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Song Name: Krsna
Hoite Caturmukha
Official Name: Guru Parampara
Author: Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura
Book Name: None
Language: Bengali
LYRICS:
(1)
kṛṣṇa hoite
catur-mukha, hoy kṛṣṇa-sevonmukha,
brahmā hoite nāradera mati
nārada hoite vyāsa, madhwa kohe vyāsa-dāsa,
pūrṇaprajña padmanābha
gati
(2)
nṛhari mādhava-baḿśe,
akṣobhya paramahaḿse,
śiṣya boli' ańgīkāra kore
akṣobhyera śiṣya
jaya-tīrtha nāme paricaya,
tāra dāsye jñānasindhu tore
(3)
tāhā hoite dayānidhi, tāra dāsa vidyānidhi,
rājendra hoilo tāhā ha'te
tāhāra kińkora
jaya-dharma nāme paricaya,
paramparā jāno bhālo mate
(4)
jayadharma-dāsye khyāti,
śrī puruṣottama-jati,
tā ha'te brahmaṇya-tīrtha sūri
vyāsatīrtha tāra
dāsa, lakṣmīpati
vyāsa-dāsa,
tāhā ha'te mādhavendra purī
(5)
mādhavendra purī-bara,
śiṣya-bara śrī-īśwara,
nityānanda, śrī-adwaita
vibhu
īśwara-purīke dhanya,
korilen śrī-caitanya,
jagad-guru gaura mahāprabhu
(6)
mahāprabhu śrī-caitanya,
rādhā-kṛṣṇa nahe anya,
rūpānuga janera jīvana
viśwambhara priyańkara,
śrī-swarūpa dāmodara,
śrī-goswāmī rūpa-sanātana
(7)
rūpa-priya mahājana,
jīva, raghunātha hana,
tāra priya kavi kṛṣṇadāsa
kṛṣṇadāsa-priya-bara, narottama sevā-para,
jāra pada viśwanātha-āśa
(8)
viśwanātha-bhakta-sātha, baladeva jagannātha,
tāra priya śrī-bhaktivinoda
mahā-bhāgavata-bara, śrī-gaurakiśora-bara,
hari-bhajanete jā'ra moda
(9)
īhārā paramahaḿsa,
gaurāńgera nija-baḿśa
tādera caraṇe
mama gati
āmi sebā-udāsīna,
nāmete tridaṇḍī
dīna
śrī-bhaktisiddhānta saraswatī
(9A)
śrī-vārṣabhānavī-barā, sadā sevya-sevā-parā,
tāhāra dayita-dāsa-nāma
tāra pradhān pracārako, śrī-bhaktivedānta nāmo,
patita-janete doyā-dhāma
TRASLATION
1)
In the beginning of creation the science of devotional service was received by
the four-headed Brahma from the Supreme Lord Sri Krsna.
Devarsi Narada's
understanding of this divine science was obtained from Brahma. The great sage Krsna Dvaipayana Vyasa, who was empowered to compile the Vedic literatures,
became a disciple of Devarsi Narada.
Sripada Madhvacarya, the
founder of the suddha-dvaita school of Vedanta
philosophy, who visited Vyasadeva at Badarikasrama in the thirteenth century to learn from him
Vedanta philosophy, calls himself a servant of Krsna Dvaipayana Vyasa. Purnaprajna Tirtha [Madhva] is the guru and sole refuge of Padmanabha
Tirtha.
2)
The two other principal disciples of Madhva are Nrhari Tirtha and Madhava Tirtha. Madhava Tirtha accepted the great
paramhamsa Aksobhya Tirtha as a disciple. The principal disciple of Aksobhya Tirtha was known as Jayatirtha. Jayatirtha's service
was for his disciple Jnanasindhu.
3)
Dayanidhi received the science of devotional service
from Jnanasindhu, and the servant of Dayanidhi was Vidyanidhi [Vidyadhiraja Tirtha]. Rajendra Tirtha became a disciple
of Vidyadhiraja Tirtha. Rajendra Tirtha's servant was
known as Jayadharma or Vijayadhvaja
Tirtha. In this way you should properly understand
this disciplic succession.
4)
The great sannyasi Sri Purusottama
Tirtha received his knowledge in the service of his
guru, Vijayadhvaja Tirtha [Jayadharma]. The principal disciple of Purusottama
Tirtha was Subrahmanya Tirtha. His servant was the great Vyasatirtha
[Vyasa Raya]. Vyasatirtha's servant was Laksmipati
Tirtha, whose disciple was Madhavendra
Puri Gosvami.
5)
The chief disciple of Madhavendra Puri
was Isvara Puri, and two of
his other disciples were the renowned incarnations of Godhead Sri Nityananda and Advaita Acarya. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the spiritual preceptor of all the worlds made Isvari Puri greatly fortunate by
accepting him as His spiritual master.
6)
Mahaprabhu Sri Caitanya is
non different from Sri Sri Radha
and Krsna and is the very life of those Vaisnavas who follow Sri Rupa Gosvami. Sri Svarupa Damodara Gosvami, Rupa Gosvami, and Sanatana Gosvami were the givers
of great happiness to Visvambhara [Sri Caitanya].
7)
The great souls Jiva Gosvami
and Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami became very dear to Rupa Gosvami. Jiva Gosvami
was a disciple of Rupa Gosvami,
and Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami, a disciple of Advaita Acarya's disciple Yadunandana Acarya, was accepted by Rupa and Sanatana as their third brother. Raghunatha
dasa Gosvami's beloved
student was Krsnadasa Kaviraja
Gosvami. Krsnadasa Kaviraja was an intimate friend of Lokanatha
Gosvami. They lived together in Vrndavana
and always discussed the topics of Krsna with one
another. Lokanatha Gosvami,
a disciple of Gadadhara Pandita,
had only one disciple, whose name was Narottama Dasa. Narottama Dasa was always engaged in the service of his guru, and he
also engaged himself in the service of his guru's intimate friend. Thus he
became very dear to Krsnadasa Kaviraja
Gosvami. To serve I the feet of Narottama
Dasa Thakura was the only
desire of Visvanatha Cakravarti
Thakura, who was the fourth acarya
in disciplic succession from Narottama
Dasa.
8)
Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura was the siksa-guru
[instructing spiritual master] of Baladeva Vidyabhusana, to whom he taught the precepts of Srimad-Bhagavatam. Jagannatha Dasa Babaji was a very prominent acarya after Sri Baladeva Vidyabhusana and was the beloved siksa-guru
of Sri Bhaktivinoda Thakura.
Bhaktivinoda Thakura's
intimate friend and associate was the eminent maha-bhagavata
Sri Gaurakisora Dasa Babaji, whose sole joy was found in hari-bhajana.
9)
These treat saintly Vaisnavas are all paramahamsas, or devotees of the highest order, and they
are all part of Lord Gauranga's own spiritual family.
Their holy feet are my refuge. I have no real interest in devotional services
and I am a poor and lowly tridandi sannyai named Sri Bhaktisiddhanta
Sarasvati.
9A)
The renowned Sri Varsabhanavi-dayita dasa [the initiated name of Bhaktisiddhanta
Sarasvati] is always engaged in the service of his
spiritual master, Srila Gaurakisora
dasa Babaji. His foremost
disciple preacher is Sri A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who has spread the message of Lord Caitanya throughout the world and is thus a reservoir of
mercy and compassion for all fallen souls.
REMARKS/EXTRA INFORMATION:
Amongst different mathas
and disciplic successions under the guidance of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, the ninth verse is either replaced or additions
beyond the ninth verse. This verse, 9A, is the verse glorifying Srila Prabhupada.
SYNONYMS:
BENGALI SCRIPT:
UPDATED: November 20, 2010