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Poetry for Prabhupada

Devotees sing the glories of Srila Prabhupada

Songs on Srila Prabhupada - Srila Prabhupada Pranati

sri-gaurasundara-krpalu-varajaya yah
samsara-loka-janatam krpayaiva vakte
sri-gaurasundara-krpa-kathanam sukhena
tasmai nato 'smi satatam prabhupada-namne

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A C  Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada who on Lord Caitanya's order,  repeated the news of the Lord's mercy to the people of this world.

Reference: Miscellaneous

Songs on Srila Prabhupada - Srila Prabhupada Pranati

gauranga-siksha-vitatim tu bhumyam
sri-bhaktisiddhanta-suvallabham vai
govinda-namani vikasayantam
sri-bhaktivedantam aham namami

Reference: Sri Vyasa puja offerings 1979

Songs on Srila Prabhupada - Prabhupada Stotram

(1)
kṛṣṇaika-ceta mada-moha-vināśa-karin
mad-dṛṣṭi-gocara-prabho prabhupāda-svāmin
doṣābhivṛtti-paridūṣita-manda-buddheḥ
sancintayāmi caraṇau tava bhakti-hetoḥ

O lord, O Prabhupada, may you always be the object of my vision. Only the name of Krishna can destroy my pride and illusion. Although my mid an intelligence are contaminated by wicked inclinations, I meditate upon your lotus feet in causeless devotion.

(2)
vṛndāvane ramaṇa-reti-prasiddha-bhūmau
tatrāpi kṛṣṇa-balarāma-supāda-mūle
jñānaṁ paraṁ parama-kṛṣṇa-sudharmity uktam
dantāś tu deva prabhupāda namo namaste

In the most holy land of Vrindavana, in Ramana Reti, at the lotus feet of Sri Krishna-Balarama, you are preaching the topmost knowledge of the Supreme Personality, Lord Krishna, who is the fountainhead of religion. O master of the senses, O my lord, Srila Prabhupada, let me offer my obeisances unto you.

(3)
namaste namaste kṛpā-pūrṇa-dṛṣṭi
namaste namaste mahānandā-dhātrī
namāmo namāmaḥ punar rakṣa rakṣa
prasiddha-prabho pāhi māṁ dakṣa dakṣa

I offer my obeisances unto him, whose glances are full of mercy and who is the bestower of transcendental bliss. O renowned lord, protect me and kindly shower your compassion again and again.

(4)
bhaktisiddhānta-śiṣyāya
bhaktivedānta-nāmine
prasannāya praśāntāya
tasmai śrī-gurave nāmaḥ

Let me offer my obeisances unto my Guru Maharaja, who is a disciple of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta, who is always calm and joyful, and who bears the name of Bhaktivedanta.

(5)
śrī-vaṅga-bhūmi-jana-bhūṣaṇa gaura-līlā
gaurāṅga-bhāva parisaraṇa-mātra-śilā
rādhā-mukunda-pada-padma-mano-vilāsin
ānanda-rāśi prabhupāda namo namas te

The land of Bengal is worshipable by the whole world because Sri Caitanya performed His pastimes there. I offer my obeisances unto Srila Prabhupada, who is full of bliss. He is always in the ecstasy of Lord Gauranga and is therefore immersed in the lotus feet of Radha-Mukunda.

Reference: Sri Vyasa puja offerings 1977

Songs on Srila Prabhupada - Srila Prabhupadadeva Sankirtanashtakam

(1)
govindadevanghri-saroja-bhakti-
sudharnave yas tu maha-tarangaih
aplavayad yavana-desam eva
namami tam sri-prabhupadadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Churning the nectar ocean of bhakti for Lord Govindadeva's lotus feet, he created great tidal waves that inundated the countries of the yavanas.

(2)
aropayat kesava-bhakti-valli-
bijan sahasreshu subheshu hritsu
gauropadesokti-varena yas tu
namami tam sri-prabhupadadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. By preaching the message of Lord Caitanya, he planted the seed of the creeper of krishna-bhakti in thousands of fortunate hearts.

(3)
chittva ku-tarkan ku-kavisvaranam
sri-krishnacandresvarata-pramanam
samsthapayaty eva kripanvito yo
namami tam sri-prabhupadadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who refuted the host of impersonal and voidist theories and mercifully established the truth - that Sri Krishnacandra is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

(4)
kaunteya-mitrasya su-satya-vaca
maya-kritam yas tu vibhidya moham
loke janam rakshati mugdhataya
namami tam sri-prabhupadadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. By speaking the transcendental message of Lord Krishna, the friend of Arjuna, he exposed maya's hoax, rescuing her victims.

(5)
sri-krishna-mantrena sudhaushadhena
kaler yuge loka-vimoha-rogam
bhitte tu vaidyah karunena daksho
namami tam sri-prabhupadadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He became the expert transcendental physician administering the nectar-medicine of the Hare Krishna mantra and curing the people of Kali-yuga from the disease of material bewilderment.

(6)
atyantikapara-punar-bhavabdhih
kshanena go-vatsa-padayate 'pi
gauranga-siksha-vadanena yena
namami tam sri-prabhupadadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. By his preaching the message of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the boundless, impassable ocean of repeated birth and death immediately shrank to the size of a puddle in a calf's hoof print.

(7)
prabodhayad yah sukadeva-divya-
sandesa-vadena mukunda-prema
suptam tu suddham hridayeshu loke
namami tam sri-prabhupadadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. By speaking the transcendental instructions of Sukadeva Gosvami he awakened the pure love dormant in everyone's heart for Lord Mukunda.

(8)
mridanga-sabdaih karatala-nadaih
sri-krishna-sankirtanam utsavam yah
asthapayad varsha-sahasra-vrindam
namami tam sri-prabhupadadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Filled with the tumultuous sound of mridangas and karatalas, the festival he carried to the West will continue for many thousands of years.

Reference: Sri Vyasa puja offerings 1984

Songs on Srila Prabhupada - Srila Prabhupadadeva Pranaty Ashtakam

(1)
yan-nathyamano natanatha-natho
su-mangalam pascima-jangaleshu
gaurangacandras caranam dadhati
namami tam sri-prabhupadadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Because of his prayers, Lord Gaurangacandra, the king of dancers, has placed His auspicious lotus feet in the jungle of the Western countries.

(2)
yad-yatnatas cakra-gada-pataka-
candrardha-vidyuj-jalajankusankaih
alankrita hrit-saranisa-padaih
namami tam sri-prabhupadadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Because of his efforts. Lord Krishna's footprints, which bear the marks of cakra, club, flag, half-moon, lightning bolt, conch, fish, lotus, and rod for controlling elephants, are now imprinted on the pathway of the living entities' hearts.

(3)
samarpayantam vara-krishna-namna
amramritam san-mrita-jivanartham
jivaj-jane tu mrita-hasta-graste
namami tam sri-prabhupadadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. To the living entities in the grip of death he gives the elixir of immortality that is Lord Krishna's holy name.

(4)
tyaktvanyakan padaka-pallave 'dya
yad-yatnatah sri-vraja-ballavasya
karoti lokah para-vallabhatvam
namami tam sri-prabhupadadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Because of his efforts, the people of this world are turning from everything else and are learning to repose their love at the lotus feet of Lord Krishna.

(5)
vrindatavivira-padatapatra-
varena viryena prajah prapantam
pida-vipad-varshanakat karalan
namami tam sri-prabhupadadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. With the umbrella of the feet of Vrindavana's hero, Krishna, he protects the living entities from the monsoon of continued material suffering.

(6)
punar-bhavat kuncita-marga-jalat
prajavalih krishna-padaravindam
sahasra-patram paramam nayantam
namami tam sri-prabhupadadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He leads the conditioned souls from the winding labyrinth of repeated birth and death to Lord Krishna's thousand-petalled lotus-flower world.

(7)
maya-pisasaci-ku-hrishika-harsha-
svapam vihayadya hrishika-devam
bhajanti lokah karunena yasya
namami tam sri-prabhupadadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. By his mercy the conditioned souls are awakening from the nightmare of material sense happiness created by the witch Maya. They now see the reality of devotional service to Lord Krishna, the master of the senses.

(8)
visvam tv acaitanyam idam tu krishna-
caitanya-purnatvam alambataiva
caitanya-sandesa-vadena yena
namami tam sri-prabhupadadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. By speaking the message of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he fills this lifeless and inert universe with Krishna consciousness.

Reference: Sri Vyasa puja offerings 1985

Songs on Srila Prabhupada - Srila Prabhupadadeva Mahatmyashtakam

(1)
acchddayantisa-kala-kalesa-
kotyah prakdmarh kali-kala-rdhum
kdlarh kardlam karunena yasya
namami tarn sri-prabhupddadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Because of his kindness, many millions of moons of the splendid glory of the Supreme Lord, Krishna, are now eclipsing the inauspicious dark Rahu planet of the age of Kali.

(2)
padmesvara-sri-pada-padma-raga-
sn-padmardgddika-sampadam yalf
dalle daridrebhya ihaiva lake
namami tarn sri-prabhupddadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. To the poverty-stricken souls in this world he gave the great treasure of pure love for Lord Krishna.

(3)
yat-karmatah sri-khalakarhsahantr-
paddnta-kahldra-kulesli khelat sydt
kdka-loke kalahamsa-vrndam
namdmi tarn sri-prabhupddadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He transformed the crowlike materialists of this world into swans who sport among the lotus flowers of Lord Krishna's feet.

(4)
yan ndraddydha virincir eva
vydsdya yan ndrada aha prdha
tad eva nityam hari-sdsanam yo
namdmi tarn sri-prabhupddadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Without adding or deleting anything, he purely repeated the same eternal instruction of Lord Krishna that Brahma spoke to Narada and Narada repeated to Vyasa.

(5)
sn-krishnacandram rasa-murtimantam
sn-nama-nddam bhagavantam antah
sandarsayantam janata anantam
namami tarn sri-prabhupadadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. In the holy name he reveals to the people of this world the unlimited Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Krishna-candra, whose transcendental form is as sweet as nectar.

(6)
arama ddyo ramate sa-rdmah
sahasra-patre janatas tu tatra
asara-samsdrata anayantam
namami tarn sri-prabhupadadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He leads the living entities from the bewildering world of repeated birth and death to the thousand-petalled lotus flower garden world, where the Supreme Personality of Godhead enjoys pastimes with His charming friends.

(7)
gopala-balo bhagavan paralma
raso vilasiti param rahasya'm
braviti tattvajna ihaiva lake
namami tarn sri-prabhupadadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. To the people of this world who are unaware of the truth, he speaks the supreme secret of all knowledge: The Supreme Personality of Godhead is a playful cowherd boy whose form and personality are as sweet as nectar.

(8)
sada sad-acaranam acarantam
sri-krishna-kirtim parikirtayantam
krpamayam loka-paropakararh
namami tarn sri-prabhupadadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He always acted as a perfect Vaishnava. He did the greatest kindness by preaching the glories of Lord Krishna in this world.

Reference: Sri Vyasa puja offerings 1986

Songs on Srila Prabhupada - Srila Prabhupadadeva Lokopadhyayashtaka

(1)
amoditah pada-lasat-saroja-
yugena krishnasya parena lokah
yad-yatnato gopapati-priyasya
namami tam sri-prabhupadadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, by whose efforts this world is now fragrant with the remembrance of Lord Krishna's lotus feet.

(2)
sudhah satam nada-sahasra-vrindat
sri-krishna-san-nama-nadi-sahasrah
sravanti loke karunena yasya
namami tam sri-prabhupadadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, by whose mercy thousands of nectar currents of the glories of Lord Krishna's holy names spring from thousands of voices in this world.

(3)
sraddhanvitam balisha-loka-siksha-
karam vidagdham paramam titikshum
asrantam adyam sukhinam dayalum
namami tam sri-prabhupadadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the faithful, cheerful, kind, patient, persistent teacher of a childish world.

(4)
maya-kritam visvasiti pratijna-
sahasram adyaiva na loka-balah
praudhas tu satsv eva vachsu yasya
namami tam sri-prabhupadadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, because of whose words the child of this world no longer believes the thousand empty promises Maya has no intention to ever fulfill.

(5)
lokeshu yad-divya-pada-pradipah
sandipayaty andhakare ku-marge
maya-ku-jalam kali-kala-jate
namami tam sri-prabhupadadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the light of whose words now illumines the darkened path of the Kali-yuga, exposing the trap set by the illusory potency, Maya.

(6)
nanarta yo naga-patisa-bhoge
jaghana nandasana-nagam enah
mridnati padah sa tu yat-kripato
namami tam sri-prabhupadadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, by whose mercy the same lotus foot that danced on Kaliya's hoods and kicked the Vidyadhara Sudarsana now crushes the sins of this world.

(7)
samsara-cakrat karunena raksha
mam krishnacandreti su-prarthanedam
sruyeta loke karunena yasya
namami tam sri-prabhupadadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, by whose mercy the appeal "O Lord Krishnacandra, please pick me up from this whirlpool of repeated birth and death! Please save me! Please be kind to me!" is now heard in many places of this world.

(8)
vilasi-radha-ramanasya pada-
lasat-saroje sirasi priyasya
dadhati lokah karunena yasya
namami tam sri-prabhupadadevam

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, by whose mercy the world has now placed the splendid lotus feet of srimati Radharani's playful lover on its head.

Reference: Sri Vyasa puja offerings 1987

Songs on Srila Prabhupada - Srila Prabhupada Sevashtakam

(1)
yo megha-varna-purusham purushartha-data
tvad-drishti-sprishta-patitadhika-vipra-varyah
svahlada-tyakta-guru-sevana-tapa-labdhah
sevam pradehi prabhupada nu kinkaro ‘smi

"He endowed humanity with the priceless goal of life, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose bodily hue resembles that of a lustrous monsoon cloud. The touch of his merciful glance elevates the most fallen of men to a platform superior to the most excellent brahmana. He abandoned his personal happiness of residing in Sri Vrindavana Dhama and accepted countless troubles in order to render service to his guru, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. O Prabhupada! Please bestow your service on me, for I am ready to accept your order."

(2)
dharmasya roga-samanartha-bhava-prasadat
pascatya-desa-taranagata-vari-dutah
acara-hina-saranah vyasanardra-ragah
sevam pradehi prabhupada nu kinkaro 'smi

"He mercifully came with the purpose of curing dharma, who had become diseased. Thus he boarded the steamship Jaladuta to deliver the Western countries. He became the shelter for those totally bereft of decent behavior, his heart melted out of love for the souls in such a distressed condition. O Prabhupada! Please bestow your service on me, for I am ready to accept your order."

(3)
sri-nama-jayu-parishevana-dhairya-karyah
stri-suna-pana-dhana-vancana-jivadaryah
gauranga-pada-kamalarpana-yoga-vakta
sevam pradehi prabhupada nu kinkaro ‘smi

"That noble person accepted the duty of a physician and patiently administered the medicine of the holy names of Krishna to those addicted to promiscuity, meat-eating, intoxication and gambling. He preached the yoga of offering everything to the lotus feet of Lord Gauranga. O Prabhupada! Please bestow your service on me, for I am ready to accept your order."

(4)
tattvandha-loka-vishayendriya-samvritanam
gitopadesa-pathanahnika-dipa-data
dikshanusiksha-japa-mantra-vidhana-dhata
sevam pradehi prabhupada nu kinkaro 'smi

"For those blind to the truth, absorbed in the world of the senses and sense objects, he illuminated their consciousness through the daily reading of Sri Krishna's instructions in the Bhagavad-gita. He gave them initiation and instruction in the process of chanting the maha-mantra and the gayatri-mantra. O Prabhupada! Please bestow your service on me, for I am ready to accept your order."

(5)
pakaspade lavana-tikshna-rasadi-gandhaih
dugdhanna-vyanjana-phaladi-su-pakva-bharta
kshiradi-rasa-rasanamrita-purna-dayi
sevam pradehi prabhupada nu kinkaro ‘smi

"In the kitchen he masterfully cooked milk products, grains, vegetables, fruits and other ingredients, flavoring them with salt and spices such as chili. He thus served full plates of tasteful preparations, beginning with sweet rice, which were truly nectar for the tongue. O Prabhupada! Please bestow your service on me, for I am ready to accept your order."

(6)
apanna-sasya-vitapi-sruti-sara-sastram
bhashantarena bahu-desa-vibhakti-karta
krishnasya hrit-vivaranam para-duhkha-duhkhi
sevam pradehi prabhupada nu kinkaro 'smi

"He translated Srimad-Bhagavatam, which is the essence of the tree of Vedic literature, and through his disciples he distributed it throughout many countries. Thus he whose only sorrow lies in the sorrows of others, uncovered their hearts to reveal the presence of Krishna. O Prabhupada! Please bestow your service on me, for I am ready to accept your order."

(7)
maya-vimudha-kali-bhanjana-deva-gata
kalyana-drishti-purushottama-dana-patram
tivrena bhakty-abhilashena ku-desa-panthah
sevam pradehi prabhupada nu kinkaro ‘smi

"His singing of Krishna's glories illusioned the illusory energy and disrupted Kali's plans for disruption. By his earnest devotional hankering, he invoked the charitable glance of Lord Jagannatha and thus He also traveled to bless the degraded countries of the West. O Prabhupada! Please bestow your service on me, for I am ready to accept your order."

(8)
ananda-sagara-rasayana-dhira-murte
sri-radhika-madana-mohana-tripta-sphurte
tat-pada-sishya-nayanatma-su-tushti-purte
sevam pradehi prabhupada nu kinkaro ‘smi

"O Prabhupada! Your form is filled with sobriety, yet you taste the elixir of the ocean of bliss. Your form is brilliantly manifest because you give pleasure to Sri Sri Radhika-Madana-Mohana, and you are completely filled with satisfaction by leading your disciples to Their lotus feet. O Prabhupada! Please bestow your service unto me, for I am ready to accept your order."

(9)
murari-sevakanam hi
satatam dautya-sevane
kripayasmasu namreshu
tava dhulih sadastu re

"O Srila Prabhupada, kindly allow the dust of your lotus feet to perpetually fall upon us, who are the humble servants of Lord Murari and are forever engaged in assisting your mission."

Reference: Sri Vyasa puja offerings 1994

Songs on Srila Prabhupada - Srila Prabhupada Mahimamrita

 (1)
jaya bala-lila jaya, sankirtan-vilasa
jaya jaya nagar-kirtan, gaura-prema-rasa

All glories to Srila Prabhupada's childhood pastimes! All glories to his spreading the sankirtana movement of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. All glories to his chanting of Hare Krishna kirtana through the streets of Calcutta. All glories to his always relishing the mellow of pure love of Lord Caitanya.

(2)
jaya jagannatha jaya, jaya ratha-yatra
jaya jaya hare krishna, jaya maha-mantra

All glories to Lord Jagannatha. All glories to his blissful Ratha-yatra festival, which Srila Prabhupada began at the age of five. All glories to the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, which Srila Prabhupada chanted while leading Lord Jagannatha down Harrison Road in Calcutta.

(3)
jaya sarasvati thakur, maha-mukta-jana
dasanudasa jaya, caranaravindam

All glories to Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, the greatest among liberated souls. All glories to his disciple, Abhay Charanaravinda, who fearlessly and humbly acted as a servant of the servant of the lotus feet of Sri Krishna.

(4)
sri bhaktivedanta jaya, ratna-dvija-raja
jaya bhagavata jaya, bhakti-tika-kaviraja

All glories to Srila Prabhupada, the crest jewel of all brahmanas, who was honored for his pure devotion and Vedic scholarship with the title, Bhaktivedanta. All glories to the Srimad-Bhagavatam. All glories to Srila Prabhupada, the king of poets, whose commentaries on the Bhagavat are full of bhakti and his devotional ecstasies.

(5)
jaya radha-damodara, sri jiva gosvami
seva-kunja jaya jaya, sri rupa manjari

All glories to Sri Jiva Gosvami's beloved Deities of Radha-Damodara, who were so dear to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Seva-kunja in Vrindavana, where Syamasundara serves Kisori. All glories to Sri Rupa Manjari, the constant companion of Srimati Radharani.

(6)
jaya srila prabhupada, sri vaishnava thakura
jaya jaya jagat guru, jaya nitai-gaura

All glories to Srila Prabhupada, the most wonderful Vaishnava saint. All glories to Jagat Guru Srila Prabhupada, who distributed Krishna consciousness all over the world and all over the universe. All glories to the most merciful Lords, Sri Nityananda Prabhu and Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu.

(7)
jaya bhavavad-gita, jaya sastra-praman
jaya jaya pracar-kripa, patita-pavana

All glories to the Bhagavad-gita As It Is. All glories to this scripture (sastra), which establishes the proof about the Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna. All glories to Srila Prabhupada's preaching mercy, which purifies and uplifts the fallen souls of Kali-yuga.

(8)
jaya radha-krishna-mandir, jaya sadhu-sanga
sri krishna-prasada jaya, iskcon brihat-mridanga

All glories to the temples of Radha and Krishna that Srila Prabhupada opened in 108 different cities around the world. All glories to the blissful association of Krishna's devotees found within these temples. All glories to the "big mridanga"—the global sound made by ISKCON's continual distribution of Srila Prabhupada's books to benefit mankind.

(9)
jaya sri kisora jaya, jaya sri kisori
jaya hari-nama jaya, jaya b b t

All glories to Lord Krishna (Sri Kisora). All glories to Srimati Radharani (Sri Kisori), the names of the Deities in ISKCON Chicago. A devotee asked, "Why does Radharani's name (Kisori) appear at the end, when everywhere else Her name comes before Krishna's, as in Radha-Govinda, Radha-Syamasundara, and Radha-Damodara?" Srila Prabhupada smiled sweetly and said, "Why? Because we always save the best for last." All glories to the holy names of Krishna. All glories to Srila Prabhupada's BBT—the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.

(10)
jaya krishna balarama, jaya gopa-gana
srila prabhupada jaya, jaya sri iskcon

All glories to Krishna-Balarama, the beloved Deities of Srila Prabhupada that he personally installed in ISKCON Vrindavana. All glories to the cowherd boys of Vrindavana. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to the wonderful and beautiful ISKCON—the International Society for Krishna Consciousness—which Srila Prabhupada founded to save humanity.

(11)
jaya nitya-lila jaya, jaya vrindavana
syama-syama-carana-seva, jaya govardhana

All glories to Radha's and Krishna's eternally flowing transcendental pastimes. All glories to Sri Vrindavana Dhama. All glories to Srila Prabhupada, who eternally lives in Vrindavana, serving the lotus feet of Radha(Syama)-Syamasundara. All glories to Govardhana Hill. Giri-govardhana is the most beautiful and glorious of all mountains. Govardhana is simultaneously the Supreme Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna and also the best devotee of the Lord.

(12)
jaya suddha-nama jaya, vraja-vasa-asa
jaya guru-kripa jaya, dina nitya-dasa

All glories to the pure chanting of the holy names of Radha and Krishna. All glories to the desire to reside in Vraja-dhama. All glories to the mercy of the spiritual master. Only by receiving your mercy, Srila Prabhupada, and by purely chanting the holy names of Radha and Krishna can this fallen eternal servant of yours ever fulfill his desire to live eternally in Vrindavana.

Reference: Sri Vyasa puja offerings 1993

Songs on Srila Prabhupada - Srila Prabhupada Deva Karunashtakam

(1)

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He is the saintly messenger of Sri Krishna and the merciful purifier and deliverer of the conditioned souls. He is a perfectly pure devotee of Lord Govindadeva.


(2)

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. His mercy has released the incomparable golden lion of Lord Gaurasundar's mercy, who leaps into the jungle of the Kali-yuga and chases away the various illusions of maya.


(3)

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Having crossed the salt-water ocean, he flooded the desertlike Western countries with the nectarean chanting of Sri Krishna's holy name.


(4)

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He took the arani-sticks of hearing and chanting about Krishna and ignited the sacred fire of krishna-bhakti in this world.


(5)

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. By describing the transcendental form of Lord Krishnacandra, he protects the people of this world from the horrible, faceless, formless calamity that is the impersonal conception of God.


(6)

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. With the weapon of his transcendental purports he mercifully breaks the shackles of karma which bind the conditioned souls to this world of repeated birth and death.


(7)

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Compassionate on the distressed living entities wandering through various species forgetful of their real life, he leads them to the blissful lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.


(8)

I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He has mercifully changed the future destiny of his followers from what was once inauspicious to the superlative of auspiciousness.

Reference: Sri Vyasa puja offerings 1983