prayers to Srila Gaura kisora das babaji

[Paramananda das]

Dear Devotees
Please accept my humble obaisences
All glories to Srila Prabhupada

namo gaura-kisoraya saksad-vairagya-murtaye
vipralambha-rasambhode padambujaya te namah

I offer my respectful obeisances unto Gaura-kisora dasa Babaji Maharaja [the spiritual master of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati], who is renunciation personified. He is always merged in a feeling of separation and intense love of Krsna.

Due to Srila Prabhupadas instructions to avoid his godbrothers (Srila Prabhupada wanted to protect his followers) or rather not to join hem them, most have been bereft of the vaisnava writings such as this prayer to Srila Gaura kisora das Babji by Srila Prabhupadas godbrother Sridhara Swami, whom Srila Prabhupada called the best of his godbrothers.He lived with Srila Prabhupada in Allahabad when Srila Prabhupada was a grhastha, Srila Prabhupada also helped publish his http://www.bvml.org/SBRSM/SSPJ/index.htm
Sri Sri Prapanna-jivanamrtam
Life-Nectar of the Surrendered Soul

on of the many gems given by Srila Sridhara Swami is this prayer
Prayers to Gaurakisora Dasa Babaji Maharaja
Srila B.R. Sridhar Maharaja


Sri Gaura-kisora Namaskara Dasakam
(1)
guror guro me paramo gurus tvam
varenya! gauranga-ganagraganye
prasida bhrtye dayitasrite te
namo namo gaura-kisora tubhyam
O Divine Master of my Divine Master, my most venerable preceptor, you are supremely worshippable in the group of the foremost associates of Sri Gauranga. May you be gracious upon this servitor surrendered unto your loving servitor (Dayita Dasa). O Gaura Kisora, again and again do I make my obeisance unto you.

(2)
sarasvati-nama-jagat-prasiddham
prabhum jagatyam patitaika-bandhum
tvam eva deva! prakati-cakara
namo namo gaura-kisora tubhyam
O worshipful one, you alone revealed my Lord and Master, who is renowned throughout the universe as Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, and who is the only friend of the fallen souls of the world. O Gaura Kisora, again and again do I make my obeisance unto you.

(3)
kvacid-vrajaranya-vivikta-vasi
hrdi vraja-dvandva-raho-vilasi
bahir viragi tv avadhuta-vesi
namo namo gaura-kisora tubhyam
Living in solitude at Vraja Dhama, your heart was absorbed in the most secret pastimes of the Divine Youthful Couple of Vraja, whilst externally you maintained the strictures of a renunciate; and sometimes you appeared to transcend all recognized strictures. O Gaura Kisora, again and again do I make my obeisance unto you.

(4)
kvacit punar gaura-vanantacari
surapaga-tira-rajo-vihari
pavitra-kaupina-karanka-dhari
namo namo gaura-kisora tubhyam
Sometimes you roam about the edge of Gauravana (the boundary of Sri Navadvipa Dhama), wandering along the beach near the banks of the Ganga. O Gaura Kisora, who dons the holy loin-cloth and carries the mendicant's water-pot, again and again do I make my obeisance unto you.

(5)
sada harer nama muda ratantam
grhe grhe madhukarim atantam
namanti deva api yam mahantam
namo namo gaura-kisora tubhyam
Ever singing the holy name of Sri Hari with great ecstasy and accepting alms from house to house like a bee collecting honey from flower to flower, you are the great soul unto whom even the demigods bow to. O Gaura Kisora, again and again do I make my obeisance unto you.

(6)
kvacid-rudantan ca hasan natantam
nijesta-deva-pranayabhibhutam
namanti gayantam alam jana tvam
namo namo gaura-kisora tubhyam
Becoming overwhelmed with love for your worshipful Lord, sometimes you dance, sometimes you cry, sometimes you laugh; and again, you sing aloud. The people profusely offer their respects unto you, O Gaura Kisora, and again and again do I make my obeisance unto you.

(7)
mahayaso-bhaktivinoda-bandho!
mahaprabhu-prema-sudhaika-sindho!
aho jagannatha-dayaspadendo!
namo namo gaura-kisora tubhyam
O friend of the glorious Thakura Bhaktivinoda, O matchless ocean of the nectar of loving devotion for Mahaprabhu Sri Caitanyadeva, O moon that received the grace of Vaisnava Sarvabhauma Sri Jagannatha, O Gaura Kisora! again and again do I make my obeisance unto you.

(8)
samapya radha-vratam uttamam tvam
avapya damodara-jagaraham
gato 'si radhadara-sakhya-riddhim
namo namo gaura-kisora tubhyam
Completing the great holy vow of Urjja-vrata, you selected the day of the awakening of Sri Damodara to achieve the cherished treasure of your internal identity as a Sakhi devoted to the service of Sri Radhika. O Gaura-Kisora, again and again do I make my obeisance unto you.

(9)
vihaya sangam kuliya-layanam
pragrhya sevam dayitanugasya
vibhasi mayapura-mandira-stho
namo namo gaura-kisora tubhyam
Forsaking the company of the residents of Kuliya town to accept the service of your servitor Sri Dayita Dasa, your divine presence is now found in a holy temple at Sri Dhama Mayapura. O Gaura Kisora, again and again do I make obeisance unto you.

(10)
sada nimagno 'py aparadha-panke
hy ahaitukim esa krpan ca yace
dayam samuddhrtya vidhehi dinam
namo namo gaura-kisora tubhyam
Although I remain deep in the mud of offenses, I (a fallen soul) am begging you for your causeless mercy. Please be gracious and deliver this soul bereft. O Gaura Kisora, again and yet again do I make my obeisance unto you.

Srila Gaura Kisora das Babaji also encouraged devotees to chant 1 lakh names daily as did his siksa Guru Jagannatha das Babaji they both chanted 3 lahks every day:
SRILA JAGANNATHA DASA BABAJI

The main teaching of Srila Jagannatha dasa babaji:

"If you want to achieve perfection in Krsna consciousness, you must take a vow to chant a minimum of two hundred thousand or otherwise one hundred thousand of holy names every day, and you must execute that without fail.

Before you retire at night you must finish this specific number of rounds, then you can achieve perfection in Krsna consciousness."
There is some biographies that leave out this part as the authors may only be chanting 16 rounds and can not carry the burden of Lord Caitanya asking devotees to chant minimum 64 rounds daily:
Thus to glorify Srila Gaura kisora das babaji and Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada without mentioning the importance of chanting minimum 64 rounds is incomplete
In ISKCON it is minimum 16 rounds ,we may claim I am a preacher and have no time for chanting 64 rounds, however Lokanath das Goswami has advised:
SRILA LOKANATHA GOSWAMI TO SRILA NAROTTAMA

Prema-vilasa: Chapter 11

(Note: Both Srila Prabhupada and Srila Sarasvati Thakura have accepted Prema-vilasa as bonafide in their commentaries to Cc Adi 13.60 purp.)

je vaisnava haibe laibe harinama
sankhya kari nama laile krpa karena gauradhama

"Those who are Vaisnavas must chant the names of Krsna in a particular number everyday. Then Lord Gaura, the supreme abode of love will be merciful to them.

WHAT IS THAT NUMBER?

purva abhipraye sabe laha harinama
keha laksa visesatah mukhe gana

"Everyone should specifically chant or sing the name loudly 1,00,000 times a day with the mood I have described earlier.

EMPOWERMENT IF:

narottama laksa nama laya sankhya kari
nama laile gaurangera sarva sakti dhari

"O my disciple, Narottama! Please chant 1,00,000 names everyday while maintaining their count. If you chant in this way then you will become empowered by all the potencies of Lord Gauranga.

ACHIEVE THE LOTUS FEET OF KRSNA IF:

krsna pada prapti laksa laile harinama
granthi purna haile eka karibe pranama.

"I again repeat that if you want to achieve the lotus feet of Lord Krishna, then you have to chant 1,00,000 names daily. After chanting four rounds (granthi) or one round, you should offer obeisances to the Name.

The acaryas never taught in old age I can chant those who hesitate now will never chant 64 rounds or more in the future that is all just lip service, the real lip service is to use the lips and tongue and mind, intelligence to constantly chant Hare Krishna and remember Krishnas pastimes

Below is Srila Prabhupadas audio recording of the Krsna book
http://bhaktistudies.ning.com/page/srila-prabhupada-dictating

Srila Prabhupada writes in the Krsna book chapter 46
Those who are in the most exalted position of devotional service and ecstasy can live with Krsna always by remembering His pastimes. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura has given us a transcendental literature entitled Krsna-bhavanamrta, which is full with Krsna's pastimes. Devotees can remain absorbed in Krsna-thought by reading such books. Any book of krsna-lila, even this book, Krsna,and our Teachings of Lord Caitanya, is actually solace for devotees who are feeling the separation of Krsna.

We are all suffering in this material world due to being seperated from Krsna, sothis invokes remembrance of Krsna and makes us only hanker for His lotusfeet and service, when there is attachement to Krishna there will be more and more detachment from the material world



your servant
Paramananda das

May Srila Prabhupada keep us save at his lotusfeet to serve Lord Caitanya via the Guru parampara
May Srila Gaura kisora bless us with pure attachment for the Maha mantra
May Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada keep us save at his lotusfeet to serve Lord Caitanya via the Guru parampara