Invoking Auspiciousness
praṇamaha nārāyaṇa anādi nidhan
sṛṣṭi-sthiti-pralaya jata tāhāra kāraṇ
I offer my respectful obeisances to Lord Nārāyaṇa, who has no beginning, and who is the creator, maintainer, and destroyer of the material worlds.
With folded hands I offer my prayers unto Kṛṣṇa, the son of Nanda Maharaja, who is my life and soul.*
Note: In Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, (Madhya 15.99-100), Lord Caitanya praises this verse and this book. He says:
"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then said: Guṇarāja Khān of Kulīna-grāma compiled a book named Śrī Kṛṣṇa-vijaya in which there is a sentence revealing the author's ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa.
"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then said: `Kṛṣṇa, the son of Mahārāja Nanda, is my life and soul.' By this statement I am sold into the hands of the descendents of Guṇarāja Khān.' "
I offer my respectful obeisances to Brahmā and Śiva who help in the creation of the material world, and to Gaṇeśa, who removes obstacles.
I bow down to the feet of all the demigods. Now I will write something of Lord Kṛṣṇa's pastimes.
About Invoking Auspiciousness
An opening mangalacharana, the invocation of auspiciousness that traditionally opens a Vaishnava narrative poem before the story proper begins. Such invocations typically offer obeisance to Krishna and pray for the work's successful, unobstructed completion, setting a devotional tone for the retelling of the Bhagavatam that follows.
Frequently asked
Who wrote Invoking Auspiciousness?
Invoking Auspiciousness was composed by Gunaraja Khan. It appears in Sri Krsna Vijaya.
What is the meaning of Invoking Auspiciousness?
praṇamaha nārāyaṇa anādi nidhan sṛṣṭi-sthiti-pralaya jata tāhāra kāraṇ I offer my respectful obeisances to Lord Nārāyaṇa, who has no beginning, and who is the creator, maintainer, and destroyer of the material worlds.
How many verses does Invoking Auspiciousness have?
Invoking Auspiciousness has 4 verses.
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