Sūkti Sudhākara – Page 236

yat-pādābja-nakhāgra-kānti-lavato hy ajñāna-moha-kṣayaṁ

yat-pādābja-nakhāgra-kānti-lavato hy ajñāna-moha-kṣayaṁ
yat-kāruṇya-kaṭākṣataḥ svayam asau śrī-gaura-kṛṣṇo vaśam |
yātīṣad-bhajanāc ca yasya jagatāṁ premendur antarnabho
naumi śrīla-gadādharaṁ tam atulānandaika-kalpa-drumam ||
(Sādhanāmṛta-candrikā: 1.11)

“Ignorance and illusion are dispelled by just a particle of the effulgence of the tips of the nails of his lotus feet. Śrī Gaurakṛṣṇa himself is captivated by his sidelong glance of compassion. The moon of prema arises in the inner sky of [the hearts of] living beings by [even] a little service to him. I offer obeisance unto him, Śrīla Gadādhara, the preeminent desire-tree of incomparable bliss.”

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gadādhara namas tubhyaṁ

gadādhara namas tubhyaṁ yasya gaurāṅgo jīvanam |
(Gaura-govindārcana-smaraṇa-paddhati: 23)

“O Gadādhara, obeisance unto you, whose life is Gaurāṅga.”

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vidyut-puñja-viḍambi-sundara-tanuṁ hemābja-divyānanaṁ

vidyut-puñja-viḍambi-sundara-tanuṁ hemābja-divyānanaṁ
snigdhāṅghriṁ kara-pāda-hiṅgula-rucaṁ śuklāmbaraṁ sundaram |
bhaktānāṁ paripālanārdra-hṛdayaṁ śrī-gaura-sevya-sthitaṁ
mañjuṁ śrīla-gadādharaṁ prabhu-varaṁ śrī-paṇḍitākhyaṁ bhaje ||
(Unknown Source)

“His beautiful figure mocking a mass of lightning,
His divine face resembling a golden lotus,
His feet resplendent,
His palms and soles bright like cinnabar,
His white cloth beautiful,
His heart tender in nurturing bhaktas,
Fixed upon his object of worship Śrī Gaura,
Lovely Śrīla Gadādhara,
The best of masters,
Known as Śrī Paṇḍita,
I worship.”

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kāruṇyaika-maranda-padma-caraṇaṁ caitanyacandra-dyutiṁ

kāruṇyaika-maranda-padma-caraṇaṁ caitanyacandra-dyutiṁ
tāmbūlārpaṇa-bhaṅgi-dakṣiṇa-karaṁ śvetāmbaraṁ sad-varam |
premānanda-tanuṁ sudhā-smita-mukhaṁ śrī-gauracandrekṣaṇaṁ
dhyāyec chrīla-gadādharaṁ dvija-varaṁ mādhurya-bhūṣojjvalam ||
(Gaura-Govindārcana-smaraṇa-paddhati: 52; cited in Sādhanāmṛta-candrikā: 2.14)

“The lotus of his feet filled solely with the nectar of compassion,
His luster like that of the moon Śrī Caitanya,
His right hand bent over offering pan,
His cloth white,
The best of the sādhus,
An embodiment of the bliss of prema,
His smiling face like nectar,
His glance fixed upon the moon Śrī Gaura—
Meditate on Śrīla Gadādhara,
The best of the twice-born,
Radiant with the adornment of mādhurya.”

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brahmādira abhīṣṭa ye saba kṛṣṇa-bhāva

brahmādira abhīṣṭa ye saba kṛṣṇa-bhāva |
gopī-gaṇe vyakta ye sakala anurāga ||
iṅgite se saba bhāva nityānanda-rāya |
dilena sakala priya-gaṇere kṛpāya ||
(Caitanya-bhāgavata: 3.5.418–419)

“Through hints Nitāyananda Rāya graciously bestowed upon all his dear companions all of the bhāva for Kṛṣṇa desired by Brahmā and others, and all of the anurāga manifested in the gopīs.”

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ye bhakti gopikā-gaṇera kahe bhāgavate

ye bhakti gopikā-gaṇera kahe bhāgavate |
nityānanda haite tāhā pāila jagate ||
(Caitanya-bhāgavata: 3.5.303)

“Through Nityānanda the world received the bhakti of the gopīs described in the Bhāgavata.”

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saṁsārera pāra haiyā bhaktira sāgare

saṁsārera pāra haiyā bhaktira sāgare |
ye ḍubibe se bhajuka nitāicā̐dere ||
(Caitanya-bhāgavata: 1.1.77)

“Anyone who wishes to cross over saṁsāra and dive into the ocean of bhakti should worship Nitāicā̐da.”

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preme matta nityānanda kṛpā-avatāra

preme matta nityānanda kṛpā-avatāra |
uttama, adhama, kichu nā kare vicāra ||
ye āge paḍaye, tāre karaye nistāra |
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.5.207–8)

“Maddened with prema, Nityānanda is the avatāra of grace. He does not discriminate at all between the high and the low. He delivers whoever falls before him.”

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vande’nantādbhutaiśvaryaṁ

vande’nantādbhutaiśvaryaṁ śrī-nityānandam īśvaram |
yasyecchayā tat-svarūpam ajñenāpi nirūpyate ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.5.1)

“I offer obeisance unto Śrī Nityānanda, the Īśvara of infinite and astonishing aiśvarya by whose wish his nature is understood even by the ignorant.”

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yasyāṁśāṁśāṁśaḥ parātmākhilānāṁ

yasyāṁśāṁśāṁśaḥ parātmākhilānāṁ
poṣṭā viṣṇur bhāti dugdhābdhiśāyī |
kṣauṇī-bhartā yat-kalā so ’py anantas
taṁ śrī-nityānanda-rāmaṁ prapadye ||
(Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī; cited in Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.1.11)

“I take shelter in him, Śrī Nityānanda Rāma, the part of the part of whose part is Kṣīrodaśāyī Viṣṇu, the Paramātma and maintainer of all, and whose sub-part is Ananta, the carrier of the Earth.”

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