Sri Caitanyastakam

From Stavamala by Srila Rupa Goswami Prabhupada

 

Prathama Sri Caitanyastakam

 

(1)

sadopāsyaḥ śrīmān dhṛta-manuja-kāyaiḥ praṇayitāḿ

vahadbhir girbāṇair giriśa-parameṣṭhi-prabhṛtibhiḥ

sva-bhaktebhyaḥ śuddhasḿ nija-bhajana-mudrām upadiśan

sa caitanyaḥ kiḿ me punar api dṛśor yāsyati padam

Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu is always the most worshipable Deity of the demigods, including Lord Siva and Lord Brahma, who came in the garb of ordinary men bearing love for Him. He instructs His own pure devotional service to His own devotees. When will Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu again be visible to my vision?

 

(2)

sureśānāḿ durgaḿ gatir atiśayenopaniṣadāḿ

munīnāḿ sarvasvaḿ praṇata-paṭalīnāḿ madhurimā

viniryāsaḥ premṇo nikhila-paśu-pālaḿbhuja-dṛśām

sa caitanyaḥ kiḿ me punar api dṛśor yāsyati padam

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the protector of the demigods, the supreme goal of the Upanisads, the be-all and end-all of the great sages, the beautiful shelter of His devotees, and the essence of the love of the lotus-eyed gopis. When will Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu again be visible to my vision?

 

(3)

svarūpaḿ bibhrāṇo jagad-atulam advaita-dayitaḥ

prapanna-śrīvāso janita-paramānanda-garimā

harir dīnoddhārī gajapati-kṛpotseka-taralaḥ

sa caitanyaḥ kiḿ me punar api dṛśor yāsyati padam

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has manifested His own form, which cannot be compared to anything in the material universe. He is very dear to Advaita Acarya, and Srivasa Pandita is surrendered to Him. He is very respectful to Paramananda Puri. He takes away the ignorance of the material world and delivers the conditioned souls suffering from the threefold misery. He showered His mercy on Maharaja Prataparudra, the king of Orissa. When will Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu again be visible to my vision?

 

(4)

rasoddāmā kāmārbuda-madhura-dhāmojjvala-tanur

yatīnām uttaḿsas taraṇikara-vidyoti-vasanaḥ

hiraṇyāṇāḿ lakṣmī-bharam abhibhavann āńgika-rucā

sa caitanyaḥ kiḿ me punar api dṛśor yāsyati padam

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu becomes maddened by tasting the mellows of devotional service. His effulgent form is the abode of sweetness for millions of Cupids, and He is the crest jewel of sannyasis. His garments display the effulgence of the sun, and the splendor of His body eclipses the beauty of gold. When will Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu again be visible to my vision?

 

(5)

hare kṛṣṇety-uccaiḥ sphurita-rasano nāma-gaṇanā-

kṛta-granthi-śreṇī-subhaga-kaṭi-sūtrojjvala-karaḥ

viśālākṣo dīrghārgala-yugala-khelāñcita-bhujaḥ

sa caitanyaḥ kiḿ me punar api dṛśor yāsyati padam

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu chants the Hare Krsna mantra in a loud voice, the holy name dancing on His tongue as He counts the number of recitations on a beautiful knotted string held in His effulgent hand. His eyes are large, and His long arms, bending as He performs His pastimes, reach down to His knees. When will Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu again be visible to my vision?

 

(6)

payorāśes tīre sphurad-yupavanāli-kalanayā

muhur vṛndāraṇya-smaraṇa-janita-prema-vivaśaḥ

kvacit kṛṣṇāvṛtti-pracala-rasano bhakti-rasikaḥ

sa caitanyaḥ kiḿ me punar api dṛśor yāsyati padam

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the topmost of all devotees. Sometimes, while walking on the beach, He would see a beautiful garden nearby and mistake it for the forest of Vrndavana. He would thus be completely overwhelmed by ecstatic love of Krsna and begin to chant the holy name and dance. His tongue worked incessantly as He chanted “Krsna! Krsna!” When will Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu again be visible to my vision?

 

(7)

rathārūḍhasyārād adhipadavī-nīlācala-pater

adabhra-premormi-sphurita-naṭanollāsa-vivaśaḥ

sa-harṣaḿ gāyadbhiḥ parivṛta-tanur vaiṣṇava-janaiḥ

sa caitanyaḥ kiḿ me punar api dṛśor yāsyati padam

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu danced down the main road in great ecstasy before Lord Jagannatha, the master of Nilacala, who was sitting on His car. Overwhelmed by the transcendental bliss of dancing, and surrounded by the Vaisnavas who sang the holy names, He manifested waves of ecstatic love of Godhead. When will Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu again be visible to my vision?

 

(8)

bhuvaḿ siñcann aśru-śrutibhir abhitaḥ sāndra-pulakaiḥ

parītāńgo nīpa-stabaka-nava-kiñjalka-jayibhiḥ

ghana-sveda-stoma-stimita-tanur utkīrtana-sukhī

sa caitanyaḥ kiḿ me punar api dṛśor yāsyati padam

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu became joyful during the loud chanting of the holy names, and he sprinkled the earth with showers of tears. All the hairs of His body, standing on end, appeared like beautiful filaments of fresh kadamba blossoms, and His body glistened with profuse perspiration. When will Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu again be visible to my vision?

 

(9)

adhīte gaurāńga-smaraṇa-padavī mańgalataraḿ

kṛtī yo viśrambha-sphurad-amala-dhīr aṣṭakam idam

parānande sadyas tad-amala-padāmbhoja-yugale

parisphārā tasya sphuratu nitarāḿ prema-laharī

May the great ocean full of waves of pure love for the two white lotus flowers of the feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu become immediately manifested at every moment to whatever pious person reads these eight most auspicious verses, his pure intelligence shining with faith as he meditates on Lord Gauranga.

 

Dvitiya Sri Caitanyastakam

 

(1)

kalau yaḿ vidvaḿsaḥ sphuṭam abhiyajante dyuti-bharād

akṛṣṇāńgaḿ kṛṣṇaḿ makha-vidhibhir utkīrtanamayaiḥ

upāsyaḿ ca prāhur yam akhila-caturthāśrama-juṣāḿ

sa devaś caitanyākṛtir atitarāḿ naḥ kṛpayatu

By performing the sacrifice of congregational chanting of the holy name, scholars in the age of Kali worship Lord Krsna, who is now non-blackish because of the great upsurge of feelings of Srimati Radharani. He is the only worshipable Deity for the paramahamsas, who have attained the highest stage of the fourth order (sannyasa). May that Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Caitanya, show us His great causeless mercy.

 

(2)

caritraḿ tanvānaḥ priyam aghavad-āhlādana-padaḿ

jayodghoṣaiḥ samyag-viracita-śacī-śoka-haraṇaḥ

udañcan-mārtaṇḍa-dyuti-hara-dukūlāñcita-kaṭiḥ

sa devaś caitanyākṛtir atitarāḿ naḥ kṛpayatu

Loudly shouting “Jaya!” as He manifested His sankirtana pastimes that delighted even the fallen and sinful, and His hips bound by a silk garment that eclipsed the splendor of the rising sun, He pacified His mother’s grief. May that Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Caitanya, show us His great causeless mercy.

 

(3)

apāraḿ kasyāpi praṇayi-jana-vṛndasya kutukī

rasa-stomaḿ hṛtvā madhuram upabhoktuḿ kam api yaḥ

rucaḿ svam āvavre dyutim iha tadīyaḿ prakaṭayan

sa devaś caitanyākṛtir atitarāḿ naḥ kṛpayatu

Lord Krsna desired to taste the limitless nectarean mellows of love of one of His multitude of loving damsels (Sri Radha), and so He has assumed the form of Lord Caitanya. He has tasted that love while hiding His own dark complexion with Her effulgent yellow color. May that Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Caitanya, show us His great causeless mercy.

 

(4)

anāraḍhyaḥ prītyā ciram asura-bhāva-praṇayiṇaḿ

prapannānāḿ daivīḿ prakṛtim adhidaivaḿ tri-jagati

ajasraḿ yaḥ śrīmān jayati sahajānanda-madhuraḥ

sa devaś caitanyākṛtir atitarāḿ naḥ kṛpayatu

By the demons He is never worshiped with love. For the surrendered devotees He defeats the power of material destiny in the three worlds. He is handsome, blissful, and charming. May that Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Caitanya, show us His great causeless mercy.

 

(5)

gatir yaḥ pauṇḍrāṇāḿ prakaṭita-navadvīpa-mahimā

bhavenālańkurvan bhuvana-mahitaḿ śrotriya-kulam

punāty ańgī-kārād bhuvi paramahaḿsāśrama-padaḿ

sa devaś caitanyākṛtir atitarāḿ naḥ kṛpayatu

He is the shelter of the people of Bengal. His glory is manifested in Navadvipa. By birth He ornaments the brahmana community, which is worshiped in all the worlds. By accepting it, He purifies the paramahamsa-asrama in this world. May that Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Caitanya, show us His great causeless mercy.

 

(6)

mukhenāgre pītvā madhuram iha nāmāmṛta-rasaḿ

dṛśor dvārā yas taḿ vamati ghana-bāṣpāmbu-miśataḥ

bhuvi premṇas tattvaḿ prakaṭayitum ullāsita-tanuḥ

sa devaś caitanyākṛtir atitarāḿ naḥ kṛpayatu

To reveal the truth of pure transcendental love in this world He first jubilantly drank with His mouth the nectar of the holy name, and then discharged it from His eyes on the pretext of shedding tears. May that Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Caitanya, show us His great causeless mercy.

 

(7)

tanūm āviṣkurvan nava-puraṭa-bhāsaḿ kaṭi-lasat-

karańkālańkāraś taruṇa-gaja-rājāñcita-gatiḥ

priyebhyo yaḥ śikṣāḿ diśati nija-nirmālya-rucibhiḥ

sa devaś caitanyākṛtir atitarāḿ naḥ kṛpayatu

His form is as splendid as new gold. His waist is decorated with a water pot. He is as graceful as a regal young elephant. By appreciating His own krsna-prasadam garlands, He teaches His dear associates. May that Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Caitanya, show us His great causeless mercy.

 

(8)

smitālokaḥ śokaḿ harati jagatāḿ yasya parito

girāḿ tu prārambhaḥ kuśala-paṭalīḿ pallavayati

padālambaḥ kaḿ vā praṇayati na hi prema-nivahaḿ

sa devaś caitanyākṛtir atitarāḿ naḥ kṛpayatu

His smiling glance at once drives away all the bereavements of the world, and His very words enliven the auspicious creepers of devotion by expanding their leaves. Taking shelter of His lotus feet invokes transcendental love of God at once. May that Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Caitanya, show us His great causeless mercy.

 

(9)

śacī-sūnoḥ kīrti-stabaka-nava-saurabhya-nibiḍaḿ

pumān yaḥ prītātmā paṭhati kila padyāṣṭakam idam

sa lakṣmīvān etaḿ nija-pada-saroje praṇayitāḿ

dadānaḥ kalyāṇīm anupadam abādhaḿ sukhayati

At every step may the glorious Supreme Personality of Godhead bring both transcendental happiness and grant auspicious pure love for His own lotus feet to that person who very happily reads these eight verses, which contain the fresh, sweet fragrance of the many blossoming flowers of the glories of Lord Caitanya, the son of Saci.

 

Tritiya Sri Caitanyastakam

 

(1)

upāsita-padāmbujas tvam anurakta-rudrādibhiḥ

prapadya puruṣottamaḿ padam adabhram udbhrājitaḥ

samasta-nata-maṇḍalī-sphurad-abhīṣṭa-kalpa-drumaḿ

śacī-suta mayi prabho kuru mukunda mande kṛpām

O Lord Caitanya, Your lotus feet are worshiped by the devoted Siva and other demigods. You are splendidly manifested in the best of cities, Jagannatha Puri. For the surrendered devotees You are a desire tree. O Sacinandana, O Mukunda, please be merciful to this great fool.

 

(2)

na varṇayitum iśate gurutarāsvatārāyitā

bhavantam uru-buddhayo na khalu sārvabhaumādayaḥ

paro bhavatu tatra kaḥ paṭu-rato namas te paraḿ

śacī-suta mayi prabho kuru mukunda mande kṛpām

Neither the great incarnations [headed by Dattatreya and Vyasadeva] nor the great intellectuals, headed by Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, can properly describe You. Who is more intelligent than You? I offer my respectful obeisances unto You. O Sacinandana, O Mukunda, please be merciful to this great fool.

 

(3)

na yat katham api śrutāv upaniṣadbhir apy āhitaḿ

svayaḿ ca vivṛtaḿ na yad gurutarāvatārāntare

kṣipann asi rasāmbudhe tad iha bhakti-ratnaḿ kṣitau

śacī-suta mayi prabho kuru mukunda mande kṛpām

The Upanisads did not reveal the jewel of pure devotional service, nor did the great incarnations describe it, yet You have now cast this priceless jewel into this world from the nectar ocean. O Sacinandana, O Mukunda, please be merciful to this great fool.

 

(4)

nija-praṇaya-visphuran-naṭana-rańga-vismāpita-

tri-netra-nata-maṇḍala-prakṭitānurāgāmṛta

ahańkṛti-kalańkitoddhata-janādi-durbodha he

śacī-suta mayi prabho kuru mukunda mande kṛpām

O Lord whose dancing in ecstatic love filled Siva with wonder, O Lord who revealed to the surrendered devotees the nectar of pure devotion, O Lord who cannot be understood by the proud egoists, O Sacinandana, O Mukunda, please be merciful to this great fool.

 

(5)

bhavanti bhuvi ye narāḥ kalita-duṣkulotpattayas

tvam uddharasi tān api pracura-cāru-kāruṇyataḥ

iti pramuditāntaraḥ śaraṇam āśritas tvām ahaḿ

śacī-suta mayi prabho kuru mukunda mande kṛpām

Out of Your great and splendid mercy You deliver even the low-born and sinful. This has made me very happy at heart, and thus I take shelter of You. O Sacinandana, O Mukunda, please be merciful to this great fool.

 

(6)

mukhāmbuja-pariskalan-mṛdula-vāń-madhūlī-rasa-

prasańga-janitākhila-praṇata-bhṛńga-rańgotkara

samasta-jana-mańgala-prabhava-nāma-ratnāmbudhe

śacī-suta mayi prabho kuru mukunda mande kṛpām

You delight the bumblebees of Your surrendered devotees with the honey of the words trickling from Your lotus mouth. You are an ocean of the jewels of the holy names, which are auspicious for all people. O Sacinandana, O Mukunda, please be merciful to this great fool.

 

(7)

mṛgāńka-madhurānana sphurad-anidra-padmekṣaṇa

smita-stabaka-sundarādhara viśańkaṭoras-taṭa

bhujoddhata-bhujańgama-prabha manoja-koṭi-dyute

śacī-suta mayi prabho kuru mukunda mande kṛpām

O moon-faced Lord, O Lord with glistening, wide-awake lotus-eyes, O Lord whose smile is a cluster of flowers, O Lord whose lips are handsome, O Lord whose chest is broad, O Lord whose arms are like two glorious snakes, O Lord as splendid as millions of Cupids, O Sacinandana, O Mukunda, please be merciful to this great fool.

 

(8)

ahaḿ kanaka-ketukī-kusuma-gaura duṣṭaḥ kṣitau

na doṣa-lava-darśitā vividha-doṣa-pūrṇe ‘pi te

ataḥ pravaṇayā dhiyā kṛpaṇa-vatsala tvāḿ bhaje

śacī-suta mayi prabho kuru mukunda mande kṛpām

O Lord as splendid as a golden ketaki flower, I am the most wicked person in the world. Still, even if a person is filled with a great host of faults, You do not see the slightest fault in him. For this reason, O Lord who is kind to the fallen, I worship You with a humble heart. O Sacinandana, O Mukunda, please be merciful to this great fool.

 

(9)

idaḿ dharaṇi-maṇḍalotsava bhavat-padāńkeṣu ye

niviṣṭa-manaso narāḥ paripaṭhanti padyāṣṭakam

śacī-hṛdaya-nandana prakaṭa-kīrti-candra prabho

nija-praṇaya-nirbharaḿ vitara deva tebhyaḥ śubham

O festival of happiness for this world, O pleasure of the heart of Saci, O splendid moon of glory, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, please grant auspicious love for You to those persons who, their hearts rapt in meditation on Your footprints, read these eight verses.