Sammodana Bhasyam (A Commentary on Siksastakam)

pañca-tattvānvitaṁ nityaṁ praṇipatya mahaprabhum /

nāmnā sanmodanaṁ-śikṣāṣtaka-bhāşyaṁ praṇīyate ||

Offering continual respects to Mahāprabhu possessing Pañca-tattva, I write a commentary of śikṣāṣtaka named Sammodana-bhāsyam.

- Sammodana-bhāsyam Introductory Verse

gaurānga-vaktrābja-vinisytań śrī-śikṣāṣtakaṁ ye prapathanti bhaktyā te gaura-pādāsava-mugdha-cittāḥ majjanti premāmbu-nidhau murāreḥ

Those who recite with devotion the śikṣāṣtaka which arose from the mouth of Gaurānga will sink in the ocean of prema for Krsna, their hearts joyful with the nectar of Gaurānga's feet.

- Sammodana-bhāsyam Concluding Verse

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura (1838-1914) is a prominent äcärya in Gaudiya-vaisnava sampradāya. He was a pioneering spiritual leader, a householder, a magistrate working in colonial India under the British rule, a prolific preacher, writer, and poet. He wrote volumes of books reintroducing the pure teachings of Lord Caitanya at a time when those teachings had practically become lost. He composed hundreds of devotional songs glorifying

Krsna to uplift the consciousness of the suffering people of this world. He corresponded with philosophers, theologians, leaders, scholars, and professors of his time and sent books, including The Life and Precepts of Lord Chaitanya, to university libraries in foreign countries, planting the seeds for a worldwide movement of Krishna consciousness. Bhaktivinoda Thakura discovered and excavated the birthplace of Lord Caitanya. Along with his devoted wife, Bhagavati Deví, he raised ten children, including the illustrious Bhaktisiddhänta Sarasvati Thakura, who would become a great spiritual leader in his own time and the spiritual master of ISKCON's founder-äcärya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda.

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