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Śrī Guru Mahimā · The Glory of Śrī Guru

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Candrikā Song 1 · Text 1

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śrī-guru-carana-padma,kebala-bhakati-sadma, bando mui sābadhāna mate jāhāra prasāde bhāi, ei bhava toriy ā jāi, kṛṣṇa-prāpti hoy jāhā ha'te

English translation

To the lotus feet of my spiritual master, which are the abode of pure devotional service. I who am very fallen bow down with great care and attention in my heart. O brother, crossing the realm of repeated birth and death by his mercy, we will attain Kṛṣṇa.

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Candrikā Song 1 · Text 2

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guru-mukha-padma-bākya,cittete koriba aikya, ār nā koriho mane āśā śrī-guru-caraṇe rati,ei sei uttama-gati, je prasāde pūre sarba āśā

English translation

I will make the words from my spiritual master's lotus mouth one with my heart. I do not want the desire for any other thing to stay in my heart. Love for the spiritual master's lotus feet is the highest goal. By his mercy all desires are fulfilled.

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Candrikā Song 1 · Text 3

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cakhu-dān dilo jei,janme janme prabhu sei, dibya-jñān hṛde prokāśito prema-bhakti jāhā hoite,abidyā bināśa jāte, bede gāy jāhāra carito

English translation

He who gave me eyes to see is my lord, birth after birth. He made divine knowledge shine in my heart. From him has come prema-bhakti, which destroys ignorance. The Vedic scriptures sing of his character.

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Candrikā Song 1 · Text 4

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śrī-guru karuṇā-sindhu,adhama janāra bandhu, lokanāth lokera jībana hā hā prabhu koro doyā, deho more pada-chāyā, ebe jaśa ghuśuk tribhuvana

English translation

O spiritual master, O ocean of mercy, O friend of the fallen, O Lokanatha, O life of the world, O master, be merciful to me. Give me the shade of your feet. May your glories be proclaimed in the three worlds.

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Candrikā Song 1 · Text 5

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baiṣṇaba-caraṇa-reṇubhūṣaṇa kariyā tanu jāha haite anubhāba haya marjjana haya bhajanasadhu-saṅge anukṣaṇa ajñāna-abidyā-parajaya

English translation

By making the dust of the Vaiṣṇavas' feet the ornament of my body, ecstatic love comes. Washing the Vaiṣṇava's lotus feet is my method of worship. By always associating with the Vaiṣṇavas, I shall overcome the darkness of ignorance.

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Candrikā Song 1 · Text 6

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jaya sanātana rūpaprema-bhakti-rasa-kūpa jugala-ujjwala-rasa-tanu jāṅhāra prasāde lokapaśarila saba śoka parakatala kalpa-taru janu

English translation

O Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī and Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, who are two deep wells of the nectar of pure love, two personifications of the splendid nectar of the Divine Couple, and two desire trees by whose mercy the entire world is free from suffering, all glories to you!

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Candrikā Song 1 · Text 7

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prema-bhakti-rīti jātanija-granthe su-byākata kariyāchena dui mahāśaya jāhāra śrabaṇa haiteparānanda haya cite jugala-madhura-rasāśraya

English translation

In your books you two great souls clearly described prema-bhakti. You are reservoirs of the sweet nectar of the Divine Couple. Hearing about you brings bliss to the heart.

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Candrikā Song 1 · Text 8

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jugala-kiśora-premajini' lakṣa bāṇa hema hena dhana prakaśila jāṇra jaya rūpa sanātanadeha' more sei dhana sei ratana mora gela hāra

English translation

You are fabulously wealthy, possessing ecstatic love for the youthful Divine Couple, a love more precious than gold purified in ten thousand flames. O Rūpa and Sanātana Gosvāmī, all glories to you! I beg you, please give me in charity some of these jewel necklaces.

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Candrikā Song 1 · Text 9

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bhāgabata-śāstra-marmanaba-bidha bhakti-dharma sadāi kariba su-sebana anya-devāśraya nāitomāre kahinu bhāi ei bhakti parama-bhajana

English translation

I shall eternally engage in the nine-fold process of devotional service, which is the essential message of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and I shall not worship the demigods. O brother, I say to you: Devotional service is the most exalted kind of worship.

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Candrikā Song 1 · Text 10

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sādhu-śāstra-guru-bākyacittete kariyā aikya satata bhāsiba prema-majhe karmī jñānī bhakti-hīnaihare karibe bhina narottama ei tattwa gaje

English translation

Making the words of the guru, sadhus, and śastras one with my heart, I constantly float and swim in the ocean of pure love. I am different from the karmīs and jñānīs, who have no devotion for Kṛṣṇa. Narottama speaks the truth.

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