Prayers

Jaya Prabhupada jaya Prabhupada jaya Prabhupada Srila Prabhupada.....

Prayers

"Oh, Supreme Goddess of the Vrndavana forest! Your lotus feet are brimming full of flowing rasa extract, the essential honey of full-blown love nectars. Holding such feet to His chest, Madhupati (Krsna), the Lord of all sweetness, extinguishes the burning fever of Cupid. So supremely cooling, I now take shelter of them."

"That which is present deep within the heart of all the Upanisads in the most well hidden secret; this pair of Sri Radha's divine lotus feet is my refuge - simply full of Her own feminine dancing playfulness."

"Radha Rasa Sudhanidhi"

Srila Prabhodananda Sarasvati Thakur

The King of Prayers

which petitions the most merciful sidelong glance of Srimati Radharani

As spoken by Lord Siva and recorded in the Urdhvamnaya Tantra.

munindra-vrnda-vandite tri-loka-soka harini

prasanna-vaktra-pankaje nikunja-bhu-vilasini

vrajendra-bhanu-nandini vrajendra-sunu-sangate

kada karisyasiha mam krpa-kataksa-bhajanam

"Oh You who are adorned by the leaders of multitude of sages! Oh You who takes away the miseries of the three worlds! Oh You whose face joyfully blooms like a lotus flower! Oh You who delights in playing love-sports throughout the secret forest bower-houses! Oh most charming daughter of Vrsabhanu, beloved of the King of Vraja, Sri Krsna! Oh You who are always associated with the King of Vraja Sri Krsna! When? Oh, When will You make me the object of Your side-long glance of causeless mercy?"

asoka-vrksa-vallari-vitana-mandapa-sthite

pravala-vala-pallava-prabharunanghri-komale

varabhaya-sphurat-kare prabhuta-sampadalaye

kada karasyasiha mam krpa-kataksa-bhajanam

"O You who dwells in a pavilion with a canopy of creepers spread over the branches of asoka trees! Oh You whose soft delicate feet radiate the pink-coral color of freshly sprouted tree- buds! Oh You whose upraised hand bestow the benediction of fearlessness! Oh You who are the source of divine opulences! When? Oh, When will You make me the object of Your side-long glance of causeless mercy?"

ananga-ranga-mangala-prasanga-bhangura-bhruvam

savibhramam-sasambhramam drganta-vana-patanaih

nirantaram vasi-krta-pratita-nanda-nandane

kada karisyasiha mam krpa-kataksa-bhajanam

"Oh You, with the bow of Cupid, Your delightful auspicious crooked bending eyebrows, You shoot Your arrow messages of love from the corners of Your eyes, which cause the charming son of Nanda to be struck with amorous delusions of noble submission to you for all eternity! Oh, When will you make me the object of Your side-long glance of causeless mercy."

tadit-suvarna-campaka-pradipta-gaura-vigrahe!

mukha-prabha-prasta-koti-saradendu-mandale!

vicitra-citra-sancarac-cakora-sava-locane

kada-karisyasiha mam krpa-kataksa-bhajanam?

"Oh You, whose golden form is brilliantly effulgent like lightning and campaka flowers! Oh You whose effulgent face eclipses the beauty of millions of full autumn moons! Oh You whose restless eyes are like cakora partridges moving to and fro! Oh, When will You make me the object of Your side-long glance of causeless mercy?"

madonmati-yauvane! pramoda-mana-mandite!

priyanuraga-ranjite! kala-vilasa-pandite!

ananya-dhanya-kunja-rajya-kama-keli-kovide!

kada karisyasiha mam krpa-kataksa-bhajanam?

"Oh You Who are an extremely joyful love-happy youth! Oh You who are decorated with the great happiness of love- intoxicated jealousy, pouting and anger! Oh You who has extreme pure loving affection for Your beloved Sri Krsna! Oh You, the most expert in all the various acts of amorous love! Oh You, the most learned in arranging amorous pastimes of pure love in super opulent secret bower houses in the best of forests! When? Oh, When will make me the object of Your side-long glance of causeless mercy?"

asesa-hava-bhava-dhira-hira-hara-bhusite!

prabhuta-sata-kumbha-kumbha-kumbhi-kumbha-sustani!

prasasta-manda-hasya-curna-purna-saukhya-sagare!

kada karisyasiha mam krpa-kataksa-bhajanam?

"Oh You who are decorated with the diamond necklace of a limitless variety of feminine charms like artistic amorous gestures, ecstatic loving moods, and gentle mannerisms! Oh You, whose incomparable ecstatic love makes Your perfect breasts very plump like golden water jugs or like the temple mounds of a young elephant! Oh You whose enchanting mild sweet smile is like a line of flower pollen on the ocean of joy! When? Oh when, will you make me the object of Your side-long glance of causeless mercy?"

mrnala-vala-vallari-taranga-ranga-dor-late

latagra lasya-lola-locanavalokane

lalal-lulan-milan-manoyna-mugdha-mohanasrite

kada karisyasiha mam krpa-kataksa-bhajanam

"Oh You whose arms are like fresh creepers of lotus stems playfully swaying in waves of the river of Your youthful pastimes! Oh you whose seductive very dark-blue (nila) eyes are like the tip of a creeper blown by a gentle breeze! Oh You whose playfull sports and alluring movements so enchant Mohan Krsna that He appears hypnotized by You into wonderful meetings! Oh When will You make me the object of your sidelong glance of causeless mercy?"

suvarna-malikancita-tri-rekha-kambu-kanthage

tri-sutra-mangali-guna-tri-ratna-dipti-didhite

salola-nila-kuntala-prasuna-gucha-gumphite

kada karisyasiha mam krpa-kataksa-bhajanam

"Oh You smooth conchshell like neck, marked with three lines is decorated with a pure gold necklace! Oh You whose three strand necklace of woven jasmine garlands decorated with diamonds, emeralds, and pearls radiates splendid effulgence! Oh You whose every dark blue (nila) braids of hair are interwoven the bunches of flowers! When oh when will you make me the object of Your side long glance of causeless mercy?"

nitamba-bimba-lambamana-puspa-mekhala-gune

prasasta-ratna-kinkini-kalapa-madhya-manjule

karindra-sunda-dandikavaroha-saubhagoruke

kada karisyasiha mam kataksa-bhajanam

"Oh You whose round hips are decorated with a belt of dangling flowers! Oh You whose charmingly thin waist is decorated by a belt of tiny tinkling jeweled bells! Oh you, whose beautifully shaped legs taper gracefully from Your thigh like the trunk of the king of elephants! When, oh When will You make me the object of Your side-long glance of causeless mercy?"

aneka-mantra-nada-manju-nupura-rava-skhalat

samaja-raja-hamsa-vamsa-nikvanati-gauravane

vilola-hema-vallari-vidambi-caru-cankrame

kada karisyasiha mam krpa-kataksa-bhajanam

"Oh You whose captivating anklebells make the sounds of various kinds of divine mantras resembling a group of royal swans singing! Oh You whose extreme superexcellent movements put to shame the swaying of a golden creeper! Oh, when will You make me the object of Your side-long glance of causeless mercy?"

ananta-koti-vimu-loka-namra-padmakarcite

himadrija-pulomaja-virincija-vara-prade

apara-siddhi-vrddhi-digdha-sat-padanguli-nakhe

kada-karisyasiha mam krpa-kataksa-bhajanam

"Oh You who is humbly worshipped by all the Lord Brahmas in unlimited millions of universes created by Lord Visnu! Oh You who is the bestower of benedictions to the daughter of the Himalayas, Parvati (Siva's wife), the daughter of Puloma, Saci (Indra's wife), and to Brahma's wife, Sarasvati! Oh You Whose toenails glow with the radiance of boundless mystic perfections and opulences! When oh, When will you make me the object of Your side-long glance of causeless mercy?"

makhesvari kriyesvari svadhesvari suresvari

triveda-bharatisvari-pramana-sasanesvari

ramesvari ksamesvari pramoda-kananesvari

vrajesvari vrajadhipe sri radhike namo'stu te

"O Goddess, Leader of Vedic sacrifices! Oh Goddess leader of pious activities! Oh Goddess Leader of spontaneous devotional service! Oh Goddess Leader of all the demigods and Goddesses! O Goddess, leader of all knowledge in the three Vedas! Oh Goddess leader of enforcing scriptural principles! Oh Goddess Leader of all Goddesses of fortune! Oh Goddess Leader of forgiveness! Oh Goddess Leader of the pleasure forest of Vrindavana! Oh Goddess Leader of Vraja! Oh One and only authority who regulates entrance into Vraja! Oh Sri Radhika! I offer my most respectful obeisances unto You!"

May Sri Vrsabhanu-nandini, upon hearing my astonishing prayer recited, bestow Her most merciful side-long glance upon the speaker. At that time one will feel all the effects of past, present and future karma completely destroyed and gain entrance into the assembly of Nanda-nandan's Krsna's eternal loving devotees. That aspiring devotee who chants this prayer on the full moon day, waxing eight lunar day, tenth lunar day, eleventh lunar day (ekadasi), and thirteenth lunar day will find that his mind and intelligence become pure, each and every desire will be fullfilled without fail, and by the most merciful sidelong glance of Sri Radha, one will obtain pure ecstatic love (prema). The aspiring devotee who recites this prayer one hundred times while in the waters of Sri Radha Kunda up to the thighs, navel, chest or neck attains complete perfection in religiosity, economic development, fulfillment of desires, and liberation - the power by which everything spoken will come true, and great opulence from attaining transcendental majesty. At that time one gets to meet Sri Radhika face to face, seeing Her even with one's own present eyes and Sri Radhika becomes so pleased that She instantly bestows the greatest benediction of being able to see her own beloved Shyamasundara Krsna with one's present eyes. Then Lord Krsna, the Lord of Vraja-dhama, grants one entrance into His eternal ecstatic pastimes, which is the only goal for which true Vaisnavas hanker.

Description of Srimati Radharani's lotus feet

chatrari-dhvaja-valli-puspa-valayan padmordhva-rekhankusan

ardhendum cayavam cavamamanu ya saktim gadam syandanam

vedi-kundala-matsya-parvata-daram dhatte 'nvasavyam padam

tamradham ciram-una-vimsati-maha-laksmyarcitanghrim bhaje

"I devotedly meditate on the lotus feet of Sri Radha, whose lotus feet are worshipped by Maha-Lakshmi, by meditating on the umbrella (chata), discus (ari), flag (dhvaja), creeper (valli), flower (puspa), bangle (valayan), lotus (padma), curving upward line (urdhva-rekha), elephant-goad (anukusha), halfmoon (ardhendu), barleycorn (yava), on her left sole; and the missile (sakti), club (gada), chariot (syandana), altar (vedi), earring (kundala), fish (matsya), mountain (parvata) and conchshell (dara) on Her right sole."

From Sri Rupa Cintamani, Text 2

SRI SRI RADHA-GOVINDA KI JAYA

Translated by: Jana Janmadi Dasa on Radha-Astami day

(Jeffrey Balawajder) 1994 & 1995.

Reprinted from Krsna Prema Vani, Oct 1995, with permission. Copyright, Hari Nama Mission, Badger, California.

EIGHT PRAYERS GLORIFYING

SRI VRINDA-DEVI

by Srila Visvanatha Chakravarti Thakura

VERSE ONE

gangeya-campeya-tadid-vinindi-

rocih-pravaha-snapitatma-vrndeh!

bandhuka-bandhu-dhyuti-divya-vasi,

vrnde! numaste caranaravindam

Oh Vrinda! You are adorned with an extremely brilliant transcendental dress which is as red as a bandhuka flower. By your own supremely beautiful bodily luster, you put to shame the combined effulgence of pure gold, champaka flowers and lightning bolts. And also, by that same luster of yours, you are continuously bathing your own personal associates, namely all the moving and non-moving residents of the Vrindavan forest. We therefor offer our respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet.

VERSE TWO

bimbarharoditvara-manda-hasya-

nesagra-mukta-dyuti-dipitasye!

vicitra-ratnabharanasriyadhye!

vrnde! numaste caranaravindam

Oh Vrinda! The Countenance of your face is especially radiant, being decorated by your gentle sweet smile (which has sprouted from your reddish lips resembling bimba fruits), as well as by being embellished with your pearl nose ornament. You are also endowed with loveliness by your body being decorated with multifarious, wonderfully jewelled ornaments. We therefore prostrate ourselves at your beautiful lotus feet.

VERSE THREE

samasta-vaikuntha-siromanau sri

krsnasya,vrndavana-dhanya-dhamni

dattadhikare! vrsabhanu-putrya

vrnde! numaste caranaravindam

Oh Vrinda! The supremely pure abode of Sri Krishna known as Sri Vrindavan- dhama, which is the crest jewel amongst all the planets of the spiritual sky, is presided over by the charming daughter of King Vrishabhanu, Sri Radhika. But She has awarded YOU with the power and authority to maintain this divine realm as your service to Her. This is why we offerer most heartfelt obeisances unto your beautiful lotus-feet.

VERSE FOUR

tvadajnaya pallava-puspa-bhrnga-

mrgadibhir madhava-keli-kunjah

madhvadibhir bhanti vibhusyamana

vrnde! numaste caranaravindam

Oh Vrindi! All the multitudes of Lord Madhava's love-sporting bowers become supremely beautified by being decorated under your direction with fresh leaves, sprouts, flowers, bees, deer, peacocks, talking parrots, all types of animals and birds, as well as with wonderful seasons headed by Spring. We therefore offer our respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet.

VERSE FIVE

tvadiya-dutyena nikunja-yuno-

ratyutkayoh keli-vilasa-siddhih

tvat-saubhagam kena nirucyatam tad

vrnde! numaste caranaravindam

Oh Vrinda! By your expertly intelligent service as a messenger for the Divinely Amorous Couple of the Bower, Their transcendental love-sports thereby become successfully fulfilled. Who in this world could possibly even speak of your great fortune? We therefore must simply bow down before your beautiful lotus feet.

VERSE SIX

rasabhilaso vasatis ca vrndi-

vane tvadisanghri-saroja-seva

labhya ca pumsam krpaya tavaiva

vrnde! numaste caranaravindas

Oh Vrinda! Devotees who have the desire to participate in the rasa dance, who long to live eternally in Vrindavan, and who hope only to achieve devotional service to the lotus feet of your most beloved Lords, easily attain the everlasting fulfillment of all their desires by your most gracious mercy. We therefore bow down to your divine

lotus feet.

VERSE SEVEN

tvam kirttyase satvata-tantra-vidbhir

lilabhidhana kila krsna-saktih

tavaiva murtis tulasi nr-loke

vrnde! numaste caranaravindam

Oh Vrinda! Highly qualified sages, who are well-versed in the Tantras of the mode of pure Goodness (the scriptures written by the Lord's pure devotees), have praised you as being the personified energy of Lord Krishna known as lila-sakti (the energy that helps perform His pastimes). You are also very famous in this world for your appearance here in the form of the tree known as Srimati Tulasi Devi. Therefore we offer our most respectful obeisances unto your beautiful lotus feet.

VERSE EIGHT

bhaktya vihina aparadha-laksaih

ksiptas ca kamadi-taranga-madhye

krpa-mayi! tvam saranam prapanna

vrnde! numaste caranaravindam

unately bereft of devotional service, and due to committing hundreds and thousands of offenses, we have been cast deep into the ocean of material existence; indeed, we are being tossed about by the terrible waves of lust, anger, greed, etc. Oh most merciful one! Our souls are surrendered unto you - and we offer our most respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet.

VERSE NINE

vrndastakam yah srnuyat pathed va

vrndavanadhisa-padabja-bhrngah

sa prapya vrndavana-nitya-vasam

tat-prema-sevam labhate krtarthah

Whoever hears or recites these eight prayers in glorification of Sri Vrinda Devi, becoming just like a bumble bee that is always anxious to taste the sweet nectarine lotus feet of the Divine Couple (the Lords of Vrindavan) - such a person verily attains eternal residence in Vrindavan. Having finally achieved the supreme goal of life, one thus remains situated in the ecstatic loving service of the Divine Couple Sri Sri Radha-Madhava.