Sri Gadadharastakam

Sri Gadadharastakam

Eight Prayers Glorifying Gadadhara Prabhu- By Srila Svaraupa Damodara Goswami

Text 1
sva-bhakti-yoga-lasinam sada vraje viharinam hari-priya-ganagragam cacisuta-priyecvaram saradha-krsna-sevana-prakacakam mahacayam bhajamy aham gadadharam supanditam gurum prabhum

"I worship the greatly learned and exalted spiritual master, Srila Gadadhara Prabhu, who appears very splendid, engaged in the Lord's devotional service. He always performs pastimes in Vraja, where he is very prominent among the gopis, who are very dear to Lord Hari. Lord Caitanya, the Son of Saci is the dear Lord of Gadadhara Prabhu, who is preaching the service of Radha and Krsna."

Text 2
navojjvaladi- bhavana-vidhana-karma-paragam vicitra-gaura-bhakti-sindhu-ragga-bhagga-lasinam suraga-marga-darsakam vrajadi-vasa-dayakam bhajamy aham gadadharam supanditam gurum prabhum

"I worship the greatly learned spiritual master, Srila Gadadhara Prabhu. He is expertly absorbed in meditation on the nine rasas of devotional service, beginning with ujjvala-rasa (conjugal love), and he dances in the waves of the amazing ocean of devotional service to Lord Caitanya. He preaches the path of raganuga-bhakti (spontaneous devotional service), and He is a fit person to attain residence in the transcendental land of Vraja."

Text 3
sacisutagghri-sara-bhakta-vrnda-vandya-gauravam gaura-bhava-citta-padma-madhya-krsna-vallabham mukunda-gaura-rupinam svabhava-dharma-dayakam bhajamy aham gadadharam supanditam gurum prabhum

"I worship the greatly learned spiritual master, Srila Gadadhara Prabhu. The best of those who are devoted to the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya, the Son of Saci-devi, offer respecful obeisances to him and treat him with great importance, and he is very dear to Lord Krsna, Who is seated in the middle of the lotus flower which is his heart, assuming His golden form of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He preaches that Lord Mukunda has assumed the golden form of Lord Caitanya, and he returns the living entities to their constitutional position as servants of the Lord."

Text 4
nikunja-sevanadika-prakasanaika-karanam sada sakhi-rati-pradam maha-rasa-svarupakam sadacritagghri-pankajam sariri-sad-gurum varam bhajamy aham gadadharam supanditam gurum prabhum

"I worship the greatly learned and exalted spiritual master, Srila Gadadhara Prabhu. It is only because of him that the truth of the exalted devotional service performed by the intimate associates of Krsna in the forests and groves of Vrndavana has been revealed. He is preaching the ecstatic love attained by the gopis, and he is indeed a personification of the mellows of devotional service. The saintly devotees take shelter of his lotus feet, and he teaches the truth of spiritual life to the living entities."

Text 5
mahaprabhor maha-rasa-prakasanagkuram priyam sada maha-rasagkura-prakacanadi-vasanam mahaprabhor vrajagganadi-bhava-moda-karakam bhajamy aham gadadharam supanditam gurum prabhum

"I worship the greatly learned spiritual master, Srila Gadadhara Prabhu. He is very dear to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and it is as if he had sprouted from the manifestation of the Lord`s ecstatic love. He is always adorned with the garments of ecstatic love of Godhead, and He delights Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu by arousing in the Lord the ecstatic emotional love experienced by the gopis of Vraja."

Text 6
dvijendra-vrnda-vandya-pada-yugma-bhakti-vardhakam nijesu radhikatmata-vapuh-prakacanagraham asesa-bhakti-sastra-siksayojjvalamrta-prabam bhajamy aham gadadharam supanditam gurum prabhum

"I worship the greatly learned spiritual master, Srila Gadadhara Prabhu, who expands the mellows of devotional service and whose lotus feet are worshipped by the kings of the brahmanas. Among his confidential associates, he reveals his actual form as Srimati Radharani. He distributes the nectar of the ecstatic mellow of the gopis conjugal love, strictly following the instructions of all the devotional scriptures."

Text 7
muda nija-priyadika-svapada-padma-sindhubhir maha-rasarnavamrta-pradesta-gaura-bhaktidam sadast-sattvikanvitam nijesta-bhakti-dayakam bhajamy aham gadadharam supanditam gurum prabhum

"I worship the greatly learned spiritual master, Srila Gadadhara Prabhu. With delight he is giving the devotional service of Lord Caitanya which reveals the nectarean ocean of the most exalted mellows of devotional service, along with the nectar flowing from the lotus feet of the gopis, headed by Srimati Radharani, who is most dear to Krsna. Gadadhara Prabhu is decorated with the eight transcendental ecstatic symptoms of sattvika-bhava,and he is distributing devotional service to his worshippable Lord Krsna."

Text 8
yadiya-riti-raga-ragga-bhagga-digdhamanaso naro `api yati turnam eva narya-bhava-bhajanam tam ujjvalakta-cittam etu citta-matta-catpado bhajamy aham gadadharam supanditam guram prabhum

"I worship the greatly learned spiritual master, Srila Gadadhara Prabhu. Even a conditioned soul, whose mind becomes anointed by the colorful waves of spontaneous devotional service as delineated by Srila Gadadhara Prabhu, quickly attains the highest level of devotional service. He becomes like a maddened bumble bee whose mind is anointed with the mellow of ujjvala-rasa (conjugal love)."

Text 9
maha-rasamrta-pradam sada gadadhara-astakam pathet tu yah subhaktito vrajaggana-ganotsavam saci-tanuja-pada-padma-bhakti-ratna-yogyatam labheta radhika-gadadharagghri-padma-sevaya

"These eight verses glorifying Srila Gadadhara Prabhu distribute the nectat of the most exalted mellow of devotional service, and they are like a festival for the gopis of Vraja. If one regularly reads these verses and serves the lotus feet of Srila Gadadhara Prabhu, who is an incarnation of Srimati Radharani, then he will become qualified to attain the jewel of pure devotional service for the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya,the son of Sacidevi."

Sri Gadadharastakam

by
Sri Svarupa Damodara GosvamiSri Gadadharastakam

sva-bhaktiyoga-lasinam sada vraje viharinam
hari-priya-ganagragam saci-suta-priyesvaram
sa-radha-krsna-sevana-prakasakam mahasayam
bhajamy aham gadadharam supanditam gurum prabhum

Esta personalidade que caminha eternamente em Vraja enquanto realiza Seu serviço devocional amoroso (Sri Radha) é a principal dentre as amadas donzelas de Sri Hari. Gadadhara Prabhu, que é não diferente de Sri Radha, aparece como o mais elevado dentre os associados queridos do filho de mãe Saci e revela o processo do serviço a Sri Sri Radha e Krsna. Adoro este magnânimo e exaltado Pandita e Guru, Sri Gadadhara Pandita.

navojjvaladi-bhavana-vidhana-karma-paragam
vicitra-gaura-bhakti-sindhu-rasabhanga-lasinam
su-raga-marga-darsakam vrajadi-vasa-dayakam
bhajamy aham gadadharam supanditam gurum prabhum

Ele é completamente versado no processo de manifestar as concepções e humores de ujjvala-madhura sempre fresca e de outras rasas. Ele está totalmente absorto em brincar nas ondas de rasa do oceano de devoção amorosa extremamente variada a Sri Gaura Hari. Ele é aquele que revela o caminho mais elevado de raga-bhakti e concede residência nas moradas sagradas de Sri Hari, principalmente em Vraja. Adoro este magnânimo e exaltado Pandita e Guru, Sri Gadadhara Pandita.

sacisutanghri-sara-bhakta-vrnda-vandya-gauravan
gaura-bhava-citta-padma-madhya-krsna-suvallabham
mukunda-gaura-rupinam sva-bhava-dharma-dayakam
bhajamy aham gadadharam supanditam gurum prabhum

Ele é venerado e adorado por uma multidão de bhaktas que se abrigaram exclusivamente aos pés de lótus de Sri Sacisuta. Sri Krsna, que está esplendidamente situado dentro do coração saturado de bhava de Sri Gaura Hari, é o mais amado de Sri Gadadhara Pandita, sendo sua própria vida. Sri Gadadhara Prabhu deu a Mukunda (que estava na Sua forma dourada como Sri Gaura Hari) a natureza dos sentimentos e humores de seu próprio coração, em outras palavras, a devoção amorosa de Sri Radha por Sri Krsna. Adoro este magnânimo e exaltado Pandita e Guru, Sri Gadadhara Pandita.

nikuñja-savanadika-prakasanaika-karanam
sada sakhi-rati-pradam maha-rasa-svarupakam
sadasritanghri-pankajam sariri-sad-gurum varam
bhajamy aham gadadharam supanditam gurum prabhum

Seu único propósito é manifestar a natureza do seva (a Sri Sri Yugala-Kisora) no interior do nikuñja. Ele sempre concede rati pelos sentimentos e serviços das sakhis de Srimati Radhika. Ele é a forma original da mais elevada madhurarasa. Como o melhor dentre os sad-gurus, ele está sempre dando a proteção aos seus pés de lótus para aqueles que se abrigam nele. Adoro este magnânimo e exaltado Pandita e Guru, Sri Gadadhara Pandita.

mahaprabhor maha-rasa-prakasanankuram priyam
sada maha-rasankura-prakasanadi-vasanam
mahaprabhor vrajanganadi-bhava-moda-karakam
bhajamy aham gadadharam supanditam gurum prabhum

Ele é querido por Sri Mahaprabhu por ter se tornado o broto que floresceu (na árvore) de maha-rasa – a mais elevada madhura-rasa. Ao mesmo tempo, ele sempre quer ajudar a nutrir o broto de maha-rasa (no coração de Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu) e, assim, ele dá prazer a Ele por Lhe ajudar a saborear os bhavas das Vraja-gopis. Adoro este magnânimo e exaltado Pandita e Guru, Sri Gadadhara Pandita.

dvijendra-vrnda-vandya-pada-yugma-bhakti-vardhakam
nijesu radhikatmata-vapuh-prakasanagraham
asesa-bhakti-sastra-siksayojjvalamrta-pradam
bhajamy aham gadadharam supanditam gurum prabhum

Ele promove bhakti aos pés de lótus de Sri Gaura Hari, que são sempre adorados por inúmeros brahmanas exaltados. Para aqueles que lhe são íntimos (seus associados pessoais), ele está ansioso por revelar sua própria forma como não-diferente de Srimati Radhika. Ele concede o néctar imortal de ujjvala-rasa através de suas instruções que são extraídas dos infinitos bhakti-sastras. Adoro este magnânimo e exaltado Pandita e Guru, Sri Gadadhara Pandita.

muda nija-priyadika-sva-pada-padma-sidhubhir
maharasarnavamrta-pradesta-gaura-bhaktidam
sadasta-sattvikanvitam nijesta-bhakti-dayakam
bhajamy aham gadadharam supanditam gurum prabhum

Ele alegremente derrama sobre seus associados a ambrosia de seus pés de lótus juntamente com o néctar que emana do grande oceano de madhura-rasa e de seus próprios queridos gaura-bhaktas. Ele está sempre ornamentado com os astasattvika-vikaras e ele concede devoção a seu istadeva (Sri Gopinatha). Adoro este magnânimo e exaltado Pandita e Guru, Sri Gadadhara Pandita.

yadiya-riti-raga-rangabhanga-digdha-manaso
naro ‘pi yati turnam eva naryabhava-bhajanam
tam ujjvalakta-cittam etu citta-matta-satpado
bhajamy aham gadadharam supanditam gurum prabhum

Aquele que mergulha nas ondas das Suas práticas de raga-bhakti , rapidamente alcança a qualificação para os sentimentos das donzelas de Vraja, cujas mentes são como abelhas intoxicadas. Desta forma, a mente de tal se pessoa torna também saturada de ujjvala-rasa. Adoro este magnânimo e exaltado Pandita e Guru, Sri Gadadhara Pandita.

maharasamrta-pradam sada gadadharastakam
pathet tu yah subhaktito vrajangana-ganotsavam
saci-tanuja-pada-padma-bhakti-ratna-yogyatan
labheta radhika-gadadharanghri-padma-sevaya

Estes oito versos em glorificação a Sri Gadadhara concedem o néctar desta grande madhura-rasa, que é o festival saboreado pelas inúmeras Vraja-gopis. Assim, aquele que regularmente recitar estes versos com devoção pura obtém os pés de lótus de Sri Gadadhara, que é a própria Srimati Radhika. Através deste serviço, pode-se atingir a elegibilidade para a jóia de bhakti pelos pés de lótus do filho de Saci.