Manglacharan
Chintā santāna hantāro yatpādāmbuja reṇavaḥ ।
Svīyānāṁ tān nijācāryān praṇamāmi muhur muhuḥ ॥1॥
Meaning: I repeatedly bow to my own Acharya, Shri Mahaprabhuji, whose lotus-foot dust alone destroys all the worries of His Sevakas. ॥1॥
Yad anugrahato jantuḥ sarva duḥkhātigo bhavet ।
Tam ahaṁ sarvadā vande Śrīmad Vallabha nandanam ॥2॥
Meaning: I always bow to Shri Vitthalnathji (Gusainji), the revered son of Shri Vallabha, by whose grace alone a soul becomes capable of overcoming all suffering. ॥2॥
Ajñāna timirāndhasya jñānāñjana śalākayā ।
Chakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai Śrī Gurave namaḥ ॥3॥
Meaning: I bow to Shri Gurudeva, who opened our eyes, which had been closed by the darkness of ignorance, with the illuminating collyrium-stick of knowledge. ॥3॥
Namāmi hṛdaye Śeṣe līlā kṣīrābdhi śāyinam ।
Lakṣmī sahasra līlābhiḥ sevyamānaṁ kalānidhim ॥4॥
Meaning: The next two verses of the Maṅgalācaraṇa, namely the fourth and fifth verses, are taken from the Maṅgalācaraṇa of the Subodhinījī commentary on the Tenth Skandha of the Śrīmad Bhāgavata composed by Shri Mahaprabhuji. In this verse, Shri Mahaprabhuji says: I bow to Pūrṇa Puruṣottama Shri Krishna, the treasure of all divine excellences, who reclines in the ocean of Līlā, which is like the Ocean of Milk, within my Śeṣa-like heart, and who is served by thousands of Lakṣmīs together with their Līlās. ॥4॥
Chaturbhiś cha chaturbhiś cha chaturbhiś cha tribhis tathā ।
Ṣaḍbhir virājate yo’sau pañcadhā hṛdaye mama ॥5॥
Meaning: I bow to Him who abides in my heart in fivefold form: through four, four, four, three, and six. In this kārikā, Shri Mahaprabhuji offers obeisance to Bhagavān, who is the very meaning embodied in the divisions of the Tenth Skandha. Shri Mahaprabhuji has divided the Tenth Skandha into five sections:
(1) the Janma-prakaraṇa, consisting of four chapters;
(2) the Tāmasa-prakaraṇa, consisting of four sub-sections;
(3) the Rājasa-prakaraṇa, consisting of four sub-sections;
(4) the Sāttvika-prakaraṇa, consisting of three sub-sections; and
(5) the Guṇa-prakaraṇa, consisting of six chapters.
Shri Mahaprabhuji says that Shri Krishna, who abides in these five sections, likewise abides in my heart in five ways; to Him I offer my obeisance. ॥5॥
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