Common Prayers to Seek Permission from Parampara to speak on spiritual subject

om ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakşur unmīlitam yena tasmai śrī-gurave namah

śrī-caitanya-mano-'bhistam sthāpitam yena bhū-tale svayam rūpah kadā mahyam dadāti sva-padāntikam
vande 'ham sri-guroh sri-yuta-pada-kamalam sri-gurun vaisnavams ca
sri-rupam sagrajatam saha-gana-raghunathanvitam tam sa-jivam
sadvaitam savadhutam parijana-sahitam krsna-caitanya-devam
sri-radha-krsna-padan saha-gana-lalita-sri-visakhanvitams ca
he krsna karuna-sindho dina-bandho jagat-pate gopesa gopika-kanta radha-kanta namo 'stu te
tapta-kancana-gaurangi radhe vrndavanesvari vrsabhanu-sute devi pranamami hari-priye
vancha-kalpatarubhyas ca krpa-sindhubhya eva ca patitanam pavanebhyo vaisnavebhyo namo namah
sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu-nityananda sri-advaita gadadhara srivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda
hare krsna hare krsna, krsna krsna hare hare hare rama hare rama, rama rama hare hare.
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya (Recite 3 times)
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.4 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.18 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.8.21 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.8.22
nārāyaṇaṁ namaskṛtya| naṣṭa-prāyeṣv abhadreṣu| kṛṣṇāya vāsudevāya| namaḥ paṅkaja-nābhāya|
naraṁ caiva narottamam|| nityaṁ bhāgavata-sevayā|| devakī-nandanāya ca|| namaḥ paṅkaja-māline||
devīṁ sarasvatīṁ vyāsaṁ| bhagavaty uttama-śloke| nanda-gopa-kumārāya| namaḥ paṅkaja-netrāya|
tato jayam udīrayet|| bhaktir bhavati naiṣṭhikī|| govindāya namo namaḥ|| namas te paṅkajāṅghraye||

C.C Madhya Leela 19.53 Vishnu Puran 1.19.65 nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhu-tale sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu-
namo mahā-vadānyāya| namo brahmaṇya-devāya| nityananda sri-advaita
srimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namine
kṛṣṇa-prema-pradāya te|| go-brāhmaṇa-hitāya ca|| gadadhara srivasadi-
kṛṣṇāya kṛṣṇa-caitanya-| jagad-dhitāya kṛṣṇāya| namas te saraswate deve gaura-vani-pracarine
gaura-bhakta-vrnda
nāmne gaura-tviṣe namaḥ|| govindāya namo namaḥ|| nirvishesha-shunyavadi-pashchatya-desha-tarine

hare krsna hare krsna, krsna krsna hare hare hare rama hare rama, rama rama hare hare.
 Sri Gurvastakam
Author: Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura

(1) (3)

saḿsāra-dāvānala-līḍha-loka- śrī-vigrahārādhana-nitya-nānā-
trāṇāya kāruṇya-ghanāghanatvam
śṛńgāra-tan-mandira-mārjanādau
prāptasya kalyāṇa-guṇārṇavasya
vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam
yuktasya bhaktāḿś ca niyuñjato 'pi
vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam

(2)
(4)
mahāprabhoḥ kīrtana-nṛtya-gīta-
vāditra-mādyan-manaso rasena
catur-vidha-śrī-bhagavat-prasāda-
romāñca -kampāśru-tarańga-bhājo
vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam svādv-anna-tṛptān hari-bhakta-sańghān
kṛtvaiva tṛptiḿ bhajataḥ sadaiva
vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam
 Sri Gurvastakam
Author: Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura

(7)
((5)
sākṣād-dharitvena samasta-śāstrair
uktas tathā bhāvyata eva sadbhiḥ
śrī-rādhikā-mādhavayor apāra- kintu prabhor yaḥ priya eva tasya
mādhurya-līlā guṇa-rūpa-nāmnām vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam

prati-kṣaṇāsvādana-lolupasya
vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam (8)

yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo

yasyāprasādān na gatiḥ kuto 'pi
dhyāyan stuvaḿs tasya yaśas tri-sandhyaḿ
vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam
(6)

nikuñja-yūno rati-keli-siddhyai 9)śrīmad-guror aṣṭakam etad uccair

yā yālibhir yuktir apekṣaṇīyā
brāhme muhūrte paṭhati prayatnāt
tatrāti-dākṣyād ati-vallabhasya
vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam yas tena vṛndāvana-nātha sākṣāt

sevaiva labhyā januṣo’nta eva

 Sri Gurvastakam
Author: Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura

TRANSLATION

1) The spiritual master is receiving benediction from the ocean of mercy. Just as a cloud pours water on a forest fire to extinguish
it, so the spiritual master delivers the materially afflicted world by extinguishing the blazing fire of material existence. I offer my
respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master, who is an ocean of auspicious qualities.

2) Chanting the holy name, dancing in ecstasy, singing, and playing musical instruments, the spiritual master is always gladdened
by the sankirtana movement of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Because he is relishing the mellows of pure devotion within his
mind, sometimes his hair stands on end, he feels quivering in his body, and tears flow from his eyes like waves. I offer my
respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.

3) The spiritual master is always engaged in the temple worship of Sri Sri Radha and Krsna. He also engages his disciples in such
worship. They dress the Deities in beautiful clothes and ornaments, clean Their temple, and perform other similar worship of the
Lord. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.

4) The spiritual master is always offering Krsna four kinds of delicious food [analyzed as that which is licked, chewed, drunk, and
sucked]. When the spiritual master sees that the devotees are satisfied by eating bhagavat-prasada, he is satisfied. I offer my
respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.
 Sri Gurvastakam
Author: Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura

TRANSLATION

5) The spiritual master is always eager to hear and chant about the unlimited conjugal pastimes of Radhika and Madhava, and Their
qualities, names, and forms. The spiritual master aspires to relish these at every moment. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus
feet of such a spiritual master.

6) The spiritual master is very dear, because he is expert in assisting the gopis, who at different times make different tasteful
arrangements for the perfection of Radha and Krsna's conjugal loving affairs within the groves of Vrndavana. I offer my most humble
obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.

7) The spiritual master is to be honored as much as the Supreme Lord, because he is the most confidential servitor of the Lord. This is
acknowledged in all revealed scriptures and followed by all authorities. Therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of
such a spiritual master, who is a bona fide representative of Sri Hari [Krsna].

8) By the mercy of the spiritual master one receives the benediction of Krsna. Without the grace of the spiritual master, one cannot make
any advancement. Therefore, I should always remember and praise the spiritual master. At least three times a day I should offer my
respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master.

9) One who, with great care and alteration, loudly recites this beautiful prayer to the spiritual master during the Brahma-muhurta obtains
 Damodarastakam
Sri Damodarashtaka

(found in the Padma Purana of Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasa,

spoken by Satyavrata Muni in a conversation with Narada Muni and Saunaka
Rishi)

"In the month of Kartika one should worship Lord Damodara and daily recite
the prayer known
as Damodarashtaka, which has been spoken by the sage Satyavrata and
which attracts Lord Damodara."
(Sri Hari-bhakti-vilasa 2.16.198)
Damodar Lila
(1)
(3)
namamisvaram sac-cid-ananda-rupam
lasat-kundalam gokule bhrajamanam itidrik sva-lilabhir ananda-kunde
yasoda-bhiyolukhalad dhavamanam sva-ghosham nimajjantam akhyapayantam
paramrishtam atyantato drutya gopya tadiyeshita-jneshu bhaktair jitatvam
punah prematas tam satavritti vande
(2)
rudantam muhur netra-yugmam mrijantam (4)
karambhoja-yugmena satanka-netram varam deva moksham na mokshavadhim
muhuh svasa-kampa-trirekhanka- va
kanthasthita- na canyam vrine ’ham vareshad apiha
graivam damodaram bhakti-baddham idam te vapur natha gopala-balam
sada me manasy avirastam kim anyaih
(5) (7)
idam te mukhambhojam atyanta-nilair kuveratmajau baddha-murtyaiva yadvat
vritam kuntalaih snigdha-raktais ca gopya tvaya mocitau bhakti-bhajau kritau ca
muhus cumbitam bimba-raktadharam me tatha prema-bhaktim svakam me prayaccha
manasy avirastam alam laksha-labhaih na mokshe graho me ‘sti damodareha

(6) (8)
namo deva damodarananta vishno namas te ’stu damne sphurad-dipti-dhamne
prasida prabho duhkha-jalabdhi-magnam tvadiyodarayatha visvasya dhamne
kripa-drishti-vrishtyati-dinam batanu namo radhikayai tvadiya-priyayai
namo ’nanta-lilaya devaya tubhyam
grihanesha mam ajnam edhy akshi-
drisyah
 Translation
(1) To the Supreme Lord, whose form is the embodiment of eternal existence, knowledge, and bliss, whose
shark-shaped earrings are swinging to and fro, who is beautifully shining in the divine realm of Gokula, who
[due to the offense of breaking the pot of yogurt that His mother was churning into butter and then stealing
the butter that was kept hanging from a swing] is quickly running from the wooden grinding mortar in fear
of mother Yasoda, but who has been caught from behind by her who ran after Him with greater speed—to
that Supreme Lord, Sri Damodara, I offer my humble obeisances.

(2) Seeing the whipping stick in His mother’s hand,] He is crying and rubbing His eyes again and again with
His two lotus hands. His eyes are filled with fear, and the necklace of pearls around His neck, which is
marked with three lines like a conchshell, is shaking because of His quick breathing due to crying. To
this Supreme Lord, Sri Damodara, whose belly is bound not with ropes but with His mother’s pure love, I offer
my humble obeisances.

(3) By such childhood pastimes as this He is drowning the inhabitants of Gokula in pools of ecstasy, and
is revealing to those devotees who are absorbed in knowledge of His supreme majesty and opulence that He is
only conquered by devotees whose pure love is imbued with intimacy and is free from all conceptions of awe
and reverence. With great love I again offer my obeisances to Lord Damodara hundreds and hundreds of times.

(4) 0 Lord, although You are able to give all kinds of benedictions, I do not pray to You for the boon of
impersonal liberation, nor the highest liberation of eternal life in Vaikuntha, nor any other boon [which may
be obtained by executing the nine processes of bhakti]. O Lord, I simply wish that this form of Yours as
Bala Gopala in Vrindavana may ever be manifest in my heart, for what is the use to me of any other boon
besides this?
(5) 0 Lord, Your lotus face, which is encircled by locks of soft black hair tinged with red, is kissed again and
again by mother Yasoda, and Your lips are reddish like the bimba fruit. May this beautiful vision of Your lotus
face be ever manifest in my heart. Thousands and thousands of other benedictions are of no use to me.

(6) 0 Supreme Godhead, I offer my obeisances unto You. O Damodara! O Ananta! O Vishnu! O master! O my
Lord, be pleased upon me. By showering Your glance of mercy upon me, deliver this poor ignorant fool who
is immersed in an ocean of worldly sorrows, and become visible to my eyes.

(7) 0 Lord Damodara, just as the two sons of Kuvera—Manigriva and Nalakuvara—were delivered from the
curse of Narada and made into great devotees by You in Your form as a baby tied with rope to a wooden
grinding mortar, in the same way, please give to me Your own prema-bhakti. I only long for this and have
no desire for any kind of liberation.

(8) 0 Lord Damodara, I first of all offer my obeisances to the brilliantly effulgent rope which binds Your belly.
I then offer my obeisances to Your belly, which is the abode of the entire universe. I humbly bow down to
Your most beloved Srimati Radharani, and I offer all obeisances to You, the Supreme Lord, who displays
Brahma Samhita Prayers
 Congregational Japa till 6:30 AM- Please Chant
nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhu-tale
srimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namine

namas te saraswate deve gaura-vani-pracarine

nirvishesha-shunyavadi-pashchatya-desha-tarine

sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu-
nityananda sri-advaita
gadadhara srivasadi-
gaura-bhakta-vrnda
 Ten offences to the Holy Name
(Srila Vyasadev-Padmapurana)
1) To blaspheme the devotees who have dedicated their lives for propagating the holy
name of the Lord.

2) To consider the names of demigods like Lord Shiva or Lord Brahma to be equal to or
independent of the name of the Lord Vishnu.

3) To disobey the orders of the spiritual master.

4) To blaspheme the vedic scriptures or scriptures in pursuance to the vedic version.

5) To consider the glories of chanting Hare Krishna to be an imagination.

 Ten offences to the Holy Name
6) To give some interpretations to the holy name of the Lord.

7) To commit sinful activities on the strength of the holy name.

8) To consider the chanting of Hare Krishna as one of the auspicious ritualistic activities which are
offered in the Vedas as fruitive activities (Karma kanda).

9) To instruct a faithless person about the glories of the holy name

10) To not have complete faith in the chanting of the holy name and to maintain material
attachments, even after understanding so many instructions on this matter. It is also an offense to be
inattentive while chanting.
Every devotee who claims to be Vaishnava must guard against these offenses in order to quickly
achieve the desired success KRISHNA PREMA!!!
 Sri Sikshastakam Prayers-1
cheto-darpana-marjanam bhava-maha--davagni-nirvapanam
shreyah-kairava-chandrika-vitaranam vidya-vadhu-jivanam
anandambudhi-vardhanam prati-padam purnamritaswadanam
sarvatma-snapanam param vijayate sri-krishna-sankirtanam

Glory to the Sri-Krsna-Sankirtana, which cleanses the heart of all the dust
accumulated for years and extinguishes the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth
and death. This sankirtana movement is the prime benediction for humanity at large
because it spreads the rays of the benediction moon. It is the life of all transcendental
knowledge. It increases the ocean of transcendental bliss, and it enables us to fully
taste the nectar for which we are always anxious.
 Sri Sikshastakam Prayers-2
namnam akari bahudha nija-sarva-shaktis
tatrarpita niyamitah smarane na kalah
etadrishi tava kripa bhagavan mamapi
durdaivam idrisham ihajani nanuragaha

O my Lord, Your holy name alone can render all benediction to living beings, and thus
You have hundreds and millions of names, like Krsna and Govinda. In these
transcendental names You have invested all Your transcendental energies. There are
not even hard and fast rules for chanting these names. O my Lord, out of kindness
You enable us to easily approach You by Your holy names, but I am so unfortunate
that I have no attraction for them.
 Sri Sikshastakam Prayers-3
trinad api sunichena
taror api sahishnuna
amanina manadena
kirtaniyah sada harih

One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind,
thinking oneself lower than the straw in the street; one should be more
tolerant than a tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige, and should be ready
to offer all respect to others. In such a state of mind one can chant the holy
name of the Lord constantly.
 Sri Sikshastakam Prayers-4
na dhanam na janam na sundarim
kavitam va jagad-isha kamaye
mama janmani janmanishvare
bhavatad bhaktir ahaituki twayi

O almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor do I

desire beautiful women nor do I want any number of followers. I
only want Your causeless devotional service, birth after birth.
 Sri Sikshastakam Prayers-5
ayi nanda-tanuja kinkaram
patitam mam vishame bhavambudhau
kripaya tava pada-pankaja-
sthita-dhuli-sadrisham vichintaya

O son of Maharaja Nanda (Krsna), I am Your eternal servitor, yet

somehow or other I have fallen into the ocean of birth and death.
Please pick me up from this ocean of death and place me as one of the
atoms at Your lotus feet.
 Sri Sikshastakam Prayers-6
nayanam galad-ashru-dharaya
vadanam gadgada-ruddhaya gira
pulakair nichitam vapuh kada
tava nama-grahane bhavishyati

O my Lord, when will my eyes be decorated with tears of love flowing

constantly when I chant Your holy name? When will my voice choke up,
and when will the hairs of my body stand on end at the recitation of
Your name?
 Sri Sikshastakam Prayers-7
yugayitam nimeshena
chakshusha pravrishayitam
shunyayitam jagat sarvam
govinda-virahena me

O Govinda! Feeling Your separations I am considering a moment to be

like twelve years or more. Tears are flowing from my eyes like torrents
of rain, and I am feeling all vacant in the world in Your absence.
 Sri Sikshastakam Prayers-8
ashlishya va pada-ratam pinashtu mam
adarshanan marma-hatam karotu va
yatha tatha va vidadhatu lampato
mat-prana-nathas tu sa eva naparah

I know no one but Krsna as my Lord, and He shall remain so even if He handles me
roughly by His embrace or makes me brokenhearted by not being present before me. He
is completely free to do anything and everything, for He is always my worshipful Lord,
unconditionally.

All Glories to Sri Caitanya

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 Narasimha Aarti
namas te narasimhaya
prahladahlada-dayine
hiranyakasipor vakshahsila-
tanka-nakhalaye

I offer my obeisances to Lord Narasimha who gives joy to

Prahlada Maharaja and whose nails are like chisels
on the stonelike chest of the demon Hiranyakasipu.
ito nrisimhah parato nrisimho
yato yato yami tato nrisimhah
bahir nrisimho hridaye nrisimho
nrisimham adim saranam prapadye

Lord Nrisimha is here and also there. Wherever I go Lord Nrisimha is there. He
is in the heart and is outside
as well. I surrender to Lord Nrisimha, the origin of all things and the supreme
refuge.
Prayer to Lord Nrisimha
by Jayadeva Gosvami
tava kara-kamala-vare nakham adbhuta-sringam
dalita-hiranyakasipu-tanu-bhringam
kesava dhrita-narahari-rupa jaya jagadisa hare

O Kesava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of half-
man, half-lion! All glories
to You! Just as one can easily crush a wasp between one’s fingernails, so in the same
way the body of the
wasplike demon Hiranyakasipu has been ripped apart by the wonderful pointed nails
on Your beautiful
lotus hands.
 Prem Dhvani Prayers
• 1. Jaya-nitya-lila-pravishta om Vishnu-pada paramahamsa parivrajakacharya
ashtottara-shata Shri Srimad His Divine Grace Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Maharaja Prabhupada ki jaya.
• 2. Jaya om Vishnu-pada paramahamsa parivrajakacharya ashtottara-shata Shri
Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja Prabhupada ki jaya.
• 3. Ananta-kotivaishnava-vrinda ki jaya.
• 4. Namacharya Haridasa Thakura ki jaya
• 5. Iskcon founder acharya Srila Prabhupada ki jaya.
• 6. Premse kaho Shri-Krishna-Caitanya, Prabhu Nityananda, jaya Advaita,
Gadadhara, Shrivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrinda ki jaya.
• 7. Shri-Shri-Radha-Krishna Gopa-Gopinatha, Shyama Kund, Radha Kund,
Girigovardhana ki jaya.
• 8. Vrindavana-dhama ki jaya.
• 10. Navadvipa-dhama ki jaya.
• 11. Jagannatha-puri dhama ki jaya.
• 12. Ganga-mayi ki jaya
• 13. Yamuna-mayi ki jaya.
• 14. Tulasi-devi ki jaya.
• 15. Bhakti-devi ki jaya.
• 16. Sankirtana-yajna ki jaya.
• 17. Brihad-mridanga ki jaya.
• 18. Samaveta-bhakta-vrinda ki jaya.
• 19. Gaura-premananda Hari Hari bol,
• 20. All glories to the assembled devotees. (Hare Krishna) All glories to the assembled devotees.
(Hare Krishna) All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga.