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The Flood of Krsna Prema

Bhajan | A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

Verses

Verse 1

jīvera darada-duḥkhi śrīla prabhupāda!

viraha-vāsare tava heri avasāda

Verse 2

ābaddha-karuṇa sindhu kātiyā mohāna

nityānanda karechila prema-vanyā dāna

Verse 3

yādera kavale chila srota pravāhite

tādera bādhila māyā vrata para-hite

Verse 4

jāti-gosāi nāme ta'rā pravāha bādhila

āpani āsiyā prabhu muhānā khulilā

Verse 5

premera vanyāya ābār ḍubāla sabāre

mo-hena dīna hīna patita pāmare

Verse 6

mahaprabhūra ajñā- bale sevaka sabāre

guru-rūpe pāṭhāle jīvera dvāre-dvāre

Verse 7

ā-samudra himācala sarvatra pracār

tomāra virahe āja saba andhakār

Verse 8

jīvera darada-duḥkhi śrīla prabhupāda!

viraha-vāsare tava heri avasāda

Translation

Verse 1

O Srila Prabhupada! You personally suffer to see the suffering of the fallen conditioned souls. On this anniversary of your separation I am utterly despondent.

Verse 2

"The ocean of mercy was previously held back by a dam, but Lord Nityananda personally cut a channel in it and thereby released the outpouring flood of pure ecstatic love of God. " (from Locana's dasa's song Nitai Guna mani)

Verse 3

Those devotees to whom the responsiblity was given to continue spreading this flood of love somehow became overpowered by Maya and were thus reduced to simply performing ritualistic Hindu ceremonies for the benefit of the materialists.

Verse 4

Lord Nityananda's inundation of prema was thus completely stopped by those known as jati-gosai (caste gosvamis) But Then you personally came, O Master to open wide the floodgates once again.

Verse 5

Again you engulfed everyone in the deluge of pure divine love - even such a low, wretched, fallen and sinful soul as myself.

Verse 6

On the strength of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu's command you sent all of your servants as spiritual masters, going from door to door, just to deliver the fallen souls.

Verse 7

The devotees were enthusiastically preaching everywhere - from the oceans to the Himalaya mountains, But now that you have gone from our midst everything today has become very dark.

Verse 8

O Srila Prabhupada! You personally suffer to see the suffering of the fallen conditioned souls. On this day of your separation I am utterly despondent.

TraditionBhajan
ComposerA.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
SourceMiscellaneous Songs
LanguagesEnglish
Verses8 verses

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