vande bhaktivinodaṁ śrī-
gaura-śakti-svarūpakam
bhakti-śāstra-jña-samrājaṁ
rādhā-rasa-sudhā-nidhim

I bow to Śrī Ṭhākura Bhaktivinode, Mahāprabhu’s divine energies personified. He is the emperor of Vaiṣṇava scholars and possesses the ambrosial treasure of Śrī Radha’s sacred rapture.

bhakativinoda prabhu, dayā koro more
tava kṛpā bale pāī śrī-prabhupādere
bhakati-siddhānta sarasvatī prabhupāda
jagate āniyā dile kariyā prasāda
sarasvatī kṛṣṇa-priyā, kṛṣṇa-bhakti tāṅra hiyā
vinodera sei se vaibhava
ei gītera bhāvārtha, prabhupāda para-artha
ebe morā kari anubhava

O Bhaktivinode Prabhu, be merciful to me, for by your blessings I can attain Śrīla Prabhupada, Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura. Out of compassion for the world, you brought him whose heart is filled with devotion to Kṛṣṇa and who is His dear one. This is the glory of Bhaktivinode Ṭhākura. The purpose of this song is to find complete dedication to Śrīla Prabhupada and this is what I now experience.

śrī-caitanya-janma-sthāna śrī-māyāpura
tomāra pracāre ebe jānila saṁsāra
śikṣāmṛta, jaiva-dharma, ādi grantha śata
sajjana-toṣaṇī-patrī sarva-samādṛta
ei saba grantha-patrī kariyā pracāra
lupta-prāya śuddha-bhakti karile uddhāra
jīvere jānāle tumi hao kṛṣṇa-dāsa
kṛṣṇa bhajo kṛṣṇa cinto chāṛi anya āśa
kṛṣṇa-dāsye jīva saba parānanda pāy
sakala vipad ha’te mukta haye jāy

The whole world has come to know the birthplace of Śrī Chaitanya in Mayapur on account of your preaching efforts. Your more than hundred books such as Śrī-Chaitanya-Śikṣāmṛta, Jaiva Dharma, etc., and your magazine, Sajjana-toṣaṇī are valued by all. You preached by the means of these books and magazines and by so doing were able to restore the religion of pure devotion which had almost been lost. You told the fallen souls that they were in truth servants of Kṛṣṇa and you told them to worship Kṛṣṇa, to think of Kṛṣṇa and to give up all other ambition. Through service to Kṛṣṇa, the living being finds full happiness in life and freedom from all danger.

āpani ācari dharma śikhāle sabāre
gṛhe kimvā dhāme thāki bhajaha kṛṣṇere
gadādhara-gaurahari-sevā prakāśile
śrī-rādhā-mādhava-rūpe tāṅdera dekhile
gosvāmi-gaṇera grantha vicāra kariyā
susiddhānta śikhāyeche pramāṇādi diyā
tāhā paṛi śuni loka ākṛṣṭa hailā
jaga-bhari tava nāma gāhite lāgilā
vyāsera abhinna tumi purāṇa prakāśa
śukābhinna prabhupāda śrī-dayita-dāsa

You taught everyone by your own example that they should worship Kṛṣṇa whether they are living as a householder or residing in the Dham. You consecrated deities of Gadadhar-Gauranga, seeing Śrī Radha-Madhava in Them. You studied the scriptures of the Goswamis and preached the pure doctrines with the appropriate evidence. Those who heard and read these doctrines were attracted and began to sing your glories throughout the world. You are like Vyasadeva who published the Puranas, and Śrīla Prabhupada, Śrī Dayita Das, your son, is like Sukadeva Goswami.

vaiṣṇavera jata guṇa āchaye granthete
sakala prakāśa hailā tomāra dehete
śrī-gauṛa-maṇḍala mājhe śrī-bīranagar
tava āvirbhāva sthāna sarva-śubhaṅkara
vandi āmi nata-śire sei puṇya-kṣetra
mastake dhāraṇa kari se dhūli Pavitra
tomāra kṛpāya īśodyāne sthāna pāi
bhāgavata-maṭhe basi tava nāma gāi
tomāra dāsānudāsa yati yāyāvāra
prārthanā karaye dhāma-vāsa nirantara

All the Vaiṣṇava qualities described in the scriptures are manifest in you. You appeared in Gaura Mandal, in the village of Birnagar, a place that is auspicious for all. I worship that holy spot with my head bowed low, taking its holy dust on my head. By your mercy, I have found a place in Ishodyan, the divine garden of Mayapur, and here in the Bhagavata Math, I glorify your name. The servant of your servants, the sannyasi Yayavar, prays to you to grant him eternal life in the Holy Dhama.