2023 Sri Krishna Janmastami Poem
September 11, 2023 in Articles by Yasoda nandana dasa
by Anubhavananda dasa
O most empowered preacher of Krishna
your most divine grace Prabhupada
please impart to me Krishna’s wishes
to reveal to all Krishna is God.
So today on Lord Krishna’s appearance day
I pray Krishna appears Himself in every heart
and attracts everyone to hear about Him
and Krishna reveals He never ever does part.
Lord Krishna appeared on this planet 5000 years ago
to reveal He is the all attractive love of every soul
that He is the supreme person that all can behold
and only by our loving service Krishna we may know.
Lord Krishna melts the hearts of those who are pure
and reveals to them their love that forever does endure
this was seen by all when Krishna appeared here
all could see to Krishna’s servants Krishna is most dear.
Krishna is not known by those who do not seek
to fully know their Lord and their love they keep
and Krishna does reveal Himself to the sincere
seeking to see God and know everything clear.
Krishna was seen as God and the dearest love
for those with pure hearts and had risen above
all tempory pleasures to the eternal joy within
by serving Krishna beyond all darkness and sin.
But all could see Krishna is most rare indeed
a person with powers most rarely seen
Krishna appears to all as they surrender to him
Krishna can become our son, lover or friend.
Still unknown to most here Krishna assist all
in everything they do seated in all hearts
we can not do a thing without Him supreme
still no one can know Him until he gets smart.
Krishna says after many births and deaths
a rare one when he finally becomes wise
surrenders unto Krishna to never forget
Krishna and his transcendental pastimes.
Krishna performed pastimes here
to attract all back to their eternal home
to reestablish dharma and annihilate the demons
who defy Krishna as not the only supreme one.
Krishna came here mostly to please His devotees
all the residents of Vrindavana especially the gopis
Krishna and Balarama came here as Gaura Nitai
to deliver all the fallen souls back to the spiritual sky.
Lord Krishna also came most recently
as our eternal guru Srila Prabhupada
to reveal everything about Krishna
and every souls union with God.
This is life’s very duty here
to reveal these eternal truths
now from hearing from Prabhupada
living in his unchanged books.
So we may know just who we are
and the supreme star of every star
and set the perfect example for humankind
living lives that are sinless perfect and divine.
And so I pray I clearly did convey
what every human being needs to know
the only solution to all war and dismay
is obeying Krishna in supreme control.
And so I pray Krishna’s holy names
are sung loudly by every human being
coming together to reveal life’s only aim
Krishna we are always hearing and seeing.
It is Krishna we must always remember
it is Krishna we must never forget
to cross beyond this world of only misery
only suffering repeated births and deaths.
copy anubhavananda dasa 2023