Viraha Astastaka by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada

Credits: Our sincere thanks to the BBT archives for the photos and paintings and His Grace Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhu for the illustrations. The song lyrics and translation is taken from the book A Shower Of Divine Compassion compiled and translated by Dasaratha Suta Dasa. This song (Virahastaka) is written by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada in seperation of his Spiritual master Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswathi Thakura Maharaja. It contains eight octets of eight stanzas each. Here we present the first octet. Immerse yourself in the causeless mercy of Our ever well wisher. Eight Octets in Separation from My Spiritual Master