Pankaja_Dasa 1 Report post Posted October 8, 2004 <center> <html> <head> <title>Sri Siksastakam</title> </head> <body> <font size="2"> <font face="ariel" size="3" color="red">Srila B.R. Sridhar Maharaj</font> <font face="times" size="4"><font color="blue">Sri Siksastakam</font></font> <font size="3"><font size="4">of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu</font> Diving deep into the reality of His own beauty and sweetness, Krsna took the mood of Radharani, and garbing Himself in Her brilliant lustre, appeared as Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. For the last twelve years of His manifested pastimes he was deeply absorbed in union and separation and shared His heart's inner feelings with His most confidential devotees. In the agony of separation from Sri Krsna torrents of ecstasy flowed from his heart and His teachings, known as Sri Siksastakam, appeared from His lips like eight unbounded rivers of Golden Nectar.</font> </font> <font face="times" size="4" color="red">The Holy Names of Krsna</font> ceto-darpana-marjanam bhava-mahadavagni-nirvapanam sreyah-kairava-candrika-vitaranam vidya-vadhu-jivanam anandambudhi-vardhanam prati-padam purnamrtasvadanam sarvatma-snapanam param vijayate sri-krsna-sankirtanam cetah - of the heart; darpana - the mirror; marjanam -cleansing; bhava - of birth and death; maha-davagni - forestal conflagration; nirvapanam - extinguishes; sreyah - real fortune (gradual opening of the soul's inner treasure); kairava - the evening lotus; candika - the moon's cooling rays; vitaranam - blossom; vidya-vadhu-jivanam - a life of unconditional surrender in conjugal love; ananda - of extatic joy; ambuddhi - the ocean; vardhanam - ever-increasing; pratipadam -again and again; purna-amrta - of full nectar; asvadanam - tasting; sarva-atma - all phases of the self; snapanam - satisfied, purified and conquered; paranam - the topmost; vijayate - auspicious; sri-krsna -of Sri Krsna; sankirtanam - congregational chanting of the holy name. <font color="green"> The holy name of Krsna cleanses the mirror of the heart and forever extinguishes.the fire of misery, that great conflagration in the forest of birth and death. As the evening lotus blooms in the moon's cooling rays, the heart begins to blossom in the nectar of the name. And at last the soul awakens to its real inner treasure - a life of unconditional surrender for Krsna's sweetest pleasure. Again and again tasting nectar, the soul dives and surfaces in the ever-increasing ocean of ecstatic joy. All phases of the self we may conceive are fully satisfied, purified, and at last conquered by the all-auspicious influence of the holy name of Krsna. </font> <font face="times" size="4" color="red">Unlimited Names of God</font> namnam akari bahudha nija-sarva-saktis tatrarpita nyamitah smarane na kalah etadrsi tava krpa bhagavan mamapi durdaivam idrsam ihajani nanuragah namnam - the holy names; akari - revealed: bahudha - different types of; nija-sarva-saktih - all kinds of potencies; tatrarpita - allotted therein; niyamita - restriction; smarane - chanting (the holy names); na - not; kalah - time, (place and circumstances); etadrsi - so.much; tava - Your; krpa - causeless mercy; bhagavan - Oh Lord; mama - my; api - but; durdaivam - misfortune; idrsam - such; iha - for them; ajani - innate; na - not; anunaragah - hankering and love. <font color="green"> O my Lord, Your holy name bestows auspiciousness upon all; and You have unlimited names by which You reveal Yourself. In Your many holy names you have kindly invested all Your transcendental potencies; and in chanting these names there are no strict rules concerning time or place. Out of Your causeless mercy, you have descended in the form of divine sound, but my great misfortune is that I have no love for Your holy names. </font> <font face="times" size="4" color="red">Humbler Than a Blade of Grass</font> Trnad api sunicena taror api sahisnuna amanina manadena kirtaniyah sada karih trnat - ablade of grass; api - more than; sunicena - lower; taroh - tree; api - more than; sahisnuna - forbearing; amanina - humble; manadena - giving honor to others; kirtaniya - chanting; sada - always; harih - the holy name of Krsna.. <font color="green"> One who is humbler than a blade of grass, more forbearing than a tree, who gives all honour to others without desiring it for himself, is qualified to always chant the holy name of Krsna. </font> <font face="times" size="4" color="red">Unalloyed Devotion</font> na dhanam na janam na sundarim kavitam va jagad-isa kamaye mama janmani janmanisvare bhavatad bhaktir ahaituki tvayi na - not; dhanam - the wealth which comes from following one's prescribed duties; na - not; janam - popularity and followers, or physical comforts provided by wife, and children; na - not; sundarim - association of beautiful ladies; kavitam - liberation, like poetry, of very high value, but only in words; va - or; jagad-isa - O Lord of the Universe; kamaye - hankering; mama - my; janmani - birth; janmani - birth; isvare - the Supreme Lord; bhavatad - let there be; bhaktih - devotional service; ahaituki - unmotivated; tvayi - to You. <font color="green"> Oh Lord, I don't want to enjoy the wealth which comes from following my prescribed duties. I have no attraction for popularity or followers, or for the comforts.of a physical relationship with wife and children. I do not desire the company of beautiful ladies, nor do I aspire for liberation. Oh Lord of the Universe! I only pray for unmotivated service to You, birth after birth. </font> <font face="times" size="4" color="red">King of the Land of Love</font> ayi nandana-tanuja kinkaram patitam mam visame bhavambudhau krpaya tava .-pankaja sthita-dhuli-sadrisam vicintaya ayi - oh, My Lord; nanda-tanuja - the son of Nanda maharaj, Krsna, King of the land of love; kikaram - servant; patitam - fallen; me - I; visame - terrible; bhavambudhau - in the ocean of birth and death; krpa - mercy; tava - Your; .-pankaja - lotus feet; sthita - at; dhuli-sadrsam - as a particle of dust; vicintaya - please consider. <font color="green"> Oh son of Nanda Maharaj, I am Your eternal servant yet because of my misfortune I have fallen into this terrible ocean of birth and death. Under these adverse circumstances I invoke Your grace:.please consider me a particle of dust at Your lotus feet. </font> <font face="times" size="4" color="red">Higher Hankerings</font> nayanam galad-asru-dharaya vadanam gadgaya-ruddhaya gira pulakair nicitam vapuh kada tava name-grahane bhavisyati nayanam - the eyes; galat-asru-dharaya - incessantly shedding tears; vadanam - voice; gadgada - trembling; rudhaya - suffocated; gira - words; pulakaih - standing of the hair due to devotional ecstasy; nicitam - covered; vapuh - the body; kada - when; tava - Your; nama - holy name; grahane - chanting; bhavisyate - will there be. <font color="green"> O Lord, when will incessant waves of tears flow from my eyes? When will my trembling voice be suffocated in ecstasy, and the hairs of my body stand on end while chanting Your holy name? </font> <font face="times" size="4" color="red">Forever Without You.</font> Yugayitam nimesena Caksusa pravrsayitam Sunyayitam jagat sarvam Govinda-virahena me Yugayitam - like forever; nimesana - a moment; caksusa - from the eyes; pravrsayitam - torrents of tears; sunyayitam - empty; jagat - the world; sarvam - the whole; govinda-virahena - separation from Govinda, Lord Krsna; me - me. <font color="green"> O Govinda! Without You the whole world appears empty... Tears are flooding my eyes like torrents of rain, and a moment seems like forever. </font> <font face="times" size="4" color="red">My Eternal Lord</font> aslisya va .-ratam pinastu mam adarsanam marma-hatam karotu va yatha tatha va vidadhatu lampato mat-prana-nathas tu sa eva naparah aslisya - embracing with great affection; va - or; .-ratam - who has fallen at the lotus feet; pinastu - let Him trample; mam - me;.adarsanat - by being absent of indifferent; marma-hatam - brokenhearted; karotu - let Him make; va - or; yatha - whatever; tatha - so; va - or; vidadhatu - let Him do; lampatah - seducer of many women; mat-prana-nathah - the Lord of my life; tu - but; sah - He; eva - only; naparah - not anyone else. <font color="green"> Krsna may embrace me in love or trample me under His feet. He may even break my heart by being indifferent to me. Let that seducer do whatever he likes - He will always be the only Lord of my life. </font> <font size="2"> From the Book Ocean of Nectar {Chapter Four: Sri Siksastakam} By Srila B.R. Sridhar Maharaj</font> </body> </html> </center> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
