Text 17] The Siksastaka Prayers 251

TRANSLATION

Lamentation and humility awoke within Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and He
began reciting another of His own verses. By hearing the meaning of that
verse, one can forget all unhappiness and lamentation.

TEXT 16

alaiatifa aaat frond Fe-
Batre faqfass Bact a sta |
ae h wa Sti SraATl
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namnam akdri bahudhd nija-sarva-saktis
tatrarpita niyamitah smarane na kdlah

etddrsi tava krpé bhagavan mamépi
durdaivam idrsam ihajani ndnuragah

SYNONYMS

naémnam—of the holy names of the Lord; akari—manifested; bahudha—
various kinds; nija-sarva-saktih—all kinds of personal potency; tatra—in that; ar-
piti—bestowed; niyamitah—restricted; smarane—in remembering; na—not;
kalah—consideration of time; etadrsi—so much; tava—Your; krpa—mercy;
bhagavan—O Lord; mama—My; api—although; durdaivam—misfortune;
idrsam—such; iha—in this (the holy name); ajani—was born; na—not;
anuragah—attachment.

TRANSLATION

“‘My Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, in Your holy name there is
all good fortune for the living entity, and therefore You have many names,
such as Krsna and Govinda, by which You expand Yourself. You have invested
all Your potencies in those names, and there are no hard and fast rules for
remembering them. My dear Lord, although You bestow such mercy upon the
fallen, conditioned souls by liberally teaching Your holy names, | am so unfor-
tunate that | commit offenses while chanting the holy name, and therefore | do
not achieve attachment for chanting.

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