Text 13] The Siksastaka Prayers 249

ceto-darpana-marjanam bhava-mahadavagni-nirvapanam
sreyah-kairava-candrikd-vitaranam vidya-vadht-jivanam

dnandambudhi-vardhanam prati-padam ptrnamrtasvadanam
sarvatma-snapanam param vijayate sri-krsna-sankirtanam

SYNONYMS

cetah—of the heart; darpana—the mirror; marjanam—cleansing; bhava—of
material existence; mahd-davagni—the blazing forest fire; nirvapanam—ex-
tinguishing; sreyah—of good fortune; kairava—the white lotus; candrikd—the
moonshine; vitaranam—spreading; vidyda—of all education; vadhi—wife;
jivanam—the life; dnanda—of bliss; ambudhi—the ocean; vardhanam—in-
creasing; prati-padam—at every step; pUrna-amrta—of the full nectar;
dsvadanam—giving a taste; sarva—for everyone; dtma-snapanam—bathing of
the self; param—transcendental; vijayate—let there be victory; sri-krsna-
sankirtanam—for the congregational chanting of the holy name of Krsna.

TRANSLATION

“Let there be all victory for the chanting of the holy name of Lord Krsna,
which can cleanse the mirror of the heart and stop the miseries of the blazing
fire of material existence. That chanting is the waxing moon that spreads the
white lotus of good fortune for all living entities. It is the life and soul of all
education. The chanting of the holy name of Krsna expands the blissful ocean
of transcendental life. It gives a cooling effect to everyone and enables one to
taste full nectar at every step.

PURPORT

This is the first verse of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s Siksastaka. The other seven
verses are found in texts 16, 21, 29, 32, 36, 39 and 47.

TEXT 13

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sankirtana haite papa-sarnsdra-ndsana
citta-suddhi, sarva-bhakti-sidhana-udgama

SYNONYMS

sankirtana haite—from the process of chanting the holy name; pdpa-sarnsara-
nasana—annihilation of materialistic life resulting from sins; citta-suddhi—
