Practical Chanting and Preaching
Bhajan | A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Verse 1
kṛṣṇa-nāma upadeśi tāra' sarva-jana
sei mantra dile tumi karṇe anukṣaṇa
Verse 2
māyāra prabhāve āji saba andhakāra
mantra pracārite dile saba adhikāra
Verse 3
bhajana-parāyaṇa jīva nṛtya-gīta kare
guru-pada anusari jagat nistāre
Verse 4
anadhikāri jana kare nirjana-bhajana
svecchācārī kare saba indriya-tarpaṇa
Verse 5
"naitat samācarej jātu manasāpi hy anīśvaraḥ"
bhakti-upadeśa saba haila naśvara
Verse 6
āsakti-rahita yogya- viṣaya-vyavahāra
sahaja upāya-siddhi tomāra pracāra
Verse 7
viparīta sajjāya āja sarvatra prakaṭa
nirbandha kṛṣṇa-seva ghare ghare maṭha
Verse 8
jīvera darada-duḥkhi śrīla prabhupāda!
viraha-vāsare tava heri avasāda
Verse 1
You instructed everyone you met to chant the holy name of Lord Krsna. You showed the example of continually reciting the maha-mantra into their ears.
Verse 2
You empowered everyone with the qualification to further distribute that holy name But now, by the influence of Maya, there is only darkness on all sides.
Verse 3
The souls who are truly attached to worshiping the Lord always sing and dance in joyful sankirtana. Following in the footsteps of their spiritual master, they deliver the whole world.
Verse 4
But those who have no such qualification perform nirjana bhajana or so-called confidential worship in a solitary place. Thus acting whimsically, all of them actually remain absorbed in personal sense gratification.
Verse 5
[As stated in the Srimad Bhagavatam 10,33,30]: "An ordinary soul should never imitate the activities of the Supreme Lord, even in his mind." According to these instructions in devotional service, the unqualified imitators are ruined.
Verse 6
You preached "utility is the principle" - that is, one should act without attachment and use anything that is deemed appropriate in the devotional service of the Lord.
Verse 7
In such detached devotional service to Lord Krsna there would be a temple established in every house. But now just the opposite situation is apparent everywhere.
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.
Verse 1
kṛṣṇa-nāma upadeśi tāra' sarva-jana
sei mantra dile tumi karṇe anukṣaṇa
Verse 2
māyāra prabhāve āji saba andhakāra
mantra pracārite dile saba adhikāra
Verse 3
bhajana-parāyaṇa jīva nṛtya-gīta kare
guru-pada anusari jagat nistāre
Verse 4
anadhikāri jana kare nirjana-bhajana
svecchācārī kare saba indriya-tarpaṇa
Verse 5
"naitat samācarej jātu manasāpi hy anīśvaraḥ"
bhakti-upadeśa saba haila naśvara
Verse 6
āsakti-rahita yogya- viṣaya-vyavahāra
sahaja upāya-siddhi tomāra pracāra
Verse 7
viparīta sajjāya āja sarvatra prakaṭa
nirbandha kṛṣṇa-seva ghare ghare maṭha
Verse 8
jīvera darada-duḥkhi śrīla prabhupāda!
viraha-vāsare tava heri avasāda
Verse 1
You instructed everyone you met to chant the holy name of Lord Krsna. You showed the example of continually reciting the maha-mantra into their ears.
Verse 2
You empowered everyone with the qualification to further distribute that holy name But now, by the influence of Maya, there is only darkness on all sides.
Verse 3
The souls who are truly attached to worshiping the Lord always sing and dance in joyful sankirtana. Following in the footsteps of their spiritual master, they deliver the whole world.
Verse 4
But those who have no such qualification perform nirjana bhajana or so-called confidential worship in a solitary place. Thus acting whimsically, all of them actually remain absorbed in personal sense gratification.
Verse 5
[As stated in the Srimad Bhagavatam 10,33,30]: "An ordinary soul should never imitate the activities of the Supreme Lord, even in his mind." According to these instructions in devotional service, the unqualified imitators are ruined.
Verse 6
You preached "utility is the principle" - that is, one should act without attachment and use anything that is deemed appropriate in the devotional service of the Lord.
Verse 7
In such detached devotional service to Lord Krsna there would be a temple established in every house. But now just the opposite situation is apparent everywhere.
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.
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