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Dec 25, 2009

Achyuta Ashtakam by Adi Sankaracarya




Song Name: Acyutam Kesavam Rama Narayanam

Official Name: Acyutastakam

Author: Adi Sankaracarya

Book Name: None

Language: Sanskrit

LYRICS:

(1)

acyutaḿ keśavaḿ rāma nārāyaṇaḿ

kṛṣṇa dāmodaraḿ vāsudevaḿ harim

śrīdharaḿ mādhavaḿ gopīkā-vallabhaḿ

jānakī-nāyakaḿ rāmacandraḿ bhaje

(2)

acyutaḿ keśavāḿ satyabhāmādhavaḿ

mādhavaḿ śrīdharaḿ rādhikā-rādhitam

indirā-mandiraḿ cetasā sundaraḿ

devakī-nandanaḿ nandanaḿ sandadhe

(3)

viṣṇave jiṣṇave śańkhine cakriṇe

rukmiṇī-rāgiṇe jānakī-jānaye

vallavī-vallabhāyārcitāyātmane

kaḿsa-vidhvaḿsine vaḿśine te namaḥ

(4)

kṛṣṇa govinda he rāma nārāyaṇa

śrīpate vāsudevārjita śrīnidhe

acyutānanta he mādhavādhokṣaja

dvārakānāyaka draupadī-rakṣaka

(5)

rākṣasa-kṣobhitaḥ sītayā śobhito

daṇḍakāraṇyabhu-puṇyatā-kāraṇaḥ

lakṣmaṇe-nānvito vānaraiḥ sevito-

'gastya-sampujito rāghavaḥ pātu mām

(6)

dhenukāriṣṭako'niṣṭa-kṛddveṣiṇāḿ

keśihā kaḿsa-hṛd-vaḿśikā-vādakaḥ

pūtanā-kopakaḥ surajā khelano

bāla gopālakaḥ pātu māḿ sarvadā

(7)

vidyudadyotavnpra-sphurad-vāsasaḿ

prāvṛḍambhodavat prollasad-vigrahaḿ

vanyayā mālayā śobhitorasthalaḿ

lohitāńghridvayaḿ vārijākṣaḿ bhaje

(8)

kuñcitaiḥ kuntalair bhrojamānānanaḿ

ratnamauliḿ lasatkuṇḍalaḿ gaṇḍayoḥ

hārakeyurakaḿ kańkaṇa-projjvalaḿ

kińkiṇīmañjulaḿ śyāmalaḿ taḿ bhaje

TRANSLATION

1) I worship Acyuta, the infallible one, Who is Rāmacandra, Keśava, Rāma, Nārāyaṇa, Kṛṣṇa, Dāmodara, Vāsudeva, Hari, Śrīdhara,Mādhava, Who is dear to Gopikā, and Who is the consort of Jānakī.

2) I offer my obeisances to Lord Keśava, Who is infallible (Acyuta), Who is the consort of Satyabhāmā, Mādhava, Śrīdhara, Who is longed-for by Rādhikā, Who is the temple of Lakṣmī (Indirā), Who is beautiful by thought, Who is dear to Devakī, and Who is dear to all.

3) Salutations for Viṣṇu, Who conquers everyone, Who holds a conch-shell and a discus, Who is dear to Rukmiṇī, Who is the consort ofJānakī, Who is dear to gopi girls, Who is offered [in sacrifices], the Supersoul Who destroyed Kaṁsa, and Who plays the flute.

4) O Kṛṣṇa! O Govinda! O Rāma! O Nārāyaṇa, Who is the consort of Lakṣmī! O Vāsudeva, Who attained the treasure of Lakṣmī! O Acyuta, Who is immeasurable! O Mādhava, O Adhokṣaja, Who is the leader of Dvārakā, and Who is the protector of Draupadī!

5) May Rāghava — Who disturbed the atheistic practices of the demons, Who adorned Sītā, Who is Danḍaka-forest purification cause, Who is accompanied by Lakṣmaṇa, Who was served by monkeys, and Who is revered by Sage Agastya — O Lord, please protect me.

6) May Baby Gopāla (Kṛṣṇa) — Who was unfavorable to Dhenukāsura and Ariṣṭāsura, Who destroyed Keśī, Who killed Kaṁsa, Who plays the flute, and Who got angry on Pūtanā — always protect me.

7) I sing praise of Acyuta, Who is adorned by a lightening like shining yellow robe, Whose body is resplendent like a cloud of the rainy-season, Who is adorned by a wild-flower garland at His chest, Whose twin-feet are of copper-red color, and Who has lotus-like eyes.

8) I sing praise of that Śyāma, Whose face is adorned by falling locks of curly tresses, Who has jewels at forehead, Who has shining ear-rings on the cheeks, Who is adorned with a Keyūra (flower) garland, Who has a resplendent bracelet, and Who has a melodious anklet.

Sep 21, 2009

Co-operation ... what does it actually mean??

one good thought came to my mind

Prabhupad said "You can show your love for me by how much you co-operate "
I thought what it means by co-operation??
just helping or been favourable !!! is that co-operation !
well it could be a low-level of co-operation but real co-operation means MORE than just been good or supportive or have sympathy or admiring or lauding the effort

Then prabhupad himself answered it in one of his letters.
He wrote to Brahmänanda in 1967:
I have read your statements regarding opening centers. I am not in agreement with Mr. Altman that we are expanding very thinly. In my opinion, a single sincere soul can maintain a center. You know I started the center at 26 Second Avenue alone. I took the risk of 200.00 dollars per month for the rent. At that time there were no assistants. Mukunda was at that time a friend, but there was no responsibility for him for maintaining the center. Gradually Kirtanananda and Hayagriva joined, but they did not take any responsibility. Still I was maintaining the establishment simply depending on Krishna and then Krishna sent me everything—men and money.

prabhupad answers that
---- co-operation means to take responsibilities
that is highest level of co-operation.
To shoulder the responsibility of your guru. .... that is real co-operation
As Prabhupad is expecting from devotees in the above letter
so is he expecting from us all that spirit to take responsibilties & execute the orders,projects,tasks as left & deliniated by Him & previous acaryas

...........................And .That shall remain my Meditation.........


The unifying principle in our movement of strong minded persons is submission to and faith in the orders of Srila Prabhupada. Cooperation means becoming humble and subduing our egos. It's difficult, but purifying. We must cooperate because that is one of Srila Prabhupada's most important instructions. Both individually and collectively, we will be lost without it. It is a sign of Srila Prabhupada's success that we have developed strong minds, and a further sign of his success that we continue to live and work and cooperate respectfully together despite our personal and philosophical differences, even though Srila Prabhupada is not physically present to pacify us. If the spirit of cooperating to please Srila Prabhupada is strong, even strong differences can be lived with. .......................... HH Bhaktivikas Swami maharaj

COOPERATION means to be willing to sacrifice for the sake of others.... HH Radhanath Maharaj

Sep 8, 2009

Tears of a child , woman & devotee

Tears of a child--------
It is said a cry of child can be heard only by a mother.
once few devotees were talking with each other & suddenly a mataji truned back & started
hurriedly walking to a room .
Others could not understand this.Only when she opened the room they could hear the cry of her baby child.

Tears of a Woman-------
Prabhupad said "Tears of a woman are very powerful"
They can even bent very strong MEN
like Kaikeya who cried to bend Dasarath Maharaj to abandon Lord Rama & she was successful in that.

Tears of a DevOtee--------
Srila Gour Govinda Swami said, “I have opened a ‘crying school’ here in Bhubaneswar.
Unless we cry for Krishna, we cannot get His mercy.”

Genuine tears are heard by The Lord & He is bended to help & save us

But to cry for Lord is very difficult for a person who is still attracted to this world.
So Bhaktivinod Thakur wrote this prayer for us.

dhana jana āra, kobitā-sundarī,
bolibo cāhi deho-sukha-karī
janme-janme dāo, ohe gaurahari!
ahaitukī bhakti caraṇe tomār

When will I cry out that I have no longer any desire for wealth and followers, poetry and beautiful women, all of which are meant just for bodily pleasure? O Gaura Hari! Give me causeless devotional service [bhakti] to your lotus feet, birth after birth.

kādiyā kādiyā jānāiba duḥkha-grāma

saḿsāra-anala haite māgiba viśrāma


Weeping and weeping, I will understand the real nature of this abode of misery, and I will beg for relief from the blazing fire of this material world.

So when shall we cry
- When we understand our miserable position in this world
then we can attract the mercy of the Vaishnavas & the Lord.

When one is free from all ten of these offenses in chanting the holy name of God, he develops the ecstatic bodily features called pulakāśru. Pulaka means "symptoms of happiness," and aśru means "tears in the eyes." The symptoms of happiness and tears in the eyes must appear in a person who has chanted the holy name offenselessly. Here in this verse it is stated that those who have actually developed the symptoms of happiness and tears in the eyes by chanting the glories of the Lord are eligible to enter the kingdom of God. In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta it is said that if one does not develop these symptoms while chantingHare Kṛṣṇa, it is to be understood that he is still offensive. Caitanya-caritāmṛta suggests a nice remedy in this connection. There it is said in verse 31, Chapter Eight, of Ādi-līlā, that if anyone takes shelter of Lord Caitanya and just chants the holy name of the Lord, Hare Kṛṣṇa, he becomes freed from all offenses.

So chanting offenselessly is the key to genuinue crying
Prabhupad explains the easy way to obtain this is to chant the holy name of Lord Gouranga & Lord Nityanand

CC adi lila 8.31
But if one only chants, with some slight faith, the holy names of Lord Caitanya and Nityānanda, very quickly he is cleansed of all offenses. Thus as soon as he chants the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, he feels the ecstasy of love for God.
PURPORT
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura remarks in this connection that if one takes shelter of Lord Śrī CaitanyaMahāprabhu and Nityānanda, follows Their instructions to become more tolerant than the tree and humbler than the grass, and in this way chants the holy name of the Lord, very soon he achieves the platform of transcendental loving service to the Lord, and tears appear in his eyes. There are offenses to be considered in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, but there are no such considerations in chanting the names of Gaura-Nityānanda. Therefore, if one chants the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra but his life is still full of sinful activities, it will be very difficult for him to achieve the platform of loving service to the Lord. But if in spite of being an offender one chants the holy names of Gaura-Nityānanda, he is very quickly freed from the reactions to his offenses. Therefore, one should first approach Lord Caitanya and Nityānanda, or worship Guru-Gaurāńga, and then come to the stage of worshiping Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa.