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
CAR MBA ata cola Botery |
SRA Ae] QA, AHA-AAATT Ro tt
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 |
Batfaal atacwad Blass AR! Shar wr Wl
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.
