Bhakti Rasa dasa - Siksastaka Prayers

Cheto-darpana-marjanam bhava-maha--davagni-nirvapanam
Shreyah-kairava-chandrika-vitaranam vidya-vadhu-jivanam
Anandambudhi-vardhanam prati-padam purnamritaswadanam
Sarvatma-snapanam param vijayate sri-krishna-sankirtanam

Namnam akari bahudha nija-sarva-shaktis
Tatrarpita niyamitah smarane na kalah
Etadrishi tava kripa bhagavan mamapi
Durdaivam idrisham ihajani nanuragaha

Trinad api sunichena
Taror api sahishnuna
Amanina manadena
Kirtaniyah sada harih

Na dhanam na janam na sundarim
Kavitam va jagad-isha kamaye
Mama janmani janmanishvare
Bhavatad bhaktir ahaituki twayi

Ayi nanda-tanuja kinkaram
Patitam mam vishame bhavambudhau
Kripaya tava pada-pankaja-
Sthita-dhuli-sadrisham vichintaya

Nayanam galad-ashru-dharaya
Vadanam gadgada-ruddhaya gira
Pulakair nichitam vapuh kada
Tava nama-grahane bhavishyati

Yugayitam nimeshena
Chakshusha pravrishayitam
Shunyayitam jagat sarvam
Govinda-virahena me

Ashlishya va pada-ratam pinashtu mam
Adarshanan marma-hatam karotu va
Yatha tatha va vidadhatu lampato
Mat-prana-nathas tu sa eva naparah

Glory to the Sri-Krishna-Sankirtana
Which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years
And extinguishes the fire of conditional life
Of repeated birth and death
This sankirtana movement is the prime benediction
Ffor humanity at large
Because it spreads the rays of the benediction moon
It is the life of all transcendental knowledge
It increases the ocean of transcendental bliss
And it enables us to fully taste the nectar for which we are always anxious

O my Lord, Your holy name alone can render all benediction to living beings
And thus You have hundreds and millions of names
Like Krsna and Govinda
In these transcendental names You have invested all Your transcendental energies
There are not even hard and fast rules for chanting these names
O my Lord, out of kindness You enable us to easily approach You
By Your holy names, but I am so unfortunate that I have no attraction for them

One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind
Thinking oneself lower than the straw in the street
One should be more tolerant than a tree
Devoid of all sense of false prestige
And should be ready to offer all respect to others
In such a state of mind one can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly

O almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth
Nor do I desire beautiful women
Nor do I want any number of followers
I only want Your causeless devotional service, birth after birth

O son of Maharaja Nanda (Krsna)
I am Your eternal servitor, yet somehow or other I have fallen into the ocean of birth and death
Please pick me up from this ocean of death
And place me as one of the atoms at Your lotus feet

O my Lord, when will my eyes be decorated with tears of love
Flowing constantly when I chant Your holy name
When will my voice choke up
And when will the hairs of my body stand on end at the recitation of Your name

O Govinda! Feeling Your separation
I am considering a moment to be like twelve years or more
Tears are flowing from my eyes like torrents of rain
And I am feeling all vacant in the world in Your absence

I know no one but Krsna as my Lord
And He shall remain so
Even if He handles me roughly by His embrace
Or makes me brokenhearted by not being present before me
He is completely free to do anything and everything
For He is always my worshipful Lord, unconditionally.

Written by:
Robert Palmer

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