[1]
nama om visnupadaya guru-presthaya bhutale
srimate bhaktivilas tirtha goswami-namine
Do I bow down at the lotus feet of Om Visnupada Srila Bhakti
Vilas Tirtha Goswami Maharaja, who is the presiding Guru-prestha, the
dearest to Sri Guru in the world.
[2]
jaya srila bhaktivilas tirtha goswami
asesa vidhane tava pade nami ami
All glory to Srila Tirtha Goswami, in many-fold ways – do I
pay obeisances at your lotus feet.
[3]
vasanti-saptami (tithi) name haya tara khyati
ai tithite janai ami asesa pranatii
Do I pay my innumerable obeisances unto the very famous, holy
tithi called vasanti-saptami.
[4]
vasanti-saptami tithi-vara kari dhanya
puruliya gram majhe haila avatirna
The village Puruliya and the tithi vasanti-saptami have become
glorious due to your holy appearance.
[5]
guru-seva siksa dite tava agaman
guru-seva tare samarpila dhana jana
You have come to teach the service of Sri Guru; and in order to serve Sri
Gurudev you have sacrificed all your wealth and directed all the persons
surrounding you towards Sri Guru-seva.
[6]
tumi prakasila asi gaura-saraswati
tomara pada-kamale asesa pranati
You have appeared to manifest Sri Gaura-Saraswati (Prabhpada Srila Saraswati
Thakur), for that we all are eternally indebted to your lotus feet and thus we
pay you unlimited number of pranams.
[7]
gurudevera mano'bhista karila sthapana
guru-prestha bali toma jane sarvajana
You have established the wish of Gurudev and fulfilled His desire because of
which everybody understands you to be the dearest to Gurudev.
[8]
sata duhkha lanchna ganjana sahiya
kariyacha guru-seva janama bhariya
Even though hundreds of sorrow, blesphem and disturbances appeared in the way,
yet tolerating all such difficulties you have served Gurudev throughout your
life.
[9]
'kunjada' namati tava ativa sundara
kunja-seva dana kari karaha kinkara
Your name ‘Kunja-da’ is very, very sweet which refers to the fact that
you give the entrance to the confidential service of divine couple, Sri Sri
Radha-Krsna in kunja.
[10]
paravidya siksa dila kari acarana
atayeva nama dhara sri-vidyabhusana
You have taught the scriptural siddhantas by implementing them practically in
your own life and thus you have been honored by the divine title ‘Sri
Vidyabhusan’ (given by Srila Prabhupada Saraswati Thakur).
[11]
sri-krsna-prestha guru, sri-guru-prestha tumi
tomara mahima sindhu ki varniva ami
Srila Prabhupada, our Gurudev is the dearest to Sri Krishna and you are the
dearest to Sri Gurudev and therefore how will it be possible for me to describe
your unlimited ocean of glories.
[12]
daiva-varnasrama-dharma, veda-sastra-vani
pracara karile tumi guru ajna mani
Following the order of Gurudev, you have preached wonderfully the daiva-varnasram-dharma,
the divine principles of the Vedic Scriptures.
[13]
tomara sri-mukhe suni' madhura hari-katha
atyanta krpana seha haila bada data
Hearing the discourses on Hari from your lotus mouth even very conjuce
persons became very great donor, who donated all their wealth for the service of
Sri Guru-Gauranga.
[14]
siksita samaje siksa dila paramartha
ya’ asraye bahuloka haila krtartha
You have taught the paramartha, the transcendental knowledge to the
learned society and accepting your causeless mercy thousands of such lives have
been successful.
[15]
uccapadastha lokere akarsana kari
mayapura-seva prakasila save dhari
By your divine attraction you have attracted many highly reputed, honorable
persons and by that you have manifested the service of Sri Mayapura-Dhama.
[16]
prabhupada-satavarsiki kaila yajan
cari dhame karaila nama-sankirtana
You have celebrated the centinental of the appearance of Srila Prabhupada
very wonderfully and in a very glorious way and staged Sri Nama-Sankirtan in all
the four Sri Dhamas.
[17]
gaurangera nama-dhama-lila-parikara
pradarsani sthapiyacha ati manohara
You have established very attractive transcendental Exhibitions describing
Sri Name, Sri Dhama, Divine Pastimes, Confidential Associates of Sri Gauranga.
[18]
gaura-janma-sthana-seva karila ujjvala
darsana matre labhe loka parama mangala
You have enhanced the brightness of the service of Sriman Mahaprabhu’s
Birth Place; having the darsan of which the visitors to Sri Dhama get
very much benefited.
[19]
guru-sevakera majhe tumi se agrani
sarvadese pracarile gurudeva vani
You are the foremost among the servitors of sri Gurudev. You have preached
the teachings of Srila Prabhupada everywhere.
[20]
prabhupada mano'bhista kariya sthapana
tomara adarsa dekhi mugdha sadhujana
You have fulfilled the core desire of Srila Prabhupada. All the saintly
persons are wondered observing your such high divine ideal.
[21]
katasata vipada ye ghatila jivane
sava katayila tumi guru-krpa gune
You met hundreds of danger but you got rid of such difficulties by your
divine quality of being under the very grace of Sri Guru.
[22]
sarvatra apasiddhanta-mata nirasana kari
mahajana-mata samsthapila sarvopari
You have vanquished all the philosophical adulterations and established the
divine principles of Mahajanas ie. the Scriptures, in extreme.
[23]
vani-saha gurudeva-samadhi mandira
prakasile mayapure dekhi manasthira
You have established the beautiful Grand Samadhi Temple, the Temple of
Union in Separation, decorating It’s divine columns and walls with Srila
Prabhupada’s divine teachings.
[24]
survarna-jayanti utsava kaile sundara
darsana karira citte ananda apara
You have celebrated the Golden Jubilee Festival of Sri Chaitanya Math very
nicely, which inundates the heart of the servants and visitors with devotion.
[25]
sri-krsna-caitanya-siksa gavesanagara
prakasiya kaila tate apurva pracara
You have preached unparallelly the teachings of Sri Krishna Chaitanya
Mahaprabhu by founding Sri Chaitanya Reasearch Institiute.
[26]
guru-krpa matra tumi kariya sambala
sarvada karile seva acala atala
Just depending upon the grace of Sri Guru and only the grace of Sri Guru, you
have served throughout being undisturbed and undeviated in all circumstances.
[27]
guru-seva-adarse toma’sama keha nai
guru-seva aujjvalye bhavita sarvadai
You are the most ideal servitor of Sri Guru without the second, whose thought
is always engaged in deep meditation for the glorious, bright service plans for
Sri Guru.
[28]
prabhupade janayile e visva-majhare
tomara mahima keva varnivare pare
You are the personality who introduced Srila Prabhupada to the world.
Therefore, who can describe your unlimited glories!.
[29]
kate sata dharma-sabhay hai' sabhapati
pracara karila tumi rupanuga bhakti
You have exclusively preached the Rupanuga devotion as the presiding head in
hundreds of transcendental assemblies.
[30]
karma-jnana-yogadira kari nivarana
sarvopari suddha-bhakti karila sthapana
You have defied the processes of karma-jnana-yoga etc. and established
the glories of suddha-bhakti, pure devotion, over them by proper
philosophical arguments.
[31]
he caitanya mathacarya! sri-tirtha goswami
tomara padara-vinde sata sata nami
Oh! The revered Acarya of the Akara Matharaja Sri Chaitanya Math Srila
Tirtha Goswami-pada, my hundreds of prostrated obeisances at your lotus feet.
[32]
krpa kara aparadha kariya marjana
tava sri-carane avadhutera nivedana
Kindly bestow your mercy upon me forgiving the offenses – this is the
humble prayer of this Avadhut unto your Sri Carana-padma.