Prayer

11-05-2006, 03:30 AM

Our Humble Obeisances

(This nice prayer was in Gopal Jiu`s Bindu e-mail magazine couple of years
back.)

The Devotee's Earnest Prayers

AsvAdyaM pramadA-radacchadam iva ZravyaM navaM jalpitaM
bAlAyA iva dRZya uttama-vadhU-lAvaNya-lakSmIr iva
prodghoSyaM cira-viprayukta-vanitA-sandeZa-vANIva me
naivedyaM caritaM ca rUpam aniZaM ZrI-kRSNa nAmAstu te

O Lord Krishna, I pray that the remnants of Your foodstuff may become as
palatable for me as a woman's lips are palatable for a materialist. I pray
that the narration of Your pastimes may become as sweet to my ears as the
words of a young girl are sweet for a materialist. I pray that the sight of
Your transcendental form may become as pleasing to my eyes as the beauty of
a young bride is pleasing to her husband. I pray that I may always chant
Your holy name in the same way that a lover reads aloud a letter from his
long-separated beloved.

- author unknown, text 93 From Srila Rupa Goswami's Padyavali. Translation
by Sri Kusakratha Das