Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu Doya Koro More
Sāvaraṇa-śrī-gaura-pāda-padme — Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Prabhu
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7 versionsMy dear Lord Caitanya, please be merciful to me, because who can be more merciful than Your Lordship within these three worlds?
Your incarnation is just to reclaim the conditioned, fallen souls, but I assure You that You will not find a greater fallen soul than me. Therefore, my claim is first.
My dear Lord Nityānanda, You are always joyful in spiritual bliss. Since You always appear very happy, I have come to You because I am most unhappy. If You kindly put Your glance over me, then I may also become happy.
My dear Advaita Prabhu, husband of Sītā, You are so kind. Please be merciful to me. If You are kind to me, naturally Lord Caitanya and Nityānanda will also be kind to me.
O Svarūpa Dāmodara, personal secretary of Lord Caitanya, O Six Gosvāmīs - Śrī Rupa Gosvāmī, Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, Śrī Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, Srī Jīva Gosvāmī, and Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī! O Lokanātha Gosvāmī, my beloved spiritual master! Narottama Dāsa also prays for your mercy.
O Śrīnivāsa Ācārya Prabhu! Please be merciful to me. Narottama Dāsa always desires the company of Rāmacandra Kavirāja.
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About Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu Doya Koro More
Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu Doya Koro More is a direct, urgent prayer for mercy addressed to Lord Caitanya, composed by Srila Narottama dasa Thakura, the only initiated disciple of Srila Lokanatha Gosvami, and the acarya credited with organizing the annual festival gatherings in Bengal that helped keep the Gaudiya Vaishnava community unified in the decades after Caitanya Mahaprabhu's disappearance. The song's reasoning is characteristically Narottama's: since Lord Caitanya's very purpose in appearing was to reclaim the most fallen souls, the singer argues, he cannot be turned away, however unworthy he feels himself to be. Srila Prabhupada established this as one of the songs sung daily across ISKCON temples, and in Mayapur it is specifically sung every day during the darshan arati of Sri Pancha-tattva. With recordings gathered here from many different singers, it remains one of the most consistently performed prayers in the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition.
Srila Prabhupada on this song
In a class given in Los Angeles on January 11, 1969, Srila Prabhupada spoke on this song:
“My dear Lord Nityananda, You are always joyful, in spiritual bliss, and You appear always very happy. So I have come to You because I am most unhappy. So if You kindly put Your glance over me, then I may also become happy”
In a class given in Los Angeles on January 11, 1969, Srila Prabhupada spoke on this song:
“There is no one more merciful than You in this world of birth and death.”
Excerpted from Srila Prabhupada's recorded classes, © Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International. Read the complete purport at the Vanisource link above.
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Who wrote Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu Doya Koro More?
Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu Doya Koro More was composed by Narottama Dasa Thakura. It appears in Songs of Vaishnava Acaryas.
What is the meaning of Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu Doya Koro More?
My dear Lord Caitanya, please be merciful to me, because who can be more merciful than Your Lordship within these three worlds?
Where can I listen to Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu Doya Koro More?
You can listen to 7 recordings of Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu Doya Koro More on this page, including versions sung by Srila Prabhupada, HG Agnidev Prabhu, HG Swarupa Damodar Prabhu, HG Jai Sachinandana Prabhu.
How many verses does Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu Doya Koro More have?
Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu Doya Koro More has 6 verses.
Can I download Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu Doya Koro More as a PPT or PDF?
Yes. A ready-to-display slide deck for Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu Doya Koro More — verse and translation on each slide — is available to download in both PowerPoint (.pptx) and PDF formats from this page, for use in kirtan or temple programs.
Audio courtesy of ISKCON Desire Tree. All glories to the devotee singers.