PRAYER FOR MERCY
PRAYER FOR MERCY
PRAYER FOR MERCY ON RADHASTAMI
PRAYER FOR MERCY ON RADHASTAMI
O MY DEAR SHRIMATI RADHARANI,
MOST DEAR TO THE DEAREST,
OF THE DEAREST TO ALL,
KRISHNA,GOVINDA,MADHAVA,GOPAL.
I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW,
TO PROPERLY PRAY FOR YOUR MERCY,
I AM COMPLETELY UNQUALIFIED,
AND BOUND BY COUNTLESS CURSINGS.
ONLY BY PRABHUPADA'S BLESSINGS,
I KNOW THIS MOST SECRET REALITY,
RADHA BLESSES US TO SERVE ACHYUTA,
KRISHNA,THE SUPREME PERSONALITY.
KRISHNA'S OUR SUPREME FATHER,
AND RADHA'S OUR SUPREME MOTHER
RADHA IS KRISHNA'S SUPREME BELOVED,
AND KRISHNA'S RADHA'S SUPREME LOVER.
RADHA AND KRISHNA ARE SPIRITUAL,
TRANSCENDENTAL TO THE MATERIAL,
BEYOND ALL MUNDANE PERCEPTION,
THEY ALONE BESTOW LIFE'S PERFECTION.
PRABHUPADA IS RADHA'S MERCY,
AND IT'S ONLY BY PRABHUPADA'S MERCY,
I AM SPEAKING THIS KNOWLEDGE,
TO AWAKEN KRISHNA'S SERVANTS.
ALL LIFE IS DIVINE PARTICLES,
IN QUALITY ONE WITH KRISHNA,
US FORGETFUL SOULS REMEMBER,
ONLY BY RADHA'S KINDEST WISHES.
ONLY SUFFERING ARE WE,
UNTIL RADHA SETS US FREE,
AND WE COMPLETELY AGREE,
TO SURRENDER TO HER HARI.
KRISHNA IS HARI OR REMOVER,
OF ALL OUR BURDENS,
COVERED AND BLINDED BY MAYA,
KRISHNA'S SERVANT TO CURTAIN,
ALL US REBELLIOUS SOULS,
TRYING TO LORD IT OVER CREATION,
TRYING TO BE INDEPENDENT,
FALSELY CLAIMING NATIONS.
BUT WE ARE COMPLETELY DEPENDANT,
ON ONE SUPREMELY TRANSCENDENT,
HIS BODY IS HIM,ALL BLISSFUL AND DIVINE,
BEYOND ALL MATERIAL FOOLISH MINDS,
UNLIKE US BOUND IN BODIES,
THAT ARE NOT AT ALL OUR SELVES,
WHO BELIEVE WE ARE THESE SHELLS,
AND THUS CREATE SO MANY HELLS.
BUT UNLIMITEDLY KIND IS RADHA,
TO COME HERE WITH KRISHNA,
AS ONE PERSON,LORD GOURANGA,
TO DELIVER US LOST IN BLUNDER.
IN THE MOOD OF RADHARANI,
THE HEART OF ALL COMPASSION,
SHRI GOURA BEGS US, CHANT KRISHNA'S NAMES
TO ACHIEVE ALL SATISFACTION.
BUT MOST UNFORTUNATELY,
WE HAVE NO ATTRACTION,
AND ONLY BY MAYA'S ILLUSION,
WE GIVE IN TO HER DISTRACTION.
HER DISTRACTION OF PASSING MIRAGES,
GIVING ONLY FLICKERING PLEASURE,
FOOLS US TO NOT CHANT GOVINDA'S NAMES,
TO RETURN TO BLISS FOREVER.
BUT IN THE HUMAN FORM,
WE ALONE HAVE THE FREE WILL,
TO JUST CHANT JANARDANA'S NAMES
TO KNOW LIFE'S ETERNAL THRILL.
LITTLE DO WE KNOW,
THIS HUMAN FORM WE CAN LOOSE,
TO TAKE BIRTH IN LOWER FORMS,
TO NO LONGER BE ABLE TO CHOOSE,
TO TAKE SHELTER OF MUKUNDA'S NAMES,
TO NEVER TAKE BIRTH AGAIN,
TO RETURN TO KRISHNA'S SUPREME ABODE,
OUR BLISSFUL HOME TO NEVER END.
WE CAN NOT KNOW RADHA OR KRISHNA,
IF WE DON'T USE OUR HUMAN BOON,
TO CHANT ANY OF THEIR NUMBERLESS NAMES,
TO ESCAPE SURE DARKNESS AND GLOOM.
IT IS TRULY SIMPLE AND SUBLIME,
SO NOW WHEN WE HAVE THE TIME,
WE MUST CHANT O RADHA O KRISHNA,O RAM
PLEASE GUIDE US BY THY NAMES DIVINE.
LET US NOT WAIST OUR LIVES,
FOR PASSING DREAMS, NOTHING MORE,
ATTACH US FIRM TO YOUR HOLY NAMES,
TO RETURN TO YOUR SERVICE,OUR LORDS.
O MY DEAR SHRIMATI RADHARANI,
PLEASE ATTACH US TO MURARI'S NAMES,
THE NECTAR ALL HEARTS ARE LONGING,
THE LOVE OUR SOUL'S MUST RECLAIM
HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA
KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE
HARE RAMA HARE RAMA
RAMA RAMA HARE HARE
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