SRI SRI GURU-GAURANGAU JAYATAH


Sri Sri Guru-Gaurangau jayatah
On the Most Auspicious Appearance Day of His Divine Grace Gurudev Sri Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj,
Always Praying for His Grace
26th December, 1996
at Sri Govinda Dham, Uki, Australia
in the holy association of the beloved and honourable devotees


What is the earth without the trees,
where is the tree without the water,
where is the water without the cloud,
where is the cloud without the sky,
where is the sky without the sun?
That sun is you, oh Srila Govinda Maharaj,
who gives the light of Transcendental Knowledge
        to the whole environment; past, present and future.
What is a life without the fruit,
where is the fruit without the tree,
where is the tree without the seed?
And that seed you give, oh Srila Govinda Maharaj,
        to bestow the fruit of Love Divine to all the Universes.
Where is that son without the father,
where is that calf without the cow,
where is that cub without the lion,
where is that creation without Brahma,
where is that maintenance without Visnu,
where is that annihilation without Siva,
where is that disciple without the Teacher?
And that Master-Teacher of all the worlds and species is you,
        oh, Srila Govinda Maharaj.

What is the heart without a soul,
where is the soul without a goal,
where is that eye without a tear,
what is an ear if it yearns not to hear,
the messages of the world eternal?
Oh lost is the world without you,
  oh, Srila Govinda Maharaj!
What is a book without the print,
where is the message without the song,
to massage the heart beyond right and wrong;
where is the patient without the doctor,
to give the medicine to grant life eternal,
to prescribe the diet for a life again normal?
where is that laughter without a smile,
where is that mother without a child,
where is that warrior without a battle,
and what is a victory without an ideal?
And that supreme you give,
  Srila Govinda Maharaj.
What is that love without the feeling,
what is that feeling without attachment,
where is attachment without the taste,
where is the taste without constancy,
where is constancy without purity,
where is purity without service activity,
where is service without sadhu-sanga,
where is sadhu-sanga without faith,
where is faith without fortune?
And that, you alone give,
  oh Srila Govinda Maharaj.



Where is the morning without the day,
where is the day without the night,
where is the night without the stars,
where are the stars without the moon?
And that Golden Moon you are, oh Srila Govinda Maharaj,
        who nourishes the hearts of the faithful souls
        that circumambulate you and serve you with Devotion
        twenty-four hours, they that are Krishna's flowers.

Where is the stream without the river,
where is the river without the ocean,
where is the ocean without the fish?
But who can swim there without the wish
to dive deep in your Ocean of Devotion
where you play in your Glory forever,
  oh Srila Govinda Maharaj.

Nondifferent Form of Sri Radha-Govinda,
Golden Lord Sri Sri Gaurangasundara
brought down His Grace to the world through Sri Rupa,
Sri Jagannath, Gaur-Kisor, Sri Siddhanta-
Saraswati, to Sri Sridhara Deva-
Goswami-yati-rajesvara-vara;
widely broadcast by Sri Bhakti Vedanta
Swami, the great Prabhupada world preacher;
current original flows through your Grace
country to country and each place to place;
on this Day holy we pray at your feet,
to ever serve thee of great heart so sweet;
may you be gracious as always you are,
to bring close to service we who are far
away with our obstacles in this mundane
make us your servants again and again.
  jay Srila Govinda Maharaj.

— Sri B. A. Sagar


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