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BhajansSarvabhauma BhattacaryaGanga Tire Tat Payobhis Tulasyah
AuthorSarvabhauma Bhattacarya

Ganga Tire Tat Payobhis Tulasyah

Advaitastakam

1

ganga -tire tat- payobhis tulasyah
patraih puspaih prema-hunkara-ghosaih
prakatyartham gauram aradhayad yah
srila advaitacaryam etam prapadye

Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya, who with tulasi leaves flowers water from the Ganges§ shore and loud calls of love worshiped Lord Gaura and begged Him to appear.

2

yad-dhunkaraih prema-sindhor vikarair
akrstah san gaura-goloka-nathah
avirbhutah sri-navadvipa-madhye
srila advaitacaryam etam prapadye

Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya. Attracted by His loud calls, the golden Lord of Goloka Vrndavana who is an ocean of ecstatic love appeared in Sri Navadvipa.

3

brahmadimam durlabha-prema-purair
adinam yah plavayam asa lokam
avirbhavya srila-caitanyacandram
srila advaitacaryam etam prapadye

Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya who by making the moon of Lord Caitanya rise flooded the world with a love even Brahma and the great demigods cannot attain.

4

sri-caitanyah sarva-sakti-prapurno
yasyaivaja-matrato ' ntardarde
'pi durvijeyam yasya karunya-krtyam
srila advaitacaryam etam prapadye

Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya whose mercy is beyond understanding and by whose request alone all-powerful Lord Caitanya disappeared from this world.

5

srsti-sthity-antam vidhatum pravrtta
yasyamsamsah brahma-visnv-isvarakhyah
yenabhinnam tam maha-visnu-rupam
sriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye

Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya who is not different from the form of Lord Maha-Visnu and whose parts and parcels are the Brahma Visnu and Siva engaged in the creation maintenance, and destruction of the worlds.

6

kasmimscid yah sruyate casrayatvat
sambhor ittham sambhavan-nama dhama
sarvaradhyam bhakti-matraika-sadhyam
sriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye

Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya who is worshiped by all who is attained only by devotional service and who as is heard in a certain Vedic literature because He is Lord Siva's shelter has a name and glory like Lord Siva's.

7

sita-namni preyasi prema-purna
putro yasyapy acyutananda-nama
sri-caitanya-prema-pura-prapurnah
sriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye

Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya who is flooded with love for Lord Caitanya and whose beloved Sita-devi and son Acyutananda are also filled with love.

8

nityanandadvaitato ' dvaita-nama
bhaktyakhyanad yah sad- acarya-nama
sasvac-cetah-sacarad-gaura-dhama
srila advaitacaryam etam prapadye

Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya whose heart is Lord Gaura's eternal home who is named Advaita because He is not (a) different ( dvaita ) from Lord Nityananda and who is named Acarya because He teaches devotional service.

9

pratah pritah pratyaham sampathed
yah sitanathasyastakam suddha-buddhih
so 'yam samyam tasya padaravinde
vindan bhaktim tat- priyatvam prayati

A person whose intelligence is pure and who every morning happily reads these eight verses glorifying Lord Advaita the husband of Sita attains devotion for His lotus feet and becomes dear to Him.

Translation

1

Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya, who with tulasi leaves flowers water from the Ganges§ shore and loud calls of love worshiped Lord Gaura and begged Him to appear.

2

Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya. Attracted by His loud calls, the golden Lord of Goloka Vrndavana who is an ocean of ecstatic love appeared in Sri Navadvipa.

3

Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya who by making the moon of Lord Caitanya rise flooded the world with a love even Brahma and the great demigods cannot attain.

4

Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya whose mercy is beyond understanding and by whose request alone all-powerful Lord Caitanya disappeared from this world.

5

Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya who is not different from the form of Lord Maha-Visnu and whose parts and parcels are the Brahma Visnu and Siva engaged in the creation maintenance, and destruction of the worlds.

6

Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya who is worshiped by all who is attained only by devotional service and who as is heard in a certain Vedic literature because He is Lord Siva's shelter has a name and glory like Lord Siva's.

7

Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya who is flooded with love for Lord Caitanya and whose beloved Sita-devi and son Acyutananda are also filled with love.

8

Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya whose heart is Lord Gaura's eternal home who is named Advaita because He is not (a) different ( dvaita ) from Lord Nityananda and who is named Acarya because He teaches devotional service.

9

A person whose intelligence is pure and who every morning happily reads these eight verses glorifying Lord Advaita the husband of Sita attains devotion for His lotus feet and becomes dear to Him.