Sri Advaita Acharya

 

Advaita Ācārya is the Lord’s partial incarnation, and therefore I offer my obeisances millions of times at His lotus feet.
(CC Adi 1.39)

Lord Advaita Ācārya is the incarnation of Mahā-Viṣṇu, whose main function is to create the cosmic world through the actions of māyā.
(CC Ādi 6.4)

Because He is nondifferent from Hari, the Supreme Lord, He is called Advaita, and because He propagates the cult of devotion, He is called Ācārya. He is the Lord and the incarnation of the Lord’s devotee. Therefore I take shelter of Him.
(CC Ādi 6.5)

All glories to Advaita Prabhu, the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead! He induced Kṛṣṇa to descend and thus delivered the entire world.
(CC Antya 8.4)

Sarvabhaum Bhattacharya has written this song “Ganga Tire Tat Payobhis Tulasyah”. The official name of this song is Advaitastakam. In this song, Sarvabhaum Bhattacharya describes the glories of Srila Advaita Acarya and expresses his desire to surrender unto him.

(1)
ganga-tire tat-payobhis tulasyah
patraih puspaih prema-hunkara-ghosaih
prakatyartham gauram aradhayad yah
srila advaitacaryam etam prapadye
 
(2)
yad-dhunkaraih prema-sindhor vikarair
akrstah san gaura-goloka-nathah
avirbhutah sri-navadvipa-madhye
srila advaitacaryam etam prapadye
 
(3)
brahmadimam durlabha-prema-purair
adinam yah plavayam asa lokam
avirbhavya srila-caitanyacandram
srila advaitacaryam etam prapadye
 
(4)
sri-caitanyah sarva-sakti-prapurno
yasyaivaja-matrato ‘ntardarde ‘pi
durvijeyam yasya karunya-krtyam
srila advaitacaryam etam prapadye
 
(5)
srsti-sthity-antam vidhatum pravrtta
yasyamsamsah brahma-visnv-isvarakhyah
yenabhinnam tam maha-visnu-rupam
sriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye
 
(6)
kasmimscid yah sruyate casrayatvat
sambhor ittham sambhavan-nama dhama
sarvaradhyam bhakti-matraika-sadhyam
sriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye
 
(7)
sita-namni preyasi prema-purna
putro yasyapy acyutananda-nama
sri-caitanya-prema-pura-prapurnah
sriladvaitacaryam etam prapadye
 
(8)
nityanandadvaitato ‘dvaita-nama
bhaktyakhyanad yah sad-acarya-nama
sasvac-cetah-sacarad-gaura-dhama
srila advaitacaryam etam prapadye
 
(9)
pratah pritah pratyaham sampathed yah
sitanathasyastakam suddha-buddhih
so ‘yam samyam tasya padaravinde
vindan bhaktim tat-priyatvam prayati
 
TRANSLATION
(1) Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya, who with tulasi leaves flowers water from the Ganges shore and loud calls of love worshiped Lord Gaura and begged Him to appear.
 
(2) Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya. Attracted by His loud calls, the golden Lord of Goloka Vrndavana who is an ocean of ecstatic love appeared in Sri Navadvipa.
 
(3) Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya who by making the moon of Lord Caitanya rise flooded the world with a love even Brahma and the great demigods cannot attain.
 
(4) Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya whose mercy is beyond understanding and by whose request alone all-powerful Lord Caitanya disappeared from this world.
 
(5) Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya who is not different from the form of Lord Maha-Visnu and whose parts and parcels are the Brahma Visnu and Siva engaged in the creation maintenance, and destruction of the worlds.
 
(6) Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya who is worshiped by all who is attained only by devotional service and who as is heard in a certain Vedic literature because He is Lord Siva’s shelter has a name and glory like Lord Siva’s.
 
(7) Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya who is flooded with love for Lord Caitanya and whose beloved Sita-devi and son Acyutananda are also filled with love.
 
(8) Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya whose heart is Lord Gaura’s eternal home who is named Advaita because He is not (a) different (dvaita) from Lord Nityananda and who is named Acarya because He teaches devotional service.
 
(9) A person whose intelligence is pure and who every morning happily reads these eight verses glorifying Lord Advaita the husband of Sita attains devotion for His lotus feet and becomes dear to Him.

Lochan Das Thakur has written this song “Jaya Jaya Advaita Acarya Doyamoy”. In this song, Lochan Das Thakur has sung the glories of Advaita Acharya, who invoked the avatar of Lord Gaura.

(1)
jaya jaya advaita-acarya dayamoy
jar huhunkare gaura avatara hoy
 
(2)
premadata sitanatha karunasagara
jar premarase aila gaurangasundara
 
(3)
jahare karuna kari’ krpadithe cay
premavese se-jana caitanya guna gay
 
(4)
tahara carane jeba laila sarana
se-jana paila gaura-prema mahadhana
 
(5)
emana dayara nidhi kene na bhajilun
locana bale nija mathe vajara parilun
 
TRANSLATION
1) Hail all hail to the preceptor Advaita, full of mercy, whose pealing roar invoked the avatara of Gaura.
 
2) Giver of prema, lord of Sita, ocean of compassion; whose prema rasa brought Gaurangasundara.
 
3) Whoever receives his mercy, on who he bestows his kind glance, that blessed one becomes immersed in Prema and sings the divine excellences of Gaura.
 
4-5) Whoever sought refuge at his feet, that same acquired the greatest wealth of Gaura prema, Locana says; Why did I not adore such a repository of bounding grace? By that, I’ve brought a thunder bolt upon my own head.