Sri Padyavali
BY: SUN STAFF
Oct 22, CANADA (SUN) — A serial presentation of 'Sri Padyavali' by Srila Rupa Gosvami.
Sri Vrindatavi-vandanam
Obeisances to Vrindavana
Text 126
tvam bhaja hiranyagarbham
tvam api haram tvam ca tat param brahma
vinihita-krishna_nandam
aham tu vrindatavim vande
tvam-you; bhaja-worship; hiranyagarbham-Lord Brahma; tvam-you; api-also; haram-Lord Siva; tvam-you; ca-also; tat param brahma-the Supreme Brahman; vinihita-given; krishna-to Lord Krishna; a_nandam-bliss; aham-I; tu-but; vrindatavim-the forest of Vrindavana; vande-worship.
Go ahead and worship Lord Brahma! Go ahead and worship Lord Siva! Go ahead and worship the Supreme Brahman! I will not follow you. I will simply worship Vrindavana forest, which brought transcendental delight to Lord Krishna.
-Author unknown
Sri Nanda-pranamah
Obeisances to Nanda Maharaja
Text 127
shrutim apare smritim itare
bharatam anye bhajantu bhava-bhitah
aham iha nandam vande
yasyalinde param brahma
shrutim-Vedic literature; smritim-corollary to the Vedic lierature; itare-othes; bharatam-Mahabharata; anye-still others; bhjantu-let them worship; bhava-bhitah„-those who are afraif of material existance; aham-I; iha-here; nandam-Maharaja Nanda; vande-worship; yasya-whose; alinde-in the courtyard; param brahma-the Supreme Brahman, Absolute Truth.
Go ahead and Those who are afraid of material existence worship Vedic literature. Some worship smriti, the corollaries to Vedic literature, and others worship the Mahabharata. As far as I am concerned, I worship Maharaja Nanda, the father of Krishna, in whose courtyard the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Absolute Truth, is playing.
-Sri Raghupati Upadhyaya
Text 128
bandhukaruna-vasanam
sundara-kurcam mukunda-hrita-nayanam
nandam tundila-vapusham
candana-gaura-tvisam vande
bandhuka-as a bandhuka flower; aruna-red; vasanam-wearing garments; sundara-handsome; kurcam-whose face; mukunda-by Krishna; hrita-taken; nayanam-whose eyes; nandam-to Nanda Maharaja; tundila-chubby; vapusam-whose form; candana-of sandalwood; gaura-yellow; tvisam-whose complexion; vande-I offer my respectful obeisances.
Go ahead and worship Lord Brahma! Go ahead and I offer my respectful obeisances to Nanda Maharaja. His garments are red as a bandhuka flower. His face is handsome. His chubby form is the golden color of sandalwood paste. His eyes are enchanted by the sight of Lord Mukunda.
-Sri Rupa Gosvami
Go to Text 120-125
