Syamananda Sataka (verses 16-20)

These 101 slokas in honor of Syamananda Prabhu were written by Sri Rasikananda.

16

netrananda-kisora-hari-

murajid-damodara-sri-hari-

sri-gopi-bala-ratna-mathura-mukha-

sva-grava-khandani yah

loke ‘smin prakatany amuni kritavams

tejo-‘nkitany atmanas

tam karshnim dyu-manim bhaje bhava-

maha-duhkhandhakara-dvisham

I serve Krishnananda’s son, Sri Syama-nanda. He is a sun like a jewel in the sky, a sun that is the ferocious enemy of the blinding darkness that is the torment of living in this world of birth and death, a sun that with its brilliant light places in this world the suryakanta jewels[1] of Lord Krishna’s holy names, names like Netra-nanda[2], Kisora[3], Hari[4], Murajit[5], Damodara[6], Sri Hari[7], Sri-gopi[8], and Bala[9].

17

dainyadambara-sannatendra-

vibhava-praudhatya-lilotsavah

sainyadambara-samvritati-

balavat pashanda-senotsavah

van-madhurya-visirna-dambhika-

kulaunmukhya-prabhavotsavah

ko ‘pi prema-durandharo ‘stu

jagad-anandaya karshnotsavah

May he who is a festival of the pastimes of humbleness[10], a festival that crushes the arrogance of the atheists, a festival of sweet words that rip pride into pieces, a festival filled with ecstatic love, a festival celebrating the glories of Lord Krishna, delight the worlds.

18

uddharmasura-sekharan ati-balan

mandyam nayams tejasa

sva-pranesa-yaso-‘mritaih kali-

tapah klishtam jagat plavayan

vidvan-manya-madacalam

vimala-cid-dambholina darayan

jiyat karshni-purandaro bhuvi

sada karshnaditeyagranih

All glories eternally to Krishnananda’s son, Sri Syamananda. With his great power he makes the powerful sinners who are like the crowns worn by the demons weak and helpless. With the nectar of the glories of Lord Krishna, who is his life’s master, he floods a world tormented by Kali-yuga. With his glistening thunderbolt of spiritual knowledge he breaks into pebbles the great mountains of the learned scholars’ pride.

19

asleshat kali-ghora-duhkha-

dahana-jvalopataptasaya

magna yasya kripakulad vraja-

vadhu-pranesa-lila-rase

tam vande karunamburasim

adhika-priti-prasannananam

premanugraha-vigraham

guru-bhavottapavali-nigraham

I offer my respectful obeisances to Sri Syamananda, who is an ocean of mercy. He is kindness and spiritual love personified. His face is always cheerful with spiritual love. He is a soldier who defeats the horrible sufferings of life in the material world. By his merciful embrace, they who are tortured by the flames of Kali-yuga’s torments find themselves plunged in the nectar of Lord Krishna’s pastimes, Lord Krishna who is the life’s master of Vraja’s girls.

20

dushta vyadha-pulinda-huna-

yavanah sumbhah khasah pukkasa

ye canye ‘subha-vrittayah su-

patitah krurantyaja durhridah

yal-lila-sravanamrita-svadanatas

tyakta-svabhava babuh

premananda-rasojjvalas tam

adhamoddharavataram bhaje

I worship Sri Syamananda, who descended to this world to deliver the fallen people. By tasting the nectar of hearing of his pastimes, the wicked hunters, Pulindas, Hunas, Yavanas, Sumbhas, Khasas, Pulkasas, cruel Antyajas, and all other sinners with wicked hearts and inauspicious deeds have given up their old natures and become devotees glorious with the nectar of spiritual love and bliss.

[1] The suryakanta is a precious gem that has the power to produce fire from sunrays.

[2] The bliss of the eyes.

[3] The most charming of youths.

[4] The playful Lord.

[5] The killer of Mura.

[6] The Lord whose waist was tied with a rope.

[7] The Lord who removes all that is inauspicious.

[8] The master of the gopis.

[9] The powerful.

[10] Humbleness is one important item in devotional service. Without a humble state of mind it’s not possible to advance in spiritual life. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu said: trinad api sunicena taror api sahisnuna amanina manadena kirtaniyah sada harih. “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.”

This is a section of the book “Syamananda, the Joy of Radharani (English)”.

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