Magalacarana

vande "ham sri guroh sri-yuta-pada-kamalam sri gurun vaisnavams ca

sri rupam sagrajatam saha-gana-raghunathanvitam tam sa-jivam

sadvaitam savadhutam parijana-sahitam krsna-caitanya-devam

sri-radha-krsna-padan saha-gana-lalita-sri-visakhanvitams ca

I offer pranamas to the lotus feet of Sri Gurudeva (who includes sri diksa-guru and bhajana-siksa-guru), guru-varga (our entire disciplic succession) and all other Vaisnavas, to Sri Rupa Gosvami, his elder brother Sri Sanatana Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami, Jiva Gosvami and their associates, to Sri Advaita Prabhu, Sri Nityananda Prabhu, Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His Associates, and to the lotus feet of Sri Radha and Krsna accompanied by Sri Lalita and Visakha and all the other sakhis.

sri-caitanya-mano 'bhistam sthapitam yena bhutale

svayam rupah kada mahyam dadati sva-padantikam(1)

When will Sri Rupa Gosvami give me the shelter of his lotus feet? Because he understood the innermost desire of Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu, he was able to establish His mission in this world and is very dear to the Lord.

nama om visnu-padaya krsna-presthaya bhu-tale

srimate bhaktivedanta-svamin itinamine

namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracarine

nirvisesa-sunyavadi-pascatya-desa tarine

I offer my humble obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He is a dearmost, intimate servant of Sri Krsna forever sheltered at His divine lotus feet. O Gurudeva! I offer my repeated obeisances before you. As a fully devoted servant of you spiritual master, Srila Bhaktisidhanta Sarasvati Thakura, you are boldly preaching Lord Gaurasundara's blissful message of personal divine love, thus delivering the western lands from the throes of voidism and impersonalism.

avismrtih krsna-padaravindayoh

ksinoty abhadrani ca sam tanoti

sattvasya sudhim paramatma-bhaktim

jnanam ca vijnana-viraga-yuktam

Remembrance of Lord Krsna's lotus feet destroys everything inauspicious and awards the greatest good fortune. It purifies the heart and bestows devotion for the Supreme Soul, along with knowledge enriched with realization and renunciation.

vancha-kalpatarubhyas ca krpa-sindhubhya eva ca

patitanam pavanebhyo vaisnavebhyo namo namah

I offer my respectful obeisances unto all the Vaisnavas. They are just like desire-trees who can fulfill the desires of everyone, and they are full of compassion for te fallen souls.

sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu nityananda sri-advaita

gadadhara srivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Back of the Book Remembrance of Sri Krsna's Lotus feet destroys everything inauspicious and expands one's good fortune. Such remembrance awards devotion for Sri Krsna, along with knowledge enriched with realization and detachment.

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