brahmadimam durlabha-prema-purair
Sri Advaitastaka adinam yah plavayam asa lokam
Eight Prayers Glorifying
Lord Advaita
by Srila Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya
Text 1
ganga-tire tat-payobhis tulasyah
patraih purpaih prema-hunkara-ghoraih
prakatyartham gauram aradhayad yah
sailadvaitacaryam etam prapadye
ganga - of the Ganges river; tire - on the shore; tat -
of that river; payobhih - with the waters; tulasyah - of
the sacred Tulasi plant; patraih - with leaves; puspaih -
with flowers; prema - of pure love of God; hunkara -
ghosain - with loud cries; prakatya - for the appearance;
artham - for the purpose; gauram - Lord Caitanya;
aradhayat - worshipped; yah - who; srila-advaita-
acaryam - Srila Advaita /Acarya; etam - to him;
prapadye - I surrender.
Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya, who with
tulasi leaves, flowers, water from the Ganges' shore, and
loud calls of love, worshiped Lord Gaura and begged
Him to appear.
Text 2
yad-dhunkaraih prema-sindhor vikarair
akartah san gaura-goloka-nathah
avirbhutah sri-navadvipa-madhye
sriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye
yat - of Whom; hunkaraih - because of the loud cries;
prema - of pure love of God; sindhoh - of the ocean;
vikaraih - with ecstatic transformations; akartah -
attracted; san - being; gauga - golden; goloka - of
Goloka Vrndavana; nathah - the Lord; avirbhutah -
manifested; sri-navadvipa - ofNavadvipa; madhye - in
the midst.
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Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya. Attracted
by His loud calls, the golden Lord of Goloka Vandavana,
who is an ocean of ecstatic love, appeared in Sri
Navadvipa.
Text 3
avirbhavya srila-caitanyacandram
sriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye
brahma-adinam - of Lord Brahma and others;
durlabha - difficult to attain; prema - of pure love of
Godhead; puraih - with floods; adinam - even to the
lowest persons; yah - Who;plavayam asa - inundated;
lokam - the worlds; avirbhavya - having caused to
appear; srila-caitanyacandram - Lord Caitanyacandra.
Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya who, by
making the moon of Lord Caitanya rise, flooded the
world with a love even Brahma and the great demigods
cannot attain.
Text 4
sri-caitanyah sarva-sakti-prapurno
yasyaivajna-matrato 'ntardarde 'pi
durvijneyam yasya karunya-katyam
sriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye
sri-caitanyah - Lord Caitanya; sarva - all; sakti -
ofpotencies; prapurnah - full; yasya - of whom; eva -
indeed; ajna - the order; matratah - by only;
antardadhe - disappeared;api - although; durvijneyam -
difficult to understans; yasya - of Whom; karunya - of
mercy; katyam - activity.
Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya, whose
mercy is beyond understanding, and by whose request
alone all-powerful Lord Caitanya disappeared from this
world.
Text 5
sarti-sthity-antam vidhatum pravatta
yasyamsamsah brahma-virnv-isvarakhyah
yenabhinnam tam maha-virnu-rupam
sriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye
sarti - creation; sthiti - maintenance; antam - and
annihillation; vidhatum - to perform; pravattah -
engaged;yasya - of Whom; amsa - parts; amsah - of the
parts; brahma - Lord Brahma; visnu - Lord Visnu;
isvara - and Lord Siva; akhyah - named; yena - by
whom; abhinnam - not different; tam - to Him; maha-
visnu - of Lord Maha-Visnu; rupam - form.
Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya, who is not
different from the form of Lord Maha-Virnu, and whose
parts and parcels are the Brahma, Virnu, and Siva
engaged in the creation, maintenance, and destruction
of the worlds.
Text 6 Lord Nityananda, and who is named Acarya because He
teaches devotional service.

kasmimscid yah sruyate casrayatvat

sambhor ittham sambhavan-nama dhama
sarvaradhyam bhakti-matraika-sadhyam
sriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye
kasmimscit - somewhere; yah - Who; sruyate - is
heard; ca - and; asrayatvat - because of being the
shelter; sambhoh - of Lord Siva; ittham - in this way;
sambhavat-nama - the name of Lord Siva; dhama -
abode; sarva - by all; aradhyam - worshipable; bhakti -
by devotion; matra - alone; eka - one; sadhyam -
attainable;
Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya, who is
worshiped by all, who is attained only by devotional
service, and who, as is heard in a certain Vedic
literature, because He is Lord Siva's shelter, has a name
and glory like Lord Siva's.
Text 9
pratah pritah pratyaham sampathed yah
sitanathasyastakam suddha-buddhih
so 'yam samyak tasya padaravinde
vindan bhaktim tat-priyatvam prayati
pratah - in the early morning; pritah - delighted;
pratyaham - every day; sampathey - may read; yah -
who; sita-nathasya - of Lord Advaita, the Lord of Sita-
devi; astakam - eight verses; suddha - pure; buddhih -
mind; sah - he; ayam - thatvery person; samyak -
completely; tasya - of Him; pada - feet; aravinde - for
the lotus flower; vindan - attaining; bhaktim - devotion;
tat - to Him; priyatvam - the state of being dear;prayati -
attains.

A perse whose intelligence is pure and who every

Text 7 morning happily reads these eight verses glorifying
Lord Advaita, the husband of Sita, attains devotion for
His lotus feet and becomes dear to Him.
sita-namni preyasi prema-purna
putro yasyapy acyutananda-nama
sri-caitanya-prema-pura-prapurnah
sriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye

sita - sita-devi; namni - named; preyasi - dear wife;

prema - of pure love of Godhead; purna - full; putrah -
son; yasya - of Whom; api - and; acyuthananda -
Acyutananda; nama - named; sai-caitanya - for Lord
Caitanya; prema - pure love;pura - with the flood;
prapurnah - filled.

Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya, who is

flooded with love for Lord Caitanya, and whose beloved
Sita-devi and son Acyutananda are also filled with love.

Text 8

nityanandadvaitato 'dvaita-nama
bhaktyakhyanad yah sad-acarya-nama
sasvac-cetah-sancarad-gaura-dhama
sriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye

nityananda - from Lord Nityananda; advaitatah -

because ofnon-difference; advaita - advaita; nama -
named; bhakti - ofdevotional service; akhyanat -
because of description; yah - who; sat - pious; acharya -
acharya; nama - named; sasvat - eternal; cetah - mind;
sancarat - appearing; gaura - LordCaitanya; dhama -
abode.

Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya, whose

heart is Lord Gaura's eternal home, who is named
Advaita because He is not (a) different (dvaita) from