Guru Puja
Guru Vandana, which is sung each morning to Srila Prabhupada in ISKCON temples.
sri-guru-carana-padma, kevala-bhakati-sadma,
bando mui savadhana mate
Dear Prabhupada, your lotus feet – are the only way to pure bhakti.
I bow to them with care and reverence.
jahara prasade bhai, e bhava toriya jai,
krsna-prapti hoy jaha ha’te
By your grace and great mercy – we cross the sea of misery.
Gaining Lord Krishna’s loving presence.
guru-mukha-padma-vakya, cittete koriya aikya,
ar na koriho mane asa
My only wish is that my heart – is purified by truths you impart;
releasing me from all ignorance.
sri-guru-carane-rati, ei se uttama-gati,
je prasade pure sarva asa
Attachment to your lotus feet – makes life’s perfection complete.
Granting my desires in abundance
cakhu-dan dilo jei, janme janme prabhu sei
divya-jnan hrde prokasito
You open wide my long closed eyes, making me divinely wise.
You are my lord birth after birth.
prema-bhakti jaha hoite, avidya vinasa jate,
vede gay jahara carito
You emanate pure ecstasy – and from my darkness I am freed.
The Vedas sing of your virtue and worth.
Sri-guru karuna-sindhu, adhama janara bandhu
lokanath lokera jivana
You are a sea of boundless grace – the poor and fallen you embrace.
O lord and master of the devotees.
ha ha prabhu kora doya, deho more pada chaya
ebe jasa ghusuk tribhuvana
(prabhupada patita pavana!)
My lord be merciful to me – at your feet pray let me be.
Let your fame be spread endlessly.
Prabhupada you set the fallen free
Prabhupada I sing of your glory.