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Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s Shikshashtaka Lyrics in Gujarati | 8 Verses of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s Siksastaka

Sri Shikshashtaka by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in Gujarati:

॥ શિક્ષાષ્ટક (ચૈતન્યમહાપ્રભુ) ॥
શિક્ષાષ્ટકં

ચેતો-દર્પણ-માર્જનં ભવ-મહા-દાવાગ્નિ-નિર્વાપણં
શ્રેયઃ-કૈરવ-ચન્દ્રિકા-વિતરણં વિદ્યા-વધૂ-જીવનમ્ ।
આનન્દ-અમ્બુધિ-વર્ધનં પ્રતિ-પદં પૂર્ણામૃતાસ્વાદનં
સર્વાત્મસ્નપનં પરં વિજયતે શ્રીકૃષ્ણ સંકીર્તનમ્ ॥ ૧ ॥

નામ્નાં અકારિ બહુધા નિજ-સર્વ-શક્તિઃ
તત્રાર્પિતા નિયમિતઃ સ્મરણે ન કાલઃ ।
એતાદૃશી તવ કૃપા ભગવન્-મમાપિ
દુર્દૈવમ્-ઈદૃશમ્-ઇહાજનિ ન-અનુરાગઃ ॥ ૨ ॥

તૃણાદપિ સુનીચેન તરોરપિ સહિષ્ણુના ।
અમાનિના માનદેન કીર્તનીયઃ સદા હરિઃ ॥ ૩ ॥

ન-ધનં ન-જનં ન-સુન્દરીમ્
કવિતાં વા જગદીશ કામયે ।
મમ જન્મનિ જન્મનિ ઈશ્વરે
ભવતાદ્ ભક્તિઃ અહૈતુકી ત્વયિ ॥ ૪ ॥

અયિ નન્દ-તનૂજ કિંકરમ્
પતિતં માં વિષમે-ભવ-અમ્બુધૌ ।
કૃપયા તવ પાદ-પંકજ-
સ્થિત ધૂલિ-સદૃશં વિચિંતય ॥ ૫ ॥

નયનં ગલદ્-અશ્રુ-ધારયા
વદનં ગદ્ગદ-રુદ્ધયા ગિરા ।
પુલકૈર્ નિચિતં વપુઃ કદા
તવ નામ-ગ્રહણે ભવિષ્યતિ ॥ ૬ ॥

યુગાયિતં નિમેષેણ ચક્ષુષા પ્રાવૃષાયિતમ્ ।
શૂન્યાયિતં જગત્ સર્વં ગોવિન્દ-વિરહેણ મે ॥ ૭ ॥

આશ્લિષ્ય વા પાદ-રતાં પિનષ્ટુ
મામ્-અદર્શનાન્ મર્મ-હતાં કરોતુ વા ।
યથા તથા વા વિદધાતુ લમ્પટઃ
મત્-પ્રાણ-નાથસ્ તુ સ એવ ન-અપરઃ ॥ ૮ ॥

Sri Shikshashtaka by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Meaning:

Translation by His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and Some words are changed for correct pronunciation.

Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu instructed his disciples to write books on the science of Krishna, a task which his followers have continued to carry out down to the present day. The elaborations and expositions on the philosophy taught by Lord Chaitanya are in fact most voluminous, exacting and consistent due to the system of disciplic succession. Although Lord Chaitanya was widely renowned as a scholar in his youth, he left only eight verses, called shikShaShTaka. These eight verses clearly reveal his mission and precepts. These supremely valuable prayers are translated herein.

Glory to the Sri Krishna sankirtana, which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years and extinguishes the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth and death. This sankirtana movement is the prime benediction for humanity at large because it spreads the rays of the benediction moon. It is the life of all transcendental knowledge. It increases the ocean of transcendental bliss, and it enables us to fully taste the nectar for which we are always anxious.

O my Lord, Your holy name alone can render all benediction to living beings, and thus You have hundreds and millions of names like Krishna and Govinda. In these transcendental names You have invested all Your transcendental energies. There are not even hard and fast rules for chanting these names. O my Lord, out of kindness You enable us to easily approach You by Your holy names, but I am so unfortunate that I have no attraction for them

One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking oneself lower than the straw in the street; one should be more tolerant than a tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige and should be ready to offer all respect to others. In such a state of mind one can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly.

O almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor do I desire beautiful women, nor do I want any number of followers. I only want Your causeless devotional service birth after birth.

O son of Maharaja Nanda [Krishna], I am Your eternal servitor, yet somehow or other I have fallen into the ocean of birth and death. Please pick me up from this ocean of death and place me as one of the atoms at Your lotus feet.

O my Lord, when will my eyes be decorated with tears of love flowing constantly when I chant Your holy name? When will my voice choke up, and when will the hairs of my body stand on end at the recitation of Your name?

O Govinda! Feeling Your separation, I am considering a moment to be like twelve years or more. Tears are flowing from my eyes like torrents of rain, and I am feeling all vacant in the world in Your absence.

I know no one but Krishna as my Lord, and He shall remain so even if He handles me roughly by His embrace or makes me brokenhearted by not being present before me. He is completely free to do anything and everything, for He is always my worshipful Lord unconditionally.

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s Shikshashtaka Lyrics in Gujarati | 8 Verses of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s Siksastaka

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