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Song Name: Virahastakam
Official Name: Virahastakam
Author: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Book Name: None
LYRICS:
First Octet -- The Flood of
Krsna Prema
(1)
O Srila Prabhupada! You
personally suffer to see the suffering of the fallen conditioned souls. On this
anniversary of your separation I am utterly despondent.
(2)
"The ocean of mercy was previously held
back by a dam, but Lord Nityananda personally cut a channel in it and thereby
released the outpouring flood of pure ecstatic love of God. " (from
Locana's dasa's song Nitai Guna mani)
(3)
Those devotees to whom the
responsiblity was given to continue spreading this flood of love somehow became
overpowered by Maya and were thus reduced to simply performing ritualistic
Hindu ceremonies for the benefit of the materialists.
(4)
Lord Nityananda's
inundation of prema was thus completely stopped by those known as jati-gosai
(caste gosvamis) But then you personally came, O Master to open wide the
floodgates once again.
(5)
Again you engulfed everyone
in the deluge of pure divine love- even such a low, wretched, fallen and sinful
soul as myself.
(6)
On the strength of Lord
Caitanya Mahaprabhu's command you sent all of your servants as spiritual
masters, going from door to door, just to deliver the fallen souls.
(7)
The devotees were
enthusiastically preaching everywhere- from the oceans to the
(8)
O Srila Prabhupada! You
personally suffer to see the suffering of the fallen conditioned souls. On this
day of your separation I am utterly despondent.
Second Octet -- The
Merciful Flood Has Been Stopped
(1)
Just as Advaita Prabhu had
prayed fervently and thus induced Sri Gauranga to descend, so did your father,
Bhaktivinoda Thakura, pray for you to incarnate.
(2)
Due to Bhaktivinoda's
eagerness, O Master, you came and proclaimed to everyone that
(3)
"One who has taken
birth in this land of Bharata-bhumi (India) should first make his own life
successful and then work for the benefit of all other people" (C.C Adi
9.41)
(4)
This is the most
significant message of Lord Caitanya that you boldly preached everywhere. But
now in your absence, O Master, everything has fallen into darkness.
(5)
The overflowing ocean of
your compassion has once again been dammed up. This makes me feel as if a spear
of great misery has indeed pierced my heart.
(6)
Without Caitanya
Mahaprabhu's message being spread there is only confusion and upheaval in the
movement. Seeing this situation, all the Vaisnavas are also feeling overwhelmed
with the pangs of your separation.
(7)
The spirit souls have once
again been captured by Maya and plunged into absolute darkness. Desperately
searching for relief, they are simply perishing in a fathomless ocean of
anxiety.
(8)
O Srila Prabhupada! You
personally suffer to see the suffering of the fallen conditioned souls. On this
day of your separation I am utterly despondent.
Third Octet -- Practical
Chanting and Preaching
(1)
You instructed everyone you
met to chant the holy name of Lord Krsna. You showed the example of continually
reciting the maha-mantra into their ears.
(2)
You empowered everyone with
the qualification to further distribute that holy name But now, by the
influence of Maya, there is only darkness on all sides.
(3)
The souls who are truly
attached to worshiping the Lord always sing and dance in joyful sankirtana.
Following in the footsteps of their spiritual master, they deliver the whole
world.
(4)
But those who have no such
qualification perform nirjana bhajana or so-called confidential worship in a
solitary place. Thus acting whimsically, all of them actually remain absorbed
in personal sense gratification.
(5)
[As stated in the Srimad
Bhagavatam 10,33,30]: "An ordinary soul should never imitate the
activities of the Supreme Lord, even in his mind." According to these
instructions in devotional service, the unqualified imitators are ruined.
(6)
You preached "utility
is the principle"- that is, one should act without attachment and use
anything that is deemed appropriate in the devotional service of the Lord.
(7)
In such detached devotional
service to Lord Krsna there would be a temple established in every house But
now just the opposite situation is apparent everywhere.
(8)
O Srila Prabhupada! You
personally suffer to see the suffering of the fallen conditioned souls. On this
day of your separation I am utterly despondent.
Fourth Octet -- The
Essential Purport Neglected
(1)
Everything regarding
material prosperity as well as mystic perfection is fully present in your
transcendental message: "Because the residents of Vraja have life,
therefore they engage in preaching work." (Dusta Mana verse)
(2)
The "resolute
intelligence" ("vyavasayatmika buddhi") explained by Srila
Visvanatha Cakravarti [in his commentary to Bhagavad Gita 2.41] is now spoiled
since your disciples have become ensnared in the bewildering noose of Maya.
(3)
Those disciples who were
irresolute in performing devotional service according to your instructions have
now divided your mission in many factions. It appears that the tigress of
ambition for material names and fame has appeared and personally provoked this
upheaval.
(4)
The essential purport of
your message obviously did not enter their ears. O where will I get the
strength to perform this hari-nama-sankirtana?
(5)
To chant the holy name of
the Lord is the explicit command of my worshipful spiritual master. I could
never honestly neglect that order
(6)
Your greatest acclaim is
that you propagated the topmost religious culture. Anyone who accepts the holy
name from you becomes spiritually qualified.
(7)
If all those who attained
this qualification were to go out and make disciples then the miserable
conditioned souls would all be delivered from this world of birth and death.
(8)
O Srila Prabhupada! You
personally suffer to see the suffering of the fallen conditioned souls. On this
day of your separation I am utterly despondent.
Fifth Octet -- The
Disciple's Empowerment is Lost
(1)
The greatest mantra of all,
consisting of thirty-two letters, is
hare krsna hare krsna krsna
krsna hare hare
hare rama hare rama rama
rama hare hare
People who are possessed by
gross foolishness refuse to chant it.
(2)
Your so-called disciple, the jackal named
Ananta Vasudeva, disobeyed your final instructions to keep the mission united,
and thereby created a scandalous fiasco. The result of this philosophical
deviation is evident to this day as imitative sahajiyas are being worshiped as
gurus in your temples.
(3)
Is there a single temple to
be found where your instructions are still being followed? As it is said:
"punar musiko bhava"- Everyone has "again become a mouse."
(4)
The lion's food has been
stolen away by the deceptive tricks of the jackal Now caught in Maya's mighty
clutches everyone is reduced to wailing and weeping.
(5)
O Master! If your are
merciful to us one again, then even though we are trapped here on the shores of
the ocean of death, we will finally behold a change for the better.
(6)
Then once again we can
blissfully remember the holy name of Krsna, and once again we will have firm
faith in your "Vaikuntha messages."
(7)
Once again you will make us
dance in the pure holy name of Krsna. thus you will personally dispel all this
confusion caused by Maya.
(8)
O Srila Prabhupada! You
personally suffer to see the suffering of the fallen conditioned souls. On this
day of your separation I am utterly despondent.
Sixth Octet -- The
Preaching Mission is Scattered
(1)
"Continue dancing,
singing and performing sankirtana in the association of devotees." ( C.C.
Adi 7.92) These words spoken by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu are especially
nectarine.
(2)
If we have complete faith
in these instructions given by you, our spiritual master, then in the
performance of sankirtana actual love for Krsna will be aroused in us.
(3)
Without love of God, our
tiny intelligence only becomes entangled in the network of Maya's delusions
Because no one actually attained prema, now there has been great upheaval in
your mission.
(4)
The whole world has become
filled with impersonalists, and the Vaisnavas have given up the work of
preaching that was entrusted unto them and have simply gone off to perform
solitary worship.
(5)
The Vaisnava's were famous
as "patita pavana" ( deliverers of the fallen) but now this title has
fallen into disgrace. Countless numbers of your disciples have been forced to
leave your movement.
(6)
At such an inauspicious
time, O Master, what can be done to repair the damage that is done? The
beautiful garden that you had so carefully planted is now parched and withered
away.
(7)
O Master, please awaken
some good intelligence in this insignificant disciple of yours so that my firm
faith in your transcendental message may increase more and more.
(8)
O Srila Prabhupada! You
personally suffer to see the suffering of the fallen conditioned souls. On this
day of your separation I am utterly despondent.
Seventh Octet -- Distributing
the Pure Devotional Process
(1)
The most magnanimous
incarnation of the Lord is Sri Krsna Caitanya. Distributing the process of
attaining love of God by chanting the holy names of Krsna, He thus blessed the
entire universe.
(2)
O Master, you are the
personification of the transcendental message of Lord Caitanya. You are the
distributor of that message to every town and village.
(3)
You sent your devotees to
preach in the faraway lands of the Western countries, and you personally
traveled all over
(4)
You preached the pure
philosophy of Lord Gauranga in such a way that intelligent persons could
understand. And you showed such great concern, O Master, in convincing all you
adversaries!
(5)
Lord Gauranga used many
tricks just to engage the conditioned souls in devotional service, and you have
also understood how to use all those tricks perfectly well.
(6)
You understood time, place
and circumstance, and utilized everything as a strategy for preaching. Although
observing your activities with their very eyes. those who are blind like owls
and other creatures of the night could not see your true purpose.
(7)
What will the Auls and the
Sahajiyas and the other nonsense groups ever understand? And what will the
sheep-like common people or dry logicians ever understand?
(8)
O Srila Prabhupada! You
personally suffer to see the suffering of the fallen conditioned souls. On this
day of your separation I am utterly despondent.
Eighth Octet -- If Only You
would Come Again
(1)
Lord Caitanya's method of
devotional service is not performed in solitude. You preached this again and
again to your own devotees.
(2)
Just as the Lord delivered
Jagai and Madhai out of His own causeless mercy, you explained to everyone that
this same method of preaching work has to go on.
(3)
The world has now filled up
with many Jagais and Madhais to deliver. Everyone is anxiously looking down the
road waiting for Caitanya-Nitai to come to their rescue.
(4)
If, at such a time as this,
you were to personally return to this world and once more preach about all
these things the way you always used to do…
(5)
If there were enthusiastic
preaching activities again taking place in every direction, then all the people
as before would be stirred up in blissful excitement.
(6)
Your profound shouting
would cause the demons and atheists to flee, and your narrations of Lord
Caitanya's message would fill the hearts of the innocent souls.
(7)
Again the whole world would
be excitedly bustling with good tidings; but as it is, in your absence now
there is nothing of value anywhere.
(8)
O Srila Prabhupada! You
personally suffer to see the suffering of the fallen conditioned souls. On this
day of your separation I am utterly despondent.
(9)
O Master! My heart is
broken in your absence. This disciple named Abhay has hereby revealed only a
small token of his wretched agony of separation.
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