Prayers 5 - Syllabus Class notes

Hare Krsna

Recitation of these slokas is found here:


These are the syllabus for the Prayers session.


nārāyaṇaṁ namaskṛtya / naraṁ caiva narottamam (SB 1.2.4)
devīṁ sarasvatīṁ vyāsaṁ / tato jayam udīrayet


naṣṭa-prāyeṣv abhadreṣu  /  nityaṁ bhāgavata-sevayā (SB 1.2.18)
bhagavaty uttama-śloke  /  bhaktir bhavati naiṣṭhikī

mad-eka-bandho mat-sańgin mad-guro man-mahā-dhana
man-nistāraka mad-bhāgya mad-ānanda namo'stu te (Stava mala415)

śrī-bhagavān uvāca  (2.9.31)
jñānaṁ parama-guhyaṁ me / yad vijñāna-samanvitam
sarahasyaṁ tad-aṅgaṁ ca / gṛhāṇa gaditaṁ mayā

aham evāsam evāgre /  nānyad yat sad-asat param (2.9.33)
paścād ahaṁ yad etac ca / yo ’vaśiṣyeta so ’smy aham

ṛte ’rthaṁ yat pratīyeta /  na pratīyeta cātmani (2.9.34)
tad vidyād ātmano māyāṁ /  yathābhāso yathā tamaḥ

yathā mahānti bhūtāni /  bhūteṣūccāvaceṣv anu (2.9.35)
praviṣṭāny apraviṣṭāni / tathā teṣu na teṣv aham

etāvad eva jijñāsyaṁ /  tattva-jijñāsunātmanaḥ (2.9.36)
anvaya-vyatirekābhyāṁ /  yat syāt sarvatra sarvadā

dvāv imau puruṣau loke  / kṣaraś cākṣara eva ca (15.16)
kṣaraḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni / kūṭa-stho ’kṣara ucyate

uttamaḥ puruṣas tv anyaḥ / paramātmety udāhṛtaḥ (15.17)
yo loka-trayam āviśya / bibharty avyaya īśvaraḥ

yasmāt kṣaram atīto ’ham / akṣarād api cottamaḥ (15.18)
ato ’smi loke vede ca / prathitaḥ puruṣottamaḥ

yo mām evam asammūḍho / jānāti puruṣottamam (15.19)
sa sarva-vid bhajati māṁ / sarva-bhāvena bhārata

iti guhya-tamaṁ śāstram  /  idam uktaṁ mayānagha (15.20)
etad buddhvā buddhimān syāt  /  kṛta-kṛtyaś ca bhārata

upadraṣṭānumantā ca   /  bhartā bhoktā maheśvaraḥ (13.23)
paramātmeti cāpy ukto   /  dehe ’smin puruṣaḥ paraḥ

aśraddadhānāḥ puruṣā / dharmasyāsya paran-tapa
aprāpya māṁ nivartante / mṛtyu-saṁsāra-vartmani (9.3)

mayā tatam idaṁ sarvaṁ / jagad avyakta-mūrtinā
mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni / na cāhaṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ

na ca mat-sthāni bhūtāni / paśya me yogam aiśvaram
bhūta-bhṛn na ca bhūta-stho / mamātmā bhūta-bhāvanaḥ

yathākāśa-sthito nityaṁ /  vāyuḥ sarvatra-go mahān
tathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni  / mat-sthānīty upadhāraya

ahaṁ kratur ahaṁ yajñaḥ / svadhāham aham auṣadham (9.16)
mantro ’ham aham evājyam / aham agnir ahaṁ hutam

pitāham asya jagato / mātā dhātā pitāmahaḥ
vedyaṁ pavitram oṁ-kāra / ṛk sāma yajur eva ca

ahaṁ hi sarva-yajñānāṁ / bhoktā ca prabhur eva ca(9.24)
na tu mām abhijānanti / tattvenātaś cyavanti te

samo ’haṁ sarva-bhūteṣu /  na me dveṣyo ’sti na priyaḥ (9.29)
ye bhajanti tu māṁ bhaktyā / mayi te teṣu cāpy aham

jalajā nava-lakṣāṇi / sthāvarā lakṣa-viṁśati
kṛmayo rudra-saṅkhyakāḥ / pakṣiṇāṁ daśa-lakṣaṇam
triṁśal-lakṣāṇi paśavaḥ / catur-lakṣāṇi mānuṣāḥ

Nalakūvara and Maṇigrīva
kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa mahā-yogiṁs / tvam ādyaḥ puruṣaḥ paraḥ (10.10.29 -31)
vyaktāvyaktam idaṁ viśvaṁ / rūpaṁ te brāhmaṇā viduḥ

tvam ekaḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ / dehāsv-ātmendriyeśvaraḥ
tvam eva kālo bhagavān / viṣṇur avyaya īśvaraḥ

sa bhavān sarva-lokasya / bhavāya vibhavāya ca
avatīrṇo ’ṁśa-bhāgena / sāmprataṁ patir āśiṣām

namaḥ parama-kalyāṇa / namaḥ parama-maṅgala
vāsudevāya śāntāya / yadūnāṁ pataye namaḥ
Prayers by Indra:
namas tubhyaṁ bhagavate /  puruṣāya mahātmane
vāsudevāya kṛṣṇāya /  sātvatāṁ pataye namaḥ (10.27.10)

svacchandopātta-dehāya / viśuddha-jñāna-mūrtaye
sarvasmai sarva-bījāya /  sarva-bhūtātmane namaḥ
Srimad Bhagavatam
sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo  / yato bhaktir adhokṣaje   (1.2.6)
ahaituky apratihatā / yayātmā suprasīdati

vāsudeve bhagavati  /  bhakti-yogaḥ prayojitaḥ
janayaty āśu vairāgyaṁ  /  jñānaṁ ca yad ahaitukam (1.2.7)

prāyeṇālpāyuṣaḥ sabhya / kalāv asmin yuge janāḥ  (1.1.10)
mandāḥ sumanda-matayo / manda-bhāgyā hy upadrutāḥ

kāmasya nendriya-prītir /  lābho jīveta yāvatā
jīvasya tattva-jijñāsā  /  nārtho yaś ceha karmabhiḥ  (1.2.10)

vadanti tat tattva-vidas       /  tattvaṁ yaj jñānam advayam (1.2.11)
brahmeti paramātmeti / bhagavān iti śabdyate

tac chraddadhānā munayo / jñāna-vairāgya-yuktayā
paśyanty ātmani cātmānaṁ /  bhaktyā śruta-gṛhītayā (1.2.12)

ataḥ pumbhir dvija-śreṣṭhā / varṇāśrama-vibhāgaśaḥ (1.2.13)
svanuṣṭhitasya dharmasya / saṁsiddhir hari-toṣaṇam

tasmād ekena manasā  /  bhagavān sātvatāṁ patiḥ
śrotavyaḥ kīrtitavyaś ca  /  dhyeyaḥ pūjyaś ca nityadā (1.2.14)

śuśrūṣoḥ śraddadhānasya /  vāsudeva-kathā-ruciḥ
syān mahat-sevayā viprāḥ  /  puṇya-tīrtha-niṣevaṇāt  (1.2.16)

tadā rajas-tamo-bhāvāḥ / kāma-lobhādayaś ca ye
ceta etair anāviddhaṁ / sthitaṁ sattve prasīdati  (1.2.19)

śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ / puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ  (1.2.17)
hṛdy antaḥ stho hy abhadrāṇi / vidhunoti suhṛt satām

evaṁ prasanna-manaso / bhagavad-bhakti-yogataḥ
bhagavat-tattva-vijñānaṁ  /  mukta-saṅgasya jāyate (1.2.20)

ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ / kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam (1.3.28)
indrāri-vyākulaṁ lokaṁ / mṛḍayanti yuge yuge

sa deva-devo bhagavān pratīkṣatāṁ/kalevaraṁ yāvad idaṁ hinomy aham 
prasanna-hāsāruṇa-locanollasan- /mukhāmbujo dhyāna-pathaś catur-bhujaḥ (1.9.24)

śrotavyādīni rājendra / nṛṇāṁ santi sahasraśaḥ (2.1.2)
apaśyatām ātma-tattvaṁ / gṛheṣu gṛha-medhinām

dehāpatya-kalatrādiṣv / ātma-sainyeṣv asatsv api  (2.1.4)
teṣāṁ pramatto nidhanaṁ / paśyann api na paśyati

akāmaḥ sarva-kāmo vā / mokṣa-kāma udāra-dhīḥ  (2.3.10)
tīvreṇa bhakti-yogena / yajeta puruṣaṁ param

titikṣavaḥ kāruṇikāḥ / suhṛdaḥ sarva-dehinām (3.25.21)
ajāta-śatravaḥ śāntāḥ / sādhavaḥ sādhu-bhūṣaṇāḥ

karmaṇā daiva-netreṇa / jantur dehopapattaye (3.31.1)
striyāḥ praviṣṭa udaraṁ / puṁso retaḥ-kaṇāśrayaḥ

aho bata śva-paco ’to garīyān / yaj-jihvāgre vartate nāma tubhyam (3.33.7)
tepus tapas te juhuvuḥ sasnur āryā  / brahmānūcur nāma gṛṇanti ye te

nāyaṁ deho deha-bhājāṁ nṛloke (5.5.1)
kaṣṭān kāmān arhate viḍ-bhujāṁ ye
tapo divyaṁ putrakā yena sattvaṁ
śuddhyed yasmād brahma-saukhyaṁ tv anantam

nūnaṁ pramattaḥ kurute vikarma / yad indriya-prītaya āpṛṇoti (5.5.4)
na sādhu manye yata ātmano ’yam / asann api kleśada āsa dehaḥ

puṁsaḥ striyā mithunī-bhāvam etaṁ / tayor mitho hṛdaya-granthim āhuḥ(5.5.8)
ato gṛha-kṣetra-sutāpta-vittair  / janasya moho ’yam ahaṁ mameti 

ye ’nye ’ravindākṣa vimukta-māninas  (SB 10.2.32)
 tvayy asta-bhāvād aviśuddha-buddhayaḥ
āruhya kṛcchreṇa paraṁ padaṁ tataḥ
 patanty adho ’nādṛta-yuṣmad-aṅghrayaḥ

samāśritā ye pada-pallava-plavaṁ  (SB 10.14.58)
 mahat-padaṁ puṇya-yaśo murāreḥ
bhavāmbudhir vatsa-padaṁ paraṁ padaṁ
 padaṁ padaṁ yad vipadāṁ na teṣām

nimna-gānāṁ yathā gaṅgā /  devānām acyuto yathā (SB12.13.16)
vaiṣṇavānāṁ yathā śambhuḥ /  purāṇānām idam tathā

namas tasmai bhagavate /  vāsudevāya sākṣiṇe (SB 12.13.20)
ya idam kṛpayā kasmai / vyācacakṣe mumukṣave

Tyaja durjana-saṁsargam bhaja sādhu-samāgamam
smara nityam anityatam Kuru puṇyam aho-ratram
***śrī-bhagavān uvāca
mayy āveśya mano ye māṁ / nitya-yuktā upāsate (12.2)
śraddhayā parayopetās / te me yukta-tamā matāḥ

ye tu sarvāṇi karmāṇi / mayi sannyasya mat-parāḥ (12.6-7)
ananyenaiva yogena / māṁ dhyāyanta upāsate
teṣām ahaṁ samuddhartā / mṛtyu-saṁsāra-sāgarāt
bhavāmi na cirāt pārtha / mayy āveśita-cetasām

mayy eva mana ādhatsva / mayi buddhiṁ niveśaya (12.8)
nivasiṣyasi mayy eva / ata ūrdhvaṁ na saṁśayaḥ

atha cittaṁ samādhātuṁ / na śaknoṣi mayi sthiram(12.9 – 12)
abhyāsa-yogena tato / mām icchāptuṁ dhanañ-jaya
abhyāse ’py asamartho ’si / mat-karma-paramo bhava
mad-artham api karmāṇi / kurvan siddhim avāpsyasi
athaitad apy aśakto ’si / kartuṁ mad-yogam āśritaḥ
sarva-karma-phala-tyāgaṁ / tataḥ kuru yatātmavān
śreyo hi jñānam abhyāsāj / jñānād dhyānaṁ viśiṣyate
dhyānāt karma-phala-tyāgas / tyāgāc chāntir anantaram

adveṣṭā sarva-bhūtānāṁ  /  maitraḥ karuṇa eva ca (12.13-14)
nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ  /  sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ kṣamī
santuṣṭaḥ satataṁ yogi  /  yatātmā dṛḍha-niścayaḥ
mayy arpita-mano-buddhir / yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ

yasmān nodvijate loko / lokān nodvijate ca yaḥ (12.15 -17)
harṣāmarṣa-bhayodvegair / mukto yaḥ sa ca me priyaḥ
anapekṣaḥ śucir dakṣa / udāsīno gata-vyathaḥ
sarvārambha-parityāgī / yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ
yo na hṛṣyati na dveṣṭi / na śocati na kāṅkṣati
śubhāśubha-parityāgī / bhaktimān yaḥ sa me priyaḥ

samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca  /  tathā mānāpamānayoḥ (12.18-19)
śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣu  /  samaḥ saṅga-vivarjitaḥ
tulya-nindā-stutir maunī  /  santuṣṭo yena kenacit
aniketaḥ sthira-matir  /  bhaktimān me priyo naraḥ

ye tu dharmāmṛtam idaṁ / yathoktaṁ paryupāsate (12.20)
śraddadhānā mat-paramā / bhaktās te ’tīva me priyāḥ

amānitvam adambhitvam  /  ahiṁsā kṣāntir ārjavam (BG 13.8-12)
ācāryopāsanaṁ śaucaṁ  / sthairyam ātma-vinigrahaḥ
indriyārtheṣu vairāgyam   /   anahaṅkāra eva ca
janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi-    /  duḥkha-doṣānudarśanam
asaktir anabhiṣvaṅgaḥ  / putra-dāra-gṛhādiṣu
nityaṁ ca sama-cittatvam  /  iṣṭāniṣṭopapattiṣu
mayi cānanya-yogena  / bhaktir avyabhicāriṇī
vivikta-deśa-sevitvam  / aratir jana-saṁsadi
adhyātma-jñāna-nityatvaṁ  / tattva-jñānārtha-darśanam
etaj jñānam iti proktam  / ajñānaṁ yad ato ’nyathā

śrī-bhagavān uvāca (14. 22-25)
prakāśaṁ ca pravṛttiṁ ca   / moham eva ca pāṇḍava
na dveṣṭi sampravṛttāni   /    na nivṛttāni kāṅkṣati
udāsīna-vad āsīno   /   guṇair yo na vicālyate
guṇā vartanta ity evaṁ  /  yo ’vatiṣṭhati neṅgate
sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ sva-sthaḥ
sama-loṣṭāśma-kāñcanaḥ
tulya-priyāpriyo dhīras  / tulya-nindātma-saṁstutiḥ
mānāpamānayos tulyas  / tulyo mitrāri-pakṣayoḥ
sarvārambha-parityāgī  / guṇātītaḥ sa ucyate

śrī-bhagavān uvāca  (16.1-3)
abhayaṁ sattva-saṁśuddhir  / jñāna-yoga-vyavasthitiḥ
dānaṁ damaś ca yajñaś ca / svādhyāyas tapa ārjavam
ahiṁsā satyam akrodhas  / tyāgaḥ śāntir apaiśunam
dayā bhūteṣv aloluptvaṁ  / mārdavaṁ hrīr acāpalam
tejaḥ kṣamā dhṛtiḥ śaucam  / adroho nāti-mānitā
bhavanti sampadaṁ daivīm  / abhijātasya bhārata

nirmāna-mohā jita-saṅga-doṣā  (15.5)
adhyātma-nityā vinivṛtta-kāmāḥ
dvandvair vimuktāḥ sukha-duḥkha-saṁjñair
gacchanty amūḍhāḥ padam avyayaṁ tat

kṛṣṇe sva-dhāmopagate / dharma-jñānādibhiḥ saha (SB 1.3.43)
kalau naṣṭa-dṛśām eṣa /  purāṇārko ’dhunoditaḥ

āhāra-nidrā-bhaya-maithunaṁ ca
sāmānyam etat paśubhir narāṇām
dharmo hi teṣām adhiko viśeṣo
dharmeṇa hīnāḥ paśubhiḥ samānāḥ
Prayers by Prahalad Maharaj:
tvaṁ vāyur agnir avanir viyad ambu mātrāḥ (7.9.48)
 prāṇendriyāṇi hṛdayaṁ cid anugrahaś ca
sarvaṁ tvam eva saguṇo viguṇaś ca bhūman
 nānyat tvad asty api mano-vacasā niruktam

yasyāṁ vai śrūyamāṇāyāṁ / kṛṣṇe parama-pūruṣe (1.7.7)
bhaktir utpadyate puṁsaḥ  /  śoka-moha-bhayāpahā

etāvān sāṅkhya-yogābhyāṁ / sva-dharma-pariniṣṭhayā (2.1.7)
janma-lābhaḥ paraḥ puṁsām  /  ante nārāyaṇa-smṛtiḥ

tasmāt sarvātmanā rājan /  hariḥ sarvatra sarvadā (2.2.36)
śrotavyaḥ kīrtitavyaś ca / smartavyo bhagavān nṛṇām

śva-viḍ-varāhoṣṭra-kharaiḥ / saṁstutaḥ puruṣaḥ paśuḥ (2.3.19)
na yat-karṇa-pathopeto / jātu nāma gadāgrajaḥ
Bramha Prayers to Krsna
athāpi te deva padāmbuja-dvaya- (10.14.29-30)
 prasāda-leśānugṛhīta eva hi
jānāti tattvaṁ bhagavan-mahimno
 na cānya eko ’pi ciraṁ vicinvan

tad astu me nātha sa bhūri-bhāgo
 bhave ’tra vānyatra tu vā tiraścām
yenāham eko ’pi bhavaj-janānāṁ
 bhūtvā niṣeve tava pāda-pallavam

aho bhāgyam aho bhāgyaṁ (10.14.32)
 nanda-gopa-vrajaukasām
yan-mitraṁ paramānandaṁ
 pūrṇaṁ brahma sanātanam

tad bhūri-bhāgyam iha janma kim apy aṭavyāṁ (10.14.34)
 yad gokule ’pi katamāṅghri-rajo-’bhiṣekam
yaj-jīvitaṁ tu nikhilaṁ bhagavān mukundas
 tv adyāpi yat-pada-rajaḥ śruti-mṛgyam eva

śrī-kṛṣṇa vṛṣṇi-kula-puṣkara-joṣa-dāyin (10.14.40)
 kṣmā-nirjara-dvija-paśūdadhi-vṛddhi-kārin
uddharma-śārvara-hara kṣiti-rākṣasa-dhrug
 ā-kalpam ārkam arhan bhagavan namas te

na nāka-pṛṣṭhaṁ na ca sārva-bhaumaṁ (10.16.37)
 na pārameṣṭhyaṁ na rasādhipatyam
na yoga-siddhīr apunar-bhavaṁ vā
 vāñchanti yat-pāda-rajaḥ-prapannāḥ

durlabho mānuṣo deho / dehināṁ kṣaṇa-bhaṅguraḥ (11.2.29)
tatrāpi durlabhaṁ manye /  vaikuṇṭha-priya-darśanam

na pārameṣṭhyaṁ na mahendra-dhiṣṇyaṁ (11.14.14)
 na sārvabhaumaṁ na rasādhipatyam
na yoga-siddhīr apunar-bhavaṁ vā
 mayy arpitātmecchati mad vinānyat

atra saṅkīrtitaḥ sākṣāt /  sarva-pāpa-haro hariḥ (12.12.3)
nārāyaṇo hṛṣīkeśo /  bhagavān sātvatāṁ patiḥ

tad eva ramyaṁ ruciraṁ navaṁ navaṁ (12.12.50)
 tad eva śaśvan manaso mahotsavam
tad eva śokārṇava-śoṣaṇaṁ nṛṇāṁ
 yad uttamaḥśloka-yaśo ’nugīyate

sarva-vedānta-sāraṁ hi / śrī-bhāgavatam iṣyate (12.13.15)
tad-rasāmṛta-tṛptasya / nānyatra syād ratiḥ kvacit
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ādau śraddhā tataḥ sādhu- /saṅgo 'tha bhajana-kriyā (BS 1.4.15-16)
tato 'nartha-nivṛttiḥ syāt / tato niṣṭhā rucis tataḥ
athāsaktis tato bhāvas / tataḥ premābhyudañcati
sādhakānām ayaṁ premṇaḥ / prādurbhāve bhavet kramaḥ

śrī-prahlāda uvāca (SB 7.5.30)
matir na kṛṣṇe parataḥ svato vā / mitho 'bhipadyeta gṛha-vratānām
adānta-gobhir viśatāṁ tamisraṁ / punaḥ punaś carvita-carvaṇānām

akṣṇoḥ phalaṁ tvādṛśa-darśanaṁ hi
tanoḥ phalaṁ tvādṛśa-gātra-saṅgaḥ
jihvā-phalaṁ tvādṛśa-kīrtanaṁ hi
su-durlabhā bhāgavatā hi loke

jaya jaya mahāprabhu śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya (Adi 7.2)
tāṅhāra caraṇāśrita, sei baḍa dhanya

svayaṁ bhagavān kṛṣṇa ekale īśvara (Adi 7.7)
advitīya, nandātmaja, rasika-śekhara

sei kṛṣṇa avatīrṇa śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya (Adi 7.9)
sei parikara-gaṇa saṅge saba dhanya

ekale īśvara-tattva caitanya-īśvara (Adi 7.10)
bhakta-bhāvamaya tāṅra śuddha kalevara

sattvaṁ viśuddhaṁ vasudeva-śabditaṁ (4.3.23)
 yad īyate tatra pumān apāvṛtaḥ
sattve ca tasmin bhagavān vāsudevo
 hy adhokṣajo me namasā vidhīyate

yas tu nārāyaṇaṁ devaṁ / brahma-rudrādi-daivataiḥ
samatvenaiva vīkṣeta / sa pāṣaṇḍī bhaved dhruvam
Yasmin vijñāte sarvam evaṁ vijñātaṁ bhavati (Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.3)

kalpāyuṣāṁ sthānajayāt punar-bhavāt (SB 5.19.23)
 kṣaṇāyuṣāṁ bhārata-bhūjayo varam
kṣaṇena martyena kṛtaṁ manasvinaḥ
 sannyasya saṁyānty abhayaṁ padaṁ hareḥ

satyaṁ diśaty arthitam arthito nṛṇāṁ (SB 5.19.27)
 naivārthado yat punar arthitā yataḥ
svayaṁ vidhatte bhajatām anicchatām
 icchāpidhānaṁ nija-p  āda-pallavam

govardhana dharam vande, gopalam gopa rupinam /
gokulutsava me isanam, govindam gopika priyam
vande navaghana-syam dvibhujam murlidharam 
pitambardharam devam saradham purusottamam