Kirtan

Śrīla Prabhupāda Praṇati

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale

śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, who is very dear to
Lord Kṛṣṇa, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.

Our respectful obeisances are unto you, O spiritual master, servant of Sarasvatī Gosvāmī. You are kindly preaching
the message of Lord Caitanyadeva and delivering the Western countries, which are filled with impersonalism and
voidism.
Pañca-tattva Mahā-mantra
(jaya) śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu nityānanda
śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda
I offer my obeisances to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, Prabhu Nityānanda, Śrī Advaita, Gadādhara, Śrīvāsa and all others in the
line of devotion.
Hare Kṛṣṇa Mahā-mantra
HARE KṚṢṆA HARE KṚṢṆA KṚṢṆA KṚṢṆA HARE HARE
HARE RĀMA HARE RĀMA RĀMA RĀMA HARE HARE
 Jaya Radha Madhava

jaya rādhā-mādhava kuñja-bihārī

gopī-jana-vallabha giri-vara-dhārī
Krsna is the lover of Radha. He displays many amorous pastimes in the groves of
Vrndavana, He is the lover of the cowherd maidens of Vraja, and the holder of the great hill
named Govardhana.

yaśodā-nandana braja-jana-rañjana
yāmuna-tīra-vana-cārī
He is the beloved son of mother Yasoda, the delighter of the inhabitants of Vraja, and He
wanders in the forests along the banks of the River Yamuna!
 Prayers before reading
Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā
 Maṅgalācaraṇa Prayers

oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya

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

śrī-caitanya-mano-’bhīṣṭaṁ
sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale
svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ
dadāti sva-padāntikam
I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch
of knowledge. I offer my respectful obeisances unto him.

When will Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī Prabhupāda, who has established within this material world
the mission to fulfill the desire of Lord Caitanya, give me shelter under his lotus feet?
 Maṅgalācaraṇa Prayers

vande ’haṁ śrī-guroḥ śrī-yuta-pada-

kamalaṁ śrī-gurūn vaiṣṇavāṁś ca
śrī-rūpaṁ sāgrajātaṁ saha-gaṇa-
raghunāthānvitaṁ taṁ sa-jīvam
sādvaitaṁ sāvadhūtaṁ parijana-
sahitaṁ kṛṣṇa-caitanya-devaṁ
śrī-rādhā-kṛṣṇa-pādān saha-gaṇa-
lalitā-śrī-viśākhānvitāṁś ca

I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master and unto the feet
of all Vaiṣṇavas. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī
along with his elder brother Sanātana Gosvāmī, as well as Raghunātha Dāsa and
Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa, Gopāla Bhaṭṭa and Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī. I offer my respectful obeisances
to Lord Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda along with Advaita Ācārya, Gadādhara,
Śrīvāsa and other associates. I offer my respectful obeisances to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and Śrī
Kṛṣṇa along with Their associates Śrī Lalitā and Viśākhā.
 Maṅgalācaraṇa Prayers

he kṛṣṇa karuṇā-sindho
dīna-bandho jagat-pate
gopeśa gopikā-kānta
rādhā-kānta namo ’stu te
O my dear Kṛṣṇa, You are the friend of the distressed and the source of creation. You are the
master of the gopīs and the lover of Rādhārāṇī. I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.

tapta-kāñcana-gaurāṅgi
rādhe vṛndāvaneśvari
vṛṣabhānu-sute devi
praṇamāmi hari-priye
I offer my respects to Rādhārāṇī, whose bodily complexion is like molten gold and who is
the Queen of Vṛndāvana. You are the daughter of King Vṛṣabhānu, and You are very dear to
Lord Kṛṣṇa.
 Maṅgalācaraṇa Prayers

vāñchā-kalpa-tarubhyaś ca
kṛpā-sindhubhya eva ca
patitānāṁ pāvanebhyo
vaiṣṇavebhyo namo namaḥ
I offer my respectful obeisances unto all the Vaiṣṇava devotees of the Lord. They can fulfill
the desires of everyone, just like desire trees, and they are full of compassion for the fallen
souls.

śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda
śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda
I offer my obeisances to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, Prabhu Nityānanda, Śrī Advaita, Gadādhara,
Śrīvāsa and all others in the line of devotion.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Mahā-mantra

HARE KṚṢṆA HARE KṚṢṆA KṚṢṆA KṚṢṆA HARE HARE
HARE RĀMA HARE RĀMA RĀMA RĀMA HARE HARE
 Prayers before reciting
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
 Maṅgalācaraṇa Prayers

oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya

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.
śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ
puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ
hṛdy antaḥ stho hy abhadrāṇi
vidhunoti suhṛt satām
Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead, who is the Paramātmā [Supersoul] in everyone’s
heart and the benefactor of the truthful devotee, cleanses desire for material enjoyment from
the heart of the devotee who has developed the urge to hear His messages, which are in
themselves virtuous when properly heard and chanted.
 Maṅgalācaraṇa Prayers

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.

kṛṣṇāya vāsudevāya
devakī-nandanāya ca
nanda-gopa-kumārāya
govindāya namo namaḥ
Let me therefore offer my respectful obeisances unto the Lord, who has become the son of
Vasudeva, the pleasure of Devakī, the boy of Nanda and the other cowherd men of
Vṛndāvana, and the enlivener of the cows and the senses.