Mańgalācaraṇa

Question 1

vande

Answer 1

Offer my respectful obeisances

Question 2

(a)’haḿ

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I

Question 3

śrī-guroḥ

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of my initiating spiritual master or instructing spiritual master

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śrī-yuta-pada-kamalaḿ

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unto the opulent lotus feet

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śrī-gurun

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unto the spiritual masters in the parampara systems beginning from Madhavendra Puri down to Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada;

Question 6

vaiṣṇavāḿś

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unto all the Vaisnavas, beginning from Lord Brahma and others coming from the very start of the creation;

Question 7

ca

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And

Question 8

śrī-rūpaḿ

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unto Srila Rupa Gosvami

Question 9

sāgrajātaḿ

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with his elder brothers Sri Sanatana Gosvami

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saha-gaṇa-raghunāthānvitaḿ

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with Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami and his associates

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taḿ

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Unto him

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sa jīvam

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with Jiva Gosvami

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sādvaitaḿ

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with Advaita Acarya

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sāvadhūtaḿ

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with Nityananda Prabhu

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parijana-sahitaḿ

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and with Srivasa Thakura and all the other devotees

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kṛṣṇa-caitanya-devaḿ

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unto Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu

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śrī-rādhā-kṛṣṇa-pādān

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unto the lotus feet of the all-opulent Sri Krsna and Radharani

Question 18

saha-gaṇa

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with associates

Question 19

lalitā- śrī-viśākhānvitāḿś

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accompanied by Lalita and Sri Visakha

Question 20

Ca

Answer 20

Also

Question 21

vande ‘haḿ śrī-guroḥ śrī-yuta-pada-kamalaḿ śrī-gurun vaiṣṇavāḿś ca
śrī-rūpaḿ sāgrajātaḿ saha-gaṇa-raghunāthānvitaḿ taḿ sa jīvam
sādvaitaḿ sāvadhūtaḿ parijana-sahitaḿ kṛṣṇa-caitanya-devaḿ
śrī-rādhā-kṛṣṇa-pādān saha-gaṇa-lalitā- śrī-viśākhānvitāḿś ca

Answer 21

I 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 Srīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Srīla Sanātana Gosvāmī, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, Jīva Gosvāmī, and their associates. I offer my respectful obeisances unto Advaita Acārya Prabhu, Srī Nityānanda Prabhu, Srī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and all His devotees, headed by Srīvāsa Thākura. I then offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa, Srīmatī Rādhārānī, and all the gopīs, headed by Lalitā and Viśākhā.