Śrīpāda Araṇya Mahārāja’s Appearance Day

Today, being the appearance day of Śrīpāda Bhakti Kiśora Araṇya Mahārāja, we offered him the following praṇāṁa-mantras:

namaḥ oṁ viṣṇupādāya guru-varga-priyātmane
śrī śrīmad bhakti-kiśorāraṇya iti nāmine

I offer my obeisance unto Oṁ Viṣṇupāda Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Kiśora Araṇya Mahārāja, whose is very dear to his gurus, Śrīla A.C. Bhaktivedānta Swami Prabhupāda and Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Deva Gosvāmī Mahārāja.

vṛndāraṇya-nivāsāya nāmāraṇya-vihāriṇe
girindrāraṇya-ratāya śrī-araṇyāya te namaḥ

I offer my obeisance unto Śrīla Araṇya Mahārāja who resides in the forest of Vṛndā, who happily roams the forest of the Holy Name and is delighted by the forests of Girirāja Govardhana, the best of mountains.

kṛṣṇa-kiśora-preṣṭhāya rādhā-kiśorī-sevine
gaura-kiśora-niṣṭhāya bhakti-kiśorāya te namaḥ

I offer my obeisance unto Śrīla Bhakti Kiśora Araṇya Mahārāja who is dear to the boyish Kṛṣṇa, who serves the youthful Rādhā, and has firm devotion to the adolescent boy, Śrī Gaurāṅga.