Pranamaha Narayana Anadi Nidhan
Mangalacarana
praṇamaha nārāyaṇa anādi nidhan
sṛṣṭi-sthiti-pralaya jata tāhāra kāran ̣
I offer my respectful obeisances to Lord Narayana, who has no beginning, and who is the creator, maintainer, and destroyer of the material worlds.
eka-bhābe banda hari joḍa kari hāt
nanda-nandana kṛṣṇa mora prāṇa-nāth
With folded hands I offer my prayers unto Krsna, the son of Nanda Maharaja, who is my life and soul.
brahmā maheśwara banda sṛṣṭira sahāy
gaṇapati praṇamaha bighna-hara tāy
I offer my respectful obeisances to Brahma and Siva who help in the creation of the material world, and to Ganesa, who removes obstacles.
sarba-deba-gaṇer bandiyā caran ̣
kṛṣṇera caritra kichu karila racan
I bow down to the feet of all the demigods. Now I will write something of Lord Krsna's pastimes.
Translation
I offer my respectful obeisances to Lord Narayana, who has no beginning, and who is the creator, maintainer, and destroyer of the material worlds.
With folded hands I offer my prayers unto Krsna, the son of Nanda Maharaja, who is my life and soul.
I offer my respectful obeisances to Brahma and Siva who help in the creation of the material world, and to Ganesa, who removes obstacles.
I bow down to the feet of all the demigods. Now I will write something of Lord Krsna's pastimes.
Notes
In Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, (Madhya 15.99-100), Lord Caitanya praises this verse and this book. He says: "Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then said: Gunaraja Khan of Kulina-grama compiled a book named Sri Krsna-vijaya in which there is a sentence revealing the author's ecstatic love of Krsna. "Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then said: ` Krsna, the son of Maharaja Nanda, is my life and soul.' By this statement I am sold into the hands of the descendents of Gunaraja Khan.' "