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I hope this \u201cBhajan Episode\u201d won\u2019t become a tradition after each completion of the book, yes, we\u2019ll have to begin the next book tomorrow... but, hey, we did promise bhajans too, in our trailer of the podcast, so, here are the lyrics and translation of this beautiful poem Sri Siksakstaka: LYRICS:\n(1)\nceto-darpan\u0323a-m\u0101rjanam\u0301 bhava-mah\u0101-d\u0101v\u0101gni-nirv\u0101pan\u0323am\u0301\n\u015breyah\u0323-kairava-candrik\u0101-vitaran\u0323am\u0301 vidy\u0101-vadh\u016b-j\u012bvanam\n\u0101nand\u0101mbudhi-vardhanam\u0301 prati-padam\u0301 p\u016brn\u0323\u0101mr\u0323t\u0101sv\u0101danam\u0301\nsarv\u0101tma-snapanam\u0301 param\u0301 vijayate \u015br\u012b-kr\u0323s\u0323n\u0323a-sa\u0144k\u012brtanam\n \n(2)\nn\u0101mn\u0101m ak\u0101ri bahudh\u0101 nija-sarva-\u015baktis\ntatr\u0101rpit\u0101 niyamitah\u0323 smaran\u0323e na k\u0101lah\u0323\net\u0101dr\u0323\u015b\u012b tava kr\u0323p\u0101 bhagavan mam\u0101pi\ndurdaivam \u012bdr\u0323\u015bam ih\u0101jani n\u0101nur\u0101gah\u0323\n \n(3)\ntr\u0323n\u0323\u0101d api sun\u012bcena\ntaror api sahis\u0323n\u0323un\u0101\nam\u0101nin\u0101 m\u0101nadena\nk\u012brtan\u012byah\u0323 sad\u0101 harih\u0323\n \n(4)\nna dhanam\u0301 na janam\u0301 na sundar\u012bm\u0301\nkavit\u0101m\u0301 v\u0101 jagad-\u012b\u015ba k\u0101maye\nmama janmani janman\u012b\u015bvare\nbhavat\u0101d bhaktir ahaituk\u012b tvayi\n \n(5)\nayi nanda-tanuja ki\u0144karam\u0301\npatitam\u0301 m\u0101m\u0301 vis\u0323ame bhav\u0101mbudhau\nkr\u0323pay\u0101 tava p\u0101da-pa\u0144kaja-\nsthita-dh\u016bl\u012b-sadr\u0323\u015bam\u0301 vicintaya\n \n(6)\nnayanam\u0301 galad-a\u015bru-dh\u0101ray\u0101\nvadanam\u0301 gadgada-ruddhay\u0101 gir\u0101\npulakair nicitam\u0301 vapuh\u0323 kad\u0101\ntava n\u0101ma-grahan\u0323e bhavis\u0323yati\n \n(7)\nyug\u0101yitam\u0301 nimes\u0323en\u0323a\ncaks\u0323us\u0323\u0101 pr\u0101vr\u0323s\u0323\u0101yitam\n\u015b\u016bny\u0101yitam\u0301 jagat sarvam\u0301\ngovinda-virahen\u0323a me\n \n(8)\n\u0101\u015blis\u0323ya v\u0101 p\u0101da-rat\u0101m\u0301 pinas\u0323t\u0323u m\u0101m\nadar\u015ban\u0101n marma-hat\u0101m\u0301 karotu v\u0101\nyath\u0101 tath\u0101 v\u0101 vidadh\u0101tu lampat\u0323o\nmat-pr\u0101n\u0323a-n\u0101thas tu sa eva n\u0101parah\u0323\n \n(9)\nprabhura \u2018\u015bik\u1e63\u0101\u1e63\u1e6daka\u2019-\u015bloka yei pa\u1e0de, \u015bune\nk\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47e prema-bhakti t\u0101ra b\u0101\u1e0de dine-dine\n \n\n \nTRANSLATION\n1) Glory to the sri-krsna-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.\n \n2) O my Lord, Your holy name alone can render all benediction to living beings, and thus You have hundreds and millions of names, like Krsna 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.\n \n3) 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.\n\n4) 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.\n\n5) O son of Maharaja Nanda (Krsna), 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.\n\n6) 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?\n\n7) O Govinda! Feeling Your separations 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.\n\n8) I know no one but Krsna 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\n \n9) If anyone recites or hears these eight verses of instruction by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,