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| Prayers by Great Vaishnavas for Remembering the Supreme Lord and His Devotees |
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 Atma-nivedana
I am most certainly Yours, and You are indeed mine.
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Eternal Seva
O beloved of Sri Radha! I wish to engage in Your service in the forest of Vrindavana, under the guidance of the sakhis.
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Sri Kevalastakam
The holy name of Sri Hari alone is everything.
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Where should Rama stay?
After Ram, Sita and Laksman were sent into exile, they came to Valmiki Munis ashram and asked him for a place to dwell. Valmiki gave a very sweet answer, before he recommended them to go to Chitrakut.
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Bhakti Rasayana
O friend, Vrindavana is spreading the glory of the earth, having obtained the treasure of the lotus feet of Krishna, the son of Devaki (Yasoda). The peacocks dance madly when they hear Govinda’s flute, and when other creatures see them from the hilltops, they all become stunned.
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Prayers by Srila Prabhupada
I am sitting alone in Vrindavana-dhama. In this mood I am getting many realisations.
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Sri Vaisnava Vandana
With upraised arms I pray to the feet of all of Gauranga’s bhaktas, wherever they may reside.
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Merciful Gaura-kishora
O brothers who will go? Who will go? Who will cross over this ocean of birth and death?
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Prayers for service
O Sri Sri Radha-Krishna...
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Gauranga Karuna Koro
O my dear Sri Gauranga! Please show your mercy to this lowly and destitute soul.
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Gaura
O Mind ! Speak only about Gaura. Gaura’s name is the abode of nectar, and the worshipable bestower of divine love.
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Sri Caitanya Candramritam
Had anyone ever heard of something known as prema, as the ultimate aim of mankind? Did anyone know of the divine power of the holy name? Had anyone entered the sweet, charming forest of Vrindavana? Did anyone know of Sri Radha as the embodiment of the highest transcendental ecstasy, worthy of loving adoration? Only due to the absolute compassion of Sri Caitanyacandra were these rarest gems discovered, found shimmering in the darkness of Kaliyuga, lit by the moonlight of his benevolence.
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Yamunastakam
Yamunadevi adorns Indra’s great Khandava forest with her enchanting current, and upon her blooming lotus flowers, various birds are always dancing. Simply desiring to bath in her pleasant, crystalline waters frees one from even the greatest of sins. May Yamunadevi, the daughter of Suryadeva, always purify me.
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Sri Advaitastaka
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.
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Mama Mana Mandire
O Krishna Murari, day and night You dwell in the temple of my heart, Sri Krishna Murari.
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Sri Madhurastakam
His lips are sweet, His face is sweet, His eyes are sweet, His smile is sweet, His heart is sweet, His gait is sweet— everything is sweet about the original Lord of sweetness.
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Sri Sad-Gosvamyastakam
I offer all my obeisances unto the six Gosvamis, Sri Rupa, Sanatana, Raghunatha Bhatta, Raghunatha dasa, Sri Jiva and Gopala Bhatta, who were always engaged in singing Krishna’s holy names, beauty, qualities and pastimes and dancing sweetly.
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Wandering through the forest
While wandering with the gopis through the forest...
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Krishna’s lotus feet
You eagerly show these signs of the lotus etc. on Your feet to Your Beloved...
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Navadvipastakam
I meditate on Sri Navadvipa-dham, which is pervaded by cool, gentle breezes and where sublime groves with many kinds of shade-giving trees manifested, providing the setting for Gaurasundara’s midday pastimes.
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Sri Gaura-Giti
O sakhe, sing about the sweet name, beauty, attributes and pastimes of Sri Sacinandana Gaurahari, who performs munificient pastimes, whose bodily complexion vanquishes the luster of molten gold, and whose beauty defeats that of millions of Cupids.
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Ramani Siromani Brisabhanu Nandini
The beloved daughter of King Vrisabhanu is the crest jewel of all beautiful girls. Dressed in blue garments, Her locks of hair gracefully braided and Her fair complexion defeating the beauty of molten gold, She is the life and soul of Sri Krishna.
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Aisi Kripa Karo Sri Radhe
Please be merciful, Sri Radhe. Grant me residence in Vrindavana and the association of Sri Hari´s devotees.
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Sri Siksastakam
Thinking oneself lower than the straw in the street, being more tolerant than a tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige, but offering respect to all others according their respective positions, one should continuously chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind.
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Sri Nityanandastakam
I perpetually worship Sri Nityananda, the root of the tree of krishna-bhakti, whose bright face mocks the full autumn moon, whose bright complexion glistens, whose graceful gait is like that of an intoxicated elephant. Although he is the personification of pure spiritual energy, he is mad with krishna-prema, wearing a gentle smile and rolling his eyes in absorption. His hand is beautified by carrying a staff and he pierces the influence of Kali-yuga.
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Gandharva Prarthanastakam
O Devi Radhike! When will I become Your sakhi, pleasing You by dressing You in a raincloud-colored sari and removing the anklebells from Your feet, as I will blissfully bring You to a kunja at night where the prince of Vraja is waiting for You?
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Sri Vraja Nava Yuva Rajastakam
Eight Verses in Praise of the Young Prince of Vraja May the young prince of Vraja, whose idomitable lordly elephant-heart, which cannot be checked by anything within the three worlds, is bound by the strong and crooked ropes of Sri Radha’s glance, and whose face smiles as He hears the blissful jokes of talkative Visakha, fulfill my desire!
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Sri Mukundastakam
Sri Mukunda, the young prince of Vraja, will reveal Himself with His beloved Radha to anyone who anxiously recites these eight prayers to Mukunda and who withdraws his senses from the sense-objects, counting him or her the maidservant of His Priyaji Radhika!
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Poems of Rasakhan
Yet, the dairymaids of Vrindavana can make Him dance—for a sip of buttermilk from the palm of their hands!
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Sri Prarthana Paddhati
O Radhe! Your limbs are more splendid than pure gold, Your eyes are more charming than that of a doe, Your face defeats the shining of millions of moons, You are dressed in garments as blue as monsoon clouds...
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