My dear , it a great tragedy for our movement that Srila Prabhupada is no longer with us. I have many most ecstatic memories of being with my beloved spiritual master such as sitting at his lotus at ISKCON Atlanta in March of 1975. Plus I wrote him many times and got back the most wonderful, merciful reply letters from him.
We can lament our separation Srila Prabhupada by hearing, meditating upon, and singing this great song by the great Vaisnava acharya Srila Narottama Das Thakur. This wonderful heart-melting song to the departed Vaisnavas can be heard by clicking this link.
Here are the lyrics in Bengali with the English translation:
Sapārṣada-bhagavad-virahajanita-vilāpa (je ānilo prema-dhana)
Lamentation Due to Separation from the Lord and His Associates
(from Prārthanā)
Text One
je ānilo prema-dhana koruṇā pracur
heno prabhu kothā gelā ācārya-ṭhākur
He who brought the treasure of divine love and who was filled with compassion and mercy—where has such a personality as Advaita Ācārya gone?
Text Two
kāhā mora swarūp rūpa kāhā sanātan
kāhā dāsa raghunātha patita-pāvan
Where are my Svarūpa Dāmodara and Rūpa Gosvāmī? Where is Sanātana? Where is Raghunātha dāsa, the savior of the fallen?
Text Three
kāhā mora bhaṭṭa-juga kāhā kavirāj
eka-kāle kothā gelā gorā naṭa-rāj
Where are my Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa and Gopāla Bhaṭṭa, and where is Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja? Where did Lord Gaurāṅga, the great dancer, suddenly go?
Text Four
pāṣāṇe kuṭibo māthā anale paśibo
gaurāṅga guṇera nidhi kothā gele pābo
I will smash my head against the rock and enter into the fire. Where will I find Lord Gaurāṅga, the reservoir of all wonderful qualities?
Text Five
se-saba saṅgīra saṅge je koilo bilās
se-saṅga nā pāiyā kānde narottama dās
Being unable to obtain the association of Lord Gaurāṅga accompanied by all of these devotees in whose association He performed His pastimes, Narottama dāsa simply weeps.
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Let us pray to Srila Prabhupada that he will bless us with the awakening of pure of God within our hearts.
