Sunday, March 24, 2013

Krishna Katha - Verse for meditation - 25/03/2013 - Sri Gaura Purnima Reminder - Wednesday 27th - Fast till moonrise - please find some children activity sheets for Sri Gaura Purnima attached

SB 11.5.33-34

dhyeyam sada paribhava-ghnam abhista-doham
tirthaspadam siva-viriñci-nutam saranyam

bhrtyarti-ham pranata-pala bhavabdhi-potam

vande maha-purusa te caranaravindam

 

dhyeyam—fit to be meditated upon; sada—always; paribhava—the insults of material existence; ghnam—which destroy; abhista—the true desire of the soul; doham—which amply reward; tirtha—of all the holy places and great saintly personalities; aspadam—the abode; siva-viriñci—by the greatest of demigods, Lord Siva and Brahma; nutam—which are bowed down to; saranyam—most worthy of taking shelter of; bhrtya—of Your servants; arti-ham—which relieve the distress; pranata-pala—O protector of all who simply offer respects to You; bhava-abdhi—of the ocean of birth and death; potam—which are a suitable boat (for crossing); vande—I offer my homage; maha-purusa—O Lord Mahaprabhu; te—to Your; carana-aravindam—lotus feet.

 

My dear Lord, You are the Maha-purusa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and I worship Your lotus feet, which are the only eternal object of meditation. Those feet destroy the embarrassing conditions of material life and freely award the greatest desire of the soul, the attainment of pure love of Godhead. My dear Lord, Your lotus feet are the shelter of all holy places and of all saintly authorities in the line of devotional service and are honored by powerful demigods like Lord Siva and Lord Brahma. My Lord, You are so kind that You willingly protect all those who simply bow down to You with respect, and thus You mercifully relieve all the distress of Your servants. In conclusion, my Lord, Your lotus feet are actually the suitable boat for crossing over the ocean of birth and death, and therefore even Lord Brahma and Lord Siva seek shelter at Your lotus feet."

Sri Karabhajana

 

 

tyaktva su-dustyaja-surepsita-rajya-laksmim
dharmistha arya-vacasa yad agad aranyam

maya-mrgam dayitayepsitam anvadhavad

vande maha-purusa te caranaravindam

 

tyaktva—abandoning; su-dustyaja—most difficult to give up; sura-ipsita—anxiously desired by the demigods; rajya-laksmim—the goddess of fortune and her opulence; dharmisthah—most perfectly fixed in religiousness; arya-vacasa—according to the words of a brahmana (who had cursed Him to be deprived of all the happiness of family life); yat—He who; agat—went; aranyam—to the forest (taking to the renounced order of life); maya-mrgam—the conditioned soul, who is always searching out illusory enjoyment; dayitaya—out of sheer mercy; ipsitam—His desired object; anvadhavat—running after; vande—I offer my homage; maha-purusa—O Lord Mahaprabhu; te—to Your; carana-aravindam—lotus feet.

 

O Maha-purusa, I worship Your lotus feet. You gave up the association of the goddess of fortune and all her opulence, which is most difficult to renounce and is hankered after by even the great demigods. Being the most faithful follower of the path of religion, You thus left for the forest in obedience to a brahmana's curse. Out of sheer mercifulness You chased after the fallen conditioned souls, who are always in pursuit of the false enjoyment of illusion, and at the same time engaged in searching out Your own desired object, Lord Syamasundara.

Sri Karabhajana

 


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