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All Glory to the Divine Master and the Supreme Lord Sri Krsna Chaitanya

Sri Guru Arati-stuti

Arati Prayer to Srila Guru Maharaj

composed by

The Present President-Acarya

Om Visnupada Tridandi Swami Sri Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Maharaj

Sri-Guru-Arati-stuti

jaya 'guru-maharaja' yatirajesvara

sri-bhakti-raksaka deva-goswami sridhara [1]

patita-pavana-lila vistari' bhuvane

nistarila dinahina apamara jane [2]

tomara karunaghana murati heriya

preme bhagyavana jiva pade murachiya [3]

sudirgha supibya deha divya-bhavasraya

divya-jnana-dipta-netra divya-jyotirmaya [4]

suvarna-suraja-kanti aruna-vasana

tilaka tulasimala, candana-bhusana [5]

apurva sri-anga-sobha kare jhalamala

audarya-unnata-bhava madhurya-ujjvala [6]

acintya-pratibha, snigdha, gambhira, udara

jada-jnana-giri-vajra divya-diksadhara [7]

gaura-sankirtana-rasa-rasera asraya

"dayala nitai" name nitya premamaya [8]

sangopange gaura-dhame nitya-parakasa

gupta-govardhane divya-lilara vilasa [9]

gaudiya-acarya-gosthi-gaurava-bhajana

gaudiya-siddhanta-mani kantha-vibhusana [10]

gaura-sarasvati-sphurtta siddhantera khani

aviskrta gayatrira artha-cintamani [11]

eka-tattva varnanete nitya-nava-bhava

susangati, samanjasya, e saba prabhava [12]

tomara satirtha-varga sabe eka-mate

rupa-sarasvati dhara dekhena tomate [13]

tulasi-malika haste sri-nama-grahana

dekhi'sakalera haya ‘prabhu’ uddipana [14]

koticandra-susitala o pada bharasa

gandharva-govinda-lilamrta-labha-asa [15]

avicintya-bhedabheda-siddhanta-prakasa!

sanande arati stuti kare dina dasa [16]

...Srila Sri Bhakti Sundar Govinda Maharaj

All glory to you, 'Guru Maharaj,'

Of sannyasi kings, the Emperor:

The glorious Srila Bhakti Raksak

Dev-Goswami Sridhar.

Extending in this world your pastimes

As savior of the fallen,

You delivered all the suffering souls,

Including the most forsaken.

Beholding your holy form

Of concentrated mercy,

The fortunate souls fall in a swoon

Of Divine Love's ecstasy.

Your lofty form of Divine Emotion

Is nectar for our eyes;

With Divine Knowledge and shining eyes,

Your effulgence fills the skies.

A golden sun resplendent,

In robes of saffron dressed;

Adorned with tilak, Tulasi beads,

And with sandal fragrance blessed.

The matchless beauty of your holy form,

Dazzling in its brightness;

Your benevolence of most noble heart,

In the glow of Pure Love's Sweetness.

Inconceivable genius, affection,

Gravity, magnanimity -

A thunderbolt crushing mundane knowledge,

The reservoir bestowing Divinity.

In the Golden Lord's Sankirtan Dance,

You revel ecstatically;

"Dayal Nitai, Dayal Nitai!"

You ever call so lovingly.

Eternally present in Nabadwip Dham

With your associates, by your sweet will,

You enjoy your holy pastimes

On hidden Govardhan Hill.

You're the fit recipient of your dignity

In the Gaudiya Acarya assembly,

The jewel of the Gaudiya-siddhanta

Adorning your chest so nobly.

You're the living message of Sri Gaura,

You're the mine of perfect conclusions;

You revealed the Gayatri's inner purport:

The gem fulfilling all aspirations.

When you speak, one subject alone

Is revealed in ever-new light;

Proper adjustment, and harmony -

All these are your spiritual might.

All your dear Godbrothers

Declare unanimously

They see within your Holiness

The line of Rupa-Saraswati.

Seeing you take the Holy Name,

With Tulasi beads in hand,

Awakens the thought of the Lord*

In everybody's mind.

Your feet, cooling like ten million moons -

In their Service all faith do I place;

The nectar of Radha-Govinda's pastimes

One day we may drink, by your grace.

O personification of perfect conclusions

Inconceivably one, yet different!

I sing this prayer at your arati,

With joy - your humble servant.