Shri Advaitastaka

Shri Advaitastaka

Eight Prayers Glorifying Lord Advaita

Text 1

ganga-tire tat-payobhis tulasyah
patraih puspaih prema-hunkara-ghosaih
prakatyartham gauram aradhayad yah
shriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye

Let me surrender to Shrila Advaita Acarya, who with tulasi leaves, flowers, water from the Ganges' shore, and loud calls of love, worshiped Lord Gaura and begged Him to appear.

Text 2

yad-dhunkaraih prema-sindhor vikarair
akrstah san gaura-goloka-nathah
avirbhutah shri-navadvipa-madhye
shriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye
   
Let me surrender to Shrila Advaita Acarya. Attracted by His loud calls, the golden Lord of Goloka Vrndavana, who is an ocean of ecstatic love, appeared in Shri Navadvipa.

Text 3

brahmadimam durlabha-prema-purair
adinam yah plavayam asa lokam
avirbhavya shrila-chaitanyacandram
shriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye

Let me surrender to Shrila Advaita Acarya who, by making the moon of Lord Chaitanya rise, flooded the world with a love even Brahma and the great demigods cannot attain.

Text 4

shri-chaitanyah sarva-sakti-prapurno
yasyaivaja-matrato 'ntardarde 'pi
durvijeyam yasya karunya-krtyam
shriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye

Let me surrender to Shrila Advaita Acarya, whose mercy is beyond understanding, and by whose request alone all-powerful Lord Chaitanya disappeared from this world.

Text 5

srsti-sthity-antam vidhatum pravrtta
yasyamsamsah brahma-visnv-isvarakhyah
yenabhinnam tam maha-visnu-rupam
shriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye

Let me surrender to Shrila Advaita Acarya, who is not different from the form of Lord Maha-Vishnu, and whose parts and parcels are the Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva engaged in the creation, maintenance, and destruction of the worlds.

Text 6

kasmimscid yah sruyate casrayatvat
sambhor ittham sambhavan-nama dhama
sarvaradhyam bhakti-matraika-sadhyam
shriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye
   
Let me surrender to Shrila Advaita Acarya, who is worshiped by all, who is attained only by devotional service, and who, as is heard in a certain Vedic literature, because He is Lord Siva's shelter, has a name and glory like Lord Siva's.

Text 7

sita-namni preyasi prema-purna
putro yasyapy acyutananda-nama
shri-chaitanya-prema-pura-prapurnah
shriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye

Let me surrender to Shrila Advaita Acarya, who is flooded with love for Lord Chaitanya, and whose beloved Sita-devi and son Acyutananda are also filled with love.

Text 8

nityanandadvaitato 'dvaita-nama
bhaktyakhyanad yah sad-acarya-nama
sasvac-cetah-sacarad-gaura-dhama
shriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye

Let me surrender to Shrila Advaita Acarya, whose heart is Lord Gaura's eternal home, who is named Advaita because He is not (a) different (dvaita) from Lord Nityananda, and who is named Acarya because He teaches devotional service.

Text 9

pratah pritah pratyaham sampathed yah
sitanathasyastakam suddha-buddhih
so 'yam samyak tasya padaravinde
vindan bhaktim tat-priyatvam prayati

A person whose intelligence is pure and who every morning happily reads these eight verses glorifying Lord Advaita, the husband of Sita, attains devotion for His lotus feet and becomes dear to Him.

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