Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Jayatah
DEDICATION
In the name of Karan Krishna Dasa this bhajan album is dedicated to our beloved spiritual master
Tridandisvami Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja
Mangalacarana
Vande'ham sri guroh sri- yuta-pada-kamalam sri-gurun vaisnavams 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 pranamas to the lotus feet of Sri Gurudeva (who includes sri diksa-guru and bhajana siksa-guru), guru-varga (our entire disciplic succession) and all other Vaisnavas, to Sri Rupa Gosvami, his elder brother Sri Sanatana Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha Dasa Gosvama, Jiva Gosvami and their associates, to Sri Advaita Prabhu, Sri Nityananda Prabhu, Sri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His associates, and to the lotus feet of Sri Radha and Krishna accompanied by Sri Lalita and Visakha and all the other sakhis
Sri Guru-pranama
Om ajnana timirandhasya jnananjana salakaya
Caksur-unmilitam yena tasmai sri-guruve namah
O Gurudeva, you are so merciful. I offer my humble pranama to you and am praying from the core of my heart that, with the torchlight of divine knowledge, you open my eyes which have been blinded by the darkness of ignorance.
Namah om visnupadaya radhikayai-priyatmane
Sri-srimad-bhaktivedanta naraya'a iti namine
I offer pranama to om visnupada Sri-Srimad-Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja who is very dear to Srimati Radhika.
Bhajami radham aravinda-netram, smarami radham madhura-smitasyam
Vadami radham karu'a-bharardram, tato mamanyasti gatir na kapi
I worship Radha who has lotus eyes, I remember Radha who has a sweet smile, and I speak of Radha who is melted with compassion. There is nothing else for me. She is my life and soul.