectful obeisances unto the Personality of Godhead,
Näräyaëa, unto Nara-näräyaëa Åñi, the supermost human being, unto mother
Sarasvaté, the goddess of learning and unto Çréla Vyäsadeva, the author.

(2)

çåëvatäà sva-kathäù kåñëaù

puëya-çravaëa-kértanaù
hådy antaù stho hy abhadräëi
vidhunoti suhåt satäm

Çré Kåñëa, the Personality of Godhead, who is the Paramätmä [Supersoul] in

everyone’s heart and the benefactor of the truthful devotee, cleanses desire for
material enjoyment from the heart of the devotee who has developed the urge to
hear His messages, which are in themselves virtuous when properly heard and
chanted.

(3)

nañöa-präyeñv abhadreñu
nityaà bhägavata-sevayä
bhagavaty uttama-çloke

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 bhaktir bhavati naiñöhiké

By regular attendance in classes on the Bhägavatam and by rendering of service

to the pure devotee, all that is troublesome to the heart is almost completely
destroyed, and loving service unto the Personality of Godhead, who is praised
with transcendental songs, is established as an irrevocable fact.

Invocation
(Çréla Prabhupäda)

Oà namo bhagavate väsudeväya

Oà namo bhagavate väsudeväya
Oà namo bhagavate väsudeväya

O my Lord, the all-pervading Personality of Godhead, I offer my respectful

obeisances unto You.

i
Out of proper respect to
ii

Out of proper respect to

iii

iv
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v
Out of proper respect to

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