Post by madanmohandas on Jul 15, 2008 6:35:12 GMT -6
Something I've toying with for a while. This is the mangalacaran guru vandana.
ajnAnatimirAndhasya jnAnAnjanaZalAkayA/
caksurUnmIlitaM yena tasmai zrI gurave namah//
Salutations to the divine preceptor, who
did physic the cataract of dark ignorance,
with the surgical implement and salve of wisdom;
so that, with eyes wide open, I might see.
zrImad guru padAmbuje koTi namaskAra/
emana karuNAsindhu prabhu nAhi Ara//
ajnAnatimire mora andhadrSTi chila/
jnAnAnjana diyA mora caksu pakAzila//
ajnAnatamera nAma kahiye kaitava/
dharma-artha-kAma-moksa-vAncA ei saba//
ihAtei andhadrSTi Achila AmAra/
bhAla-manda vastujnAna nA chila vicAra//
krpAzalAkAte kari kRSNajnAnAnjana/
diyA prakAzila yeho e mora nayana//
athavA ajnAnatamah avidyAra nAma/
se chAnite AvaraNa kaila drSTi jnAna//
suzItala sAdhusanga-zalAkAte kari/
zravaNAdi-jnAnAnjana dila dayA kari//
tAte chAni dura kari' netra prakAzila/
rAdhAkRSNojjvala-lIlAratna dekhAila//
emana zrI gurudeva patitapAvana/
harinAmAmrta diyA tArila bhuvana//
jaya jaya gurudeva caraNakamala/
yAhAra smaraNe nAze sarva amangala//
ei krpA kara more karuNAsAgara/
tuyA-pAdapadme mana rahu nirantara//
A million salutations to sri guru's lotus-feet!
there is no sea of kindness such as the master is.
By dark ignorance my vision was obscured,
but with wisdom's salve applied, my sight restored.
Dark ignorance is also self-deception called;
virtue, wealth, love, salvation, are its aspiration,
blinded indeed by which, I could not see,
nor discriminate, in the nature of things, the good or ill.
But the implement of grace and salve of Krsna-knowledge,
has granted new vision to these eyes of mine.
Dark ignorance is also by the name of nescience known,
which, covers like a veiling cataract, wisdom's eye,
yet with the implement of the society of holy men,
and gracious application of the soothing balsam
of disciplines like hearing, chanting, and the rest,
has removed the obscuration, so that my eyes may see
the bright jewel of Radha-Krsna's playful deeds.
That divine preceptor redeems the base and vile,
admistering the ambrosia of Hari's name, saves the world.
From whose grace, the grace of Radha-Krsna comes,
without whose grace there is indeed no place to go.
Hail, all hail to the master's lotus-feet,
by whose recollection all evils are effaced.
O thou Sea of grace! that kindness to me show,
that my mind upon thy lotus-feet may forever dwell.
ajnAnatimirAndhasya jnAnAnjanaZalAkayA/
caksurUnmIlitaM yena tasmai zrI gurave namah//
Salutations to the divine preceptor, who
did physic the cataract of dark ignorance,
with the surgical implement and salve of wisdom;
so that, with eyes wide open, I might see.
zrImad guru padAmbuje koTi namaskAra/
emana karuNAsindhu prabhu nAhi Ara//
ajnAnatimire mora andhadrSTi chila/
jnAnAnjana diyA mora caksu pakAzila//
ajnAnatamera nAma kahiye kaitava/
dharma-artha-kAma-moksa-vAncA ei saba//
ihAtei andhadrSTi Achila AmAra/
bhAla-manda vastujnAna nA chila vicAra//
krpAzalAkAte kari kRSNajnAnAnjana/
diyA prakAzila yeho e mora nayana//
athavA ajnAnatamah avidyAra nAma/
se chAnite AvaraNa kaila drSTi jnAna//
suzItala sAdhusanga-zalAkAte kari/
zravaNAdi-jnAnAnjana dila dayA kari//
tAte chAni dura kari' netra prakAzila/
rAdhAkRSNojjvala-lIlAratna dekhAila//
emana zrI gurudeva patitapAvana/
harinAmAmrta diyA tArila bhuvana//
jaya jaya gurudeva caraNakamala/
yAhAra smaraNe nAze sarva amangala//
ei krpA kara more karuNAsAgara/
tuyA-pAdapadme mana rahu nirantara//
A million salutations to sri guru's lotus-feet!
there is no sea of kindness such as the master is.
By dark ignorance my vision was obscured,
but with wisdom's salve applied, my sight restored.
Dark ignorance is also self-deception called;
virtue, wealth, love, salvation, are its aspiration,
blinded indeed by which, I could not see,
nor discriminate, in the nature of things, the good or ill.
But the implement of grace and salve of Krsna-knowledge,
has granted new vision to these eyes of mine.
Dark ignorance is also by the name of nescience known,
which, covers like a veiling cataract, wisdom's eye,
yet with the implement of the society of holy men,
and gracious application of the soothing balsam
of disciplines like hearing, chanting, and the rest,
has removed the obscuration, so that my eyes may see
the bright jewel of Radha-Krsna's playful deeds.
That divine preceptor redeems the base and vile,
admistering the ambrosia of Hari's name, saves the world.
From whose grace, the grace of Radha-Krsna comes,
without whose grace there is indeed no place to go.
Hail, all hail to the master's lotus-feet,
by whose recollection all evils are effaced.
O thou Sea of grace! that kindness to me show,
that my mind upon thy lotus-feet may forever dwell.