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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





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