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- Read on →: Śrī Nāmāṣṭakam
Eight verses in praise of the blessed name
By Śrīmad Rūpa Gosvāmīpāda
- Read on →: sāṅketyaṁ pārihāsyaṁ vā stobhaṁ helanam eva vā
sāṅketyaṁ pārihāsyaṁ vā stobhaṁ helanam eva vā |
vaikuṇṭha-nāma-grahaṇam aśeṣāgha-haraṁ viduḥ ||
patitaḥ skhalito bhagnaḥ sandaṣṭas tapta āhataḥ |
harir ity avaśenāha pumān nārhati yātanāḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 6.2.14–15)“[The emissaries of Viṣnu to the emissaries of Yama:] Whether as a designation, a joke, an interposition, or indeed a disrespect [alt., or just an act of ease], know an utterance of the name of Vaikuṇṭha [i.e., of Śrī Bhagavān] to be a remover of all sins. Having fallen, slipped, been injured, been bitten, been burnt, or been beaten, a person who helplessly says ‘Hari’ does not deserve tribulations.”
- Read on →: Śrī Śivāṣṭakam
A poem of eight verses in obeisance to Śrī Śiva
By Śrī Murāri Gupta
- Read on →: Ānanda-candrikā-stotram
A hymn of ten names of Śrī Rādhikā
By Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmīpāda
- Read on →: aṭati yad bhavān ahni kānanaṁ
aṭati yad bhavān ahni kānanaṁ
truṭir yugāyate tvām apaśyatām |
kuṭila-kuntalaṁ śrī-mukhaṁ ca te
jaḍa udīkṣatāṁ pakṣma-kṛt dṛśām ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.31.15)“[The gopīs to Śrī Kṛṣṇa:] ‘When you go out to the forest during the day, a truṭi [i.e., half a milisecond] seems like a yuga for we who do not see you [all day], and the creator of lids for the eyes of we who eagerly behold your wavy locks and beautiful face [when you return in the late afternoon] is [considered by us to be] a fool.”
- Read on →: gāyantaṁ trāyate yasmāt gāyatrī tu tataḥ smṛtaḥ
gāyantaṁ trāyate yasmāt gāyatrī tu tataḥ smṛtaḥ |
(Agni Purāṇa; cited in Śabda-kalpa-druma)“Because it liberates one who sings [it], it is known as gāyatrī [lit., ‘that which is a liberator by means of singing’].”