Arjuna Prayers:
tvam akṣaraṁ paramaṁ veditavyaṁ/tvam asya viśvasya paraṁ nidhānam
tvam avyayaḥ śāśvata-dharma-goptā/sanātanas tvaṁ puruṣo mato me
anādi-madhyāntam ananta-vīryam/ananta-bāhuṁ śaśi-sūrya-netram 19
paśyāmi tvāṁ dīpta-hutāśa-vaktraṁ/sva-tejasā viśvam idaṁ tapantam
kasmāc ca te na nameran mahātman/garīyase brahmaṇo ’py ādi-kartre
ananta deveśa jagan-nivāsa/tvam akṣaraṁ sad-asat tat paraṁ yat
tvam ādi-devaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇas / tvam asya viśvasya paraṁ nidhānam
vettāsi vedyaṁ ca paraṁ ca dhāma / tvayā tataṁ viśvam ananta-rūpa
vāyur yamo ’gnir varuṇaḥ śaśāṅkaḥ/prajāpatis tvaṁ prapitāmahaś ca 39
namo namas te ’stu sahasra-kṛtvaḥ/punaś ca bhūyo ’pi namo namas te
namaḥ purastād atha pṛṣṭhatas te/namo ’stu te sarvata eva sarva
ananta-vīryāmita-vikramas tvaṁ/sarvaṁ samāpnoṣi tato ’si sarvaḥ (40)
pitāsi lokasya carācarasya /tvam asya pūjyaś ca gurur garīyān
na tvat-samo ’sty abhyadhikaḥ kuto ’nyo/loka-traye ’py apratima-prabhāva (43)
tasmāt praṇamya praṇidhāya kāyaṁ/prasādaye tvām aham īśam īḍyam
piteva putrasya sakheva sakhyuḥ/priyaḥ priyāyārhasi deva soḍhum (44)
kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa mahā-bāho/bhaktānām abhayaṅkara(SB 1.7.22)
tvam eko dahyamānānām / apavargo ’si saṁsṛteḥ
tvam ādyaḥ puruṣaḥ sākṣād/īśvaraḥ prakṛteḥ paraḥ (1.7.23)
māyāṁ vyudasya cic-chaktyā / kaivalye sthita ātmani
sa eva jīva-lokasya / māyā-mohita-cetasaḥ (1.7.24)
vidhatse svena vīryeṇa / śreyo dharmādi-lakṣaṇam
tathāyaṁ cāvatāras te / bhuvo bhāra-jihīrṣayā (1.7.25)
svānāṁ cānanya-bhāvānām / anudhyānāya cāsakṛt
prasaṅgam ajaraṁ pāśam / ātmanaḥ kavayo viduḥ (3.25.20)
sa eva sādhuṣu kṛto / mokṣa-dvāram apāvṛtam
mad-āśrayāḥ kathā mṛṣṭāḥ / śṛṇvanti kathayanti ca (3.25.23)
tapanti vividhās tāpā / naitān mad-gata-cetasaḥ
satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido (3.25.25)
bhavanti hṛt-karṇa-rasāyanāḥ kathāḥ
taj-joṣaṇād āśv apavarga-vartmani
śraddhā ratir bhaktir anukramiṣyati
Prahlad:
evaṁ janaṁ nipatitaṁ prabhavāhi-kūpe (SB 7.9.28)
kāmābhikāmam anu yaḥ prapatan prasaṅgāt
kṛtvātmasāt surarṣiṇā bhagavan gṛhītaḥ
so ’haṁ kathaṁ nu visṛje tava bhṛtya-sevām
Prayers by Vrtasura:
yathā dārumayī nārī / yathā patramayo mṛgaḥ
evaṁ bhūtāni maghavann / īśa-tantrāṇi viddhi bhoḥ (6.12.10)
tasmād akīrti-yaśasor / jayāpajayayor api
samaḥ syāt sukha-duḥkhābhyāṁ / mṛtyu-jīvitayos tathā (6.12.14)
ahaṁ hare tava pādaika-mūla-
dāsānudāso bhavitāsmi bhūyaḥ
manaḥ smaretāsu-pater guṇāṁs te
gṛṇīta vāk karma karotu kāyaḥ (6.11.24)
na nāka-pṛṣṭhaṁ na ca pārameṣṭhyaṁ
na sārva-bhaumaṁ na rasādhipatyam
na yoga-siddhīr apunar-bhavaṁ vā|
samañjasa tvā virahayya kāṅkṣe (6.11.25)
ajāta-pakṣā iva mātaraṁ khagāḥ
stanyaṁ yathā vatsatarāḥ kṣudh-ārtāḥ
priyaṁ priyeva vyuṣitaṁ viṣaṇṇā
mano ’ravindākṣa didṛkṣate tvām (6.11.26)
mamottamaśloka-janeṣu sakhyaṁ
saṁsāra-cakre bhramataḥ sva-karmabhiḥ
tvan-māyayātmātmaja-dāra-geheṣv
āsakta-cittasya na nātha bhūyāt (6.11.27)
Other Prayers:
nāhaṁ vipro na ca nara-patir nāpi vaiśyo na śūdro (CC M 13.80)
nāhaṁ varṇī na ca gṛha-patir no vanastho yatir vā
kintu prodyan-nikhila-paramānanda-pūrnāmṛtābdher
gopī-bhartuḥ pada-kamalayor dāsa-dāsānudāsaḥ
śrī-kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa-sakha vṛṣṇy-ṛṣabhāvani-dhrug-
rājanya-vaṁśa-dahanānapavarga-vīrya
govinda go-dvija-surārti-harāvatāra/
yogeśvarākhila-guro bhagavan namaste
sraddhayā helayā nāma / ratanti mama jantavah
tesām nāma sadā pārtha / vartate hrdaye mama
na nāma-sadrsam jnānam / na nāma-sadrsam vratam
na nāma sadrsam dhyānam / na nāma sadrsam phalam
na nāma sadrsas tyāgo / na nāma-sadrsah samah
na nāma-sadrsam punyam / na nāma-sadrsi gatih
nāmaiva paramā muktir / nāmaiva paramā gatih
nāmaiva paramā sāntir / nāmaiva paramā sthitih
nāmaiva paramā bhaktir / nāmaiva paramā matih
nāmaiva paramā pritir / nāmaiva paramā smritih
nāmaiva kāranam jantor / nāmaiva prabhur eva ca
nāmaiva paramāradhyo / nāmaiva paramo guruh
hare krsna krsneti krsneti mukhyan (Prabodhananda Sarasvati 17.89)
mahascarya-namavali-siddha-mantran
krpa-murti-chaitanya-deva upagitan
kadabhyasya vrndavane syan krtarth
kāmādīnāṁ kati na katidhā pālitā durnideśās
teṣāṁ jātā mayi na karuṇā na trapā nopaśāntiḥ
utsṛjyaitān atha yadu-pate sāmprataṁ labdha-buddhis
tvām āyātaḥ śaraṇam abhayaṁ māṁ niyuṅkṣvātma-dāsye (CC M 22.16)
jayati jayati nāmānanda-rūpam murārer (1.1.9 – Brihad Bhagavatamrta)
viramita-nija-dharma-dhyāna-pūjādi-yatnam
katham api sakrd āttam muktidam prāninām yat
paramam amrtam ekam jivanam bhūsanam me
priyaḥ so ’yaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ saha-cari kuru-kṣetra-militas (CC 1.79)
tathāhaṁ sā rādhā tad idam ubhayoḥ saṅgama-sukham
tathāpy antaḥ-khelan-madhura-muralī-pañcama-juṣe
mano me kālindī-pulina-vipināya spṛhayati
tuṇḍe tāṇḍavinī ratiṁ vitanute tuṇḍāvalī-labdhaye (CC1.99)
karṇa-kroḍa-kaḍambinī ghaṭayate karṇārbudebhyaḥ spṛhām
cetaḥ-prāṅgaṇa-saṅginī vijayate sarvendriyāṇāṁ kṛtiṁ
no jāne janitā kiyadbhir amṛtaiḥ kṛṣṇeti varṇa-dvayī
jayati jayati kṛṣṇa-prema-bhaktir yad-aṅghriṃ (1.1.8 Brihad Bhagavatamrta)
nikhila-nigama-tattvaṃ gūḍham ājñāya muktiḥ
bhajati śaraṇa-kāmā vaiṣṇavais tyajyamānā
japa-yajana-tapasyā-nyāsa-niṣṭhāṃ vihāya
anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalau
samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasāṁ sva-bhakti-śriyam
hariḥ puraṭa-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sandīpitaḥ
sadā hṛdaya-kandare sphuratu vaḥ śacī-nandanaḥ
hare krishna rama nama gana dana karinim (Susloka Satakam 23)
soka moha lobha tapa sarva vigna nasinim
pada padma lubdha bhakta vrnda bhakti dayinim
gaura murtim asu naumi nama sutra dharinim
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
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
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
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
Gita Mahatmyam
gītā-śāstram idaṁ puṇyaṁ/ yaḥ paṭhet prayataḥ pumān
vishnoh pādam avāpnoti / bhaya-śokādi-varjitaḥ
gītādhyāyana-śīlasya / prāṇāyāma-parasya ca
naiva santi hi pāpāni / pūrva-janma-kṛtāni ca
mala-nirmocanaṁ puṁsāṁ / jala-snānaṁ dine dine
sakṛd gītāmṛta-snānaṁ / saṁsāra-mala-nāśanam
gītā su-gītā kartavyā / kim anyaiḥ śāstra-vistaraiḥ
yā svayaṁ padmanābhasya / mukha-padmād viniḥsṛtā
bhāratāmṛta-sarvasvaṁ / viṣṇu-vaktrād viniḥsṛtam
gītā-gaṅgodakaṁ pītvā / punar janma na vidyate
sarvopaniṣado gāvo / dogdhā gopāla-nandanaḥ
pārtho vatsaḥ su-dhīr bhoktā / dugdhaṁ gītāmṛtaṁ mahat
ekaṁ śāstraṁ devakī-putra-gītam / eko devo devakī-putra eva
eko mantras tasya nāmāni yāni / karmāpy ekaṁ tasya devasya sevā
kvacin nivartate ’bhadrāt / vacic carati tat punaḥ (6.1.10)
prāyaścittam atho ’pārthaṁ / manye kuñjara-śaucavat
nāmoccāraṇa-māhātmyaṁ / hareḥ paśyata putrakāḥ
ajāmilo ’pi yenaiva / mṛtyu-pāśād amucyata (6.3.23)
śṛṇvatāṁ gṛṇatāṁ vīryāṇy / uddāmāni harer muhuḥ (6.3.32)
yathā sujātayā bhaktyā / śuddhyen nātmā vratādibhiḥ
mantratas tantrataś chidraṁ / deśa-kālārha-vastutaḥ
sarvaṁ karoti niśchidram / anusaṅkīrtanaṁ tava 8.23.16
anarthopaśamaṁ sākṣād / bhakti-yogam adhokṣaje
lokasyājānato vidvāṁś / cakre sātvata-saṁhitām 1.7.6
sāṅketyaṁ pārihāsyaṁ vā / stobhaṁ helanam eva vā
vaikuṇṭha-nāma-grahaṇam / aśeṣāgha-haraṁ viduḥ 6.2.14
Amara Jivan
āmāra jīvana, sadā pāpe rata, / nāhiko punyera leṣa
parere udvega, diyāchi je koto, / diyāchi jīvere kleśa
I am an impious sinner and have caused others great anxiety and trouble.
nija sukha lāgi’, pāpe nāhi ḍori, / doyā-hīna swārtha-paro
para-sukhe duḥkhī, sadā mithya-bhāṣī, / para-duḥkha sukha-karo
I have never hesitated to perform sinful act for my own enjoyment. Devoid of all compassion, concerned only with my own selfish interests, I am remorseful seeing others happy. I am a perpetual liar, and the misery of others is a source of great pleasure for me.
aśeṣa kāmanā, hṛdi mājhe mora, / krodhī, dambha-parāyana
mada-matta sadā, viṣaye mohita, / hiḿsā-garva vibhūṣana
The material desires within the core of my heart are unlimited. I am wrathful, devoted to false pride and arrogance, intoxicated by vanity, and bewildered by worldly affairs. Envy and egotism are the ornaments I wear.
nidrālasya hata, sukārye virata, / akārye udyogī āmi
pratiṣṭha lāgiyā, śāṭhya-ācaraṇa, / lobha-hata sadā kāmī
Ruined by laziness and sleep, I resist all pious deeds; yet I am very active and enthusiastic to perform wicked acts. For worldly fame and reputation I engage in the practice of deceitfulness. Thus I am destroyed by my own greed and am always lustful.
e heno durjana, saj-jana-varjita, / aparādhi nirantara
śubha-kārya-śūnya, sadānartha-manāḥ, / nānā duḥkhe jara jara
A vile, wicked man such as this, rejected by godly people, is a constant offender. I am such a person, devoid of all good works, forever inclined toward evil, worn out and wasted by various miseries.
bārdhakye ekhona, upāya-vihīna, / tā’te dīna akiñcana
bhakativinoda, prabhura caraṇe, / kore duḥkha nivedana
Now in old age, deprived of all means of success, humbled and poor, Bhaktivinoda submits his tale of grief at the feet of the Supreme Lord.
Jiv Jago Jiv Jago
jīv jāgo, jīv jāgo, gauracānda bole
kota nidrā jāo māyā-piśācīra kole
Lord Gauranga is calling, "Wake up, sleeping souls! Wake up, sleeping souls! How long will you sleep in the lap of the witch called Maya?
bhajibo boliyā ese saḿsāra-bhitare
bhuliyā rohile tumi avidyāra bhare
You have forgotten the way of devotional service and are lost in the world of birth and death.
tomāre loite āmi hoinu avatāra
āmi binā bandhu āra ke āche tomāra
I have descended just to save you; other than Myself you have no friend in this world.
enechi auṣadhi māyā nāśibāro lāgi'
hari-nāma mahā-mantra lao tumi māgi'
I have brought the medicine that will wipe out the disease of illusion from which you are suffering. Take this maha-mantra-Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama, Hare Rama Rama Rama, Hare Hare."
bhakativinoda prabhu-caraṇe pariyā
sei hari-nāma-mantra loilo māgiyā
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura says: "I fall at the Lord's feet, having taken this mahā-mantra."
Bala-Mukundastakam (by ŚrīBilvamaṅgalācārya)
karāravindena padāravindaḿ / mukhāravinde viniveśayantam
vaṭasya patrasya puṭeśayānaḿ /bālaḿ mukundaḿ manasā smarāmi
I meditate on that infant Mukunda (Krsna) who is sleeping on the leaf of a banyan tree with his the lotus like foot placed in his lotus like mouth with his lotus like hand.
samhrutya lokān vaṭapatramadhye / śayanamādyanta vihīnarūpam
sarveśvaraḿ sarvahitāvatāraḿ / bālaḿ mukundaḿ manasā smarāmi
I meditate on that infant Mukunda who is sleeping holding all the worlds together on the leaf of a banyan tree in such form, which has no beginning or no end. He is the incarnation of God for the welfare of all mankind and the Lord of all.
indīvaraśyāmala komalāńgam / indrādidevārcita pādapadmam
santānakalpadrumamāśritānāḿ / bālaḿ mukundaḿ manasā smarāmi
I meditate on Bala Mukunda in my heart, who has a delicate body like a blue lotus and whose foot is worshipped by all the gods and Indra etc. He is the wish-fulfilling tree for those who take refuge in him.
lambālakaḿ lambitahārayaṣṭiḿ / śṛuńgāralīlāńkita danta pańktim
bimbādharaḿ cāruviśālanetraḿ / bālaḿ mukundaḿ manasā smarāmi
I meditate on that Bala Mukunda in my heart, who has hanging curls and hanging necklaces, a beautiful row of teeth which are shown playfully. His lower lip is as red as a Bimba fruit and has beautiful wide eyes.
Parama Karuna Pahu
parama karuṇa, pahū dui jana / nitāi gauracandra
saba avatāra-sāra śiromaṇi/ kevala ānanda-kanda
The two Lords, Nitai-Gauracandra, are very merciful. They are the essence of all incarnations. The specific significance of these incarnations is that They introduced a process of chanting and dancing that is simply joyful.
bhajo bhajo bhāi, caitanya nitāi / sudṛḍha biśwāsa kori
viṣaya chāḍiyā, se rase majiyā, / mukhe bolo hari hari
My dear brother, I request that you just worship Lord Caitanya and Nityananda with firm conviction and faith. If one wants to be Krsna conscious by this process, one has to give up his engagement in sense gratification. One simply has to chant, "Hare Krsna! Hari Hari!" without any motive.
dekho ore bhāi, tri-bhuvane nāi, / emona doyāla dātā
paśu pākhī jhure, pāṣāṇa vidare, / śuni' jāńra guṇa-gāthā
My dear brother, just try and examine this. Within the three worlds there is no one like Lord Caitanya or Lord Nityananda. Their merciful qualities are so great that upon hearing Them even birds and beasts cry and stones melt.
saḿsāre majiyā, rohili poriyā, / se pade nahilo āśa
āpana karama, bhuñjāye śamana, / kahoye locana-dāsa
But Locana dasa regrets that I am entrapped by sense gratification. Since I have no attraction for the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda, then Yamaraja, the superintendent of death, is punishing me by not allowing me to be attracted by this movement.