Sri
Prabhupada-Padma Stava
Prayer
to Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada's Lotus Feet
by
Srila Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Gosvami
[Note: Srila
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati was so pleased with this offering
that he ordered
it to be sung in all his mathas daily. This poem exhibits a
remarkable rhyme
scheme, the second to last syllable always begins the next
line. It also
reveals a deep siddhantic understanding of the mission of
Srila
Bhaktisiddhanta.]
sujanarbuda-radhita-pada-yugam
yuga-dharma-dhurandhara-patra-varam
varadabhaya-dayaka-pujya-padam
pranamami sada
prabhupada-padam (1)
O Srila
Prabhupada, your beautiful lotus feet are cherished by millions and
millions of the
purest and most qualified devotees, and you are the most
competent
personality to preach the recognized process for this era. Your
sacred lotus
feet are adorable, as they openly grant fearlessness and bestow
the highest
benediction to all living entities. I eternally offer my
respects unto
that charming effulgence that shines from the radiant lotus
toe-tips of
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada.
bhajanorjjita-sajjana-sangha-patim
patitadhika-karunikaika-gatim
gati-vancita-vancakacintya-padam
pranamami sada
prabhupada-padam (2)
You shine forth
as the natural leading monarch among the high class of
devotees, and
you are the exclusive, ultimate aim of the truly fallen due to
your
far-reaching merciful embrace. Your inconceivable lotus feet bestow
full shelter for
the cheaters and the cheated.
ati-komala-kancana-dirgha-tanum
tanu-nindita-hema-mrnala-madam
madanarbuda-vandita-candra-padam
pranamami sada
prabhupada-padam (3)
Your divine
figure is so graceful and delicate, your skin so soft, and your
towering form so
radiant and golden. Your overwhelmingly beautiful
appearance mocks
the pride of golden lotus stems as countless Cupids offer
their humble
respects to your lotus toes which are like glowing white petals
of the radiant
moon.
nija-sevaka-taraka-ranji-vidhum
vidhutahita-hunkrta-simha-varam
varanagata-balisa-sanda-padam
pranamami sada
prabhupada-padam (4)
LIke the
charming moon which pleases its orbiting stars, you are surrounded
by your intimate
disciples and are fulfilling their hearts' desires. Your
lion-like roar
causes the envious to tremble and quickly flee while your
tender toes
gracefully bestow the ultimate benefit for the innocent.
vipuli-krta-vaibhava-gaura-bhuvam
bhuvanesu
vikirtita gaura-dayam
dayaniya-ganarpita-gaura-padam
pranamami sada
prabhupada-padam (5)
You have widely
spread the glories of Sri Gauranga's holy abode, Sri
Mayapura-dhama,
and you have openly declared the nature of Sri Caitanya
MAhaprabhu's
mercy throughout the universe. Your graceful personality has
planted the
lotus of Gauranga's holy feet in the hearts of your deserving
servitors.
cira-gaura-janasraya-visva-gurum
guru-gaura-kisoraka-dasya-param
paramadrta-bhakti-vinoda-padam
pranamami sada
prabhupada-padam (6)
As the universal
holy master you are the eternal refuge for Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu's
devotees. You are always dedicated to serving your holy master
Srila
Gaurakisora, and you are a careful servant of Srila Bhaktivinoda
Thakura's lotus
feet.
raghu-rupa-sanatana-kirti-dharam
dharani-tala-kirtita-jiva-kavim
kaviraja-narottama-sakhya-padam
pranamami sada
prabhupada-padam (7)
The intense
magnitude of your devotion allows you a glorious position within
that intimate
group of Raghunatha dasa, Sanatana and Rupa Gosvamis. Your
happy and
elevated philosophical conceptions have crowned and seated you
along with the
esteemed personality, Srila Jiva Gosvami. And you share
friendly
relations with Krsnadasa Kaviraja and Narottama dasa, being as dear
to them as their
very own lives.
krpaya
hari-kirtana-murti-dharam
dharani-bhara-haraka-gaura-janam
janakadhika-vatsala-snigdha-padam
pranamami sada
prabhupada-padam (8)
You serve the
living entities by mercifully revealing your divine
personality as
the embodiment of hari-kirtana, and by so doing, eliminate
the offenses
which burden the earth. Your loving disposition to the
followers of
Gauranga Mahaprabhu is more affectionate than even a father.
saranagata-kinkara
kalpa-tarum
taru-dhik-krta-dhira-vadanya-varam
varadendra-ganarcita-divya-padam
pranamami sada
prabhupada-padam (9)
Just like a
transcendental desire tree, you fulfill all the desires of the
Lord's unalloyed
servants. Your firm and patient nature insults the tolerant
disposition of a
tree, what to speak of your benevolence. The purity of your
divine lotus
feet attracts the worship of the great demigods like Durga-devi
and Indra.
parahamsa-varam
paramartha-patim
patitoddharane-krta-vesa-yatim
yati-raja-ganaih
parisevya-padam
pranamami sada
prabhupada-padam (10)
Being the
storehouse-keeper of life's highest wealth, pure krsna-prema, you
surpass all the
other great maha-bhagavata devotees! Simply to rescue the
fallen souls,
you accepted the dress of a renunciate. Hence, your divine
lotus feet are
adorable in every respect for the greatest stalwart
sannyasis.
vrsabhanu-suta-dayitanucaram
caranasrita-renu-dharas-tam-aham
mahad-adbhuta-pavana-sakti-padam
pranamami sada
prabhupada-padam (11)
Since you are an
exclusive servitor of Vrsabhanu-nandini Srimati Radhika, my
bold aspiration
is to take full shelter as a minute atomic particle of that
shining dust
that clings to your beautiful lotus feet. Your wonderful sakti
can deliver the
whole world. I eternally offer my respects unto that
charming
effulgence that shines forth from the radiant lotus toe-tips of
Srila
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada!
Srila
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Prabhupada avirbhava mahotsava
ki-jaya!!!
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