The Hare Krishna Movement

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Prema-dhvani Prayers
(Obeisnaces & Respects)

jaya oṁ viṣṇu-pāda paramahaṁsa parivrājakācārya aṣṭottara-śata śrī śrīmad a.c. bhaktivedānta svāmī mahārāja prabhupāda—kī jaya.

(108 glories to the wandering mendicant and topmost swanlike devotee, the great preceptor His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who has taken shelter at the feet of Lord Viṣṇu)

jaya oṁ viṣṇu-pāda paramahaṁsa parivrājakācārya aṣṭottara-śata śrī śrīmad bhaktisiddhānta sarasvatī gosvāmī mahārāja prabhupāda—kī jaya.

(108 glories to the wandering mendicant and topmost swanlike devotee, the great preceptor His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvami Maharaja Prabhupada, who has taken shelter at the feet of Lord Viṣṇu)

ananta koṭi vaiṣṇava-vṛnda—kī jaya.

(All glories to the unlimited millions of Vaiṣṇavas.)

nāmācārya śrīla haridāsa ṭhākura—kī jaya.

(All glories to the Nāmācārya Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura.)

ISKCON-Founder-Ācārya Śrīla Prabhupāda—kī jaya.

(All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, the Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.)

prem-se kaho śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu nityānanda śrī advaita, gadādhara, śrīvāsādi gaura-bhakta-vṛnda—kī jaya.

(Call out with love the names Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, Prabhu Nityānanda, Śrī Advaita, Śrī Gadādhara, Śrīvāsa and all the devotees of Lord Caitanya.)

śrī śrī rādha-kṛṣṇa, gopa-gopīnatha, śyāma-kuṇḍa, rādhā-kuṇḍa giri-govardhana—kī jaya.

(All glories to Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, the Lord of the gopas and gopis. All Glories to Śyāma-kuṇḍa, Rādhā-kuṇḍa and Govardhana Hill.)

[One may glorify the Deities of the temple at this time.]

śrī vṛndāvana dhāma—kī jaya.

(All glories to the abodes Śrī Vṛndāvana-dhāma.)

śrī māyāpur dhāma—kī jaya.

(All glories to Śrī Māyāpur-dhāma.)

jagannatha-puri-dhama-ki jaya.

(All glories to the temple of the Lord of the universe at Puri)

gaṅgā-mayī—kī jaya.

(All glories to Gaṅgā-devī.)

yamunā-mayī—kī jaya.

(All glories to Yamunā-devī.)

tulasī-devī—kī jaya.

(All glories to Tulasī-devī.)

bhakti-devī—kī jaya.

(All glories to bhakti, devotional service to the Lord)

śrī hari-nāma saṅkīrtana—kī jaya.

(All glories to the congregational chanting of the holy name of Hari.)

brhad-mrdanga-ki yaya.

(All glories to the publication and distribution of transcendental literatures glorifying the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna.)

[Srila Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī likened this activity to playing on a big mrdanga drum which can be heard around the world]

samāveta bhakta-vṛnda—kī jaya.

(All glories to the assembled devotees.)
(All glories to the assembled devotees.)
(All glories to the assembled devotees.)

gaura-premānande hari-haribol.

(Chant the names Hari! Hari! in the ecstasy of Caitanya-prema.)

All glories to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

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