Çré Rädhä Praëäma Païca-Tattva Mahä-Mantra

Païcarätra-Pradépa (New98)

** Dedication

** Guru-paramparä Praëäma

Çré Guru praëäma Çré Rüpa praëäma

Maìgaläcaraëa Çréla Prabhupäda praëäma

Çréla Bhaktisiddhänta Sarasvaté praëäma Çré Gaurakiçora praëäma

Çré Bhaktivinoda praëäma Çré Jagannätha praëäma

Çré Vaiñëava praëäma Çré Païca-tattva praëäm

Çré Gauräìga praëäma Çré Baladeva praëäma

Çré Kåñëa praëäma Sambandhädhideva praëäma

Abhidheyädhideva praëäma Prayojanädhideva praëäma

Çré Rädhä praëäma Païca-tattva Mahä-mantra

Hare Kåñëa Mahä-mantra

** Preface

** Acknowledgements

** Introduction

** Why Perform Deity Worship?

** The Lord is Present in His Deity Form

** Definition and Goal of Arcana

** Païcarätrika-vidhi and Bhägavata-vidhi

** Qualifications for Arcana

** Only Through the Spiritual Master Can We Approach Kåñëa

** Variations in Arcana Procedures and Standards of Worship

** The Five Aspects of Worship

** A Note About Using This Book

** Preparing for Worship Abhigamana and Upädäna

** Morning Duties and Remembrance of the Supreme Lord

** Waking Up and Remembering the Lord

** The Time of Rising from Bed

** Waking and Chanting

** Offering Obeisances to the Spiritual Master

** Evacuating and Cleaning Before Bathing

** Tuft of Hair

** Taking a Bath

** Benefits of an Early-Morning Bath

** Types of Bath

** Mental Bath

** Water Bath

Source of Bathing Water Rules for Bathing

Alternative Bathing Procedures Frequency of Bathing

Other Occasions for Väruëa-snäna Forbidden Times for Bathing

** Vaiñëava Dress

** Unclean and Improper Cloth

** Color of Cloth

** Identifying Oneself as a Vaiñëava

** Marking The Body with Viñëu-Tilaka

Material for Tilaka

** Marking the Body with Viñëu’s Symbols and Names

** Tulasé Neck Beads

** Sipping Water for Purification

** Chanting the Gäyatré Mantra

** Brähmaëa Thread

** Cleaning and Decorating the Temple

** Gathering Items for Worship

** Utensils for Worship

Conch Bell

Vessels

** Ingredients for Worship

Padya

Arghya Äcamana

Madhuparka Oils

Bathing Ingredients Soft Towels for Drying

Dress for the Lord Tulasé Leaves and Bud

Ornaments Sandalwood Paste

Flowers Incense

Lamps Food Offerings

Forbidden foods Offerable foods

Size of the Lord’s Offering Kitchen Standards

** Kitchen Rules

Kitchen Dress Personal Cleanliness

Food Purity Kitchen and Utensil Cleanliness

Maintaining Proper Consciousness

** Kitchen Utensils

** The Sixty-four Items of Worship

** The Sixteen Basic Upacäras

** The Sixty-four Upacäras

** [1] Waking the Lord

** [2] Chanting “jaya” on seeing the Deity

** [3] Offering obeisances

** Añöaìga-praëäma and Païcäìga-praëäma

** [4] Offering maìgala-äraté

** Preliminary Activities of Purification

Consecrating Water for Purification Establishing a Seat

Arranging Utensils and Articles of Worship Requesting the Spiritual Master’s and Previous Äcäryas’ Blessings

Purifying Hands, Flowers, and Materials Purification of the Elements of the Material Body

** Preliminary Worship

Worship of the Spiritual Master Worship of Lord Caitanya

Meditation Internal Worship

** The Main Worship

** Receiving the Lord

[5] Inviting the Lord by offering Him a seat and making Him comfortable [6] Offering a twig for brushing the teeth

[7] Washing the Lord’s feet [8] Offering arghya as a sign of welcome and respect

[9] Offering water for sipping [10] Offering madhuparka, then water for sipping

** Bathing the Lord

[11] Offering the Lord shoes so He may come to the bathing place [12] Cleaning the Lord’s body

[13] Rubbing the Lord’s body with fragrant oils [14] Removing oil from the Lord’s body

[15] Bathing the Lord in flower water

** Païcämåta-snäna

[16] Bathing the Lord in milk [17] Bathing the Lord in yogurt

[18] Bathing the Lord in ghee [19] Bathing the Lord in honey

[20] Bathing the Lord in sugar

** Bathing the Lord with Water

[21] Bathing the Lord in water consecrated with mantras [22] Wiping the Lord’s body with a soft, dry cloth

** Dressing and Worshiping the Lord

[23] Dressing the Lord [24] Offering a Gäyatré thread

[25] Offering äcamana again after dressing [26] Applying gandha to the Lord’s feet with a tulasé leaf

[26a] Tulasé Leaves and Buds [27] Decorating the Lord with jewelery

[28] Offering flowers to the Lord [29] Offering incense

[30] Offering lamp [31] Counteracting inauspicious influences caused by the glances of evil persons

[32] Offering food

** Food preparation

** Method of offering

** Duration of offering

[33] Offering spices [34] Offering betel

[35] Offering the Lord a resting place [36] Arranging the Lord’s hair

[37] Offering variously colored clothing, belts, turbans, capes, and so on [38] Offering the Lord a crown

[39] Offering gandha again and decorating the Lord’s body with tilaka designs [40] Offering Kaustubha and other wonderful jewels

[41] Offering varieties of flowers and garlands

** Concluding Activities

[42] Offering äraté [43] Offering a mirror

[44] Taking the Deity to a special maëòapa [45] Bringing the Lord back to His throne

[46] Worshiping the Lord again with padya and so on [47] Offering the Lord incense and other items, then offering another meal

** Altar arrangement

** Additional notes on altar arrangement

[48] Offering betel, then performing mahä-äraté [49] Offering cämara, fan and umbrella

[50] Singing [51] Playing instruments

[52] Dancing [53] Circumambulation of the Deity

[54] Offering Obeisances [55] Recitation of verses

[56] Touching the Lord’s lotus feet [57] Taking caraëämåta and flower prasäda on one’s head

[58] Accepting the food remnants of the Lord

** Midday, Afternoon, and Evening Worship

** Night Services

[59] Sitting at the feet of the Lord in readiness for service [60] Preparing the Lord’s Bed

[61] Offering the Lord one’s hand, along with His shoes, before bringing Him to His bed [62] Receiving the Lord at His bed with great festivity

[63] Washing and then drying the Lord’s feet, and offering gandha, flowers, betel, condensed milk, and a fan [64] Laying the Lord down on His bed and massaging His lotus feet

** Simplified Procedures for Deity Worship

** Deity Worship at Home

** Some Preliminary Considerations Before Beginning Deity Worship at Home

The Guru-Gauräìga Altar and Tulasé-sevä: Worship Simple and Sublime Householders Should Perform Arcana

The Difference between Temple Worship and Home Worship Minimum Standards for Home Deity Worship

Cleanliness and Regulation Children and Deity Worship

Travel and Deity Worship

** Procedures for Deity Worship at Home

** Waking the Deities

Bhoga Offering

** Daily Service

** Morning Worship (Bathing and Dressing)

** Services in the Course of the Day

** Putting the Deities to Rest at Night

** Procedures for Simplified Worship of the Lord in the Temple

** Early-Morning Services

** Entering the Deity Room

Required Paraphernalia Before Entering the Deity Room

Entering the Deity Room Waking the Spiritual Master and the Deities

** Offering Food

Required Paraphernalia Preliminary Activities

Purifying the Bhoga Inviting the Lord to take His meal

Offering the Bhoga After the Lord’s Meal

Offering Prasäda to the Lord’s Associates Äraté Ceremony

** The Main Worship with Sixteen Items

** Preparation for Worship

Required Paraphernalia Arranging the Paraphernalia for Worship

Requesting the Spiritual Master’s and Previous Äcäryas’ Blessings Purifying Hands, Paraphernalia and Oneself

Purifying the Bodily Elements by Identifying Oneself as the Eternal Servant of the Servant of Lord Kåñëa

** Preliminary Worship

** Worshiping the Spiritual Master

** Worshiping Lord Caitanya

** Worshiping Lord Jagannätha

Worship in the Mind

** Worship With Articles

1. Äsana 2. Svägata

3. Padya 4. Arghya

5. Äcamana 6. Madhuparka

7. Punar-äcamana 8. Snäna

9. Vastra 10. Äbharaëa

11. Gandha 12. Puñpa

13. Dhüpa 14. Dépa

15. Naivedya 16. Praëäma

Darçana-äraté Praëäma

** The Mürti of Çréla Prabhupäda

** Standard Procedures for Deity Worship Arcanä-Paddhati

** Preparing for Worship and Waking the Lord

** Waking and Remembering the Lord

** Bathing and Dressing

** Applying Ürdhva-puëòra-tilaka

** Sipping Water for Purification

** Establishing General Arghya Water

** Chanting Gäyatré

** Early-Morning Services

** Entering the Deity Room

Required Paraphernalia Before Entering the Deity Room

Entering the Deity Room

** Waking the Spiritual Master and the Deities

** Offering Early-Morning Paraphernalia

** Offering Food

Required Paraphernalia Preliminary Activities

Purifying the Bhoga Inviting the Lord to Take His Meal

Offering the Bhoga After the Lord’s Meal

Offering Prasäda to the Lord’s Associates

** Äraté Ceremony

Required Paraphernalia Preliminary Activities for Äraté

Requesting the Lord to Accept the Äraté Purifying the Upacäras

Offering Procedure How to Offer Each Item

Upacära-mantras for Äraté Completing the Äraté

** The Main Worship With Sixteen Items

** Preparation for Worship

Required Paraphernalia Establishing a Place for Worship

Arranging the Paraphernalia for Worship Requesting the Spiritual Master’s and Previous Äcäryas’ Blessings

Purifying the Hands Purifying the Flowers

Purifying the Lord’s Paraphernalia Purifying Oneself by Sprinkling Water

Purifying the Bodily Elements by Identifying Oneself as the Eternal Servant of the Servant of Lord Kåñëa

** Preliminary Worship

Worshiping the Lord’s Bell Worshiping the Lord’s Bathing Conch

** Worshiping the Spiritual Master

Meditation on the form of the Spiritual Master Worship of the Spiritual Master in the Mind

Worship of the Spiritual Master with Articles Guru-stuti

Guru-praëäma

** Worshiping Lord Caitanya

Meditation on Navadvépa-dhäma Meditation on the Form of Lord Caitanya

Mental Worship of Lord Caitanya Worship of Lord Caitanya with Articles

** Worship of the Main Deities

** Meditation and Worship of Rädhä-Kåñëa in the Mind

Meditation on Våndävana-dhäma

** Meditation on the Form of Rädhä-Kåñëa

Mental Worship of Rädhä-Kåñëa

** Establishing Viçeña-arghya

Worshiping the Deity in the viçeña-arghya

** Worship of the Lord’s Seat

** Worship of Rädhä-Kåñëa with Articles

1. Äsana 2. Svägata

3. Padya 4. Arghya

5. Äcamana 6. Madhuparka

7. Punar-äcamana 8. Snäna

9. Vastra 10. Äbharaëa

11. Gandha 12. Puñpa

13. Dhüpa 14. Dépa

15. Naivedya 16. Praëäma

** Silent Chanting of Mantras

** Worshiping the Lord's Personal Paraphernalia

** Worshiping Rädhä-Kåñëa's Associates

** Offering Mahä-prasäda

** Offering Additional Paraphernalia

** Prayers to Rädhä-Kåñëa

Pädya-païcaka Vijïäpti-païcaka

** Offering One’s Activities to the Lord

** Offering Oneself to the Lord

** Begging Forgiveness for Offenses

** Darçana-äraté

** Circumambulation

** Obeisances

** Accepting the Lord’s Remnants

** Putting the Lord to Rest

** Müla Mantras

** Upacära Names

** Cultivation of Devotional Service

** Serving the Holy Name

** Chanting Hare Kåñëa on Beads

Counting Japa Posture, Place, and Time

Attention while Chanting

** The Ten Offenses to the Holy Name

** The Worship of Tulasé-devé

** The Glories of Tulasé

** Tulasé Worship

** Additional Tulasé-püjä

** Service to Scriptures

** Definition and Necessity of Following Çästra

** Worshiping Çästra

** Studying Çästra

** Hearing Çästra

** Reciting Çästra

** Preaching the Message of Çästra

** Serving and Honoring Prasäda

** Serving Prasäda

The Order in which Foods Are Served

** Honoring Prasäda

Offering Respects to Prasäda Prasäda-sevä

Rules for Eating and for Drinking Water Food Quantity

After the Meal Uncontaminated and Contaminated Leftovers

** Serving the Vaiñëavas

** Necessity of Associating with Devotees

Consequences of Avoiding Devotee Association Vaiñëava Character Is Cultivated Through Deity Worship

Two Categories of Vaiñëavas Three Categories of Transcendentally Situated Vaiñëavas

** Three Kinds of Vaiñëava Association

Association for Neophyte Devotees Association of Intermediate Devotees

Association of Advanced Devotees

** Service to Vaiñëavas

Offering Respect to Vaiñëavas

** Procedure for Reception of Vaiñëavas

** Reception of Guests

** Offering Respect to Guests

** Proper Behavior as a Guest

** Service to the Holy Dhäma

** Types of Service to the Dhäma

** Rules for Dhäma-sevä

** Circumambulation of the Holy Dhäma

** Offering Obeisances to the Holy Dhäma

** Offenses to Avoid in the Holy Dhäma

** Vaiñëava Songs which are Daily Sung in the Temple

** Çré Çré Gurv-añöaka

** Çré Nåsiàha Praëäma

** Çré Tulasé-püjä-kértana

** Çré Guru-vandanä

** Jaya Rädhä-Mädhava

** Bhoga-ärati

** Gaura-ärati

** Çré Näma-kértana

** Prema-dhvani Prayers

** Suplement 1: The Process of Deity Worship

** Results of Worshiping the Deity

Arcana-siddhi

Developing Love of Kåñëa Peace and Enthusiasm

Preaching Kåñëa Consciousness Proof of Sincere Service

Living in Vaikuëöha Thinking of Kåñëa Automatically

Maintaining Purity in Health, Mind, and Intelligence Subduing Lust

Beautifying the Heart and Feeling Transcendental Bliss Bringing Yavanas and Mlecchas to Spiritual Life

Getting Direct Inspiration Studying All the Vedas

Freedom from Poverty Liberation Without Separate Endeavor

Imperceptible Liberation: Impersonalists Become Devotees Touching the Deity, One Gets a Spiritual Body

Selecting Items for Worship: Räghava Paëòita’s Pure Devotional Service Kåñëa-dhyäna: Meditation on Kåñëa’s Transcendental Form

Purification, Spiritualization, Invocation, and Worship Seva Aparädha—Offenses to Avoid

Offenses Due to Lack of Purity in the Body and Mind Offenses Due to Lack of Respect

Offenses Due to Lack of Endeavor Offenses Due to Lack of Faith

Counteracting Offenses in Deity Worship

** Supplement 2: Elaborate Deity Worship

** Worship of Çälagräma-çilä

** Characteristics of Çälagräma-çiläs

** Procedures For Elaborate Worship of the Lord

** Preparation for Worship

Required Paraphernalia Offering Obeisances

Sipping Water for Purification and Establishing Samänya-arghya Entering the Deity Room

Dispelling Inauspicious Influences Establishing a Place for Worship

Arranging the Paraphernalia for Worship Requesting the Spiritual Master’s and Previous Äcäryas’ Blessings

Purifying the Hands Purifying the Flowers

Purifying the Lord’s Paraphernalia

** Purifying Oneself by Sprinkling Water

Protecting Oneself from Subtle Influences Protecting Oneself by a Wall of Fire

Purifying the Bodily Elements by Identifying Oneself as the Eternal Servant of the Servant of Lord Kåñëa

** Preliminary Worship

Worshiping the Lord’s Bell Worshiping the Lord’s Bathing Conch

** Worshiping the Spiritual Master

** Worshiping Lord Caitanya

** Worshiping Çälagräma-çilä

** Meditation on the Lord’s Form

** Worshiping the Lord in the Mind

** Spiritualizing the Senses by Nyäsa

Kara-nyäsa Aìga-nyäsa

** Establishing Viçeña-arghya

Defining the Place for the Conch Purifying and Establishing the Conch Stand and Conch

Worshiping the Fire, Sun, and Moon Maëòalas, Situated Within the Stand, Conch, and Water Invoking the Lord into the Viçeña-arghya

Placing the Syllables of the Müla-mantra on the Limbs of the Deity Within the Water Worshiping the Lord in the Viçeña-arghya

Worship of the Lord’s Place with His Associates

** Worship of the Çälagräma-çilä with Articles

1. Äsana 2. Svägata

3. Padya 4. Arghya

5. Äcamana 6. Madhuparka

7. Punar-äcamana 8. Snäna

** Cleaning the Deity Before His Bath

** Cleaning the Lord’s Teeth

** Bathing and Drying the Lord

9. Vastra 10. Äbharaëa

11. Gandha 12. Puñpa

13. Dhüp 14. Dépa

15. Naivedya

** Purifying the bhoga (some fruit and/or sweets and water)

** Pariçeñaëa—offering to the präëas

** Offering the Bhoga

** After the Meal

16. Praëäma—Concluding Activities

** Mantra-japa

** Homa

** Worshiping the Lord’s Personal Paraphernalia and Associates

** Offering Prasäda to the Lord’s Associates

** Karma-samarpaëa

** Viloma-arghya

** Ätma-samarpaëa

** Praëäma

** Aparädha-çodhana

** Supplement 3: Additional Verses

** Çré Brahma-Saàhitä

** Miscellaneous Additional Verses

** Viñëu-smaraëa

** Maìgala-çänti

** Additional Verses for Worshiping the Spiritual Master

** Ätma-samarpaëa

** Guru-praëäma

** Vaiñëava-praëäma

** Additional Verses for Worshiping Lord Caitanya

** Navadvépa-dhyäna

** Gauräìga-stuti

** Païca-tattva-praëäma

** Nityänanda-praëäma

** Gaura-Nitäi-praëäma

** Additional Verses for Worshiping Rädhä-Kåñëa

** Rädhä-Kåñëa-dhyäna

** Kåñëa-praëäma

** Rädhä-praëäma

Pradakñiëa-mantras

** Caraëämåta-grahaëa-mantras

** Upacära-mantras

• Çäìkha • Ghaëöä

• Äsana • Äsana

• Svägata • Padya

• Arghya • Äcamana

• Madhuparka • Punar-äcamana

• Snäna • Vastra

• Uttaréya-vastra • Upavéta

• Äbharaëäni • Gandha

• Tulasé and Puñpa • Dhüpa

• Dépa • Naivedya

• Tämbüla

** Païcämåta-mantras

Milk Yogurt

Ghee Honey

Sugar water

** Additional Verses for Worshiping Specific Deities

** Séta-Räma-praëäma

** Lalitä-Viçäkhä-praëäma

** Nityänanda-dhyäna

** Kåñëa-Balaräma-dhyäna

** Ugra-Nåsiàha-dhyäna

** Nåsiàha Stuti

** Jagannäthäñöaka

** Prayers to the Holy Dhäma

** Navadvépa-praëäma

** Våndävana-praëäma

** Yamunä-snäna-mantra

** Gaìgä-praëäma

** Verses for Requesting Forgiveness for One’s Offenses

** Supplement 4: Additional Notes

** Püjä-Krama — Morning Worship Procedures at a Glance

** PÜRVÄÌGA KARMA

** PRELIMINARY WORSHIP

** MAIN WORSHIP

1. Äsana 2. Svägata

3. Padya 4. Arghya

5. Äcamana 6. Madhuparka

7. Punar-Äcamana 8. Snäna

Danta-dävana Murti-çuddhi

Snäna 9. Vastra

10. Äbharaëa 11. Gandha

12. Puñpa 13. Dhüpa

14. Dépa 15. Naivedya

16. Praëäma—Concluding Activities

** Suggested Menus for Scheduled Deity Bhoga Offerings

** A Typical Daily Schedule of Deity Services

** An Elaborate Gujarati Räja-bhoga Menu

Arranging the plates and the tables Serving the plate

** Notes on Ekädaçé

Offering Grains to the Spiritual Master and Lord Caitanya

What Constitutes “Grains” on Ekädaçé? Mahäprasäda on Ekädaçé

** GBC Laws Related to Deity Worship

** References on Deity Worship

Çrémad-Bhägavatam Çré Caitanya-caritämåta

** Worshiping Govardhana-çilä

** Qualifications of a Bona Fide Disciple

** Mudräs

** Purification and Protection mudräs

** Invocation mudräs

** Nyäsa-mudräs

** Upacära-mudräs

** Bhoga-arpana-mudräs

** Kåñëa-mudräs

** The Six Divisions of Purity

1. Purity of Place 2. Purity of Articles

3. Purity of Body 4. Purity of Mind

5. Purity of Mantra 6. Purity of the Deity

** Consideration of Purity and Impurity

Impurities of the Self Purifying the Body

Purification of Consciousness Pure items

Purification of Articles

** A Brief Glimpse at Mantras

** Mantras Given by the Spiritual Master

** Béja Syllables and Müla Mantras

** Müla Mantras and Upacära Names

** Gäyatré Mantras

** Preparation for a Day of Devotional Service

** Taking Proper Rest in Preparation for Service

** Counteracting Bad Dreams

** Evacuating and Cleansing Before Bathing

Rules for Evacuating Forbidden places for evacuating

Cleansing after Evacuating

** Brushing the Teeth

Procedure for Brushing the Teeth

** Mantra Bath

** Some General Principles of Menu Planning

Breakfast Afternoon

Evening and Night

“Illumination of Païcarätra”

VOLUME 1

DAILY SERVICE

(Nitya-Sevä)

Method of Deity Worship

for the

International Society for Krishna Consciousness

Founder-Äcärya: His Divine Grace

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupäda

Compiled by the

GBC Deity Worship Research Group

ISKCON GBC PRESS

PP: Dedication

Dedication

This series is dedicated to His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupäda, who, by taking the order of his spiritual master as his life and soul, has so nicely presented throughout the world the teachings of the six Gosvämés, including those on the process of arcana by Çréla Sanätana Gosvämé and Çréla Gopäla Bhaööa Gosvämé.

When a devotee with all his heart and soul serves Kåñëa, dresses Him in nice garments and gives Him a flower, Kåñëa smiles. If you can get Kåñëa to smile upon you just once, your life’s goal is fulfilled.

(Çréla Prabhupäda lecture on Bhäg. 3.25.12, 12 November 1974)

PP: Guru-paramparä Praëäma

Guru-paramparä Praëäma

Çré Guru praëäma

oà ajïäna-timirändhasya jïänäïjana-çaläkayä

cakñur unmélitaà yena tasmai çré-gurave namaù

I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, who has opened my eyes, which were blinded by the darkness of ignorance, with the torchlight of knowledge.

Çré Rüpa praëäma

çré-caitanya-mano ’bhéñöaà sthäpitaà yena bhü-tale

svayaà rüpaù kadä mahyaà dadäti sva-padäntikam

When will Çréla Rüpa Gosvämé Prabhupäda, who has established within this material world the mission to fulfill the desire of Lord Caitanya, give me shelter under his lotus feet.

Maìgaläcaraëa

vande ’haà çré-guroù çré-yuta-pada-kamalaà çré-gurun vaiñëaväàç ca

çré-rüpaà sägrajätaà saha-gaëa-raghunäthänvitaà taà sa jévam

sädvaitaà sävadhütaà parijana-sahitaà kåñëa-caitanya-devaà

çré-rädhä-kåñëa-pädän saha-gaëa-lalitä- çré-viçäkhänvitäàç ca

I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master and of all the other preceptors on the path of devotional service. I offer my respectful obeisances unto all the Vaiñëavas and unto the six Gosvämés, including Çréla Rüpa Gosvämé, Çréla Sanätana Gosvämé, Raghunätha däsa Gosvämé, Jéva Gosvämé, and their associates. I offer my respectful obeisances unto Advaita Äcärya Prabhu, Çré Nityänanda Prabhu, Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu, and all His devotees, headed by Çréväsa Öhäkura. I then offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of Lord Kåñëa, Çrématé Rädhäräné, and all the gopés, headed by Lalitä and Viçäkhä.

Çréla Prabhupäda praëäma

nama oà viñëu-pädäya kåñëa-preñöhäya bhü-tale

çrémate bhaktivedanta-svämin iti nämine

namas te särasvate deve gaura-väëé-pracäriëe

nirviçeña-çünyavädi-päçcätya-deça-täriëe

I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupäda, who is very dear to Lord Kåñëa, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.

Our respectful obeisances are unto you, O spiritual master, servant of Sarasvaté Gosvämé. You are kindly preaching the message of Lord Caitanyadeva and delivering the Western countries which are filled with impersonalism and voidism.

Çréla Bhaktisiddhänta Sarasvaté praëäma

nama oà viñëu-pädäya kåñëa-preñöhäya bhü-tale

çrémate bhaktisiddhänta-sarasvatéti nämine

çré-värñabhänavé-devé-dayitäya kåpäbdhaye

kåñëa-sambandha-vijïäna-däyine prabhave namaù

mädhuryojjvala-premäòhya-çré-rüpänuga-bhaktida

çré-gaura-karuëä-çakti-vigrahäya namo ’stu te

namas te gaura-väëé-çré-mürtaye déna-täriëe