Devotional Service Unconditional

Opening prayers and obeisances

0:31oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasyajñānāñjana-śalākayācakṣur unmīlitaṁ yenatasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

0:45I offer my respects to Rādhārāṇī, whose bodily complexion is like molten gold and who is the Queen of Vṛndāvana. You are the daughter of King Vṛṣabhānu, and You are very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa.

0:51tapta-kāñcana-gaurāṅgi rādhe vṛndāvaneśvarivṛṣabhānu-sute devi praṇamāmi hari-priye

0:53I offer my respects to Rādhārāṇī, whose bodily complexion is like molten gold and who is the Queen of Vṛndāvana. You are the daughter of King Vṛṣabhānu, and You are very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa.

0:59śrī-caitanya-mano-'bhīṣṭaṁsthāpitaṁ yena bhū-talesvayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁdadāti sva-padāntikam

1:04When will Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī Prabhupāda, who has established within this material world the mission to fulfill the desire of Lord Caitanya, give me shelter under his lotus feet?

1:04CC Antya 2.1বন্দেঽহং শ্রীগুরোঃ শ্রীযুতপদকমলং শ্রীগুরূন্ বৈষ্ণবাংশ্চ শ্রীরূপং সাগ্রজাতং সহগণরঘুনাথান্বিতং তং সজীবম্ ।সাদ্বৈতং সাবধূতং পরিজনসহিতং কৃষ্ণচৈতন্যদেবং শ্রীরাধাকৃষ্ণপাদান্ সহগণললিতা-শ্রীবিশাখান্বিতাংশ্চ ॥ ১ ॥vande 'haṁ śrī-guroḥ śrī-yuta-pada-kamalaṁ śrī-gurūn vaiṣṇavāmś caśrī-rūpaṁ sāgrajātaṁ saha-gaṇa-raghunāthānvitaṁ taṁ sa-jīvamsādvaitaṁ sāvadhūtaṁ parijana-sahitaṁ kṛṣṇa-caitanya-devaṁśrī-rādhā-kṛṣṇa-pādān saha-gaṇa-lalitā-śrī-viśākhānvitāmś caI offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master and of all the other preceptors on the path of devotional service. I offer my respectful obeisances unto all the Vaiṣṇavas and unto the six Gosvāmīs, including Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, Jīva Gosvāmī and their associates. I offer my respectful obeisances unto Śrī Advaita Ācārya Prabhu, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and all His devotees, headed by Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura. I then offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and all the gopīs, headed by Lalitā and Viśākhā.

1:36nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-taleśrīmate bhaktisiddhānta-sarasvatīti nāmine

1:41I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī, who is very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.

1:58śrī-vārṣabhānavī-devī-dayitāya kṛpābdhayekṛṣṇa-sambandha-vijñāna-dāyine prabhave namaḥ

2:07I offer my respectful obeisances to Śrī Vārṣabhānavī-devī-dayita dāsa [another name of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī], who is favored by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and who is the ocean of transcendental mercy and the deliverer of the science of Kṛṣṇa.

2:07śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanyaprabhu-nityānandaśrī-advaita gadādharaśrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda

2:07I offer my obeisances to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, Prabhu Nityānanda, Śrī Advaita, Gadādhara, Śrīvāsa and all others in the line of devotion. hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇakṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare harehare rāma hare rāmarāma rāma hare hare

2:22My dear Lord, and the spiritual energy of the Lord, kindly engage me in Your service. I am now embarrassed with this material service. Please engage me in Your service.

2:30CC Adi 1.15জয়তাং সুরতৌ পঙ্গোর্মম মন্দমতের্গতী ।মৎসর্বস্বপদাম্ভোজৌ রাধামদনমোহনৌ ॥ ১৫ ॥jayatāṁ suratau paṅgormama manda-mater gatīmat-sarvasva-padāmbhojaurādhā-madana-mohanauGlory to the all-merciful Rādhā and Madana-mohana! I am lame and ill advised, yet They are my directors, and Their lotus feet are everything to me.

2:40dīvyad-vṛndāraṇya-kalpa-drumādhaḥ-śrīmad-ratnāgāra-siṁhāsana-sthauśrī-śrī-rādhā-śrīla-govinda-devaupreṣṭhālībhiḥ sevyamānau smarāmi

2:52In a temple of jewels in Vṛndāvana, underneath a desire tree, Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Govinda, served by Their most confidential associates, sit upon an effulgent throne. I offer my humble obeisances unto Them.

2:58CC Adi 1.17শ্রীমান্‌ রাসরসারম্ভী বংশীবটতটস্থিতঃ ।কর্ষন্‌ বেণুস্বনৈর্গোপীর্গোপীনাথঃ শ্রিয়েঽস্তু নঃ ॥ ১৭ ॥śrīmān rāsa-rasārambhīvamśīvaṭa-taṭa-sthitaḥkarṣan veṇu-svanair gopīrgopī-nāthaḥ śriye 'stu naḥŚrī Śrīla Gopīnātha, who originated the transcendental mellow of the rāsa dance, stands on the shore in Vaṁśīvaṭa and attracts the attention of the cowherd damsels with the sound of His celebrated flute. May they all confer upon us their benediction.he kṛṣṇa karuṇā-sindhodīna-bandho jagat-pategopeśa gopikā-kāntarādhā-kānta namo 'stu te

3:21O my dear Kṛṣṇa, ocean of mercy, You are the friend of the distressed and the source of creation. You are the master of the cowherd men and the lover of the gopīs, especially Rādhārāṇī. I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.

3:27tapta-kāñcana-gaurāṅgirādhe vṛndāvaneśvarivṛṣabhānu-sute devipraṇamāmi hari-priye

3:32I offer my respects to Rādhārāṇī, whose bodily complexion is like molten gold and who is the Queen of Vṛndāvana. You are the daughter of King Vṛṣabhānu, and You are very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa.

3:42vāñchā-kalpatarubhyaś cakṛpā-sindhubhya eva capatitānāṁ pāvanebhyovaiṣṇavebhyo namo namaḥ

Unconditional nature of devotional service

3:46[I offer my respectful obeisances unto all the Vaiṣṇava devotees of the Lord. They can fulfill the desires of everyone, just like desire trees, and they are full of compassion for the fallen souls.]

3:46Prabhupāda: So Prahlāda Mahārāja is considering that, “Although I am a child, I have no education, my parentage is not at all bona fide; still, devotional service is unconditional.

4:16Devotional service does not depend on any material qualification.

Lord accepts the devotees attitude

4:26Therefore I shall try to offer my prayers to the Supreme Lord according to my capacity.” Bhāva-grāhī janardana. The Lord accepts the essence of a devotee's attitude.

4:40Prayers of the devotees to the Lord does not depend on how far you are educated or… [squeaking sound] [aside: What is that sound?] [break] “…can pick me up and fix me up on Your lotus feet.” This very much expression of feeling is sufficient, as Lord Caitanya taught us.

Expressing feelings to the Lord

5:11Everyone can express this feeling. Ayi nanda-tanuja patitaṁ kiṅkaraṁ māṁ [Cc. Antya 20.32, Śikṣāṣṭaka 5].

5:22“’O My Lord, O Kṛṣṇa, son of Mahārāja Nanda, I am Your eternal servant, but because of My own fruitive acts I have fallen into this horrible ocean of nescience. Now please be causelessly merciful to Me. Consider Me a particle of dust at Your lotus feet.’

Realizing the constitutional position

5:30Kiṅkaraṁ: I am Your eternal servant. These things have to be accepted. One has to realize his constitutional position. That is self-realization. What I am? I am not the supreme. This is wrong. I am subordinate.

Living entities as subordinate beings

5:50This is the Vedic injunction. God is one, and He is great, and all living entities are subordinate. They are maintained by God.

God as the supreme maintainer

6:07There are millions and trillions of, without any limit of numerical strength, living entities all over the universe, and they are being maintained by the Supreme Lord.

6:23That is admitted in every scripture of the world, recognized religious scripture. [squeaking noise in backgound] [aside:] It is causing disturb. You can stop. [end]