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Om ajnana-timirandhasya
jnananjana-salakaya caksur unmilitam yena tasmai sri-gurave namah..
Sri-caitanya-mano-' bhistam sthapitam yena bhu-tale suayam rupah kada mahyam dadati sua-padantikam
I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened unto him.
When will Srila Rupa Gosvami Prabhupada, who has established within this material world the mission to fulfill the desire of lord caitanya,give me shelter under his Lotus feet ?
Vande ham Sir-guroh Sri-yuta-pada-kamalam sri-gurun vaisnavams ca sri-rupam sagrajatam saha-gana-lalita-sri-visakhanvitams ca
I offer my respectful obeisance unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master and unto the feet of Srila Rupa Gosvami along with his elder brother Sanatana Gosvami as well as Raghunatha Dasa and Raghunatha Batta, Gopala Bhatta and Srila Jiva Gosvami. I offer my respectful obeisances to lord krishna caitanya and lord Nityananda along with Advaita Acarya, Gadadhara, Srivasa and other associates. I offer my respectful obeisances to srimati Radharani and Sri Krishna along with their associates Sri Lalita and Visakha.
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BHAGAVAD-GITA AS IT IS..
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he Krishna karuna-sindho Dina-bandho
Jagat-pate gopesa gopika-kanta radha-kanta namo Stu te
Om my dear Krishna, you are the friend of the distressed and the source of creation. You are the master of the gopis and the lover of Radharani. I offer my respectful obeisances unto you.
Tapta-kancana-gaurangi radhe vrndavanesvari vrsabhanu-sute devi pranamami hari-priye
I offer my respects to Radharani, whose bodily complexion is like molten gold and who is the Queen of vrndavana. You are the daughter of king vrsabhanu, and you are very dear to lord krishna.
Vancha-kalpatarubhyas' ca krpa-sindhubhya Eva ca patitanam pavanebhyo vaisnavebhyo namo namah
I offer my respectful obeisances unto all the vaisnava devotees of the lord. They can fulfill the desires of everyone, just like desire trees, and they are full of compassion for the fallen souls.
Sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu-nityananda sri-advaita Gadadhara srivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda
I offer my obeisances to Sri Krishna caitanya, Prabhu Nityananda, Sri Advaita, Gadadhara, Srivasa and all others in the line of devotion.
hare Krishna hare Krishna Krishna Krishna hare hare hare Rama hare Rama Rama Rama hare hare
BHAGAVAD-GITA is also known as Gitopanisad. It is the essence of Vedic knowledge and one of the most important upanisads in Vedic literature. Of course there are many commentaries in English on the BHAGAVAD-GITA. Of course in America there are so many editions of BHAGAVAD-GITA available in English, but as far as l have seen, not only in America but also in India, none of them can be strictly said to be authoritative because in almost every one of them the commentator has expressed his own opinions without touching the spirit of BHAGAVAD-GITA as it is.
The spirit of BHAGAVAD-GITA is mentioned in BHAGAVAD-GITA itself.
It is just like this: if we want to take a particular medicine, then we
