The Glory of the Supreme Illuminator ("Vastu prakāśa," Nāma Ghoṣā 371-75)

 bastu-prakāśa

harināma rase, baikuṇṭha prakāśe
prema-amṛtara nadī .

śrīmanta śaṅkare, pāra bhāṅi dilā

bahe brahmāṇḍaka bhedi .. 371

gowindara prema, amṛtara nadī

bahe baikuṇṭhara parā .

cāri puruṣārtha, tāhāra nijharā

harināma mūla dhārā .. 372

haribhakti dāna, diẏā jagataka

tārilā saṃsāra sindhu .

henaẏa kṛpālu, śaṅkara bināi

nāhi nāhi āra bandhu .. 373

hari bhakatira, pātilanta hāṭa

śaṅkare jagata juri .

rāmanāma ratna, behāẏā jagate

calaẏa baikuṇṭha purī .. 374

śrīmanta śaṅkara, hari bhakatara

jānā yena kalpataru .

tāhānta bināẏa, nā-i nā-i nā-i

āmāra parama guru .. 375

The Glory of the Supreme Illuminator

The nectar-flavored joy emanating from the Dispeller of Suffering’s glories forms in Nescienceless City

a river of nectarine love.

Sankara, endowed with the Lord’s evolutive power, has broken its embankments

and it now flows down, piercing the entire creation. 371

The river of nectar-love, of the Chief of Sensory Receptors,

flows down from Vaikuntha.

The four purposes of human life—they are its waterfalls;

Hari’s glory is the principal stream. 372

Giving the gift of pure devotion to Hari, he has enabled

the entire world to cross the ocean of births and deaths.

Apart from such a compassionate Sankara,

we do not have any other friend. 373

Sankara has established, all throughout the world,

the market of Hari-bhakti.

Doing trade in the gem of Rama nama, the entire world

now goes to the city of Vaikuntha. 374

Srimanta Sankara is the wish-fulfilling    tree, know,

of the pure devotees of Hari.

Apart from him, we have no other, no other, no other (shelter);

he is our supreme illuminator. 375

[Translation done on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Śaṅkaradeva (05-10-2022).]