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Title: 001 Chp Introductory
Glories Important
User: Swami Gaurangapada Date: 2006-06-10 07:36:29
Shri Navadvipa Dhama
Mahatmya
Parikrama Khanda
Prathama Adhyaaya -
Chapter 1
Saadhaarana mahaatmya
Introductory Glories of
Shri Navadvipa Dhama
By His Divine Grace
Shrila Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Translated by His
Holiness BRS Swami Gaurangapada
jaya jaya
navadvipa-chandra shachi-suta,
jaya jaya nityaananda
raaya avadhuta..1
"Supreme glories to
the Supreme Personality of Served Godhead Lord Gauranga Mahaprabhu, Who has
advented as the divine moon of Shri Navadvipa Dhama and the transcendental son
of Shrimati Shachidevi in Kali Yuga. All glories to the Supreme Personality of
Servitor Godhead Lord Nityananda Prabhu, Who is the the Supreme King of all
exalted personalities."
jaya jaya shri advaita
prabhu mahaashaya
gadaadhara shrivaasa
pandita jaya jaya..2
"All glories, all
glories to Mahavishnu Avatara Lord Shri Advaita Acharya who is the Master of
the creation. All glories to the energy of Lord Gauranga, Shri Gadadhara
Pandita, and all glories to Shrila Shrivasa Pandita, the commander-in-chief of
all the devotees of Lord Gaurahari."
jaya navadvipa-dhaama
sarva-dhaama-saara
jaya navadvipa-vaasi
gaura-parivaara..3
"All glories to
supreme abode of Kali Yuga, Shri Navadvipa Dhama, which is the essence of all
Holy Places in creation. All glories to the divine residents of Shri Navadvipa
Dhama who are verily the family members of Lord Gauranga Mahaprabhu."
sakala bhakata-pade
kariyaa pranaama
sankshepe varniba aami
navadvipa-dhaama..4
"I offer my
prostrated obeisances at the lotus feet of all the devotees of Lords Nityananda
Gauranga and seek their blessings. It is only by the power of their mercy that
I am describing the supreme glories of Shri Navadvipa Dhama in summarized form.
navadvipa-mandalera
mahimaa apaara
brahmaa aadi naahi jaane
varne saadhya kaara..5
"The glories of Shri
Navadvipa Mandala (32 miles) are unlimited and unfathomable. What to speak of
ordinary souls, even the master engineer of this universe and the guna
incarnation Lord Brahma do not know the full glories of Shri Navadvipa.
Therefore, who has the capacity to actually describe them?
sahasra vadane shesha
varnite akshama
kshudra-jiva aami kise
haiba sakshama..6
"Lord Ananta Shesha
with His thousands of mouths finds Himself incapable to fully describe the
glories of Shri Navadvipa Dhama. Thus, how can an insignificant and fallible
soul like me become competent for such an exalted service?"
satya bate navadvipa
mahimaa ananta
deva-deva mahaadeva naahi
paaya anta..7
"There is certainly
no doubt that the supreme glories of Shri Navadvipa Dhama are unlimited and
unparalleled. The God of all the demigods Mahadev Lord Shiva himself does not
find an end to the glories of Shri Navadvipa Dhama."
tathaapi
chaitanya-chandra icchaa balavaana
sei iccha vashe bhakta
aagyaara vidhaana..8
"But above all the
desire of the Supreme Lord Chaitanyachandra is paramount and most powerful. And
understanding that desire of the Lord, His associates desired and ordered me to
describe the glories of Shri Navadvipa Dhama."
bhakta-gane aagyaa dila
chaitanya-icchaaya
nadiyaa-mahaatmya varni
bhaktera kripaaya..9
"Thus, knowing the
desire of Lord Gauranga, the devotees ordered me to write the glories of Shri
Navadvipa Dhama. So I am describing them due to the causeless mercy of the
devotees upon me."
aara eka kathaa aache
gudha atishaya
kahite na icchaa haya,
naa kahile naya..10
"There is one more
extremely deep and confidential secret. I do not want to tell it but I cannot
remain without describing it as it will supremely benefit all souls."
ye avadhi shri chaitanya
aprakata haila
dhaama-lilaa prakaashite
bhakte aagyaa dila..11
"After the Supreme
Lord Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu disappeared and unmanifested His divine pastimes
from this material universe, He ordered His associates and devotees to reveal,
describe and establish His Supreme Pastimes in the Holy Abodes of Shri
Navadvipa and Shri Jagannatha Puri and His Holy Names."
sarva avataara haite
gudha avataara
shri chaitanya-chandra
mora vidita samsaara..12
"Of all the
multifarious incarnations of God in creation, the Supreme moon-like Lord
Gauranga, Who is the source of all the incarnations, is the most confidential,
mysterious and esoteric."
gudha-lilaa shastre
gudha-rupe ukta haya
abhakta janera citte naa
haya udaya..13
"Lord Gauranga
Mahaprabhu is described and glorified in the most confidential manner in the
most deeply secret scriptures so that those who are envious non-believers and
non-devotees will never be able to identify and worship Him as God
Himself."
se lila sambandhe yata
gudha shaastra chila
maayaadevi bahu-kaala
aacchaadi raakhila..14
"The most
confidential scriptures describing the supreme glories of the Advent, Holy
Names and Pastimes of Lord Gauranga Mahaprabhu were covered and concealed by
Lord's illusory energy Mayadevi for a very long time."
aprakata shaastra bahu
rahe yathaa tathaa
prakata shaastre o yata
chaitanyera kathaa..15
se sakala maayaadevi
pandita-nayana
aavariya raakhe
gupta-bhaave anukshana..16
"Lord Gauranga's
supreme glories are described in numerous Vedic scriptures which are in
unmanifested form on this earth planet. Even the glories of Lord Gauranga in
the revealed and manifest scriptures were secretly concealed and covered by
Mayadevi constantly from the vision of even the great scholars of the
Vedas."
gaurera gambhira lilaa
haile aprakata
prabhu-icchaa jaani
maayaa haya akapata..17
"After the
unmanifestation of the most esoteric and deep pastimes of the Supreme Lord
Gauranga which were to specifically relish the mysteries of His own love, Maya,
the illusory energy of Lord Gauranga, understanding the desire of the Lord
Gauranga to reveal Himself, decided to become merciful to the souls in this
world."
uthaaiya laila jaala
jiva-cakshu haite
prakaashila gaura-tattva
e jada jagate..18
"After Lord
Gauranga's disappearance from this world, Maya lifted the curtain of illusion
and forgetfulness covering the eyes of the conditioned souls about the advent
and identity of Lord Gauranga. Due to the desire of the Lord Himself, she then
clearly revealed the scriptures and the scriptural descriptions of the
essential philosophical truths about the supreme glories of Lord Gauranga and
His Holy Names and Pastimes in Kali Yuga."
gupta-shaastra anaayaase
haila prakata
ghuchila jivera jata
yuktira sankata..19
"All the
confidential scriptures describing the glories of Lord Gauranga's Name and
Pastimes were effortlessly revealed by Maya after Lord Gauranga's
disappearance. Due to this, all souls became greatly fortunate and their
miserable calamities came to an end."
badai dayalu prabhu
nityananda-raya
gaura-tattva prakasila
jivera hiyaya..20
"This unprecedented
causeless mercy of revealing the Gauranga Nama-Lila Tattva (Spiritual Truths)
in the hearts of all souls which was never before seen in the past was possible
only because of most magnanimous desire and order of Lord Nityananda
Prabhu."
tanra aagyaa peye maayaa
chaade aavarana
subhakta pandita-gana
paaya shaastra-dhana..21
"Accepting the
direct munificent order of Lord Nityananda Prabhu to reveal Lord Gauranga's
Name and Pastimes to the world without any further delay,
Maya, the illusory
energy, lifted her veil which concealed Lord Gauranga from time immemorial, and
the sincere and fortunate devotees could find the treasure of the verses
glorifying Lord Gauranga's Name and Pastimes in the scriptures."
ihaate sandeha jaara na
haya khandana
se abhaagaa vrithaa kena
dharaye jivana..22
"Even after reading
these verses, if a person's ruinous and fierce doubts of the above revelation
by Lord Nityananda and Mayadevi of Lord Gauranga's Name and Pastimes are not
destroyed, then such a person is extremely ill-fated and is uselessly
maintaining his or her life."
je kaale ishvara jei kripaa
vitaraya
bhagyavanta jana tahe
bada sukhi haya..23
"When the Lord
distributes His rarest and incomparable mercy in this way, the most fortunate
devotees who have faith in Him become very happy and rejoice in bliss."
durbhaagaa-lakshana ei
jaana sarva-jana
nija buddhi bada bali
kariyaa ganana..24
"All people should
understand that to reject such a rare mercy of the Lord is the symptom of
extreme misfortune and inauspiciousness. Due to false ego, one becomes
puffed-up and thinks highly of one's own intelligence not accepting the advent
of the Lord in Kali Yuga."
ishvarera kripaa naahi
karaya svikaara
kutarke maayaara garte
pade baara baara..25
"If one does not
accept such causeless and unique mercy of the revelation of the Vedic
scriptures about the Supreme Lord Gauranga Mahaprabhu and refrains from
worshiping Lord Gauranga by chanting His Holy Names, then one will have to fall
down again and again in the dirty and ghastly pit of the cycle of birth and
death."
esa he kalira jiva chaada
kutinaati
nirmala gauraanga-prema
laha paripaati..26
"Lord Nityananda
Prabhu implored to all His part and parcel souls, 'Come, come to Me, all souls,
giving up your deceitful mentality. I will personally reward and instruct you
in the pristinely pure love for My Lord Gauranga Mahaprabhu which you have to
learn from Me."
ei bali nityaananda daake
baara baara
tabu ta durbhaagaa jana
naa kare svikaara..27
"Stating like this,
the Supreme Lord Nityananda Prabhu loudly calls out again and again out of
intense compassion for all souls but just see the great misfortune of the
souls, they do even care to accept this greatly rare spiritual gift personally
from the Lord Himself."
kena je emana preme kare
anaadara
vichaara kariyaa dekha
haiyaa tatpara..28
"O my dear souls,
'Why are you neglecting and insulting this most rare and sublime love for Lord
Gauranga which Lord Nityananda is ready to give you freely. I hope you
reconsider again and become eager and anxious to receive this great
treasure.'"
sukha-laagi sarva jiva
naanaa yukti kare
tarka kare, yoga kare,
samsaara-bhitare..29
"Each and every soul
is constantly striving and devising multitudinous plans to achieve happiness in
this world which is the ultimate goal of all endeavors of all kinds of people.
Some people are whimsically speculating and some people are fruitlessly
performing yoga in this world for happiness."
sukha-laagi samsaara
chaadiyaa vane yaaya
sukha-laagi yuddha kare
rajaaya rajaaya..30
"Some people become
frustrated with material enjoyment and go to the forest for trying to attain
happiness. Kings or enemies start fighting with each other for becoming
happy."
sukha-laagi
kaamini-kanaka paache dhaya
sukha-laagi shilpa aara
vigyaana chalaaya..31
"Many run after
money and sex for some flickering happiness and others engage in scientific or
sculpturing professions in the hope of becoming happy."
sukha-laagi sukha chaade
klesha shiksha kare
sukha-lagi arnava
madhyete dube mare..32
"In their blind
pursuit of so-called material happiness, people give up the eternal spiritual
happiness of the soul. People sink and drown in the deep and dangerous ocean of
material sense-enjoyment in their quest for happiness."
nityaananda bale daaki du
haate tuliyaa
esa jiva
karma-gyaana-sankata chaadiya..33
"Lord Nityananda
calls out and beseeches all the souls while raising both His lotus hands in the
air, 'Come to Me, My dear souls, giving up the perils of fruitive activities
(karma) and speculative knowledge (gyaana).'"
sukha-laagi ceshtaa tava,
aami taahaa diba
taara vinimaye aami kichu
na laiba..34
"I will give you the
most superior eternal happiness which is what you are actually seeking for
within the heart of your hearts. And in exchange for this great benediction
which I will give you, I will not take anythng in return."
kashta naahi vyaya naai
naa paabe yaatanaa
shri gauraanga bali
naache naahika bhaavanaa..35
"You will not have
to undergo any tribulation and misery nor will you need to waste any time,
energy or money. You will simply have to dance while chanting the Holy Name of
Lord Gauranga and become absorbed in the divine trance of love for Lord
Gauranga."
je sukha aami ta diba
taara naai sama
sarvadaa vimalaananda
naahi taara bhrama..36
"Lord Nityananda
continued, 'Nothing is comparable to this matchless divine happiness which I
will award you. It is the supremely pure absolute happiness increasing at every
moment and is totally free from the contamination of illusion."
ei rupe prema yaache
nityaananda raya
abhaagaa karama doshe
taaha naahi chaaya..37
"In this way Lord
Nityananda Raya solicits the pure love for Lord Gauranga to each and every
conditioned soul but the ill-fated conditioned soul does not even desire to
accept it due to it's enslavement with karmic reactions and material desires
and a lack of pious deeds."
gauraanga nitaai jei bale
eka baara
ananta karama dosha anta
haya taara..38
"That most fortunate
soul who chants or hears the Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga just once,
instantly destroys unlimited inauspicious and sinful karmic reactions from the
past countless number of lives."
aara eka gudha kathaa
suna sarva-jana
kali-jive yogya-vastu
gaura-lilaa-dhana..39
"O all people of
this world, please hear another very confidential secret. The most appropriate
and competent means for the deliverance of all souls in Kali Yuga is the
supreme treasure of the transcendental pastimes of Lord Gauranga.
gaurahari
raadhaa-krishna-rupe vrindaavane
nitya-kaala vilaasa
karaye sakhi-sane..40
"It is Lord
Gaurahari Himself Who sports in His divinely playful pastimes at every moment
in His supremely divine forms of Lord Krishna and Shrimati Radha along with
Their Gopi expansions."
shaastrete jaanila jiva
vraja-lilaa-tattva
raadhaa-krishna-nitya-lilaa
vrajera mahatva..41
"The conditioned
souls can know the great glories and importance of the supreme nitya-lila
(eternal) pastimes of Shri Shri Radha Krishna and Their matchless Holy Abode of
Shri Vrindavana Dhama from the revealed Vedic scriptures."
krishna-naama
krishna-dhaama-mahaatmya apaara
shaastrera dvaaraaya
jaane sakala samsaara..42
"The spiritual
glories and importance of the Holy Name, Pastimes and Abode of the Supreme Lord
Krishna are known and easily accessible to the whole humanity through the
revealed Vedic scriptures."
tabu krishna-prema
saadhaarane
naahi paaya
ihaara kaarana kiba
chintaha hiyaaya..47
"Even though Lord
Krishna's glories and pastimes are known so openly and widely in this world,
pure love for Lord Krishna, which is goal of all human endeavors, remains
allusive and unobtainable to the general mass of the people."
ihaate aache ta eka gudha-tattva
saara
maayaa-mugdha jiva taahaa
naa kare vichaara..48
"This mystery of the
greatest question and dilemma in the human form of life is not thought about by
the souls bewildered by Maya, the illusory energy of the Lord.
bahu janma krishna bhaji
prema naahi haya
aparaadha-punja taara
aachaya nischaya..49
"If one does not
achieve pure love of God after worshiping Lord Krishna and chanting His Holy
Names for many lives, one should understand that one has certainly mountains of
offenses in one's heart."
aparaadha-shunya haye
laya krishna-naama
tabe jiva krishna-prema
labhe aviraama..50
"If and only if one
chants the Holy Names of Lord Krishna by becoming totally devoid of all
offenses against the Holy Names. Deity and Abodes, then that soul will be able
to attain the pure love for Lord Krishna without any interruption."
shri chaitanya avatare
bada vilakshana
aparaadha-sattve jiva
labhe prema-dhana..51
"The incarnation of
Lord Gauranga is exceptionally opulent, powerful and influential among all forms
of God. Even though Lord Krishna's Name considers offenses and does not give
love to an offensive soul, Lord Gauranga's Name, Pastimes and Abodes do not
consider offenses and award pure love of God to even the offensive souls. This
unprecedented and unimaginable munificence of Lord Gauranga's incarnation is
the only life-saving hope for the conditioned souls of Kali Yuga."
nitaai chaitanya bali jei
jiva daake
suvimala krishna-prema
anveshaya taake..52
"The most esoteric
and purest love of Lord Krishna begins searching after that most auspicious
soul who feelingly calls out the most benevolent Holy Names of Nityananda and
Gauranga."
aparaadha baadhaa tara
kichu naahi kare
niramala krishna-preme
taara ankhi jhare..53
"Even the formidable
obstacles posed due to the offenses in one's heart are rendered ineffective by
the Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga and the eyes miraculously flow with
the sublime tears of pristinely pure love for Lord Krishna when one chants the
Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga even though offenses are present in the
heart."
svalpa kaale aparaadha
aapani palaaya
hridaya shodhita haya
prema baadhe taaya..54
"After granting the
most confidential pure love for Lord Krishna to even the offensive chanter, the
Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga make the offenses run away from the heart
within a very short time. Then the heart becomes fully purified and the love
increases even more."
kali-jivera aparaadha
asankhya durvaara
gaura-naama vinaa taara
naahika uddhaara..55
"The offenses and
sins of the souls of Kali Yuga are unlimited and absolutely impossible to
overcome. Thus, there is no other means of deliverance in Kali Yuga other than
the exceptionally merciful Holy Name of Lord Gauranga."
ataeva gaura vinaa kalite
upaaya
naa dekhi kothaa o aara
shaastra phukaaraya..56
"Thus, it a firmly
established and repeatedly stressed truth in all the Vedic scriptures that
there is no other means of extrication from the cycle of birth and death other
than the Holy Names, Pastimes, Abodes and Associates of Lord Gauranga."
navadvipe gaurachandra
haila udaya
navadvipa
sarva-tirtha-avatamsha haya..57
"Since the Supreme
Source of all Incarnations, the moon-like Lord Gauranga Mahaprabhu, advented in
Shri Navadvipa Dhama, the glories of all the other millions of Holy Places
combined together became only a fractional part of the glories of Shri
Navadvipa Dhama."
anya tirthe aparaadhi
dandera bhaajana
navadvipe aparaadha
sadaai maarjana..58
"The offenders and
sinners in all other Holy Places of pilgrimage are liable to be heavily
punished for their wrong-doings. But the offenses of the offenders in Shri
Navadvipa Dhama are destroyed and the offensive mentality is removed
forever."
taara saakshi jagaai
maadhaai dui bhai
aparaadha kari paila
chaitanya-nitaai..59
"The practical proof
of this purifying power of Shri Navadvipa Dhama is Shrila Jagai and Shrila
Madhai, who got delivered and attained the direct mercy of Lords Nityananda and
Gauranga even agter committing so many sins and offenses in Shri Navadvipa
Dhama."
anyaanya tirthera kathaa
raakha bhaai dure
aparaadhi daitya danda
paaya vraja-pure..60
"What to speak of
the other places of pilgrimage, even the offenders and sinners in Shri
Vrindavana Dhama, the Holy Abode of Lord Krishna, get stringently punished for
their sins."
navadvipe shata shata
aparaadha kari
anaayaase nitaai-kripaaya
jaaya tari..61
"Even if one commits
hundreds upon hundreds of offenses in Shri Navadvipa Dhama, one will get easily
delivered there if Lord Nityananda Prabhu is causelessly merciful to that
person."
hena navadvipa-dhaama je
gauda-mandale
dhanya dhanya sei desha
rishi-gana bale..62
"All the great sages
state, 'All glories! All glories to the supremely holy abode of Shri Navadvipa
Dhama in Shri Gauda Mandala."
hena navadvipe bhaai
yaahaara vasati
bada bhaagyavaan sei
labhe krishna-rati..63
"Those who reside in
Shri Navadvipa Dhama are supremely glorious and fortunate as they are certainly
sure to attain spontaneous attraction and attachment to Lord Krishna."
navadvipe jebaa kabhu
karaya gamana
sarva aparaadha-mukta
haya sei jana..64
"Those very
fortunate souls who go to visit Shri Navadvipa Dhama become totally free from
all kinds of sins and offenses."
sarva tirtha bhramiya
tairthika jaahaa paaya
navadvipa-smarane sei
laabha shastre gaaya..65
"According to all
the revealed scriptures, the pious results attained by a pure brahmana sage by
visiting all the millions of Holy Places in creation is easily attained simply
by remembering Shri Navadvipa Dhama from a distant place ."
navadvipa darashana kare
jei jana
janme janme labhe sei krishna-prema-dhana..66
"Those exalted souls
who behold the beauty of Shri Navadvipa Dhama attain pure love for the Supreme
Lord Krishna life and life."
karma-buddhi-yoge o je
navadvipe jaaya
nara-janma aara sei jana
naahi paaya..67
"Even if someone
goes to Shri Navadvipa Dhama full with desires for sense-gratification,
fruitive activities and speculative knowledge, one will be saved from the
gruesome pain of taking another human birth in the womb of a mother
again."
navadvipa bhramite se
pade pade paaya
koti-ashvamedha-phala
sarva-shastre gaaya..68
"All the scriptures
state that on every step one takes even while wandering in Shri Navadvipa
Dhama, one will attain the pious results of performing ten million Vedic
horse-sacrifices, each of which is difficult to be performed even by the
demigods."
navadvipe vasi jei mantra
japa kare
shri mantra chaitanya
haya anaayaase tare..69
"One who resides in
Shri Navadvipa Dhama and chants one's worshipable Mantra, will find that the
Mantra will become spiritual conscious very soon and effortlessly deliver that
person from the cycle of birth and death."
anya tirthe yogi
dasha-varshe labhe jaahaa
navadvipe tina-ratre
saadhi paaya taahaa..70
"The pious results
which an accomplished yogi attains after ten years of intense spiritual
practice in another place of pilgrimage, is attained in Shri Navadvipa Dhama
just by staying there for three nights."
anya tirthe brahma-gyaane
jei mukti haya
navadvipe
bhaagirathi-snaane taa ghataya..71
"The sayujya
liberation of merging in the impersonal brahman effulgence of Lord
Gauranga-Krishna is attained in other places of pilgrimage only by full
perfection in the knowledge of brahman which is very rarely attained. If
desired, this liberation can be attained in Shri Navadvipa Dhama simply by
taking a bath in the river Bhagirathi-Ganga."
saalokya, saarupya,
saarshti, saamipya, nirvaana
navadvipe mumukshu
labhaya vinaa gyaana..72
"Even without any
knowledge, the spiritual aspirant desiring to cross the ocean of birth and
death, attains the following five kinds of liberation which are difficult to
attain for the most advanced transcendentalists: (1) The liberation to reside
in the same spiritual planet of the Lord, (2) The liberation to attain the same
divine form as the Lord, (3) The liberation to attain the same spiritual
opulences like the Lord, (4) The liberation to attain close physical proximity
with the Lord, and (5) The liberation to merge in the impersonal brahman
effulgence emanating from the divine body of the Lord.
navadvipe
shuddha-bhakta-charane padiyaa
bhukti-mukti sadaa rahe
daasi-rupa haiyaa..73
"Material enjoyment
and all the five kinds of liberation remain as always eager to serve
maid-servants at the lotus feet of a pure devotee in Shri Navadvipa Dhama, who
is not even desirous of using their services."
bhakta-gana laathi maari
se duye taadaaya
bhakta-pada chaadi daasi
tabu na palaaya..74
"Even if the pure
devotees residing in Shri Navadvipa Dhama chastise these two servants of
sense-enjoyment and liberation with a stick, still they do not leave the lotus
feet of the pure devotees."
shata-varsha sapta-tirthe
mile jaaha bhaai
navadvipe eka
raatra-vaase taaha paai..75
"The pious results
attained by residing for one hundred years in each of the seven main holy
places of pilgrimage are effortlessly attained in residing in Shri Navadvipa
Dhama for just one night."
hena navadvipa dhaama
sarva-dhaama saara
kalite aashraya kari jiva
haya paara..76
"Thus, this Shri
Navadvipa Dhama is the distilled essence of all the billions of Holy Places in
creation. The most fortunate soul who takes devoted shelter of Shri Navadvipa
Dhama in Kali Yuga certainky crosses over the ocean of material
nescience."
taaraka paaraka
vidyaadvaya avirata
navadvipa vaasi gane seve
ritimata..77
"The two kinds of
divine spiritual knowledge of taraka (deliverance) and paraka (auspiciousness)
eternally serve and worship the residents of Shri Navadvipa Dhama constantly as
per all the scriptural injunctions."
nitaai-jaahnava-pada-chaayaa
jaara aasha
se bhaktivinoda gaaya
paaiya ullaasa..78
"Fully surrendering
to the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord Nityananda Prabhu and His eternal divine
consort Shrimati Jahnava devi, I (Bhaktivinoda) sing the supreme glories of
Shri Navadvipa Dhama in a blissful trance."