(
Hinduism,
Gaudiya Vaishnavism)
Sri Gadadharastakam
(Verses glorfying Sri Gadadhara Pandita)
by Srila Svarupa Damodara Gosvami
(1)
sva-bhakti-yoga-lasinam sada vraje viharinam
hari-priya-ganagragam cacisuta-priyecvaram
saradha-krsna-sevana-prakacakam mahacayam bhajamy aham
gadadharam supanditam gurum prabhum
I worship the greatly learned and exalted spiritual master, Srila
Gadadhara Prabhu, who appears very splendid, engaged in the Lord's
devotional service. He always performs pastimes in Vraja, where he is very
prominent among the gopis, who are very dear to Lord Hari. Lord Caitanya,
the Son of Sachi is the dear Lord of Gadadhara Prabhu, who is preaching the
service of Radha and Krsna.
(2)
navojjvaladi- bhavana-vidhana-karma-paragam
vicitra-gaura-bhakti-sindhu-ragga-bhagga-lasinam
suraga-marga-darsakam vrajadi-vasa-dayakam bhajamy
aham gadadharam supanditam gurum prabhum
I worship the greatly learned spiritual master, Srila Gadadhara
Prabhu. He is expertly absorbed in meditation on the nine rasas of
devotional service, beginning with ujjvala-rasa (conjugal love), and he
dances in the waves of the amazing ocean of devotional service to Lord
Caitanya. He preaches the path of raganuga-bhakti (spontaneous devotional
service), and He is a fit person to attain residence in the transcendental
land of Vraja.
(3)
sacisutagghri-sara-bhakta-vrnda-vandya-gauravam
gaura-bhava-citta-padma-madhya-krsna-vallabham
mukunda-gaura-rupinam svabhava-dharma-dayakam bhajamy
aham gadadharam supanditam gurum prabhum
I worship the greatly learned spiritual master, Srila Gadadhara
Prabhu. The best of those who are devoted to the lotus feet of Lord
Caitanya, the Son of Saci-devi, offer respecful obeisances to him and treat
him with great importance, and he is very dear to Lord Krsna, Who is seated
in the middle of the lotus flower which is his heart, assuming His golden
form of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He preaches that Lord Mukunda has assumed the
golden form of Lord Caitanya, and he returns the living entities to their
constitutional position as servants of the Lord.
(4)
nikunja-sevanadika-prakasanaika-karanam sada
sakhi-rati-pradam maha-rasa-svarupakam
sadacritagghri-pankajam sariri-sad-gurum varam bhajamy
aham gadadharam supanditam gurum prabhum
I worship the greatly learned and exalted spiritual master, Srila
Gadadhara Prabhu. It is only because of him that the truth of the exalted
devotional service performed by the intimate associates of Krsna in the
forests and groves of Vrndavana has been revealed. He is preaching the
ecstatic love attained by the gopis, and he is indeed a personification of
the mellows of devotional service. The saintly devotees take shelter of his
lotus feet, and he teaches the truth of spiritual life to the living
entities.
(5)
mahaprabhor maha-rasa-prakasanagkuram priyam sada
maha-rasagkura-prakacanadi-vasanam mahaprabhor
vrajagganadi-bhava-moda-karakam bhajamy aham
gadadharam supanditam gurum prabhum
I worship the greatly learned spiritual master, Srila Gadadhara
Prabhu. He is very dear to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and it is as if he had
sprouted from the manifestation of the Lord's ecstatic love. He is always
adorned with the garments of ecstatic love of Godhead, and He delights Lord
Caitanya Mahaprabhu by arousing in the Lord the ecstatic emotional love
experienced by the gopis of Vraja.
(6)
dvijendra-vrnda-vandya-pada-yugma-bhakti-vardhakam
nijesu radhikatmata-vapuh-prakacanagraham
asesa-bhakti-sastra-siksayojjvalamrta-prabam bhajamy
aham gadadharam supanditam gurum prabhum
I worship the greatly learned spiritual master, Srila Gadadhara
Prabhu, who expands the mellows of devotional service and whose lotus feet
are worshipped by the kings of the brahmanas. Among his confidential
associates, he reveals his actual form as Srimati Radharani. He distributes
the nectar of the ecstatic mellow of the gopis' conjugal love, strictly
following the instructions of all the devotional scriptures.
(7)
muda nija-priyadika-svapada-padma-sindhubhir
maha-rasarnavamrta-pradesta-gaura-bhaktidam
sadast-sattvikanvitam nijesta-bhakti-dayakam bhajamy
aham gadadharam supanditam gurum prabhum
I worship the greatly learned spiritual master, Srila Gadadhara
Prabhu. With delight he is giving the devotional service of Lord Caitanya
which reveals the nectarean ocean of the most exalted mellows of devotional
service, along with the nectar flowing from the lotus feet of the gopis,
headed by Srimati Radharani, who is most dear to Krsna. Gadadhara Prabhu is
decorated with the eight transcendental ecstatic symptoms of
sattvika-bhava,and he is distributing devotional service to his worshippable
Lord Krsna.
(8)
yadiya-riti-raga-ragga-bhagga-digdhamanaso naro 'api
yati turnam eva narya-bhava-bhajanam tam
ujjvalakta-cittam etu citta-matta-catpado bhajamy aham
gadadharam supanditam guram prabhum
I worship the greatly learned spiritual master, Srila Gadadhara
Prabhu. Even a conditioned soul, whose mind becomes anointed by the colorful
waves of spontaneous devotional service as delineated by Srila Gadadhara
Prabhu, quickly attains the highest level of devotional service. He becomes
like a maddened bumble bee whose mind is anointed with the mellow of
ujjvala-rasa (conjugal love).
(9)
maha-rasamrta-pradam sada gadadhara-astakam pathet tu
yah subhaktito vrajaggana-ganotsavam
saci-tanuja-pada-padma-bhakti-ratna-yogyatam labheta
radhika-gadadharagghri-padma-sevaya
"These eight verses glorifying Srila Gadadhara Prabhu distribute the
nectat of the most exalted mellow of devotional service, and they are like a
festival for the gopis of Vraja. If one regularly reads these verses and
serves the lotus feet of Srila Gadadhara Prabhu, who is an incarnation of
Srimati Radharani, then he will become qualified to attain the jewel of pure
devotional service for the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya,the son of Sacidevi."
N.B. May 1, 2003, the Amavasya, was the Appearance day of Sri Gadadhara Pandita.
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