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Song Name: Ceto Darpana Marjanam
Official Name: Antya Lila
Chapter 20 Verses 12, 16, 21, 29, 32, 36, 39, 47, and 65; Sri Siksastakam
Author: Krsnadasa Kaviraja
Book Name: Caitanya Caritamrta
LYRICS:
(1)
ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaḿ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaḿ
śreyaḥ-kairava-candrikā-vitaraṇaḿ
vidyā-vadhū-jīvanam
ānandāmbudhi-vardhanaḿ prati-padaḿ pūrṇāmṛtāsvādanaḿ
sarvātma-snapanaḿ paraḿ
vijayate śrī-kṛṣṇa-sańkīrtanam
(2)
nāmnām akāri bahudhā nija-sarva-śaktis
tatrārpitā niyamitaḥ
smaraṇe na kālaḥ
etādṛśī tava
kṛpā bhagavan mamāpi
durdaivam īdṛśam
ihājani nānurāgaḥ
(3)
tṛṇād api sunīcena
taror api sahiṣṇunā
amāninā mānadena
kīrtanīyaḥ sadā
hariḥ
(4)
na dhanaḿ na janaḿ na sundarīḿ
kavitāḿ vā jagad-īśa kāmaye
mama janmani janmanīśvare
bhavatād bhaktir ahaitukī tvayi
(5)
ayi nanda-tanuja kińkaraḿ
patitaḿ māḿ
viṣame bhavāmbudhau
kṛpayā tava pāda-pańkaja-
sthita-dhūlī-sadṛśaḿ vicintaya
(6)
nayanaḿ galad-aśru-dhārayā
vadanaḿ gadgada-ruddhayā
girā
pulakair nicitaḿ vapuḥ kadā
tava nāma-grahaṇe
bhaviṣyati
(7)
yugāyitaḿ nimeṣeṇa
cakṣuṣā prāvṛṣāyitam
śūnyāyitaḿ jagat
sarvaḿ
govinda-viraheṇa me
(8)
āśliṣya vā pāda-ratāḿ
pinaṣṭu mām
adarśanān marma-hatāḿ
karotu vā
yathā tathā vā vidadhātu lampaṭo
mat-prāṇa-nāthas tu
sa eva nāparaḥ
(9)
prabhura ‘śikṣāṣṭaka’-śloka yei paḍe, śune
kṛṣṇe prema-bhakti
TRANSLATION
1) 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.
2) 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.
3) 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.
4) 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.
5) 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.
6) 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?
7) 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.
8) 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
9) If anyone recites or
hears these eight verses of instruction by Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu, his ecstatic love and devotion for Krsna
increase day by day.
Remarks/ Extra Information:
Lord
Caitanya Mahaprabhu
instructed His disciples to write books on the science of Krsna, a task which
His followers have continued to carry out down to the present day. The
elaborations and expositions on the philosophy taught by Lord Caitanya are, in fact, the most voluminous, exacting, and
consistent, due to the system of disciplic
succession. Although Lord Caitanya was widely
renowned as a scholar in His youth, one of His famous doctrines he left behind
was the Siksastaka. These eight verses clearly reveal
His mission and precepts. These supremely valuable prayers are translated
herein.
The
Caitanya Caritmarta had
these prayers in here in Chapter
Verses
1 through 8 are the actual Siksatakam verses (in
Sanskrit). The final verse is in Bengali.
PURPORT:
By A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami (Purport 1)
By A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami (Purport 2)
FOREIGN TRANSLATIONS:
All Glories to
the Chanting of Sri Krsna’s Holy Names (ENGLISH)
SYNONYMS:
DEVANAGARI SCRIPT:
ODIA SCRIPT:
UPDATED:
November 18, 2010