MANGALACARAN

For Bhagavad Gita and Srimad Bhagavatam

Mangalacharan Prayers

Sri Guru Pranama

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च7ु9,मी)लतं येन त.मै >ी गुरवे नमः॥

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 Mangalacharan Prayers
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

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.

Sri Rupa Pranama

>ी चैत,य मनोभीEठं .थाHपतं येन भत

ू ले
.वयंKपः कदा महां ददा'त .वपदां'तकं

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.

śrī-caitanya-mano-'bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale

svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam

When will Srila Rupa Gosvami Prabhupada, who has established within this material
world the mission to fulfill the desire of Lord Caitanya, give me shelter under his lotus
feet?

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 Mangalacharan Prayers
Mangalacarana

वंदेऽहं >ीगरु ोः >ीयत

ु पदकमलं >ीग9
ु न ् वैEणवाँRच,
श्रीरूपं साग्रजातं सहगण रघुनाथािन्वतं तं सजीवम्।
साद्वै तं सावधूतं पिरजन सिहतं कृष्ण चैतन्य दे वं,
श्री राधाकृष्ण पादान् सहगण लिलता श्री िवशाखािन्वतांश्च॥

vande ‘ham sri-guroh sri-yuta-pada-kamalam sri-gurun vaishnavams ca

sri-rupam sagrajatam saha-gana-raghunathanvitam tam sa jivam
sadvaitam savadhutam parijana-sahitam krishna-caitanya-devam
sri-radha-krishna-padan saha-gana-lalita- sri-visakhanvitams 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 Vaishnavas and unto the six Gosvamis,
including Srila Rupa Gosvami, Srila Sanatana Gosvami, Raghunatha dasa
Gosvami, Jiva Gosvami, and their associates. I offer my respectful
obeisances unto Advaita Acarya Prabhu, Sri Nityananda Prabhu, Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and all His devotees, headed by Srivasa Thakura. I
then offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of Lord Krishna,
Srimati Radharani, and all the gopis, headed by Lalita and Visakha.

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 Mangalacharan Prayers
Sri Krishna Pranama

हे कृEण क9णा-)संध,ु दUन-ब,धु जगWपते ।

गोपेश गोHपकाका,त राधाका,त नमो.तत
ु े॥

he krishna karuna-sindho dina-bandho jagat-pate

gopesa gopika-kanta radha-kanta namo ’stu te

O my dear Krishna, ocean of mercy, You are the friend of the distressed
and the source of creation. You are the master of the cowherdmen and the
lover of the gopis, especially Radharani. I offer my respectful obeisances
unto You.

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 Mangalacharan Prayers
Sri Radha Pranama

तपत-कांचन गौरांगी, राधे व,ृ दावनेRवरU ।

वष
ृ भानु सत
ु े दे वी, Zणमा)म हरU HZये ॥

tapta-kancana-gaurangi radhe vrindavanesvari

vrishabhanu-sute devi pranamami hari-priye

I offer my respects to Radharani, whose bodily complexion is like molten

gold and who is the Queen of Vrindavana. You are the daughter of King
Vrisabhanu, and You are very dear to Lord Krishna.

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 Mangalacharan Prayers
Sri Vaishnava Pranama

वांछा-क\पतKभयशच कृपा-)संधभ
ु य एव च ।
प'ततानाम पावने भयो वैEणवे नमो नमः ॥

vancha-kalpatarubhyas ca kripa-sindhubhya eva ca

patitanam pavanebhyo vaishnavebhyo namo namah

I offer my respectful obeisances unto all the Vaishnava devotees of the Lord.
They are just like desire trees who can fulfill the desires of everyone, and they
are full of compassion for the fallen conditioned souls.

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 Mangalacharan Prayers
Srila Prabhupada pranati

नमः ॐ HवEणु पादय, कृEण पEृ ठाय भत

ू ले,
>ीमते भि`त वेदांत .वा)मन इ'त ना)मने ।
नम.ते सर.वते दे वे गौर वाणी Zचाbरणे,
'नHवcशष
े श,
ू य-वादU पाRचाWय दे श ताbरणे ।।

nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhu-tale

srimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namine
namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracarine
nirvisesha-sunyavadi-pascatya-desa-tarine

I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta

Swami Prabhupada, who is very dear to Lord Krishna, having taken shelter
at His lotus feet. Our respectful obeisances are unto you, O spiritual
master, servant of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami. You are kindly
preaching the message of Lord Chaitanyadeva and delivering the Western
countries, which are filled with impersonalism and voidism.

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 Mangalacharan Prayers
Panca-tattva Maha-mantra

जय >ी कृEण चैत,य, Zभु 'नWयानंद,

>ी अdवैत, गदाधर, >ीवास आfद गौर भ`त व,ृ द ।।

(jaya) sri-krishna-caitanya prabhu nityananda

sri-advaita gadadhara srivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrinda

I offer my respectful obeisances unto Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Lord

Nityananda, Sri Advaita, Gadadhara Pandit, Srivas Thakur, and all the
devotees of Lord Caitanya.

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 Mangalacharan Prayers

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE

HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE

HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE

HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE

Om Namo Bhagavate Vāsudevāya

Om Namo Bhagavate Vāsudevāya

Om Namo Bhagavate Vāsudevāya

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 Mangalacharan Prayers

Srimad Bhagavatam Manglacharan

नारायणं नम.कृWय नरं चैव नरोgमम ् ।
दे वीं सर.वतीं hयासं ततो जयमद
ु Uरयेत ् ॥
(Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 01.02.04)

nārāyaṇaṁ namaskṛtya
naraṁ caiva narottamam
devīṁ sarasvatīṁ vyāsaṁ
tato jayam udīrayet

Before reciting this Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, which is the very means of

conquest, one should offer respectful obeisances unto the Personality of
Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, unto Nara-nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi, the supermost human being,
unto mother Sarasvatī, the goddess of learning, and unto Śrīla Vyāsadeva,
the author.

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 Mangalacharan Prayers
नEटZायेEवभjे षु 'नWयं भागवतसेवया ।
भगवWयg
ु मRलोके भि`तभcव'त नैिEठकk ॥
(Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 01.02.18)

naṣṭa-prāyeṣv abhadreṣu
nityaṁ bhāgavata-sevayā
bhagavaty uttama-śloke
bhaktir bhavati naiṣṭhikī

By regular attendance in classes on the Bhāgavatam and by rendering of

service to the pure devotee, all that is troublesome to the heart is almost
completely destroyed, and loving service unto the Personality of Godhead,
who is praised with transcendental songs, is established as an irrevocable
fact.

मक
ू ं करो'त वाचालं पlगंु लlघयते nगbरं ।
यWकृपा तमहं व,दे परमान,द माधवम ् ॥
(Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila 17.80)

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ

paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande
paramānanda-mādhavam

The Supreme Personality of Godhead has the form of sac-cid-ānanda-

vigraha — transcendental bliss, knowledge and eternity. I offer my
respectful obeisances unto Him, who turns the dumb into eloquent
speakers and enables the lame to cross mountains. Such is the mercy of
the Lord.

ॐ तत ् सत ्

Om Tat Sat
Om Tat Sat
Om Tat Sat

From the beginning of creation, the three words oṁ tat sat were used to
indicate the Supreme Absolute Truth. These three symbolic
representations were used by brāhmaṇas while chanting the hymns of the
Vedas and during sacrifices for the satisfaction of the Supreme.

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