Praṇām Mantra

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Om Viṣṇupād Aṣṭottara-śata-śrī
Śrīmad Bhakti Rakṣak Śrīdhar Dev-Goswāmī Mahārāj

śrī-svarūpa-rāya-rūpa-jīva-bhāva-sambharaṁ
varṇa-dharma-nirviśeṣa-sarva-loka-nistaram
śrī-sarasvatī-priyañ cha bhakti-sundarāśrayaṁ
śrīdharaṁ namāmi bhakti-rakṣakaṁ jagad-gurum

sindhu-chandra-parvatendu-śāka-janma-līlanaṁ
śuddha-dīpta-rāga-bhakti-gauravānuśīlanam
bindu-chandra-ratna-soma-śāka-lochanāntaraṁ
śrīdharaṁ namāmi bhakti-rakṣakaṁ jagad-gurum

—Śrīla Śrī Bhakti Sundar Govinda Mahārāj

I offer my humble obeisances unto the Guru of the entire world, Oṁ Viṣṇupād Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣak Śrīdhar Dev-Goswāmī Mahārāj, who carries the conception of Śrī Svarūp Dāmodar, Śrī Rāmānanda Rāy, Śrī Rūpa Goswāmī, and Śrī Jīva Goswāmī; who delivers everyone irrespective caste or creed; who is the most beloved of Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Saraswatī Goswāmī Prabhupād; and who is the abode of transcendental loving service (the only shelter of Śrī Bhakti Sundar Govinda).

I offer my humble obeisances unto the Guru of the entire world, Oṁ Viṣṇupād Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣak Śrīdhar Dev-Goswāmī Mahārāj, who revealed the pastimes of his holy advent in the world in the year 1817 Śaka era (1895 A.D.); who constantly practices the wealth of pure loving devotion in divine consorthood; and who disappeared from our eyes in the year 1910 Śaka era (1988 A.D.).