Harinam
Recitation of Gajendra's Prayers by Srila Gurudev
Sreela Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj2 min read
Harinam
śrī-gajendra uvācaoṁ namo bhagavate tasmaiyata etac cid-ātmakampuruṣāyādi-bījāyapareśāyābhidhīmahi ||2||yasminn idaṁ yataś cedaṁyenedaṁ ya idaṁ svayamyo ’smāt parasmāc ca parastaṁ prapadye svayambhuvam ||3||yaḥ svātmanīdaṁ nija-māyayārpitaṁkvacid vibhātaṁ kva ca tat tirohitamaviddha-dṛk sākṣy ubhayaṁ tad īkṣatesa ātma-mūlo ’vatu māṁ parāt-paraḥ ||4||kālena pañcatvam iteṣu kṛtsnaśolokeṣu pāleṣu ca sarva-hetuṣutamas tadāsīd gahanaṁ gabhīraṁyas tasya pāre ’bhivirājate vibhuḥ ||5||na yasya devā ṛṣayaḥ padaṁ vidurjantuḥ punaḥ ko ’rhati gantum īritumyathā naṭasyākṛtibhir viceṣṭatoduratyayānukramaṇaḥ sa māvatu ||6||didṛkṣavo yasya padaṁ sumaṅgalaṁvimukta-saṅgā munayaḥ susādhavaḥcaranty aloka-vratam avraṇaṁ vanebhūtātma-bhūtāḥ suhṛdaḥ sa me gatiḥ ||7||na vidyate yasya ca janma karma vāna nāma-rūpe guṇa-doṣa eva vātathāpi lokāpyaya-sambhavāya yaḥsva-māyayā tāny anukālam ṛcchati ||8||tasmai namaḥ pareśāyabrahmaṇe ’nanta-śaktayearūpāyoru-rūpāyanama āścarya-karmaṇe ||9||nama ātma-pradīpāyasākṣiṇe paramātmanenamo girāṁ vidūrāyamanasaś cetasām api ||10||sattvena pratilabhyāyanaiṣkarmyeṇa vipaścitānamaḥ kaivalya-nāthāyanirvāṇa-sukha-saṁvide ||11||namaḥ śāntāya ghorāyagūḍhāya guṇa-dharmiṇenirviśeṣāya sāmyāyanamo jñāna-ghanāya ca ||12||kṣetra-jñāya namas tubhyaṁsarvādhyakṣāya sākṣiṇepuruṣāyātma-mūlāyamūla-prakṛtaye namaḥ ||13||sarvendriya-guṇa-draṣṭresarva-pratyaya-hetaveasatā cchāyayoktāyasad-ābhāsāya te namaḥ ||14||namo namas te ’khila-kāraṇāyaniṣkāraṇāyādbhuta-kāraṇāyasarvāgamāmnāya-mahārṇavāyanamo ’pavargāya parāyaṇāya ||15||guṇāraṇi-cchanna-cid-uṣmapāyatat-kṣobha-visphūrjita-mānasāyanaiṣkarmya-bhāvena vivarjitāgama-svayaṁ-prakāśāya namas karomi ||16||mādṛk prapanna-paśu-pāśa-vimokṣaṇāyamuktāya bhūri-karuṇāya namo ’layāyasvāṁśena sarva-tanu-bhṛn-manasi pratīta-pratyag-dṛśe bhagavate bṛhate namas te ||17||ātmātma-jāpta-gṛha-vitta-janeṣu saktairduṣprāpaṇāya guṇa-saṅga-vivarjitāyamuktātmabhiḥ sva-hṛdaye paribhāvitāyajñānātmane bhagavate nama īśvarāya ||18||yaṁ dharma-kāmārtha-vimukti-kāmābhajanta iṣṭāṁ gatim āpnuvantikiṁ cāśiṣo rāty api deham avyayaṁkarotu me ’dabhra-dayo vimokṣaṇam ||19||ekāntino yasya na kañcanārthaṁvāñchanti ye vai bhagavat-prapannāḥaty-adbhutaṁ tac-caritaṁ sumaṅgalaṁgāyanta ānanda-samudra-magnāḥ ||20||tam akṣaraṁ brahma paraṁ pareśamavyaktam ādhyātmika-yoga-gamyamatīndriyaṁ sūkṣmam ivātidūramanantam ādyaṁ paripūrṇam īḍe ||21||yasya brahmādayo devavedā lokāś carācarāḥnāma-rūpa-vibhedenaphalgvyā ca kalayā kṛtāḥ ||22||yathārciṣo ’gneḥ savitur gabhastayoniryānti saṁyānty asakṛt sva-rociṣaḥtathā yato ’yaṁ guṇa-sampravāhobuddhir manaḥ khāni śarīra-sargāḥ ||23||sa vai na devāsura-martya-tiryaṅna strī na ṣaṇḍho na pumān na jantuḥnāyaṁ guṇaḥ karma na san na cāsanniṣedha-śeṣo jayatād aśeṣaḥ ||24||jijīviṣe nāham ihāmuyā kimantar bahiś cāvṛtayebha-yonyāicchāmi kālena na yasya viplavastasyātma-lokāvaraṇasya mokṣam ||25||so ’haṁ viśva-sṛjaṁ viśvamaviśvaṁ viśva-vedasamviśvātmānam ajaṁ brahmapraṇato ’smi paraṁ padam ||26||yoga-randhita-karmāṇohṛdi yoga-vibhāviteyogino yaṁ prapaśyantiyogeśaṁ taṁ nato ’smy aham ||27||namo namas tubhyam asahya-vega-śakti-trayāyākhila-dhī-guṇāyaprapanna-pālāya duranta-śaktayekad-indriyāṇām anavāpya-vartmane ||28||nāyaṁ veda svam ātmānaṁyac-chaktyāhaṁ-dhiyā hatamtaṁ duratyaya-māhātmyaṁbhagavantam ito ’smy aham ||29||