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Prayers of Nalakuvara and Manigriva

Bhajan | Krishna Dwipayana Vyasadeva

Verses

Verse 1

kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa mahā-yogiṁs

tvam ādyaḥ puruṣaḥ paraḥ

vyaktāvyaktam idaṁ viśvaṁ

rūpaṁ te brāhmaṇā viduḥ

Verse 2

tvam ekaḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ

dehāsv-ātmendriyeśvaraḥ

tvam eva kālo bhagavān

viṣṇur avyaya īśvaraḥtvaṁ mahān prakṛtiḥ sūkṣmā

rajaḥ-sattva-tamomayī

tvam eva puruṣo 'dhyakṣaḥ

sarva-kṣetra-vikāra-vit

Verse 3

gṛhyamāṇais tvam agrāhyo

vikāraiḥ prākṛtair guṇaiḥ

ko nv ihārhati vijñātuṁ

prāk siddhaṁ guṇa-saṁvṛtaḥ

Verse 4

tasmai tubhyaṁ bhagavate

vāsudevāya vedhase

ātma-dyota-guṇaiś channa-

mahimne brahmaṇe namaḥ

Verse 5

yasyāvatārā jñāyante

śarīreṣv aśarīriṇaḥ

tais tair atulyātiśayair

vīryair dehiṣv asaṅgataiḥsa bhavān sarva-lokasya

bhavāya vibhavāya ca

avatīrṇo 'ṁśa-bhāgena

sāmprataṁ patir āśiṣām

Verse 6

namaḥ parama-kalyāṇa

namaḥ parama-maṅgala

vāsudevāya śāntāya

yadūnāṁ pataye namaḥ

Verse 7

anujānīhi nau bhūmaṁs

tavānucara-kiṅkarau

darśanaṁ nau bhagavata

ṛṣer āsīd anugrahāt

Verse 8

vāṇī guṇānukathane śravaṇau kathāyāṁ

hastau ca karmasu manas tava pādayor naḥ

smṛtyāṁ śiras tava nivāsa-jagat-praṇāme

dṛṣṭiḥ satāṁ darśane 'stu bhavat-tanūnām

Translation

Verse 1

O Lord Kṛṣṇa, Lord Kṛṣṇa, Your opulent mysticism is inconceivable. You are the supreme, original person, the cause of all causes, immediate and remote, and You are beyond this material creation. Learned brāhmaṇas know [on the basis of the Vedic statement sarvaṁ khalv idaṁ brahma] that You are everything and that this cosmic manifestation, in its gross and subtle aspects, is Your form.

Verse 2

You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the controller of everything. The body, life, ego and senses of every living entity are Your own self. You are the Supreme Person, Viṣṇu, the imperishable controller. You are the time factor, the immediate cause, and You are material nature, consisting of the three modes passion, goodness and ignorance. You are the original cause of this material manifestation. You are the Supersoul, and therefore You know everything within the core of the heart of every living entity.

Verse 3

O Lord, You exist before the creation. Therefore, who, trapped by a body of material qualities in this material world, can understand You?

Verse 4

O Lord, whose glories are covered by Your own energy, You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead. You are Saṅkarṣaṇa, the origin of creation, and You are Vāsudeva, the origin of the caturvyūha. Because You are everything and are therefore the Supreme Brahman, we simply offer our respectful obeisances unto You.

Verse 5

Appearing in bodies like those of an ordinary fish, tortoise and hog, You exhibit activities impossible for such creatures to perform — extraordinary, incomparable, transcendental activities of unlimited power and strength. These bodies of Yours, therefore, are not made of material elements, but are incarnations of Your Supreme Personality. You are the same Supreme Personality of Godhead, who have now appeared, with full potency, for the benefit of all living entities within this material world.

Verse 6

O supremely auspicious, we offer our respectful obeisances unto You, who are the supreme good. O most famous descendant and controller of the Yadu dynasty, O son of Vasudeva, O most peaceful, let us offer our obeisances unto Your lotus feet.

Verse 7

O supreme form, we are always servants of Your servants, especially of Nārada Muni. Now give us permission to leave for our home. It is by the grace and mercy of Nārada Muni that we have been able to see You face to face.

Verse 8

Henceforward, may all our words describe Your pastimes, may our ears engage in aural reception of Your glories, may our hands, legs and other senses engage in actions pleasing to You, and may our minds always think of Your lotus feet. May our heads offer our obeisances to everything within this world, because all things are also Your different forms, and may our eyes see the forms of Vaiṣṇavas, who are nondifferent from You.

TraditionBhajan
ComposerKrishna Dwipayana Vyasadeva
SourceŚrīmad-Bhāgavatam Prayers
LanguagesEnglish, Hindi
Verses8 verses

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