Text 11
bhavantam evānucaran nirantaraḥ
praśānta-niḥśeṣa-mano-rathāntaraḥ
kadāham aikāntika-nitya-kiṅkaraḥ
praharṣayiṣyāmi sanātha-jīvitam
All mental creations and desires are alleviated and the mind pacified by uninterrupted service to You. When will I be designated as Your eternal servant? When will I be radiant with joy, having obtained such a competent master as You?
āmi baḍa duṣṭamati, nā dekhiyā anya-gati,
tava pade la’yechi śaraṇa
jāniyāchi ebe nātha, tumi prabhu jagannātha,
āmi tava nitya parijana
sei dina kabe habe, aikāntika-bhāve yabe,
nitya-dāsya-bhāva pāba āmi
manorathāntara yata, niḥśeṣa haibe svataḥ,
sevāya tuṣiba ohe svāmi
Bhajana-rahasya-vṛtti
While chanting, the sādhaka prays as follows: “O Prabhu, You are the Lord of the universe and I am Your servant, but because of being opposed to serving You, I have gone far away from You. Now I am tormented by the three kinds of afflictions of Your māyā. Please bestow the mercy of Your lotus feet upon this unfortunate person. Prabhu, when will that auspicious day come when illusory desires leave my heart and I become Your unalloyed servant? At that time I will please You by fulfilling Your inner desire (manobhīṣṭa-sevā).”
Text 12
aparādha-sahasra-bhājanaṁ
patitaṁ bhīma-bhavārṇavodare
agatiṁ śaraṇāgataṁ hare
kṛpayā kevalam ātmasāt-kuru
O Hari, I am an offender, guilty of thousands of offences and therefore punishable. I am drowning in this fearsome ocean of material existence. Lost, I take shelter of Your lotus feet; please make me Your own. You have promised that You will definitely deliver anyone who has taken shelter of You. Please therefore deliver me also.
āmi aparādhī jana, sadā daṇḍya durlakṣaṇa,
sahasra-sahasra doṣe doṣī
bhīma bhavārṇavodare, patita viṣama-ghore,
gati-hīna gati-abhilāṣī
hare tava pada-dvaye, śaraṇa lainu bhaye,
kṛpā kari’ kara ātmasāt
tomāra pratijñā ei, śaraṇa laibe yei,
tumi tāre uddhāribe nātha
Bhajana-rahasya-vṛtti
“O Lord, I am suffering punishment for my thousands and thousands of offences. As a fallen soul amidst the towering waves of the fearful ocean of material existence, I am without shelter. Sometimes the waves in this ocean submerge me, and sometimes they lift me up and knock me down again. In this condition, You who deliver persons from the ocean of material existence are my only friend. Please be merciful to me and make me Your own. I have heard from the mouths of sādhus that You certainly deliver those who have surrendered unto You. This is Your promise. Therefore, O Lord, I am situated at Your lotus feet with the hope and faith that You will surely deliver me.”
Text 13
na mṛṣā paramārtham eva me
śṛṇu vijñāpanam ekam agrataḥ
yadi me na dayiṣyase tato
dayanīyas tava nātha durlabhaḥ
O Hari, I am submitting at Your lotus feet a petition in which there is not the slightest untruth. You may or may not be merciful to me, but my complete prayer, which is full of meaning, is that if You are not merciful to me, then it will be impossible for You to find a more suitable candidate for Your mercy in this entire material existence. Your name is Dayāmaya, “one who is full of mercy”. Therefore, if You do not make me the object of Your merciful sidelong glance, Your name will be disgraced.
agre eka nivedana, kari madhunisūdana,
śuna kṛpā kariyā āmāya
nirarthaka kathā naya, nigūḍhārthamaya haya,
hṛdaya haite bāhirāya
ati apakṛṣṭa āmi, parama dayālu tumi,
more dayā tava adhikāra
ye yata patita haya, tava dayā tata tāya,
tāte āmi supātra dayāra
more yadi upekṣibe, dayā-pātra kothā pā’be,
dayāmaya nāmaṭi tomāra
Bhajana-rahasya-vṛtti
“O merciful Madhusūdana, I have a prayer to present before Your lotus feet that comes from the core of my heart. Do not neglect my prayer, thinking it meaningless, because in this whole material existence You will not find a more wretched person than I. If You neglect me, whom will You accept as a fit candidate for Your mercy? Make Your compassionate name successful by bestowing Your mercy upon me.”
Text 14
Freedom from pride is described in the Yāmuna-stotra:
amaryādaḥ kṣudraś cala matir asūyā-prasava-bhūḥ
kṛta-ghno durmānī smara-para-vaśo rakṣaṇa-paraḥ
nṛśaṁsaḥ pāpiṣṭhaḥ katham aham ito duḥkha-jaladher
apārād uttīrṇas tava paricareyaṁ caraṇayoḥ
I am disrespectful, vile, fickle-minded, full of envy, ungrateful, dependent on others, cruel and most sinful. In this condition, how can I cross this impassable ocean of material existence and attain the service of Your lotus feet?
ami ta’ cañcala-mati, amaryāda kṣudra ati,
asūyā prasava sadā mora
pāpiṣṭha kṛta-ghna mānī, nṛśaṁsa vañcane jñānī,
kāma-vaśe thāki sadā ghora
e hena durjana ha’ye, e duḥkha-jaladhi va’ye,
calitechi saṁsāra-sāgare
kemane e bhavāmbudhi, pāra ha’ye niravadhi,
tava pada-sevā mile more
Bhajana-rahasya-vṛtti
“O Lord, I am a disrespectful, vile jīva wandering in this material existence. I am fickle-minded, full of envy, ungrateful and dependent on others. Please save this wretched person from this condition! Without Your mercy there is no other means of rescue from this ocean that is so difficult to cross. I offer millions and millions of obeisances at Your feet. Please save me and engage me in service to Your lotus feet.”
Text 15
Respect for devotees is described in the Yāmuna-stotra:
tava dāsya-sukhaika-saṅgināṁ
bhavaneṣv astv api kīṭa-janma me
itarāvasatheṣu mā sma bhūd
api janma catur-mukhātmanā
O Bhagavān, if I take birth again due to my past activities, or by Your desire, please let it be in the home of a devotee, even if that birth is in the body of an insect. I have no desire to take birth in a household devoid of devotion to You, even if it has the opulence of Brahmā. O Puruṣottama, this is my earnest prayer unto You.
veda-vidhi-anusāre, karma kari’ e saṁsāre,
jīva punaḥ punaḥ janma pāya
pūrva-kṛta karma-phale, tomāra vā icchā-bale,
janma yadi labhi punarāya
tabe eka kathā mama, śuna he puruṣottama,
tava dāsa saṅgi-jana-ghare
kīṭa-janma yadi haya, tāhāte o dayāmaya,
rahiba he santuṣṭa antare
tava dāsa-saṅga-hīna, ye gṛhastha arvācīna,
tā’ra gṛhe caturmukha-bhūti
nā cāi kakhana hari, kara-dvaya yoḍa kari’,
kare tava kiṅkara minati
Bhajana-rahasya-vṛtti
“O Lord, I have heard from guru and Vaiṣṇavas that the living entity is wandering in the cycle of birth and death according to his past activities. Prabhu, even if according to my auspicious and inauspicious karma I take birth in this material world, there is no cause for grief. However, my earnest petition at Your lotus feet is that even if I have to take the low birth of an insect or dog as a result of my karma, please let it be in the home of a devotee so that I will have the association of the saintly Vaiṣṇavas. I have no desire to take birth in a very rich family that is opposed to You, even though its wealth may be compared to that of Brahmā. I have heard from the scriptures that bhakti is born of sādhu-saṅga:
kṛṣṇa-bhakti-janma-mūla haya ‘sādhu-saṅga’
kṛṣṇa-prema janme, teṅho punaḥ mukhya aṅgaŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Madhya-līlā 22.83)
The root cause of kṛṣṇa-bhakti is sādhu-saṅga. Even when one’s dormant kṛṣṇa-prema awakens, sādhu-saṅga is still most essential.
“O Merciful One, whether I live in heaven, hell or anywhere else, I will hear about Your lotus feet, sing their glories and meditate upon them.”
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