Text 21] The Siksastaka Prayers 253

TRANSLATION

“You have invested Your full potencies in each individual holy name, but |
am so unfortunate that | have no attachment for chanting Your holy names.”

TEXT 20

CARLA MSH at Cola Briery |
SlVAA Ae] QA, RAA-ATATT tl Qo |

ye-rupe la-ile nama prema upajaya
tahara laksana suna, svaruipa-rama-raya

SYNONYMS
ye-rape—by which process; /a-ile—if chanting; nama—the holy name; prema
upajaya—dormant love of Krsna awakens; tahdra laksana suna—just hear the
symptom of that; svartipa-rama-raya—O Svarpa Damodara and Ramananda
Raya.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu continued, ‘‘O Svarapa Damodara Gosvami and
Ramananda Raya, hear from Me the symptoms of how one should chant the
Hare Krsna maha-mantra to awaken very easily one’s dormant love for Krsna.

TEXT 21

wate alcor Sraifas afeyeat |
BUfaai aad SlSales ATi SFA wz? Ui

trnad api sunicena
taror iva sahisnuna

amanina manadena
kirtaniyah sada harih

SYNONYMS

trnat api—than downtrodden grass; sunicena—being lower; taroh—than a
tree; iva—like; sahisnunda—with tolerance; amanina—without being puffed up
by false pride; manadena—giving respect to all; kirtaniyah—to be chanted;
sada—always; harih—the holy name of the Lord.
