Text 21]
The Śikṣāṣṭaka Prayers
253
TRANSLATION
“You have invested Your full potencies in each individual holy name, but I am so unfortunate that I have no attachment for chanting Your holy names.”
TEXT 20
যেক্রপে লইলে নাম প্রেম উপজয় ।
তাহার লক্ষণ শুন, স্বরূপ-রামরায় ॥ ২০ ॥
ye-rūpe la-ile nāma prema upajaya tāhāra lakṣaṇa śuna, svarūpa-rāma-rāya
SYNONYMS
ye-rūpe—by which process; la-ile—if chanting; nāma—the holy name; prema upajaya—dormant love of Kṛṣṇa awakens; tāhāra lakṣaṇa śuna—just hear the symptom of that; svarūpa-rāma-rāya—O Svarūpa Dāmodara and Rāmānanda Rāya.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, “O Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Rāmānanda Rāya, hear from Me the symptoms of how one should chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra to awaken very easily one’s dormant love for Kṛṣṇa.
TEXT 21
তৃণাদপি স্বনীচেন তরোরিব সহিষ্ণুনা ।
অমানিনা মানদেন কীর্তনীয়: সদা হরি: ॥ ২১ ॥
tṛṇād api sunīcena taror iva sahiṣṇunā amāninā mānadena kirtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ
SYNONYMS
tṛṇāt api—than downtrodden grass; sunīcena—being lower; taroḥ—than a tree; iva—like; sahiṣṇunā—with tolerance; amāninā—without being puffed up by false pride; mānadena—giving respect to all; kirtanīyaḥ—to be chanted; sadā—always; hariḥ—the holy name of the Lord.