Thakur Haridas, MantraYoga
Mangalacharana
Mantra
वन्देऽहं श्रीगुरोः श्रीयुतपदकमलं श्रीगुरून्वैष्णवांश्च श्रीरूपं साग्रजातं सहगणरघुनाथान्वितं तं सजीवम् । साद्वैतं सावधूतं परिजनसहितं कृष्णचैतन्यदेवं श्रीराधाकृष्णपादान्सहगणललिताश्रीविशाखान्वितांश्च ॥
vande 'haṁ śrī-guroḥ śrī-yuta-pada-kamalaṁ śrī-gurūn vaiṣṇavāṁś ca / śrī-rūpaṁ sāgra-jātaṁ saha-gaṇa-raghunāthānvitaṁ taṁ sa-jīvam / sādvaitaṁ sāvadhūtaṁ parijana-sahitaṁ kṛṣṇa-caitanya-devaṁ / śrī-rādhā-kṛṣṇa-pādān saha-gaṇa-lalitā-śrī-viśākhānvitāṁś ca
"I bow to the lotus feet of my guru and all the Vaishnava teachers, to Rupa Gosvami and his elder brother Sanatana, to Raghunatha and Jiva, to Sri Krishna Chaitanya with Advaita, Nityananda and associates, and to Radha and Krishna with Lalita and Vishakha."
Meaning
"Mangalacharana" is the auspicious invocation with which Gaudiya Vaishnavas begin service, reading or kirtan: obeisances to the whole line of teachers — from one's guru through the Six Gosvamis and Sri Chaitanya up to Radha and Krishna. The point is that spiritual knowledge comes only through this succession.
