By Srila Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya
ganga-tire tat-payobhis tulasyah patraih puspaih prema-hunkara-ghosaih prakatyartham gauram aradhayad yah sriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye
Let me offer my loving obeisances to Srila Advaita Acarya, who worshiped Sri Gaura with tulasi leaves, flowers, water, and loud calls of love at the shore of the Ganges and begged Him to appear.
yad-dhunkaraih prema-sindhor vikarair akrstah san gaura-goloka-nathah avirbhutah sri-navadvipa-madhye sriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye Let me take shelter of Srila Advaita Acarya. Attracted by his loud calls, the golden Lord of Goloka Vrindavana, who is an ocean of ecstatic love, appeared in Sri Navadvipa.
brahmadimam durlabha-prema-purair adinam yah plavayam asa lokam avirbhavya srila-caitanyacandram sriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye
Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya. He inspired the rising of the moon of Sri Caitanya, who inundated the world with pure love of Godhead, prema, which is even for Lord Brahma and the great demigods difficult to attain.
sri-caitanyah sarva-sakti-prapurno yasyaivaja-matrato ’ntardarde ’pi durvijeyam yasya karunya-krtyam sriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye
Let me offer my loving obeisances to Srila Advaita Acarya, whose mercy is beyond understanding and by whose request alone all-powerful Sri Caitanya disappeared from this world.
srsti-sthity-antam vidhatum pravrtta yasyamsamsah brahma-visnv-isvarakhyah yenabhinnam tam maha-visnu-rupam sriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye
Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya, who is not different from the form of Maha-Vishnu and of whom Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva are a part, engaged in the creation, maintenance, and destruction of the worlds.
kasmimscid yah sruyate casrayatvat sambhor ittham sambhavan-nama dhama sarvaradhyam bhakti-matraika-sadhyam sriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye Let me offer my loving obeisances to Srila Advaita Acarya, who is worshiped by all and who is attained only by devotional service. It is heard in certain Vedic literature, that because he is Lord Siva’s shelter, he has a name and glory like Lord Siva.
sita-namni preyasi prema-purna putro yasyapy acyutananda-nama sri-caitanya-prema-pura-prapurnah sriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye
Let me take shelter of Srila Advaita Acarya, who is filled with love for Sri Caitanya and whose beloved wife, Sitadevi, and son, Acyutananda, are also inundated with love.
nityanandadvaitato ’dvaita-nama bhaktyakhyanad yah sad-acarya-nama sasvac-cetah-sacarad-gaura-dhama sriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye
Let me offer my loving obeisances to Srila Advaita Acarya, whose heart is Sri Gaura’s eternal playground, who is named Advaita because he is not different (dvaita) from Sri Nityananda and who is named Acarya because he teaches devotional service.
pratah pritah pratyaham sampathed yah sitanathasyastakam suddha-buddhih so ’yam samyak tasya padaravinde vindan bhaktim tat-priyatvam prayati
Any person who happily and attentively recites every morning these eight prayers, glorifying Sri Advaita, the husband of Sitadevi, attains pure loving devotion for his lotus feet and becomes very dear to him.
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