Hare Krishna, today article: Prayer for Pure Devotion is from Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Prayers
Śrī Guru-Praṇāma:
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya
jñānāñjana-śalākayā
caksur unmīlitaṁ yena
tasmai śrī-guruve namaḥ
“I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, who with the torchlight of knowledge has opened my eyes, which were blinded by the darkness of ignorance.”
Two important verses:
suna suna nityananda, suna haridasa
sarvatra amara ajna karaha prakasa
prati ghare ghare giya kara ei bhiksa
‘bala krsna, bhaja krsna, kara krsna-siksa’
“Listen, listen, Nityananda! Listen, Haridasa! Make My command known everywhere! Go from house to house and beg from all the residents, ‘Please chant Krishna’s name, worship Krishna, and practise what Krishna teaches.’” (Sri Chaitanya-bhagavat, 2.13.8-9)
harer nāma harer nāma
harer nāmaiva kevalam
kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva
nāsty eva gatir anyathā
“In this age of quarrel and hypocrisy, the only means of deliverence is the chanting of the holy names of the Lord. There is no other way. There is no other way. There is no other way.”
Mahā-mantra Hare Kṛṣṇa:
Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa
Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
Hare Rāma Hare Rāma
Rāma Rāma Hare Hare
Prayer for Pure Devotion
Bhaktivinoda Thakura
(1) prabhu tava pada-yuge mora nivedana nāhi māgi deha-sukha, vidyā, dhana, jana
(2) nāhi māgi svarga, āra mokṣa nāhi māgi nā kari prārthanā kono vibhūtira lāgi’
(3) nija-karma-guṇa-doṣe je je janma pāi janme janme jeno tava nāma-guṇa gāi
(4) ei mātra āśā mama tomāra caraṇe ahaitukī bhakti hṛde jāge anukṣaṇe
(5) viṣaye je prīti ebe āchaye āmāra sei-mata prīti hauk caraṇe tomāra
(6) vipade sampade tāhā thākuk sama-bhāve dine dine vṛddhi hauk nāmera prabhāve
(7) paśu-pakṣi ho’ye thāki svarge vā niraye tava bhakti rahu bhaktivinoda-hṛdaye
1) Whether I live as bird or beast, in heaven or in hell, let the humble Bhaktivinoda always cherish bhakti in his heart of hearts.
2) My Lord: I submit the following prayer at Your holy feet: I do not pray to You for physical pleasures, for knowledge, wealth, or followers.
3) I do not pray for heaven or salvation. I do not pray for any of these opulences.
4) In whatever birth I take, wherever my karma leads me, let me sing the glories of Your Holy Name birth after birth.
5) This alone is my cherished hope, my aspiration, my prayer at your lotus feet: Let causeless and uninterrupted devotion awaken within my heart and flow towards You.
6) Let me love Your lotus feet as much as I now love sense gratification; transfer my affection from the objects of the senses to Your lotus feet.
7) In danger or success, good fortune or disaster, let me remain in equipoise. And let my affection for You increase day by day by the influence of the Holy Name.
