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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





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