Songs of the Vaishnava Acharyas

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His Dvine orce A.C Bhakldant am Pbhupda

Bhagavad-g1t As It s

�imadBhgavatam, Cantos 1-4 1 Vols.)� Catanyacatmrta (2 Vols.)Teachngs of Lod CatanyaThe Necta of Doon� oanadEasy Jouney to Othe Planes Kpa Conscosness: The Tomost Yoga SystemKra, The Seme Pesonalty o Godhead 2 Vos)Tanscendenta Teachngs o ahM ahjaanscendenta eachngs o Catanya ahabhu

Kra the Revo of Pleasuehe efecton of YogaBeyond Bth and DeathOn the Way to KaRavdy The Kng of KnowledgeEevaton to Kra Conscousness od Catanya n Fve eates Back o Godhead agazne (ounde)

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Forward viIntroducton ixSr-GuruPrama 1

Magalcaraa 2

�rla-PrabhupdaPranat 3 ,

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ABLE OF CONENS

rla-Bhaktisiddhntaarasvatra(ati 4

ra-Gaurak oraPraQat 5I

rla-BhaktvinodaPraati 5

rla-Jaganntha-ranati 6

r-VaisnavaPranm 6.

rGaurga-Prama 7

rPaca-Tattva-Prama 7

r-Kfarama 8

ambandhaAdhdeva-rama 8

AbhdheyaAdhideva-Prama 9

rayojanaAdh ideva-Prama 9

r-Rdh-rama 10

Paca-Tattva MahMantra

The Hare Ka MahMantra3

r -rGuvAstaka 14

r-aGo;� my-Aaka 9

rrSikaka 24

rla Bhaktvnoda hkuraAruodaya Ktana 28

Aruodaya Krtana 29

Gy Gor Madhur vare 30

Gopntha 3

Gurudeva Kp-BnduDiy 35

Mnasa Deha Geha 36

Prasda-evya 37

Rdh·Ka Bol 38

Rdh-Mdhava 39

iddhi-Llas 40

Kabe Ha 'be Boo 41

uddhaBhakata 43

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rBhoga-Arat 46

r-Gaura-Arat 48

r-Nma-Krtana 49

Tum arvevarevara 50

Ohe Vaiava hkura 51

Vbhvari ea 52

Vidyra Vilse 54

ra Narottama dsa huraEiBra Karu 56

Hari Hari Vphale 57

Hari He Daya 58

lamay 59

Nma-akrtana 60



Sakhi vrde Vjnapt 62

Sap�da·Gaua-Vlpa 63

SvaaaGauaMahm 64

GuuCaaQaPadma 68,

Si KaCatayaPabhu 69

T-Ntyada-N 'h 71

RpaMaa-Pada 74

Vdvaa 75

h Holy Pacs of Vdvaa 76

Jaya RdhGovda 78

Dmoda,aka 79

GuuPaampa 82

-Rdhk-Stava 84

taKamaa 85

-Gaua-N tyada Day 86•

Suasitaa 88

-uas-Pama 88uas Pay 88

uasAat 89

NshaPama 90

Pay to Lod Nsha Fom Davata 90





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FOREWORD

The International Society for Krishna Consciousnesswas etabsed in New Yok in the yea 1966. Afte my

arva in te United States in September of 1965, Ipersonay undewent a dfficut stugge, and in 1966

I rented a storefront and apatment at 26 SecondAvenue Wen ISKCON was incoporated a boy namedCuck Banett joined me, aong ith a fe otes to fomte nuceus for the institution's future deveopmentAt tis time I used to cant the Hae K�Qa mah-mantraundeneath a tree in Tompkins Squae Pak in Ne Yok mn Barnett and anothe boy, Bruce, ere

the first to begin danng n font of me, and otersin the audience oined tem The New Yok Timespubised a eport of ts, ith ou pictue and aheadine decaring that I was attacting the youngegeneation to te Hare K�a movement.

Late both Cuck and Buce aong ith otes becamemy initiated dscpes, and sti ate, in 970 both tooknnya receving the names Acyutnanda Svm and Bramnanda Svm Now Brahmnanda is preach-

ng n Africa, and Acyutnanda is peaching in IndiaWen I became sck in 1967 I eft the nitedStates and retuned to India. m Acyutnandacoud not emain separated fom me and teefoee oined me in Vndvana when I as staying thee.Since then Acyutnanda Svm has oked vey hadin ndia. e has reached extensivey in Cacuttaand othe parts of Benga, he has earned ho to sing

in Bengai and pay mdaga ike a pofessiona, andno e as compied tis book of Bengai songs

ith Engish expanations. am greaty peased to see this coection of songscomposed by kua Baktivinoda Naottama dsaand ote geat ras of te Gau(a Vaiavacommunity (ampada) Songs composed by the

cra ae not odnay songs When canted bypue Vaiavas ho foo the ues and eguationsof Vaiava caracte tey ae actuay effective inaakening te Ka consciosness domant in every

iving entity I have advised Srmn AcyutnandaSvm to sing moe songs of te Vaiava padvaland ecod them in books so tat my discipes andotes in te Westen countries may take advantageof this chanting and thus advance in Ka conscious-ness moe and moe.

I confe a my blessings upon Acyutnanda Svmfo hs genuine attempt to advance in Ka conscious-ness. I ope he i tus advance moe and moe

and never be ampeed by m. We shoud aaysemembe te dange of m's infuence and endeavoto save ourseves fom he geat poe We mustteefoe aays mege in te tanscendenta meo of kanaa, fo ktanaa is the fest situationitin tis matera od ae Ka

A.C Bhaktivedanta Sami





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INRODUCON

It was my good fotune to be n the serviceof Sla Pabupda at Sr Mypu, te bithpaceof Lord atanya, n settng up the groundwokof ou Socety's ntenatona center thee. Thatyea (1971), tere was a terbe food, but atougfor many days te water was rsng it was dvetedfrom fooding the societys poperty soey dueto te embankment ceated by a oad constructedby ra Bhaktisddhnta Saasvat, ou Paama GuuMahrja wote a ette to His Dvine Gaceexpanng te situation and I mentioned, "The

water as not enteed ou popey riIaBaktsddntas road has saved us aPrabupda owever, wote back in answe n adiffeent tone: Yes we ae aways saved by aBaktsddhntas oad so go on goifying tediscipc successon and you fe wi be a greatsuccess ate on, wen suggested witing downthe songs of Sra Bhaktvnoda �kua andNarottama dsa Tkua n Engish transatons,

Hs vne Gace sad, "Yes, we must pus on tsmsson of Baktvnoda So hee in ths bookwch s the fst of a sees of transatons of tecompete woks of the Vasnava acarys in tene of succession comng �fte r atanyaMaprabu, I ave aso incuded a sot fesketc of kura Baktvnoda n te foowingvoumes, te ives of 1a Naottama dsa kua

nivsa Acrya and other Vaava ScSr wappea

Te sons n ts book ae mosty by hkuraBhaktivinoda and Narottama dsa hkura Whetey may sometimes make awkwad ngis poetyte transatons ae accuate renderngs of te originas these songs have exquiste meodies,and we aeopefu I tat a ecod may be cut to accompany tebook t soud be noted tat these songs and vesesae a expanatons of pue devotiona servce andtat devotona sevce to Ka s obtaned ony

by te mercy of te spiitua maste whch can beobtaned by serng is deses perfecty ese songsare not substtutes fo te main and pime benedctionof te age of Kai the congegationa canting ofHre K, Hre K(f, K(f K{f, Hre He/Hre Rm, Hre Rim, Rim Rm, Hre Hrewc is of te utmost mportance ey ae veseswch ave expanded from te mha-mntr andtey are expanatons of the mnr. Tus, because

they ae expansons of te mha-mntr tey arenondfferent fom itTe songs of Sla Narottama dsa and Baktvinoda

Tkura are nondfferent from te Vedc mntrs But,s stated by a Prabhupda n Th Nectr o Oevo�n,even f someone does not ave ntation nto te Gyatmr, the cantng of Ha Qa Hare a aKrsna Hare Hare/ Hare Rma Hare Rma Rma Rma, .





Though bon n opulent cicumstnces (on he2nd f Seembe, 1838), haku Bhkvndwh ws gven he nme of Kedanh D,hd mee mny dffcues n his ey fe.Hs hdod ws sen hs men gnd-

fe's use Bing (Ugm) fm wheehe me Clu he ge of heen fe he deh f hs fhe Afe he compleed hsedun he ws requesed o be pesen heime f s enl gndfhes deh. Hs gnd-fhe Rajvbh D hd been fmousesny f Clu nd hd eed loney ce n Oss spend hs s dys sn se He ud ped he fuue nd knewwhen e wud de snce he cud cmmune whsuenu bengs hku Bhvnd wsesen he evenfu me when h ge sulssed wy nd fe ecevng hs gndfhesnsuns, he vsed l of he mo emesnd asrm f e se f Oss

Bhvnd hku hen eneed heedun seve nd ndued Engsedun no he se f Oss fo he fsme He woe sm boo bou ll he mf e se nd menned n im whh wsn s ness ey "I hve smll vgeChmngpu n he uny f Oss ofwhh I m e ppeo, he woe In hvge s a elgus use whch ws gned by mypedeesss he hy men s hdng f enfee nd he hed of he nsun eney

gve up eneinng such men s chnced o seeshee on ny ngh. his me my niend dmnseed sevee he h hs ndswuld be cuely esumed f n he fuue omnsof inhsply wee boug my knowledge

Bhkivnd hku e ok he gvenmenseve nd ws nsfeed o Ben9al. In ne ownhe gve hsocl speech on he SrTmad-Bhigvatam

whh ced he enon of housnds Hemde he wod knw wh hdden esues evdeevey pge of he Bhgvm, whh shoud be edby l pesons hvng phshl un f mndHe ws nsfeed sme yes e wn cedChm n. In s wn hee ws bhm-dtyvng n ge bnyn ee nd he ws beng wshed by mny degded ee A bhmdys ye f ghs) One dy he fe f fmusgl sh me Bhkvnd f ms ndBhvnod hku one emoyed hm nedng he Bhgvm unde he shde f hebnyn ee whch ws he bde f he ghsAfe ne mnh he Bhgvm ws cmeednd hen nd hee he ee cshed he gundnd he ghos ws gne fo good. veyone wshnkfu f hs exce e few dshnes esnswh wee wshng he gs

Bhvnds ne move ws o Pu he gven-men commssione ws muh pesed o ge him nhs dvisn nd he sked him wh he ffs fhe empe of Jgnnah on behf of he govenmen ws hough Bhkvnod's eeons h mny

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malpactices wee checked and the time fo theofferng of foos befoe the Dety was reguated tots exteme punctuaity. Thkura Bhaktivinoda wasespecaly entrusted to que the rise against the govenment of one B�iki�ena, who declae himself to be an

ncarnation of MahVU. Durng the couse of hsvestgation Thkura Bhaktivioa found im to bea oax a a culprt a charge m wth transgressinggoverment njunctions Afte his trial the fellow wassentence to mprsomet for a year ad a alf but ee sortly afte n ja . is man was really possesseof unatual powes but as they wee the outcome ofosprtua practces, e ha to submit to te Tkurawe te latter wante im to o so Bki�ena was

l i rea by te commo people, a everyoewae Sr1a Baktivoa not to amonish hm, eve forte sake of justce in view of te serous coseuecesa te yogi would flct But atough the Thkuawas ot a ma of ostetato a ot allowpeople to know hs true uaities a spritualstegth e easly cut own te demoniac power ofe mposte With the fall of Bi�k�ea there osea mposte Baarma at anoter vllage, an tere

wee aso othe so-called ncarnatos of Go butthe plans were smiarly frustateDuing hs stay at Jagantha Pur kura

Baktivinoa evote muc of hs time t the iscussion of sprtual works ad prepae notes on theVedant-sutrs whic wee publshed with the commentares of Balaeva Vybhaa He also composete "Kl(-klpr (from wich vbhar Se�,

oe seectio appears in ths book. his may verytuly be termed an mmotal work, and it stands onthe same level as the ivine writings of Narottama dsahkua I 1857 He left Pur o government serviceand state a welknow spiitua jounal cale the

jnof! ("e atisfacto of ure Devotees)He also publse te r K{�Qsh whchreveale to te worl te unerlyng plosophyexplaining the sptual exstece of Ksna. his

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book opene te eyes of educate peope to teachtem ter true relatiosp wit Go. t also attactethe admiraton of may Gema schoas for althougthe publc regare KQa as a poetic creaton oferotc atue rla Baktivoa reveale Ka as

arabrama, te upreme rasceeta ersonte bsolute Beg o te bass of eic eviece.At te close of is stay at te vilage of Naral, e

viste Vdvana ere e a to ecouter a baof acots know as Kajaras ese powerfu batssprea all over te roas surrounng te oly placea use to attack nocet plgrims. Bhaktivinoakua brougt tis news to the govemet an aftemany monts of strugge extirpate te bats from

nvana foeve. From ts tme o hkuraBhaktvinoda preace extesively in large gatheingsexplanng al of te precepts of te skrtn of teoy ames Hare Ka Hare Ka KQa KaHare Hare I Hare Rma Hae Rma, Rma Rma, HareHare.

Whie stayg at Barasat, Tkura Bhaktivioamet the famous Bengali wte Bakimacanra . his



novelst and paywright had just fiished writig a bk,on K�Qa, ad kwing Sa Bhaktivida t be aauoty tpics f a he gave the mauscriptto aktvida Thkura t see. It was full f udaeWesten stlzed speculats ad ideas but after fur

as o dscussi Bhaktvda had the whle textevsed by Bakiacadra t accmmdate the pureupa-undae precept Lrd Caiaa Durghs last year at Barasat Bhaktvida was requested bya noted g cut judge t pubsh a authrtativeediton o the Srimad Bhagavad-glt wth the ceaes o SrT Vvanta Cakavar hkua as el as

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his own (aktvioda') translaton he preacewtten b akacanda expessed his gatitudeto the kua o hs edeavor and whe it waspulshed, te copes ere soo exhausted henkua !aktvnoda pubised a uue wknted T Catanyaskfmta, (he Nectaeanan o Lod Catanya) wch dealt th LodCaanya's tec phosoph and the posopes ote Wesen specuators. s boo efeats eveothe posop pot o pont and estabshes

the phosophy of Lord Catana as supreme n1885 he started a socet nae -V a-Vanaaab or the popagaton o pe aa.'Many enent ctzens o Cacutta one te soet severa cottees wee oganed t assgned

dues

Bhaktvnoda Thkua was so anxous to see the

ln o Lo Caana that he apped an tesfor a transfer to any own nearby Upon no reev-

g the desired trasfer he frmay submitted aresgatn f pubic servce but it was refusedhe t his great rejicig he btaied a trasfer t Kagara twetyfive mies fr NavadvpaMypur Oce statied at a pace ear Navadvpa

he did t let a sige free mmet pass withutvisitig the ad f Navadvpa. He at ce madeiquires abut the exact whereabuts f the differet places f rd Catayas pastimes He sdiscvered that the the city f Navadvpa wasy a tow f 100 years stadig s he was curust cate the actua bithpace f rd Caitaya Hewas cvced that te tw f Navadvpa wa tthe authetc cati He at ce commeced a

vigorus iquiry t fid the truth f the matterbut he cud not easily escape te pepe whted t ake h believe that the birthplace ofCatanya was at that tw e after carefulnur he was td tat the ite was st uer testng course o te Gages Not satisfe wthths explanatio he hse set out t dscove theyogapha birthpace After great diicutiese cae to kw a pace whch was beg adoed

b a ealized sous as the true birthpace fSr Cataa Mahpabhu ad whch was the

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te possessi o the Mohaedas Lca iuirya cooboratve evdece acet aps f thelatte pat o the 18th Centu wich shwed te ae"r Mpu at last eped h t dscve theea ste of te btpace he dscoey ed to thepublsing o a valuable work caed Naadva



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dhims-mihitmya. (Chapter Five o ths book hasappeaed n ISKCON's Benga Back to Gohea Magazne.)

The year 1887 was the most eventu yea n thehstoy o the Vafava word, and Bhaktvinoda

hkua was the prme mover o the events. It wasn ths year that he discovered the actual place o LodCatanyas brth whch was given up o ost. Thounds o visitors wee pesent at a untion held atthe spot Just ate etement om govenmentseie hkura Bhaktvinoda himse n a spiit operect humiity and wth a vew to givng a irmstandng to the dscovey went o door to doo toase unds o a temple In the Amrta Bazar Patrka

newspape on the 6th o Decembe 894, the oowng ate appeaed: "Bbu Ked�ran!tha Datta thedstnguished Deputy Magstrate who has just retiredom the sece s one o the most actve membesndeed Bbu Kedrantha Datta has been deputedby hs ommttee to ase subsriptons n Cautta andesewhere and s detemined to go rom house to house necessary and beg a upee om each Hndu genteman or the noble purpose I Bbu Kedrantha Datta

stks to hs resouton o going around wth a bag nhand we hope that no Hindu gentleman whose housemay be honoured by the presene o suh a devoutbhakts as Bbu Kedantha wi send hm awaythout ontriuting his mte howeve hue it maybe to the Gaua-VUpy Tempe und. Tuy,hkura Bhaktivnoda honoed the houses o manyersons o the ullment o the nobe object he had

undetaken. He went to pesons to whom he wouldnot have gone o any pupose but o ths mission ood Caitanya and his eots wee not uitess sinethe sum collected contbted to the constuction oa buidng on the hoy ste o od Caianyas appea

aneThe wok o peaching the hoy name was aso in

ul swing and it spread ast into the dstant cones othe globe The Gaurgamaraamangalatotra, witha peace n English contanng the lie and pecepts oSr Caitanya came out om haktivnodas pen soonate the discovey o od Caitanya's brthplae andound its pace in al the learned nstitutions o bothhemspheres.

he moe the names o ord Catanya and odKQa were peahed the merrie was hkuraBhaktivinoda He thereater made annotatons oSr Bahmaaht and �r KQakarma andgave to the wod hs immotal and precious worksrT Harmatma( and Bhajaarahaya He alsoedted with ommentay rmad Bhgastrkamar·m' which contains al the most prominent loka othe rmadBhgaatam petaning to the Vaiava

phosophy Hs pen neve tied and t podued manyothe Vaava phiosophal woks He would begnhis wrtngs very late at night ater ompeting hisgovenment wok and stay up unt one or two olokn the onng oosng songs and iteratures. Mosto his woks appeaed n the aatOfI magaine(whh w be translated shotly. He was equayengaged n writing and in peahng the hoy nae n



mny dstrcts of Bengl Hs person pperncest vlges hd mrvelous effects on the peope. omntn te center t Ndi e bult ouse t Sr

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Godrum-dvp wch s ced Sr-SvanndSukhdKuj. Here n ths bode the prechng of hari-nma

contnued n ful swngt ws t te begnnng of the 20th Century tht he

chose to ve t Pur nd bud house on the bechfront there Mny honest souls sought hs bessngs ndredy obtned them when he retred to the fourthorder of lfe by tkng sannyJsa from r Jgnnthdas BabaT n 1908. hough e ws edng te feof renounced sou, he coud not vod the men of descrpton wo constnty vsted hm Al of them

receved ocens of sprtul trnng, nstructons ndblessngs n 910 he shut hmself·up nd remned n perfect stte of amdhi, or ful concentrton onthe etern pstmes of the Lord. n 194 he pssed onto the blssfu relm of Gook on te dy wc sobseved s the dsppernce dy of Sr GdadhrHere we quote stnz wrtten on the amdhi of Hrdas hakur whch Sr hktvnod wrotesometme n 871 to expn wht nfuence V�v

crres n ths word even fter hs deprture:

He resons l who tes tht V�Qvs deWhen thou rt lvng stl n sound I

he Vvs de to lve, nd vng tryo spred the holy nme round

Srl Bhktvnod predcted "Soon there wllpper personlty who w prec the hoy nme

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of Hr ll over te word." t s cerly understoodtht Hs Dvne Grce A.C Bhktvednt SwmPrbhupad s tt personlty I offer my prostrtedobesnces frst unto l te devotees tt ve surrendered unto hs dvne otus feet nd next unto the

devotees who w n the future tke sheter of hs otusfeet nd I then offer my humble obesnces unto hsotus feet gn nd gn. My e bess ts frst trnston ttempt so tht t my be ccepted by the LordS K nd my he engge me n the servce of thesx Gosvams of Vndavn, ord Ctny nd RadharaQ

Acyutannd Svam

August 20, 1972Dsppernce Dy of Sr Rp GosvamRadhDamodr empleSev Kuj Vrndavn



His Divne GraceA.C. BhaktivedantaSwami Pabhupdathe Founder-crya ofISKCONand greates exponent ofa coniousnessin he wesern world.

THE DISCIPLIC SUCCESSION

ra BhaktisddhntaSaasvat Gosvm Mahrjathe spriua master ofis Divine GraceA.C. BhaktivedanaSwami rabpdaand oremost scholarand devo n the rent age

�ra Gaurakora dsaBbj Mahrjathe spiritua master ofra BhaktsiddhntaSarasvat Gosvm and nmate student ofa Thkua Bakvnoda.

ra Thka Bhaktvinodathe pionee o he pogramto benedct he entie wordwth Ka consciousness



RTGURU-PRA!MA (obeinces)

o ajna-timirdhasya Maa-$/3kay8k1ur umlita yea tasi rgura ma

-address; j�of ignoance; timira thedarkness; of one who was blinded; a

a a a-by the ointment of knowledge; alkay y a

surgical instrument; eyes; opened;by whom unto hm; rgurav eunto myspritual master; obeisances.

"I offer my respectul obeisances unto my spiritualmaster, who has opened my eyes, whch were bindedby the darkness of ignorance with the tochligt ofknowledge"

rcaitao 'bh.a spita yea bhD-le sya rpa( kad8 hya dadi s-tikam

raitayaf Lord Caitanya maa/md abhamand desire mission; sth pitamestablshed; yeawhom; /on the suface o te gobe svayam

himself; r aSrla Rpa Gosm; whenunto me; wl ge; vis own;ada feet; at kampoxmty to.

When will SrTa Rpa Gosm Pabupdawho has estabished with ts materia word themisson to fufil the desie o Lod Caitanya, gie meshelter under his lotus eet?

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MANGALCARAtA

vande 'ham srguro ryuta-padakaala srigurn afa ca

rrpa grajta hagaaraghunthnta ta aJ7aata adhta parjanaahta k(Bcatanyada

srrdhk{B pdn ha-gaa-/a/trkhnts ca

-offe obeisances; aha1; sr lgur opof myspitual master .r iyuta-auspcious; pad-kaa/aunto the otus feet; unto te sprtal mastes unto al Va�avas; caand; rrpaunto Sla Rpa Gosvm aagrajta with hsede bothe (antana Gosvm); wthassocates Raghunta dsa Gosvm;

accompanied by; unto hm; Ta,

wt a Jva Gosvm; -along withAdvaa cya; along wth LodNiynanda /and ote assocates; ahtawit; k[B·catanyada od S KaCaianya Mapabh kuntote lotus feet of Rdh nd Ka; aongwit aocates alit; srkhSVi accompanied by; also.

" am offeng my espectfu obesances unto the otusfeet of my spitua maste and unto te feet of aVai�avas I

9ffe my espectfu obeisances unto the

otus feet of a Rpa Gosvm aong with his edebote antana Gosvm, as we as Raghuntha d

and Raguntha Bhaa Gopa Bha!a and a vGosvm I offe my espectfu obeisnes to od TKsna Caitanya ahpabhu and od Nitynanda

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aong with Advata Acya Gaddhaa vsa andothe associates I offe my espectfu obesanes to

mat Rh1 and T K�a aong with heiassocates ait and Vi"



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SRILA-PRABHUPADAPRA!AT

nama o vi�Qupdya ka·prefthya bhale rmae bhakivednasvmin ii nmine

Q-obeisances; address; vQupdyaunto hm who s at the feet of Lord V�; ka·

prehyawho is very dear to Lord Ka; bhaleon the earth; la beautfu; bhakivedna

svmin A.C Bhaktvedanta Swam thus;who is named

"I offer my respectfu obences unto Hs DvneGrace AC Bhaktvedanta Swam Prabhupda, whois very dear to Lord Ka having taen sheter at His

otus feet"

namas e srasvae deva gauravpracrienirvie8navdipcyadeari1e

Qobeisances unto you srasvaeservant of Bhaktsiddhnta Sarasvat Gosvm devamspirtua master; the message of LordCaitanya; who are preachng; nvieafrom mpersonasm; nyavdi from vodismcya-western; /countres; ri ewhoare deiverng

Our respectfu obesances are unto you, 0 sprituamaster servant of Sarasva Gosvm You are ndypreachng the message of Lord Catanyadeva anddevering the Western countries whch are fiedwth impersonasm and vodism"

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4SRTLA-BHAK/IDDHNAARAVAPRAfA

nama o v-pidiys k{B-pref(hiya bh-talermste bhaktddhnta-ratt nimne

"I offer my respectfu obeisances unto His Divine

Grace Bhaktisiddhnta SarasvatT, who is very dearto Lord K!Qa having taken shelter at His otus feet."

rhinav7dev7daytiya kpbdhayea-ambandha-vjina-diyne prabha nama

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rvr�bhnavdevdaytya Sr VJbhnav-devdayita d the rvant of the husband of mat Rdhr; kpi-abdhayew is an ocean of mercy;

kB-ambandha the reationship with Ka;of the science; who is the deiverer; unto the maste; /obeinces

l offer my respectfu obeinces to r VrJbhnavdevdayita d [anothe name of ra Bhaktisiddhnta

Sarasva) who is favored by Sr mat Rhr andwho is the ocean of tranendental mercy and thedeivere of the ience of KQa.

mhuryovala-pmhyrTrpnu-bhaktdarau·kai-kt-vgrahya namo 'tu te

midhuryac ujvala; pma19ve enriched with; foowingSra Rpa Gosvm; deivering devotionalservice; of Lord Caitanya Mahprabhu

of the mercy; energy; untothe personified; obeisances; let therebe; unto you.

1 offer my respectfu obeinces unto you whodeivers devotional seice which is enriched withconjuga ove of Rdh and Ka, coming exactlyin the line of reveation of �a Rpa Gosvm.

nama te gauraviIrmrtaye dnatirepnuga-ddhpaddhnta-dhvntahre

obeisances; unto you; gauravteachings of Lord Caitanya; unto thepersonifi; of the fallen; unto thedeiverer; the principles of rla RpaGosvm; against; ofunauthorized statements the dakne;

unto you who are removng offe my respectfu obeinces unto you who arethe pernified teachins of ord Caianya. You arethe deliverer of the faen uls You do not oeateany statement which is against the teachins of

devotional ice enunciat by Sla Rpa Gom



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SRILA-GAURAKISORA-PRAAT

namo gaura·kisorya k�dvairgya-mrtayevipralambha-rambhodhe pdmbujya te nama

/obeisances; -unto Gauak�oa fexactly renunciation; untothe pesoned vipralambhaf sepaation o

the mellow ambhodhe0 ocean pdaambujyaunto the lotus eet unto you obesances.

"I oe my espectul obences untoGauakioa dsa Bbj Maha [the spitualmaste o Bhaktsddhnta Saasvat], who s enuncation pesoned He s always meged in a eelingo sepaaton and intense love o Ksna"

. .

RJLA-BHAKTIVINODAPRAATl

namo bhaktivinodya accidnandanmine gaura!ktivarpya rpnugavarya te

nama/; bhaktivinodya SlaBhaktivnoda Thkua knownas Saccidnanda; gaura Lod Catanya; Jkti

enegy; whose own natue; rpaanugavaryaw is the oemost ollowe o la RpaGosvm unto you

I oe my espectul obesances unto Saccidnandahaktvnoda, who s tanscendental enegy o Catanyaahpabhu He s a stict ollowe o the Gosvmsheded by la Rpa.

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SR7LAJAGANNTHA-PRAAT

gaurvirbhvabhmes tva nirde�f saj-jana-priya)vai�)ava-srvabhauma lrTjagannthya te nama)

gauraof Lord Caitanya; virbhva the appearance; bhme) the place; tvam-you; nirde� satjana all respectabe persons; respectful,

dear; vai)ava the Vaiavas; srvabhauma;r j agann hyaunto Jaganntha d BbT; teunto you namaobeisances.

"I offer my respectful obeinces to Jagannthadsa BbT who is respectfu to the entire Vai�avacommunity and who discovered the place whereLord Caitanya appeared."

,

RIVAI$tAVAPRAAMA

vchkapa-tarubhya ca kp-sindhubhya eva ca patitn pvanebhyo vai�)avebhyo nam nama!

vchka/patarubhya,w are desire trees; caand; k[p mecy; sindhubhya)w are oceans;-certainly; and; patitnm the fallen

souls; pvanebhyaw are the purifiers; vai�)av bhya unto the Vaiavas; nama nama)reeatedobeisances

I offer my respectfu obeinces unto all theVaiava devotees of the ord hey are ust likedesire trees who can fufill the desires of everyoneand they are full of compassion for the allen conditioned souls



SR7GAURNGAPRAMA

nam mahivadnyya kfFapremapradya te k('ya k!acatanyanmne gauratv�e nama/

namao; mah-vadnyyawo are themost magnanimous; kapremao love of K[�a; pradyawo are the bestower; unto You;k'yaLord K�a; ka·catanya� KaCaitanya Mahprabhu; nmnewo are named;whose coor is golden; !obeinces.

" I offer my respectfu obeinces unto the Supreme,

Lord SrT K�a Caitanya, who is more magnanimous than any other avatra, even Krsna Himsef, because. He is bestowing freely what no one ese has evergivenpure love of Krsna"

RPAfCA-TA TTVAPRAMA•

palcatattvtmaka k[B bhakta-rpa-svarpakambhaktvatra bhaktikhya namim bakta-aktkam

five features; kconsisting of; kFunto Lord K�a; k-form as adevotee; kpersona form; bakta-avatiram

the form of incarnation; kkceebratedas a devotee; namim1 bow down; bhakta-ktkamthe giver of the energy of a devotee

" bow down to Lord K�a who apars as a devoteeLord Caitanya imself)as is persona expansion NitynandaHis incarnation r Advaitais devoteer r'vsaand His energy r Gaddhara)and whois the source of al strength for the devotees

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R/-KRNA-PRANAMA. .

he k{�a karuQ-sindho nabandho jagat-pate gopea gopikknta rdh-knta namo 's te

he0 k(a Kr�Ja koicean fmecy -f the dstessed bandho-frend

jagatf the unvese; -the Ld gopaa

maste f the cwhedsmen k-veydea t the gops; r idh kntalve f Rdh besances let thee be -unt Yu.

"0 my dea K�a, Yu ae the fend f the dstessedand the suce f ceatn Yu ae the maste f thecwhedsmen and the lve f the gops, especallyRdh I ffe my espectful esances unt Yu"

AMBANDHAADHIDEVAPRAMA

jayat suratau pagor mama manda-mater gatmatsarvasva-padmbhojau rdhmadanamohanau

jall gles wh a e engaged namus pastmes Q-wh am lame mamaf mysef havng depaved nte

lgence -the shelte mat -my; rvasvaall and end al j-whse ltus feet

rdhmadana-mohanau ST Rdh andMadanamhana

Gly t the allmecful S Rdh and Madanamhana, wh ae always engaged n amus pastmeshey ae the nly shelte f my depaved and cppledself he ltus feet ae the beall and endall f

my fe



ABHIDHEYAADHIDEVA-PRANMA.

dvyadvrnda)yaka/pa-dumidha sTmadangahanahau

ssdhslagovndadevau pefthlbh evyamnau mam

dvya vndaya Vndavn;kalpaduma dere tree; adha(-under;s ma -opulent; bedecked with gem; ga

in mnion; aana thone; whore eted; ssdS Rdh sla-govnda devau-nd Govid; pe� amot loving; lbby femle ttendnt; evyam naubeing erved;

mam1 meditte upon.

"I medtte on Sr Radha nd Govind They reeted on thone in mnon bedeced with gemunder te deire tree in Vndavn, being eved by

Ther loving femle ttednt."

PRA YOJANAADHIDEVAPRAtMA

sTmn aambT vava.a-aa-haka�an veu-vana gop gopnha ye 'u na

-worhipbe Lord; a-aa the al;-the inugurtor; vavaaof the vaatree; -t the be; haeted; ka f anttrcting;-of the flute; svana /with the ound; g o pthe

gop; gop-nhaiMter of the gop; ye aumy He

be upiciou; na/unto u"My ord Gopnth confer on u H grce. He ugurtedthe all by ttrctig the prtul mlmid of Vrjwith the echting tune of Hi fute, nd He i eted tthe be of the vavaa tree."

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$RTRADHA-PRfAM

pta-kinca-urlfg rldhe vdlvaesva vbhu-ute dev pra(amm har-prye

-molte; kan-lie god; urafi complexio; ah gwo body; rdhe0 Rd1; vvaa-r

e Quee o Vrv [bhu-

u ee duge ofKig V�bu; dev0 godess; praamm1 ofe myespects; har-pr ye vey de to Lod K�.

"I offe my espects o Rd, wo bodiy complexio is ie mole god d wo is te uee ofVrdv You e e uge o Kig Vbu dYou e vey de to od Kr�"



PANCA�TATTVA MAH-MATRA

(bhaja) sr7-k[Sa-caitanya prabhu niynandasradvaita gaddhara srvdgaura-bhakavnda

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THE HARE KRSNA MAH-MANTRA.

HARE KRSNA•

HARE KRSNA

KRSNA KRSNA

HARE ARE

ARE RMHARE RM

RM RM

HARE HARE

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4 SRSRGURV-A$TAKA

(Ei Pye Gloifyin e pil M)

by Sl Vi§vnath Ckvr ThakuS/J VJnatho CkravThua. who appered in he l haf of h 17h Ctuy. s a get sptu mse

h K�a cous chan f gurus a scpls H sas ht n hu ud chat h w h p, wh ce ntton ug bhma-mhta, h auspcous a hu d hl beo su wh devotn pccs re espc po

Aon who hus chas hs h buul a lorfn h pu wl cn e chace o d

c c to Ka h Lo of Vnana a he f hs d

1) m�-dan/lifhloky karuQyghnagntitsy klyaQgu¢rsy

nde guro vcr8rnd

mof tei existence; -by thefoest fie; /jfficted; the peope; tr55y

to deive ruw of ecy; ghnghn-tquty of coud; ho is the eceive of;/uspicious; Qof quities; r]yho is n ocen nde1 offe obeisnces; guroof y spiitu ste; uspicious; r] rv ndunto the otus feet.

"e spiitu ste is eceivig benediction fothe oen of ecy. Just s coud pous te on

foest fie to etinguish it, so the spiitu stedeives the teiy fficted od by extinguishingthe bzig fie of tei existence I offe yesectfu obeisnces unto the otus feet of such iitu ste ho is n oce of uspicious quitie

2) haprbho krtnntygtdtradn-nso ren

oakrubhajonde guro) rFr)arnd

of Lod ity Mhpbhuby chtg; dcig sigig

pying usic istuets; 'dytgddeed; hose id; by theeo; ro -stdig of the hi; kpquiveig of the body ru -tr toets of tesho fees; nde offe y obeisces;

guroof y spiitu ste; rTrrndunto the otus feet

htig the Hoy Ne dcing i ecstsy singig

d pyig usic instuents the spitu steis ys gddened by the ktn oveet ofod Citny Mhapbhu Becuse he is eishing theeos of pue devotio ithi his id soeties hishi stds o end he fees quiveing in his body dtes fo fo his eyes ie ves I offe y espectfuobeisces unto the otus feet of such spiitu ste



3) i-gadntyna�rnndmaju

yuktsy bktal c nyujto ' nde guo v(8ndm

h cgh, (Deites); dhnworshping; nt y aways; nnw various;g and ornaments ttT ndtemple n du with-who is engaged bhktn disciples;cand nyujtw engages p; nde1 offer my obeisances; uof my spirtal master;

cnd the lotus feet."he sprtua master is always engaged n the templeworship of Sr r Rdh and Knpa. He also engageshis discipes in such worship. They dress the Deitesin beautiful clothes and ornaments, clean heir templeand perform other smlar worship of the Lord I

offer my respectful obeisances uo the lotus feetof such a spiritual master

4J tudit sadnn kgn

k{t t{t bjt dnde gu ndm

ctuf; dh bhgt pdwhich have been offered to KQa; sdupalatabe; by foods; tptn satsfedhi-of Kr�Qa; bhktsghn assocaton ofdevotees kt -having made e; tptmsatisfaction; bhjtw f; dwe; nde1 offer my obeisances; guo

of my spirtual master; cJndthe lotus feet

The spirtual master is always offering Ka fourinds of delcious food [analyzed as that which sicked chewed drunk and sucked]. When the spritualmaster sees that the devotees are satisfied by eatnghtpd he is satisfed I offer my respectfuobences unto the otus feet of such a spirtual master

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5 i·rldhklmldyor aplradhurya-1guarnlmnlm

ptksdana-o/usyande guo $alravndam

Tdhkf Srimati RdhrT; mdhavayobof Lord Mdhava (K�a); apaanlmted; mdhuyajgal -pastmes; uqaltes paf;nmmf her hoy names; pak�aQa everymoment; sv danarelshng; /uwho aspres after; vade offer besances; uof my sprtamaster; caaaaavdam the lots feet.

"he sprtal master s always eager to hear andchant abot the nlmted, congal pastmes ofRdhk and Mdhava and her qates, namesand forms he sprta master aspres to relshthese at every moment I offer my respectfI

obesances nto the ots feet of sch a sprtalmaster

6) nkujayno rake/sddhya y yhr yukr apekF(

tattdlkyld atvaahasyande guo $-aalravndam

nkujaynaf Rdh and Ka -of congalove; of pastmes; for the perfecton;y whatever; h by the gop yukarrangements; a ekBQydesrabe; -n thatconnecton ad ky-becase of beng very expert avaahayaw s very dear; vade offerobesances; uof my sprta master; aaB

aavndamnto the lots feet.

he sprtal master s very dear becase he s expertn assstng the gops, who at dfferent tmes makedferent tastef arrangements for the perfecton ofRdh and Ka's congal lovng affars wthn thegroves of Vndvana. I offer my most hmble obesances nto the lots feet of sch a sprta master



1) kfad-dhritven sms-str ukts tt bvyt ev dbh(

kntu prbhor y( pry ev tsy

vnde guro( rcrrvndm

skft hr-tvenw the qualty of Ha; smstall; str scrptures; uktacnowledged; tth�thus; bhvyte considered; evao dbh great saty persons; kntuhowever;

prbho of the Lord; yw; pry dear frend;certanly; tsy -of hm (the guru) vnde1 offerobesances; guro( my spritual master; r-cr

rvndmunto the lotus feet.

"he sprtua master is to bhonored as much as the Supreme ord euse he is the most confidential seitor ofthe ord This is acknowledd in a reveaed scripturesand folowed b all authorities Therefore I offer myrespectful oesances unto the lotus feet of such aspritual master, who is a ona fde representatveof Sr Hari [ Krsna

.

8 ysy prdd bhvtpdosyprdn n gt( kuo 'p

dhyy stus tsy y$s trndhy

nde guro( rrrvndm

-of whom (the spritual master); prsdtby the grace; bhgvt K�a; prsd -the mercyof whom; prsdtwithout the grace;-not; means of advancement; kut panywhere; dhy ynmedtating upon; stuvngorifyng -of hm (the spirtual master);y the gor; trsndhymthree times a day;

vnde offer obeinces; guro[ my sprtualmaster; lrcrrvndm the otus feet

By the mercy of the spiritua master one receivesthe benedcton of Ka Wthout the grace of thespitua master one cannot mae any advancement.herefore I should always rememer and prase thesprtua master At east three times a day shouldoffer my respectful oences unto the lotus feet

of my spiritual master

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SRI-SRISADGOSVAMYASTAKA.

by Srlnvas Acy

1 k(f!OtkTrtana-gnanartanaparau premmtmbhonidh dhrdhrajanapriyau priyakarau nirmatarau ptau

scaitanya-kpbharau bhuvi bhuvo brvahantrakauvande rpaantanau raghuyugau rJVagoplakau

I offe my espectfu obesnces unto the sxGosvmis, nmey ST Rp Gosvm, S n tn

Gosm Rghunth Bhtt Gosvm, SRghunth ds Gosvm Si J Gosvm nd Gop Bh Gosvm who e wys engged nchntng the hoy nme of K� nd dncng. heye just ke the ocen of ove of God nd they epopu both wth the gente nd wth the uffnsbecuse they e not envous of nyone Whteve theydo, they e ·pesng to eveyone nd they efuy bessed by Lod Ctny hus they e engged

n mssony ctvtes ment to deve the cond-toned sous n the mte unvese

2) nntraicraaika·nipU8U addharmaathpakauokn hitakriau tribhuane mnyau araykarau

rdhk8padravndabhajannandena mattlkauvande rpaantanau raghuyugau rvagoplakau

offe my espectfu obesnces unto the sxGosvms, nmey, Rp Gosvm ntn

Gosvm S Rghunth Bhtt Gosvm " ,

Rghunth ds Gosvm Jv Gosvm nd Gop Bh Gosvm who e vey expet nscutnzngy studyng the eveed scptues wththe m of estbshng eten egous pncpesfo the beneft of humn begs hus they ehonoed ove the thee wods nd they e wothtkng shete of becuse they e bsobed n themood of the gopls nd e engged n the tnscen

dent ovng sevce of Rdh d K�

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3 i-gaungaguouaoaa-vdhau saddhamrddhy-avtau

ppttpa-ktaau tau-bhrt gvda-gmta ambudh-adhaakapuoau kaalya-takau

ade pa-ataau aghu-yugau -jTagplakau

I oer my respectful obeisances unto the sixGosvms, namely SrT Rpa Gosvm rT SantanaGosvm r Raghuntha Bhaa Gosvm Raghuntha dsa Gosvm SrT Jva Gosvm1 andri Gopa Bhatta Gosvm who are very much

.enriched in understandng o Lord Caitanya and whoare thus expert n narrating His transcendental quaites.hey can puriy al conditioned sous rom the reactonso ther snul actvities by pourng upon them transcen-denta songs about Govinda As such they are veryexpert in ncreasing the limts o the ocean o transcen-dental biss and they are the savors o the ving entitiesrom the devourig mouth o iberaton

4) tyaktv tQam ae�a-ma{alapat5eo ad tucchavatbht da-gaoeiakau kauoay kaupa-kathtau

gpbha-amrtbdh-lahakalllamagau muhu ade pa-ataau aghu-yugau Jagplakau

I oer my respectul obeisances unto the sxGosvms namey r Rpa Gosvm Sr SantanaGosvm Sr Raghuntha B�aa Gosvm Sr ,

Raghuntha d Gosvm Sr va Gosvm and SrGopa Bhaa Gosvm who kcked o al associationo arstocracy as insgniicant In order to dever thepoor condtoned souls they accepted oncoths treating themseves as mendcants but they are awaysmerged n the ecstatc ocean o the gp7s' ove or Krsna

and bathe aways and repeatedly n the waveso that ocean.



5 kjat-kokilahamsasrasarfe ayrku/e nnratna-nibaddha-lavi(apa-r-yuktavndvane

rhk{�)a aharnim prabhajatau jvrthadau yau ud vande rpasantanau raghu·yugau Jr7-Tvagoplakau

I offer my respectful obesnces unto the sx,

Gosvam1s, nmey Sri Rp Gosvm SrT SntnGosvm Sr Rghunth Bh Gosvam SriRghunth ds Gosvm Sri Jv GosvmT nd rGop Bh Gosvm who were wys enged nworshpng Rdh-K n the trnscendent ndof Vndvn where there re utfu trees fu offruts nd fowers whch hve under ther roots vube jewels. he Gosvms re perfecty competentto bestow upon the vng enttes the gretest boonof the o of fe.

6) sakhyprvakanagnanatibhi klvasnktau nidrhravihrakdi-vitau ctyanta-dnau ca yau

rhk)Bgu)a-s{ter unandena ohitauvande rpa-santanau raghuyuu rvagoplakau

offer my respectfu obesnces unto the sx

Gosvms nmey Sr Rp Gosvm SrSntn

Gosvm Sr Rghunth Bhtt Gosvm Sri .

Rghunth ds Gosvm Sr Jv Gosvm nd SrGop Bh Gosvm who were engged n chntngthe hoy nmes of the Lord nd bowng down n schedued mesurement n ths wy they utzed thervube ves nd n eecutng these devoton ctvtes they conquered over etng nd seepng nd werewys meek nd humbe enchnted by rememberngthe trnscendent qutes of the Lord.

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7) radh-kuJ-t{e kntny-te c vvfe premonmadvsd - grtu prmttu a

gantu c kdi hrer gu-vr bhvbhbhtu muvne rp-nnu rghu-ugu rjvgoplku

I offer my respectful obeisances nto the sixGosvmTs, namely Sr Rpa Gosvm Sr antanaGosvm Sr Raghntha Batta Gosvm Sr

Raghntha dsa Gosvm Sr Jva Gosvm and Sr Gopla Bhaa Gosvm who were sometimes on thebank of te Rd-ka lake on the shores of theYamn and sometmes in Vavaa. here teyappeared jst like madmen n the fll ecstasy of ovefor K�a exibitng dfferent transcendental symptomsn ther bodies and they were merged n te ecstasyof Krsna consciosness

.

8} he rdhe! vr-devke/ c e he nnd-no! kut r-govrdhnkp-pap-te knvne kut

ghontv t rvto vr-pure khedr mhvhvuvne rp-ntnu rghuuu r-v-gopku

I offer my respectfl obeisances to te sixGosvms namey Sr Rpa Gosvm Sr antanaGosvm SrT Raghnta Bhatta Gosvm, Sr

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Raghnta dsa Gosvm r va Gosvm and r Gopla Bhaa Gosvm wo were canting verylodly everywhere n Vndvana sotng "Qeenof Vndvana Rdhr! 0 Lalt! 0 son of NandaMara! Where are yo al now? Are yo jst on tehill of Govardhana or are yo nder the trees on thebank of te Yamn? Where are yo? ese werether moods n execing Ka conscosness



LORD CAIANYA'S MISSO

ord Caitanya Mahpabhu insucted Hisdisciples to wrte books on the science of K�)a, atask which His oowers have connued o carry oudown to the presen day. The eaborations andexposiions on the phosophy taught by ord Catanyaare, n ac, he most vouminos, exacting, andconsisten de o he system o dscipic sccession

Athogh ord Catanya as wdey renowned as aschoa n Hs yoh e e ony eight veses, caed,

Sik�atk. hese egh verses ceay evea His mssionand precepts hese supemey vaabe payers aretransated heren



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SR -SR/S/KSASTAKA.

1) cetodarpa(a-mrjana bhavamah-dvgninirvpaasreya)karavaandrikvitarafa vidyvadhu-Tvanam

nandmbdhi-vardhana pratipada pur(mtvdana arvtmanapana para vijayate r7k[�Qaak/ranam

,

Glory to the Sri Kf�Qa akrtana, whch ceansesthe heart o al the dust accumuated or years andextngushes the re o condtona e, o repeatedbrth and death. Ths akrtana movement s the prmebenedcton or humanty at arge because t spreads therays o the benedcton moon It s the e o atranscendenta knowedge t ncreases the ocean otranscendenta bss and t enabes us to uy taste the

nectar or whch we are aways anxous

2 nmnm akri bahdh nija-arvaaktitatrrpit niyamita) mara(e na kla

td tava kp bhagavan mampi drdaivam dam ihjani nnrga}

0 my Lod Your hoy name aone can render albenedcton to vng bengs and thus You have hun-

dreds and mons o names lke K�a and GovndaIn these transcendenta names You have nvested aYour transcendenta energes There are not even hardand ast rues or chantng these names 0 my ord outo kndness You enable us to easly approach You byYour hoy names but I am so unounate that Ihave no attracton or them



3 trd api sunlcenatao api sahi�un

amnin mnadenaktanya sad hai

Oe should chant the hoy ame of the Lord in a

humbe sate o mnd, thikig onese lower han thesraw in he sreet; one should be more tolerat ha a treedevod of a sese of fase prestge and shoud be readyo ffer a respecs o ohers. In such a state of mndone ca chat the holy ae o the ord constatly

4 na dhana na jana na sundakavit v jagad-a kmaye

. _,mama Janman Janmasvae

bhavatd bhakti ahaitukT tvayi

0 almghty Lord I have no desire to accumulateweath nor do I desire beautiful women nor do I wantany umber of followes I only wat Your causelessdevotional service brth afte birth.

5 ayi nanda-tanuja kikaa patita m viame bhavmbudhau

kpay tava 'pda-pakaa sthitadh/sada vicintaya

0 son of Mahrja Nada (Krsna) am Your eternalservor yet somehow or other I have falen into the oceanof birh ad death Pease pck me up from his ocean ofdeah and place me as one o the atoms at Your lotus feet

6nayana gaad-au-dhayvadana gadgadauddhay gi

puakai nicita vapu kad tava nma-gahae bhavi�yati

my ord when will my eyes be decorated wth

tears of ove flowing consatly whe I chant Your holyname? When wil my voce choke up and when willthe has of my body stand on end at the ecitaton

of Your name?

7 yugyita nime�eacak�u{ p8vf8yitam

- . sunyaytam Jagat savam govinda-viahe!a me

Govnda! Feeing You sepaation I amconsdering a moment to be like tweve yeas or moreTears are fowng from my eyes lke torrents of rai andI am feeling all vacant in te world in Your absece

8) �ya v pdaat pina�u mm adaann mama-hat kaotu v

yath tath v vidadhtu ampa, to

matpa-nthas tu sa eva npaa)

I know no oe but K�a as my Lord and He shallreman so even if He handles me roughly by His embraceor makes me brokenhearted by ot beg preset beforeme He is compleely ree to do anythng and everythngfor He is always my worshipful Lord unconditionaly

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SRTLABHAKIVINOD

HKURA•

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1 J udilo arua praba bhge,dvija-mai gor amani jge

bhakatmh /oiy sthe,l nra vrje

;tthai tthai' bjalo khol ghana ghan the jhjer rol preme qha/a ha/ SOBf gcrae npura bje

mukunda mdhv ydaa hari, bolena olo re vadna bhor:miche nidavae gelore tidiva arrasje

emana duraha mnavadeha piy ki koro bhva n keha, ee n bhje yodsu

crme po{ie lje

ARUIODA YA-KlRTANAby Sila Bhaktvnoda Thkura

.

udita tapan hoile astadina gelo oli hoibe byastatbe keno ebe a/asa hoyn bhaja hdoyarje

jvana nitya jnaha srthe nnvidha padabhr,nmraya kor yatane tumi,thkah pana kje

71Tvera kalyasdhanakm jate si e madhura nm avidytimiratapnarpe,J virje

k!·nmasudh koriy pn, juo hakativinodprnm in kchu nhiko r,

udda huvaname

When the sng sun appeaed n the East, thejewel of the twce-bon, Lord Gaurasundaa, awakened,and, takng Hs devotees wth m, e went a over

the countysde towns and vlages 2 and payed themrdan, and the cymbas chmed n tme. LordGauga's shmmeng goden features danced, ands footbels jnged 3 Al the devotees chanted thenames Mukunda, Mdhava, Ydava and Har, themouths beng fled wth the vbratons hey wouldannounce to the stl sleepng people, "You spend yournhts useey sleepng and your days decoatng youbodes! 4) You have acheved such a rae human body,

but you do not care fo ths gft. You eman notrvng the dang of Yaod and sowly fa throughyour ast moments to death. 5 Wth evey sng andttng of the sun, a day paes and s ost. Then, whydo you eman dle and not see the Lord of the heat?6 Ths tempoay lfe s ful of vaous mes. Takeshelte of the hoy name as your ony busness. To penetrat the dakness of gnorance and bess eveyones heart, the holy name has rsen lke the

shnng sun 8 Drnk the pue necta of the holy nameThere s nothng but the name to be had n the fouteenwolds It has fled the soul of r Bhaktvnoda hkua

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ARUIODAYA-KfRTANA (part

Jjiv jgo, jTv ago gurcnd bolekot ndr yo mypscr kole

2 bhbo boly ee orbhtore bhuly rohle tum vdyr bhore

tomre lote m honu vtr m vn bndhu r ke che tomr

4) enech ufdh my nbro lg' hr-nm mhmntr lo tum mg

5) bhktvnod prbhu-cre po{y

e hnm-mntr lolo mgy 1 Lord Gaurnga s calig, "Wake up sleepmg

souls Wake up seepg souls! How log wll yousleep i the lap of the wch called My? You haveforgote he way of devotoal sevce ad are lost the word of bh ad death. 3 I have descededjust o save you; oher ha Myself you have o fred ths world I have brough he edce ha will

wpe out the dsease of lluso fro which you aresufferig Take hs mhmntrhre k�!, hrekn, kn krn hre hre/ hre rm hre rm

. . . . . .

rm rm hre hre 5 Sr1a Bhaktvoda hkurasays: "I fall a the ord's fee havg ake ths

mh-mntr."

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GAY GOR MADHUR SVAREby Srla Bhaktivinoda Thkua

gora mdhur svre hre krsn hre kn kn krsn hre hre

. . . .

hre rim hre rm rim rim hre hre ga gora mdhur svre

rhe thako, vne thko sdi 'hr bole ko sukhe dukhe bhuo nkovdne hrnm koro re

mje bddh hoe ach mche k oe ekhono cen peerdhamadhv nam boo re

vn hoo ef n bhe hfke bhktvnodopde

ekbar namrse mi re

efran:ing the nectaean names of Gaga0 my Lord, pease engage me in Yo oving seiceing the nectarean names of Gaga!

Whethe yo ae a househode o a snnysconstanty chant Hai Hai! Foget about happinessand sorow and fi yo ips with hr-nm.

You ae bound p in the ocean of m and aefoced to to futessy But as soon as yo coe toyou senses mmedatey shout ot the names ofRdh-Mdhava.

Withot ving the od of the senses [He]

you are as good as a dead man. ake the advce ofBhatvinoda Tha jst once esh the necta ofthe hoy name



GOP7NAH!,

by Sril Bhktvnod Taur

gopTntha, mama nvedana suno�ayi durjana, ad kma-rata,kchu nh mora 9UJa

gopntha, mra bhara tum tomra cara)e, lonu saraa,

tomra kkoro m

gopntha, kemone sodhbe more

n jn bhakat, karme jaamat, poqech oraghore

gopntha, akal tomra mynh mama bolo, na unrmalo,

dhna nahe e ky

gopntha, nyata cara)e thna mge e pmara, kdy kdy,

korohe karu! dna gopntha, tum to' akal pra

durjane trte, tomra akat,ke che ppra ra

prt 1

0 Gopnth, Lord of the gop,

pese hermy pryer. I m mterstc rsc ws fof st hve no good qfctons

0 GopTnth! Yo re m on resort AsYo etern servnt te sheter of Yor otsfeet

0 Gopnth How cn I pft msef? do't

now nthng regrdg deoton serce

mwemnded nd hve en nto pt of son

0 Gopnth Eerthg here s bt Yor -sor energy he no power or pre nowedge n m bond b mter bod

0 Gopnth desre to remn ws t Yorots feet Pese te ths snner weepng nd

weepng d show me Yor merc

0 Gopnth Yo cn do nthng Yo heprfed the most wced b Yor power bt whos more wced thn me?

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gopi na th , tum krpa paaba jive kaoe as y a ppce,

la koe uvsa

gopTth, am k do�e do� u kl, pal c,

vnd thko bos

gopith, ghco a-jvaa v dy a -y a t a , na h sohe,

jnm-mJmala

gop7th am to' kame da vfy-vna, jagche hrdoye,

phndche km phas

gopth, kbe v j gb am kam-p , due teygbo

hdoye sphbe tm

gopth am ' m jn mae c h a y a b

bhly p-dh

part 2

Gopintha! You are te vesse of kndness. You

ente nto ts mundane world and dsplay Your

subme pastmes for te sake of te falen sous.

Gopnta I am te snner of snners Yet

I st watng for You to take me, for many demons

ave attaned Yo otus feet.

GopTnta Destroy te msees o ts word

am strung on a neckace of brts and deats and

cannot bear te kckng o maya.

Gopnata I am a seant of ust entangedn te net o matera desre wc as sprung upn my eart

0 Gopnta Wen w I wake up an cast

ts enemy of ust far from me? en on w

ou be reeaed to me n my eart

Go1nta I am our own. B eavng our

otus eet orgettng ou treasures I ae sere

on maya.

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gopTnath, tumi to' skl jan apnr jne, dfiya ekhon,

rcrfe deho sthn

gopnth, ei ki vicar tvvimuh dekhiya, ch nij-jne,

n kororuf·lv

gop7nth ami to murkh ti kise bhlo hoy, bhu n buinu,

tai heno mm gti

p1nth, tumi to pQitboro mher mgl tumi nve�ibe,

e dse n bhav pr

opnth mr upy ni tum p kori mre /e

sor uddhr pi

gopTnth poechi mayr phere dhn dr sut ghireche amare,

mete rekheche jere

part 3

0 Gopintha! You know everythng. Take meto Your lotus feet and punsh Your servant

0 Gopntha Is t to You lkng to eject meand not show me You kndness?

0 Gop1ntha I am the greatest foo I don'tat a know what s goo fo me cannot undestananythng hs s my fate

0 Gopntha You ae the geatest ntelect.Not consderng that am ou sevant, juge mewthout bas

0 Gopntha I have no means o benetngmyse By You mecy an nness pease pcme up fom ths mserabe word and tae me to You

0 Gopntha I have faen nto ths dark wolBoun by wealth, we an sons am eeng thepan of lust

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gopinath, mn ye pl mor n mne sn, d cetn,

v�ye ro yeche ghor gopnath, hr ye menech m

nek ytn hoo bphlekhon bhr tum

gopnath kemone hobe gt prbl ndry vbht mn,

na chqe Vfy-rt

gopnath hdoye boy mor mnke mya, loh nj pne,

ghucbe vpd ghor

gopnath, nth dekhya more tum he, hk dmya,

ta'he {tghore

gopTnth, gly lhe phkpa dhor; bndhn chedy,vne kooh d

Gop1nathl m going md! Never crngfor spirtu prctces, I m wys unconscious nd

deepy suk n the muck of sense grtifiction.

GopTnathl I surrender unto You. A myendevors re useess wste of time Now surrenderunto You.

Gop1nath! How sh rech the go? Mymnd s overwhemed by the powerfu senses. I cn-not shke off ttchment to wordy pesures.

Gopnathl Pese reside in my hert Destroythe dngerous obstces correct my mnd nd gudeme to Your own true pth.

0 Gopnthl Pese et Your gnce f on me I m hepess but You re �ke the Lord of the senses Pecontro my senses nd pu me out of ths word of dgers

Bhktivinod Thkur prys: Gopnthl My voce is ftering. must throwoff the shckes d ctch hod of Your mercy



GURUDEVAI KFP-8/NDUD/Y by Srila Bhaktvnoda Thkura

gurudeva!

kp-bindu diy, koro' ei dsetJpekh ati hTna sakalasahane, bolo diy koro;

nijamne sphhna

sakae sammn korite akatideho ntha yath yatha

tabe to gibo, harinmasukhe apadha ha be hata

kabe heno kp lobhiy e anaktrtha hoibe ntha!

ktibuddhihn, mi ati dnkoro I more tmastha

yogyatvicre kichu nhi pitomra karu-sra

karu} n hoile kdiy kdiy

pra n rkhibo ra

Gurudeva, gve to ths servant just one drop ofmercy. I am lower than a blade of grass Gve me alhelp Gve me strength Let me be as you are wthoutdesres or aspratons

I ofer you all respects for thus I may have theenergy to know you correctly hen by chantng theholy name n great ecstasy al my offenses wll ceae

When wll such mercy fall to ths one who sweak and devod of ntelgence? Aow me to be wthyou.

If you examne me you w fnd o qualtesYour mercy s all that I am made of If you ae notmercful unto e I can only weep and I wll not be

able to mantan my fe

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MANS DEH GEH,

by Srila Bhaktvnoda Thkura

1 minasa, deho, geho yo kchu mora

arpu tuyi pade, nanda-kora

2 mpade-vpade jvane-maraQe diya mama geli tuyi o-pada varafe

3) mrob rkhob yo cch tohiri ntya-disa-pt tuy adhkri

4 janmob my cchi yad tor

bhakta-ghe jan janma hao mr

5 ka-janma hao yathi tuyi di bahrmukha brahmajanme nih i

6) bhuktmukt-sph vhna ye bhakta/obhote tiko saga anurakta

janaka janan doyta, tonaya

prabhu, guru pattuhu saa-moya

B bhaktvnod kohe, uno kina!ridhinithaI tuhu hi mira paria

My mnd, my body, my ome, or watever

I have n my possson I surrender unto Your otusfeet 0 my dear Lord son of Nanda Mahrja. In good or bad fortune, n lfe or at death theres no oter duty tan tang shelter of Your otusfeet )Now f You ke You can kl me, or f Youlke You can gve me protecton Whatever You leYou can do I am Your eternal setor. You aveevey rght to del wt me n any way You pease. If I must be reborn, et tat brt, by Your desre,

b n the home of a devotee et tat brth be mne Even a worm's fe Il ve as Your seant, but anondevotee Brahms lfetme I'U never accept6 If one as no aspraton for enjoyment or lberatonI smply anker for hs aocaton 7 Faters,mothers, daughters sons-al tere may bemaster,preceptor, usband, You are al n al to me.8 rla Batvnoda ys: 0 Krsna, do ear.

ord of Srmat Rdr, You are my lfe dear."

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PRAsDA-SEVYAby §ma Bhaktvina Thkura

pr 1

ra avdy-ji/, joendrya tihe kf,1Tve phele vyasre

tr madhye hv at, lobhamoy sudurmat,te jeti kohna sore

kS boqa doymoy, kor bre hv joy, svaprasdanna dl bh

se annm{ta kho, rdhk(agua go,

preme ko catanyant 0 Lord, s aeral od s a pace of gnorace,

ad e seses are a ework of pas o dea. Soeow we ae falle o s ocean of aera seseejoe, ad of all he seses e oge s osoracos ad corollale; s er dffct ocoqer e onge s world Yo, dear K�a,are er knd o s ad ae gen s sc ce prasda,

s to conro te onge. Now we take s o or fll sfacto ad glorf Yo Lord-Rdhand Kaad oe call for e elp of LordCaaa ad Nnanda

pr2

ekdna ntpure, prabhu vatera ghare, du prabhu bhojane boslo

Jk kor' vdana, phu bole bhakta!a, e �k k svo

haeno k BVdane, k·prema se mane, se preme koro vdana

jaabuddh parha', psa bhojana kor:a har bolo ajan

Oe da at tpra n r Advaa's ho, ordCaaa ad Nnada were seaed a. WeLord Caaa ased he green egeabes, He sad, "Mdevotees, s k s so decos! Lord Ka asdefe ased Suc k as s, wen ased, wlge o a ase of kprema." he deoteesforgo her aerasc conceptos ad ook

prada sotng, Har bo Har bo Har bo

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RADH-KRSN BOL

by ila Bhakt��da Thkua

hakr�J ' bot bol bolo e obai (e sh diy b ndya

phiche nece gunii h-bol bolo e ei ha diya 'h·k' bol bot bolo e obai

f miche) mya boe yccho bhee; khacch habudubu bhai

hbol bolo e b hai mya boeadhakn bot bot bolo e obi

k!d ei viv, kole 01 a dukh ni

hibol bolo e t Tv kHQ ddhk[fJB bol bo/ bolo e obi

4 kfB) bolbe ybe ulk h bejhobe akhi boli ai

hibol bolo k{JB bolbe jbehkn bol bot bolo e obai

adh) k!B bolo ge clo eima bhikh cai

hbol bolo dha kJB boloadhakn bot bot bolo e obai

yy) k/ viod, bhkiviod, bolen ykhon onm gi

hbol bolo e yay kl oddhk bot bol bolo e obai

.

Chant, chant "RhKr�Qa!" Eveone chant1 When Lo Catana an o Ntnana cameancng though Nada, he gave these teachngs:Chant chant "RdhK�'a" Eveone chant!2 You ae caught up n a whpoo of senseessacton an ae snkng owe an owe. Chant,chant "RhK�a" Eveone chant 3 If oujust unestan that the spt sou s the etena sevanof K�a, ou w neve have an moe soows Chantchant Rh-K�a" Eveone chant ChantHae Ka ad ou ees w f wth teas and ouo w fee tanscendenta shveng Chant chant"Rh-K�a" Eveone chant 5) Smp chant"RdhK�a" and on wth us Those ae theon ams we beg Chant chant "Adh-Ksna"

Eveone chant 6 " danges w be gone whenthat Name s chanted," sas Bhaktvnoda hkua.Chant chant "RdhK�a" Eveone chant!

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RADH-MDHAVAby Sla Bhaktivinoda Thkura

rdha-madhv kujbiharTgopJjnvbh grvrdharTysod-nndn brj-jn-rfjn

ymuntr-vn-cr

r RdhMdhava have their loving pastimesin the groves (kuj) of Vrndvana. Gopjanavaabhameans "one who attracts and reciprocates ovngpastimes with the gopl. Gir-varadh is K�Qa'sname in the pastime of ifting Govardhana Hi.Yaodnandana s the son of Yaod "nndmeans son and s a Iso the name of K�a s father,so K�a s aso Nandanandana) Brajajanaraanameans the attractve daring of the nhabitants ofVndvana He is aways payng in he groves vn)of the bank (tr of the Yamn River ereforeKrsna is aso nown as Ymnatavanar

. . ·�

(ra Prabhupda is very fond of this song andsings t jst before his ectres In Aahabad and

"

Gorakhpur ra Prabhpda fe into a trance aftersingng the rst two ines and after some timehe came back into extena consciosness and said"Now just chant are K�a" ra Prabhupdasays that ths song is a pictue of VrndvanaEverything is thereSrmat Rdh� VndvanaGovardhana aod and a the cowherd boys")

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(Note-These next two songs of Sr Bhktvinod hakur re wrtten underthe hedng of Siddhila/sa. Lalsa mens "to hnke n get epectton,nd siddhi mens perfecton. Hnkerng n gret epectton to cheve pefectonl stge s cled Siddhi-lalsa A devotee neve hs ny desre fo mtel enjoyment, hevenly bth, mystc powes, lberton or even thefour speror stges of lberton such s ttnng equ opulene to the Lord,

hvng the sme form s ord V�QU, lwys beng n the presence of the Lod,o lvng on the sme plnet s the Lod n the sprtul sky The hnkerng othe pue devotee s smply tht he wl become the servnt of the Lord uncondtonlly Tht perfecton stge s the sge to be desred).

SIDDHI-LALS,

by Sila Bhaktvnoda Thua

kabe gauravan, suradhunitafe,'h rdhe h kJ81 bol

kdy vebo, dehasukha ch,n laarua/e

vaarhee, mgy khbo pbo rasvajalo

pulnepule, gga dbo,kor, k�a kol!halo

dhmajan praat koymgbo k[pra la

aavaaraa·reu, gya mkh,dhar avadhtava

ua-vrajava, bheda n dkhbo,hobo varaja-T

dhmera svarpa, phu be nayanehobo rdhra ds

When, oh when w chant on the ban of theGanges n the and of Navadvpa? 0 Rdh 0 Kr�]a,when w wande among the ceepes and teeswth teas n my eyes and foget my body comots?When w be satsfed by takng some food fom theuntouchabe men who ve hee and thee and bydnkng the wate of the Saasvat? When w I

o to and fo on the banks of the ve asng anupoa of "K�a! Kr�al When w bow downto the nhabtants of the hoy pace of avadvTpa and

obtan a bt of the mecy? When w I wea thedess of the pmhss and wea the dust of thefeet of the Va�avas on my body? When w I seethe nhabants of avadvpa as nondffeent from thenhabtants of Vndvana and when sha become aVajavs too? When w see the tue fom of thetanscendenta eam openng befoe my eyes and whenw I attan the sevce of Rdh?

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KABE HA 'BE BOLO

(nv9cation of the Hoy Name)by Srla Bhakivinoda Thkura

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kabe ha'be bolo se-dn mr (mr) apardha ghuc, uddha nme ruc,

kpboe ha'be hdoye sacr kabe habe boo sedn mr

2 tdhka hin kabe nje mn, sah�utgua hdoyete n

sakae mnada an amn ho ye svdbo nmarasasr kabe habe boo sedn mr

3 dhana jano r, kavt sundar bobo n ch deho sukhako

janmeanme do ohe gaurahar! ahotukT bhakt carae tomr kabe habe boo sedn mr

4) (kabe korte rkfQa, nma uccraa, puakto deho gadgada vacana

vavawavepathu, habe saghaana, nrantara netre vabe arudhr kabe habe boo sedn mr

When, oh when wi that day be mine?When my offenses ceasing, taste for the name increasing,when in my heart wi your mercy shine,when, oh when wi that day be mne?

Lower than a bade of gass, more toeant than a treehen wi my mind attain this quaity?Respectfu to a, not expecting their honour,then sha taste the name's nectar subime.When, oh when w that ay be mne?

Geat weath or foowers, feminine beauty,I wont care for them or the comforts of my bodyBirth afte birth give me, Oh Lord Catanya,causeless devotion to Your feet divineI

when, oh when wi that day be mine?

When wi I utter K�a, K�a, K�a,with words choked up and shivering body?When wi I be trembing a over,ose bodiy coor, tears pouring from my eyes,When, oh when w that day be mine?

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5 kabe navadve, suradhunTta{egaura-nitynanda boli' nifkapae

nciy giy, vibo chue

btulera pry chqiy vicr kabe ha'be bolo sedin mr

6) kabe nitynanda more koi' doychibe mora vifayera my

diy more nia, cara)era chy, nmera hete dibe adhikr kabe habe bolo sedin mr

7) kinio luibo harinmaasa nmarase mti' hoibo vivaa

rasera rasika caraa para/koriy majbo rase anir kae ha'be olo s·din mr

8 kabe ve doy hoibe udoya niasukha bhuli' suna-hdoya

bhakativinod koriy vinoyarahala koribe pracr kabe habe bolo sedin mr

When n Navadvipa aong wth Gangs bank,shoutng 'Gaua-Ntynanda as a surendeed souldancng chantng unnng eveywhee

when w become haf mad of mnd?When oh when w that day be mne

I

When w Lod Ntynanda show mecy upon mewhen w I eject the wod of my?Bestow unto me the shade o You otus feetet the ght to peach the name be mne.When oh when w that day be mne

I w beg boow o stea the necta o the nameBy the names effect w ee paayzedOh! Enoye of the necta o the nameWhen w touch you otus eet t the end o tmeWhen oh when w that day be mne

When ndness to a bengs w be appeangwth fee heat oget mysef comotngBhatvnoda n a humty pays

"Now I w set out to peach You ode subme.When oh when w that day be mne?



UDDHA-BHAKA TAby Srila Bhaktvnoda Thkura

f suddha-bhakata, carafa-reJU bhajanaanuk/a

bhakataev paramaiddhipremalatikra mla

mdhavatithi bhaktijananyatane plana kori

krnaboti boati bli'' .

parama §dare bo

3 gaur mra ye aba thnekorola bhrama!a rage

eaba thna hero mipraayibhakataage

4) mdagavdya sunite mana avaara ad yce

uravihita, krtana uninande hdoy nce

1 he dust of the lotus feet of pue devotees,enthusastc devotonal servce, and sece to thepure devotees of the hghest order are the rootsof the creeper of devoton. 2 he holy days keEkdaS and Janmstam ae the mother of devoton

for those devotees who respect them. Let the holypaces of K�a's pastmes be my places of worshp,and bless me May I always vst all the hoy placesassocated wth the la of Lod Catanya and Hsdevotees When I hear the sound of the mdagan my heart I aways dese to jon n ktana; andwhen hear the bonafde songs derbng LordCatanyas pastmes my heart dances n ecstasy

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5 yula-mrti, dekhiy mora, paramananda hoya

prada sev korite hoyaakala prapaca joya

ye dna rhe bhajana dekhgrhee oloka bhya

ara!a·sTdh dekhy a skha n s pya

7 las dekh' jya prfa mdhava osan jn

aarya ka�eane jvana shaka n

bhakavnoda k{Qabhaane ankla ya yh

radvase paraaskhe sv7kra koroye h

Whenever se the transcendenta rvrahasof Rdh-Ka I am in bl, for by takng TherLordships' prada we can conquer over the materaelements. 6 One day whe performing devotonalpractices I saw my hou transformed into GolokaVndvana. When take the arama of the Dety see the hoy Ganges waters that come from the feetof Lord V�QU and my bss knows no bounds By seeng the las tree my heart fees joy andLord Mdhava (Krsna) s also satsfed. When eat

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the prasda favored by Lord Catanya t s a newfes experience (ord Catanya was very fond ofa green vegetable preparation caled k and theres another song n ths book that tells of the amazngeffects of ths type of rasda.) 8) haktvnodaconcludes by sayng: "Whosoever attans the stageof enthusasm for hese devotonal practces wlbe spremely bssful wherever he may be



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RBHOGA-RAIby Sril Bhktvnod Thakur

1 bhaja bhakata-vatsala rT gaurahar

rT gaurahar soh UOfhabhri, nandayaomatTcttahr

2 bel ho'lo dmodara sa ekhonabhogamandre bos koroha bhojana

nande ndee bose grvara-dhrba/adevasaha sakh bose sr sr

4 uktkd bh nlt kum8Qqal ln dugdhatumb dadh mockhaQa

mudgaboq m�a-bo rok ghtnnaku/T paka khr pu yasnna

6 karp[ amtakel rambh khra-sra am{ta ra/ am/a dvaa prakra

7 Juc cn rpurT lu sbahojana korena ka hoye kutuhol

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1) Worshp SrT Gurhr who s lwys very

ffectonte to Hs devotees. Lord Ctny who slwys hvng pstmes wth mny devotees s K�Hmself the sme personlty who hs stolen the herof Yod-Nnd Mother Yod clls K:"Come on the tme hs come for Your mel Nowcome down to the hll 3) he holder of Govrdhn

Hl sts down next to r Bldev nd l Hs frends4 nd they re served wth fest of ukt ( ttertstng wet vegetble whch ncreses the ppette)

then nce fred thngs then sqush nd whte squshwth qla (dah nd thck yogurt nd vegetbles mdefrom the flower of the bnn tree 5 hen there efred squres of mung la pddy nd urd qla pddesba) cpts nd rce wth ghee. hen there resweets ckes thck crems, ckes flotng n mlksweet rce, 6 bnns cheese nd crem boledtogether tweve dfferent knds of chutneys pursmde wth whte flour nd sugr thck crem skn of

mlk lus nd la pddes boled n sugr rce.

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8 ridhkira pakk a anna vvdha byajana parama nande k(a korena bhojana

9) cho/ e-bole lqu kh y srmadhumagalo bagala by, ira deya harbolo

10 rdhkd gae her nyanera koetpta ho ye khy k�a yaod-bhaane

11 bhojannte pye k�a ubta br abe mukha prakh/oy ho'ye r r

2 hata-mukha prakhly yata akh-gae nande vrma kore baladeva ane

3 jambula ra/a ne tmbula moilth kheye kQacandra ukhe ndr l

vlkhakhpuccha cmara hulya aprva ayyya ka ukhe nd r yya

yaomat peye dhanf{hnTtork�a- prada dh bhuje hoye prTto

6 laltd akhgaa avae pya mane mane ukhe rdhk(agua gya

har- ekmtra yhra pramoda bhorot gy hkur bhakatvnoda

bhaja govnda govnda gop/a grdhr gopnitha nandalilanandaullal yy ur gola

bhaja bhakata vatla r gaurahar

Eating these nice foodstuffs, KQa feels greatjoy and ecstasy. RdhQT Herself cooks various kindsof vegetables K�Qa's brhmaa friend Madhumagalais very fond of lu and when he eats them he shouts,"Hari bo Hari bo and makes a funny sound byslapping his sides under his armpits with his hands dh and Her gop fends greatly delight athow Ka takes at Yasods house- Afte taking sweets, KQa is seved with

sweet drinks scented with rose wate hen all thefriends of KQa line up to wash their hands and mouthsand K�a and Baama go to take est hey take panwith fancy spices and catechu and very happly takeheir rest and ae fanned with a tai fan by His servan tVilk�a 5 r Dhani�h is one of K�as seants,and by Mothe Yaods oders he brings the pradathat is left on Kas plate, and RdhrQ eats it alit-sah and al the othe gop also eceive His

prada and in their heats aso sing the gloies ofdh·K�a Bhaktivinoda Thkua ys: hereis no other happiness than that which is found n thepastimes of Sr Hari

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SRGAURA-RATIby Srila Bhaktvnoda Thura

kba jy jy goder rotko sobh jahnvtvne jgmno-lobha

dkhQe ntacad, bame gdadhr nkfe d vt rina chtrdhr

3 yache gorcd rtnhane arot koren brhma-d dege

4 nrhrad kor' cam r qhulyjymukundughO·d gay

5kh bjeghQ bje baje kt mhur mg bje prm ra/

6) bhuko nr n'n u g-ee nmla kore jhlm

7 uk-nr preme ggd bhktno ekhe gorr mpd

1) All glores, al gores to the beautful rt ceremoy of Lord Catanya. Lord Cataya's beautulform on the bank of the Jhnav (Ganges) attracts althe lvng enttes of the unverse.

2 On Hs rght sde s ord Ntyanda and oHs eft sde s r Gaddhara. O ether sde stadord r Advata and rnvsa who hods a umbrelaover ord Catayas head.

Lord Cataya s seated on a golden throe.he rt ceremoy s performed by ord Brahm, andal the other demgods are present

ord Catayas assocat ke Narahar adothers fa Hm wth a whsk ad Muuda ad VsuGhosh ar th xpet srs that lead everyoe kTrtn.

h sods of th cochsh cymas ad sweet md ar very reshab to hr.

6 ord Catayas face shs lke may maymos of moons, ad Hs garad of forest fowers also shs.

ord va uadeva Gosvm and Nrada Muare there ad ther voces are choked wth trae-denta ovg symptoms. Bhaktvnoda Thura says:"Just see the opulence of ord Cataya!"

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SRNAM-KfRTNby Srila Bhaktvnoda Thkura

( K�Ia s very pleased when we call on Hm by

Hs Names whch are assocated wth Hs devotees,quates and pastmes. hs song by Bhaktvnodahkua s composed of the Names of Ksna n

.

dfeent aspects)

yasomat/-nandana, 2 braja-baro-ngara,3 gokulorajana kna

gopparfadhana 5 madana-manohara,6 kliyadamonavidhna

7 amala harinm amiyavil 8 vipinapurandara, navTna ngarabora,0 vas-vadana uv

2 braja-janaplana, 3 aura-kulanana, nanda-godhanarkhaoyl

5 govinda mdhava, 6navantatakara, undara nandagopl

8 muna-taa-cara, gopvaana-hara, 20 ra-raika, 2 kpmoya

22 r-rdh-vallabha, 2 vndvana naabara, 2 bhakativinod-raya

1) he son of Mothe Yaod, 2) he greatestof al the nhabtants of Vraja, 3) he attracto of thepeope of Gokula, 4) he heart of the gop, 5) heOne Who can even attract the mnd of Cupd, 6)he

destroye of the Klya sepent demon, 7) Chantngthe Lod's Name s my pastme 8) He Who playsn the garden goves, 9 he ever new beauty ofVndvana, 10) He Who s always seen wth Hsflute, I He Who lves n beautfu artstc craftsman-shp, 2) he protector of the nhabtants of Vraja,13) he destroye of the descendants of the aura,14) He Who keeps and tends Mahra Nandas cows,5) Govnda Mdhava, 6) he butte thef ) he

beautful cowherd boy o Nanda Mahja, 8) HeWho on the banks o the Yamun 19) toe the gamentsof the gop 20) He Who eshes the ovng exchangeof melows, 2) He Who s full of mecy, 22)heattacto o Rdh 23) he best dance ofVndvana 24) he shelte of Bhaktvnoda

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TUM/ SARVESVARESVARA

by Srila Bhaktvnoda Thkura

tumi sarvevarelvara, brajendra-kumra!tmra iccya vilve sjana sahra

2 tava icchmata brahm korena sjanatava icchmata visnu korena pana

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3 tava icchmate iva korena sahratava icchmate my se krgra

4) tava icchmate jver janama-maraJa samddhinipta dukha sukhasaghaana

miche my-baddha jva pe phire'tava icch vin kichu koite n pre

tumi to rakhako r pako mratmra caraJa vin nhi ra

7 nijabooce�prati bharas chqiy tmra icchya chi nbhara koriy

8 bhakativinoa ai dna akfcanatmra icchya tra jvana maraa

1 0 youtfu prnce of Vraja, You are the con-troler of al controers. By Your wms te unverses created and destroyed. 2) By Your ws LordBram creates by Your whms ord Vsnu mantans

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y Your ws Lord Sva destroys, and y Yourwsh my creates te prson of te word. BYour ws te vng enttes are orn and are ked.hey deveop and the are degraded n dfferentstages of happness and pan a by Your sancton.6 You are m protector and mantaner have nooter ws ut to attan Your feet. 7 By my ownendeavor ave no hope. am competey dependent

on Your desres Sra Bhaktvnoda says: "

am a very sma devotee wth only You to depend on.By Your ws I have my lfe or deat"

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OHE! VAI$fA VA THKURAby Sril Bhktvnod Thakur

ohe! vai�IJava thkura, doyra sgarae de karu kor'

diy pada-chy {odha he mya

omra caraJa dhori

2) chaya bega dami chaya do�a odhichaya gua deha' dse

chaya sasanga deha' he mre bosech sangera e

ekk mra hi py bolo harima-sankae

umi kp kori' raddh-bidu diy deha' kHamadhae

4 kJ8 se omra kfa die pra,omra akai che

mi o' kng/a krsa' 'krsa' boli'. . .

dhi aa pche pche

0 venerble V�v, 0 ocen of mercy, be mercfu unto your servnt Gve me the shde of your lotusfeet nd purfy me hold on to your lotus feet

ech me to contro my sx pssons; rectfy my sxfuts bestow upon me the sx qultes nd offer untome the sx knds of holy ssocton.* 3 I do not fndthe strength to crry on one the nkTraa of thehoy nme of Hr. Plese bless me by gvng me justone drop of fth wth whch to obtn the gret tresure of the holy nme of Kr�oa. Knoa s yours youhve the powe to gve Hm to me I m smpy runnngbehnd you shoutng "K�oal K�oa

*he sx pssons re those pertnng to wordsthe mnd nger, the tongue the stomch nd thegentls. he sx futs re overetng ttchment tomterl thngs nblty to folow regultve prncpessense grtfcton useless dle tlk nd mpure hbtshe sx postve ultes re enthussm n prctcngdevoton servce frm fth n devotonl processes strong desre to ttn premabhaki, fvorbesevce tttude vodnce of non-devotees nd

pprecton of the compny of devotees he sxmethods of ssocton re to go to n ssembly ofdevotees to nvte devotees nto one's home to dscussnd her devoton topcs to tke the mah-prasdaof devotees nd to offer mah-prasda to devotees

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IBHA ARI SESA

by Sria Bhaktvnoda Thkura

vibhavr1 se�. alokprovesnidra chai' ufh j7v

boo hri hri Jmukund 2Jmurari3Jram 4Jk($B 5Jhygr7v

6nrih Jvamn 8Jsr7-mdhuDdn,g)brjendrnndn 0)syam

pDtnaghatn 2Jkoifbhsatn

3jy dasrthiram

4ysoda ulal Jgovindgopa/6 vnda vn purndr

Jgop7priyjn 8Jradhik!rm9 bhuvnundrbor

20Jravanantkor 2Jmakhntkor22 gop7jnvtrhar 7

23brjer rakh!lo 24Jgopvndpao25Jcitth!r1 vs7dhr1

Now nght s over. The lgh of dawn s enterngWake up, sleepng souls! Chant the names of Krsna

. .He s 1) he besower of beraton the kler ofthe Mura demon Lord Rmacandra, a-attracve5 he horse ncarnaton whose breathng created heVedas 6 he haman haf·on ncarnaton 7 heone who appeared as the dwarf, 8 the ker of theMadhu demon 9,0 he blacksh prnce of Vndvana

II, the destroyer of the Ptan and Kaabhawtches the son of Daaraha 4 the darng ofMother Yaod, the attractor of the senses thecows and the and 6 he cowherd boy of Vnvana7 the dearmost beoved of the gopis 8 the consortof RdhQ the most beautfu personaty nthe unverse 0 he brnger of the end to RvaQa the butter hef, the thef of the garmentso the gopls 3 he tender of the caves of Vraja,

he frend of the cowherd boys He who canstea one's mnd wth Hs flute payng

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261yogindra-vandana, 1srl-nanda-nandana281braajana-bhayah r7

29navna nrada, 301rDpa manohara3} h . ,.- 'h 1 1o ana-vam�1 v ar

31 •d d 33k . dyao a -nan ana ama ana

4 nkuja-ra-v/ 51kadamba-knan a 31 rapar yaa

37)d1 . -V(n a-VIpaniVaS

8 39) nanda-vardhana, premaketana1 phua-sarayoaka kma

4) 1 ' 1 4 't do p a n g a -n a g a f a, c a-vo ana43amataguagafa-dhma

44ymuna-jvana 5 keparyafam naacandracakora

nma-udhraa go k$fayasarkho vacana mana mora

26) the Lor an master of mystical perfections, 7)the son of Mahrja Nana, 28) He who removes al fearof the nhabtants o Vraja, 29) He who is the colo ofa new monsoon cloud, 30) He whose for is all-enchanting, 31) he enchanting fltist 3) the sono Yao, 33) the killer of Kasa, 34) He who enoysthe ias-la in the goves of Vnvana, 35) an playsin the grove where thekdmb flowers grow 36)who is controled by oving ellows, 37) who livesin the groves of Vnvana 38) who is always n-creasng in ecstasy, 39) the reservo of love, 40)who i s decorated with flowers 4) who okes wih thecowherd boys 4) who is the pleasure of our consciousness, 43) the aboe of all quaties 44) the life of theYamn, 45) who is always playful 46) an is themoonlight of ou mind which is ike the ckor brdthat exists upon moonight.

Chant these pure vibrations of the Lor's gories.Tae these wors of mine (Sla Bhaivinoda hkura)an eep them with you always



VIDYAR VILAS£,

by Srla Bhaktivinoda Thkura

1 vdyra vilse, ktnu ka parama shase m

omra ra(a n bhanu kabhuekhona arana um

•

pae paqe bharas bo jne ga habe mn'

se vphao, se jna durba/o se jna ana jn

ja{avdy yaa my ra vabhavamra bhajane bd

moha janamy anya sosre jvake koroye gdh

4 se gdh hoye, sosrera bo bahnu aneka ko

vrdhakye ekhona akra abhvekchu nh /ge bho

jvana yan, hoo ekhona se vdy avdy bheo

avdyra jv, ghafo v�ama, se dy hoo ea

6) omra caraa vn kchu dhana sosre n che ra

bhakavnod, jaady chuy pada kore sra

1 Once spent ong, ong hous in the pastmesof schoarship. I ever took to service of Yourotus feet as I do now 2) Reading on and on neverfindng satiation I fet that knowedge woud be thehghest goa. hat hope was fase and frutess-thatkowedge was ignorance 3 Materiaistic studies aethe gare of my ony for they are an obstace tospirtua progress. he infatuated person is trappedn the nonpermanant word and fasey trying to enjoyt and such studies make him as fooish as an ass When they are stretched out over a ong periodof tme, one oses a energy and is sapped of apower to enoy By the time od age comes, nothngn the word is tastefu for such an ass 5 Now at teend of ife I reaize that a my academc studyis ignorance Reaiation of this fact is buning

ike a piercng dart 6 Sa Bhaktvnoda Thkurays: "Without Your otus feet there is no vauen the word Refectng upon y materia studiesI take to You ots feet and suprexcelene."

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SRI LA

NAROTTAMA DA

THKURA•

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EI-BARA KARUt

by Narottama dsa Thkura

1 ei-bro koru koro vaavagoi patitapvana tom vine keho ni

yhra nikae gele ppo dre yy emona doyla prabhu keb koth py

3) gagra paraJa hoe pascte pvandaane pavitra koroei tomra gu

harithne apardhe tre harinmtomthne apardhe nhi patr

tmra hdoye ad govindavirm govinda kohenaora vaifSVa par

6 prati janme kori caraera dhli narottame koro doy pnra boli'

0 Vai�ava Gosvm, please be merciful to me thsone tme. You ar the savior of the fallen; wthout youthere is no one 2 Just by beng n your presence, sinsgo far away Where can anyone find suc kndness?

Merely by the touch of the waters of te sacred Gangesone becomes iberated, even if he s the lowest of man-kind but just by seeing you, the same effect s acheved

Such s your quality 4 If one commits an offense atthe feet of Lord Hari he can be forgiven f he chantsthe hoy name But f one offends you, there is nolvation for hm n your heart ord Govinda s

�

always restng Sr Govinda Himself ys, " am telvng force of My devotees" 6) I ope that in everybrth wl obtan te dust of your lotus feet SrNarottama prays "Pease, 0 Vaava Gosvm,be knd unto me

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HARI HAR/1 VIPHALE

by Naottama d Thkua

har har! vphale janama gonu

manuwa-janama py, rdh·kfa n bhaiy jny ny a khnu

golokero premadhana hrnmasakrtanarat janmo kee tya

sosrabale db hy jvale j<te kau upya

vrajendra-nadaa ye acsta hoo' sebalarma hoo n

daha yata cho har-me ddhrlo

tra skT jag-mdh

h h prabhu anda-sta(abhstytakaruQ koroha e-bro

narottamadsa koy n helho rg-pytom ne ke ch mra

0 Lod Hai, my life 've simply spoiled.Athough Ive taken this ae human bith,ika a mise, ve not seved my Lod

ve no ove fo You Rdh and Kr�a,and quite puposefuly Ive dunk poison

Fom Gooka Vndvana comes the chant of Hae KQach spiitua sounds vibate only fom the panets of Godow unucky that 've no taste fo necta such as this,n love fo tanendental bi

Al matte is on bazing fie, and it is always buning my heat

hough abaze ve no desie to escapehough my mind and body bun, emain bound, tying to enjoy this hoocaust

od Caitanya, son of Mothe Sac,fomely son of Nanda Maha,has now appeaed with od Nitynanda, fomely Baamahey come chanting the holy names-Hai, ma, Ka

Chanting Kas names, hey exticate al knds of fallen,

sinful entities fom the blaze of this dak age of ionEven to dunkads Jagi and Mdhi,ae deiveed, puified by hei songs

My od Ka, n of Nanda Mahanow You ae befoe me with dh,daughte of King Vabhnu 0 Lod!Pease cast you glance of mecy upon meI Naottama dsa, o plead to You, Lod

No I suende to You fulyPlease dont kck Naottama d away,fo he has no shete but You lotus feet

Glance mecifuly, 0 Lod, gance mecifuly onNaottama d who is peading at You feet

8HARI HE DAYLA LLASMAYJ




1 har he daylo mora jay a rdh-ntha biro biro ebro laho njaitha

bahu yon bhram' nitha!lonu ra a

njague kp koro adhamatiraJa

jagatakrafa tum jagatavanatom chd kra nah he rdhramana

.

bhuvanamagala tum bhuvanera pat tum upekhe nitha k hoe gat

5 bhvy dekhnu e jagatamre

tom vni keho nh e de uddhire"

I 0 Sri Har! Lord of Rdh Be knd untoe agan and gn. Plese, ths te, te e toYour otus feet 2) hrough ny wos have I

traveed efore surrenderng to You Pese pcke up-1, who a unqufed 3 You re thecause nd dvne force of the unverse, nd theres no other controer thn You. 0 Supree Lord,0

ss of Rdh,4

You re the ony source of goodfortune n ths word, nd You e ts ste. Pesenstruct e s to y true goa and restng pce I have seen and consdered ths whoe wordand wthout You K�Qa, there s nothng that cansave e

by Narottama dsa Thkua

gaurga bolte habe pulaka sarraha ha bolte nayane babe nTra

ra kabe ntcdera karu hobe

oira-vani mora kabe tuccha habe

v�aya chyi kabe uddha habe manakabe hma herabo rvndvana

rDpa-raghunthapade hobe kut kae hma buabo e yuga/aprt

rparaghunthapade rahu mora ia

prirthan koroye ad narottamo da

PURPORy s Dvne GrceAC. Bhktvednta Swm Prhupda

hs song ws sung by Narottaa dsa hkua, gret devotee and crya n the Gauya Vaavasprdy the dscpc successon comng down from

Lord atny. rotta dsa Thkua hs wttenny songs whch are ecognzed as authoty y Vvas He has sung these songs n smpe Benganguage, ut the purpotthe deep meanng o hssongs-s very sgnfcant



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(har) haraye namaJ, k�a ydavya namaJydavya mdhavya kesavya nama!

pla vinda rm rmadhudan iri-dhr pntha madanamhan

r-caitanya nityanda radvaita t har uru, vainava bhavata Tt

.

rrpa r-ntana bhaa-rahunthrva plabhaa d-rahunth

ei chay i kri caraa-vandanyh hite vihnan abhapraJ

ei chay goi y mui tr dt' abra pada-reQu mra paca-r

tdera caraQa evi bhakta-ane v janame janame hy ei abhi/

ei chay i yabe braje ki/ v-k{a-nitya-l kri/ prk

fan bl hari bhaja vndvanr-uruvaiava-pade majiy man

ruruvaiaVa -p-padma kri nma-krana khe narttama-d

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PURPORTby His Divine GraceA.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupda

Ths song of Sra Narottama d hkura svery famous among devotees n Bengal and OrisWhen Lord Caitanya retrned from Gay, where He

was initiatd by

rvara Pur He was competeytransormd into a God-intoxicated personaty whomHis stdents of grammar had never known bforeInstead of teachng ordinary grammar stdes ordCaitanya expaind every sentence in such a way thatvry Sanskrt word and evry etter was understood tondicat KQa, the Sprme Prsonaity of GodhdThs form o grammar was ater on deveoped by SraJva Gosvm in a book cad Hari-nmmta-vykaraJa,The Grmmr of the Nectr nd Name of r Hari.

Bt Lord Caitanya's stdents thought that thir teachrhad become mad, and thy rubbd His head with Vi�oi an o that coos the brain Finay they asked Him"Yo say that verythng means Ka and we shouldtimaty aways b chanting th names of Ka Justhow shod we do ths? Then Lord Caitanya began tosing th names of Ka and cap His hands and Hebgan His nmskrtana movement The names Heng ar the irst two ins of ths song, and arottamadsa hkura and others have paced these nams in the

begnnng of ther wrtngs to immortaize these evntsn the memory of veryoneNarottama d Thkura chants the names of ord

Caitanya, itynanda r Advaita and St (ordAdvaitas consort) Since Lord Har, the spiritamaster and the rmad Bhagavdg are a on thetranndnta patform they are gven the same

respect hen ra Narottama dsa chants th names ofthe s Gosvms offer my obeisances at their fet,h sngs, which destroy sfferings accmated over

many ong years am the servant of thse sixGosvms, and the dst of ther otus feet is my fiveinds of foodstuffs o serve their otus feet and keepthe association of devotees is my ony bsnss, birthafter birth When the six Gosvms were staying atVrndvana, they revead th trna tranndntap�stimes of rr RdhKa efor ord Catanyathe exact ocation of the paces of Lord Ka spastmes were not known, and therefore ord Catanyanstructed the Gosvms to uncover the hoy paces

and constrct tempes he tempe of

r RdhDmodara s situated nar the ocaton of th rsa

dance, and Sra Rpa Gosm and the other Gosvmssed to gather there and diuss the topics of theriteratrs, which scientfcay xpaned the superecent pastmes of S Sr Rdh·Ka Byrevation of the paces of RdhKas pastims, byxcavation and by athoritative books, they rvaedthe pastimes of Sr r RdhKa Narottama dsaThkra ys, n great ecstasy shout the name of Har.

and serv the rea transcendenta master and devoteesHe concuds by saying With a hopes in th otusfeet of my guru and the hoy Vaavas Narottamad sings the krtan of Lord Hari Hare Ka,Hare Ka, Ka Ka Hare Hare/ Hare Rma, HarRma, Rma Rma, Hare Har

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SAKHIVRNDE VINAPTI.


1 J radh-k�I pra mor, yuglkior jne mre gti r nahi mor

klnd kule keikdmber vn rtn ved upro bosbo dujn

3 yamgu ge dibo cndner gndhcmr hulabo kbe heribo mukhcndr

4 ganthiy maltr mala dibo dohar gle dhre tuliya dibo, krpr tmble

5 llitaviakh-adi yt skhTvndjy kribo seva, crrvind

Srk(fJcitny-prbhur, daser nuds sev bha� kore nrottmdas

0 RdhKrsna, Rdh-Krsna! RdhKrsna .

y ivng force 0 youthful couple n lie or death have nothng more than You. On the banks of

the Yamun in a grove of flowerng kdmb trees wll prepae a golden thone and seat You there will anoint Your da and fair fors with sandalwood pulp scented with guu. I will fan You wtha peacock tail fan and see Your two moonlike faces

wl string garlands of a flowers and placethem around Your Lordships' necks and for Your

otus ips wll ofer betel leaves scented with camphor By the side of Lait and Viskh 1 wll standready to full any order of service at their otus feet6) Narottama dsa the servant of the servant of theservant of Lord Caitanya says: "Allow e to enagen these pastimes of devotional service"

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SAPR$ADA-GAURAVIRAHAVI LPAby Narottama d Thkura

1 ye an/o prem-dhn krui prcur heno prbhu koth gela acary fhakur

kh mor vrprp, kh ontnkha darghunath pttpavn

kaha mor bh{-yug kaha kvrajek-kale kotha gela gur n-rj

p�e kubo mth nle psbo gurag guer ndh koth gele pabo

5 e b g ge ye kolo v e g n py knde nrottmo da

hat personality who delivered the treasure of prembhkt who was so ntense wth compassion-where is such a personaity to be found as Sr Acryahkura (rnivsa crya)? 2) Where are the vorsof the fallen souls? Where is my varpa Dmodara, andwhere are Rpa Gosvand antana Gosvm?Whee is Raghuntha dsa to be found? 3 Where aremy Raghuntha Bhaa and Gopla Bhaa Gosvms?

Where am I to find Sr KQadsa Kavirja now?l at once they have gone to jon Lord Gaurga thegreat dancer. 4 o reach such a perfect personaltyas Lord Catanya, I can ony break my head aganstthe stone in the anguish of separaton 5) hey haveall gone off together in ther own la pastmes)Narottama dsa hkura says: "Unabe to obtain theirassociation I must simpy eep"

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gaurgera duti pada, yra dhana-sampada, se jne bhakai-rasasra

gaurgera madhura-l, yra karoe praveil,hdy nirmala bhel ra

ye gaurgera nma lya, ra hy premdya,re mui yi balihri

gaurga·guoee jhure , niya-ll r sphure, se jana bhakaiadhikr

gaurgera agi-gaoe, niya siddha kri mne se yya vrajendrasua-pa

r-gaufamaQqala-bhmi, yeb jne cinma!ira hy vrajabhme vsa

gaura-premarasrave, se arage yeb ube se dhmdhava-anaraga

rhe v vanee hke, 'h gaurga ble ke,naram mge ra saga

PURPORby His Divine GraceA.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupda

his is a song by Narottama dsa hkura in praise ofthe glories of Lord Caitanya Gaurnga refers to ordCaitanya, who has a fair complexion One who has a faircomplexion is caed ura, and since Lord Caitanya wasvery fair just ie molten god He was also named

Gaurasundara Narottama dsa hkura says gaurngeradu_i pads yra dhaa-ampada e je bhakatiraara.Anyone who has accepted the two lotus feet of LordCaitanya can undestand the true essence of devotiona

service Devotional service is very difficult It cannot beunderstood by any ordinary man As it is stated in theBhavadgt out of many thousands of persons whoare trying to achieve the perfection of uman fe onysome actually become perfect and realize the self Andout of many thusands of such sefrealized personsonly one can understand KQa Without understandingK�Qa how can one engage himsef in the service ofK�Qa? herefore the devotiona seice of KQa is not

an ordinary thing But fortunately if one folows in thefootsteps of Lord Caitanya (gaunge du_ pads) byfolowing the path shown by ord Caitanya-the processof simply chanting Hare KQahe can very easiy understand what devotiona seice is herefore Narotamadsa hkura prays that one tae shelter of LordCaitanya and follow in His footsteps for then one canunderstand the essence of devotional service

od Caitanya's pastmes are very pleasing because

the basic prnciples of Lord Caitanya Mahprabhusmovement are chanting dancing and eating Ka

prada He made His headquarters in Jaganntha Purand woud dance chant and then immediatey call for

prada to be distrbuted to the devotees hey wereso peased that every day hundreds of men would come

to chant and dance wth Lod Catanya. The templepopeto te Kng of Ossa Mahja Patpauda

encouage hm n chantng od Catanyas name andda j st as e la a d say Ba o!" s laly he

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popeto, te Kng of Ossa Mahja Patpaudahad an open oder to the wokers in the temple tosupply as much prasda to od Catanya's devoteesas they wanted Theefoe Hs pastmes ae veypleasant: chant dance and take prasda If one scaptvated by the pastmes of od Catanya smply by

chantng and dancng and eatng prasda the dty thngsn hs heat wl all become ceansed The heat ofanyone who takes to ths movement of chantngdancng and eatng K�Qa prada wl suely be cleansedof al dty mateal contamnaton Naottama dsahkua says vey ghty gaurngera madhura-Iyra karJe praveil, hdoy rmaa bheo tra: f onewants to ceanse hs heat he must take to the movement of od Catanya Ka conscousness.

od Catanya s so nce that one who smply takesthe hoy name of Gauasundaa Ka Catanya wllmmedatey deveop love of God Geneally devoteesfst chant r k{fB·Cataya prabhu tyada fo thepemnay pocess of cleansng the heat s to nvokethe mecy of od Catanya od Ntynanda and Theassocates L means "pastmes" Wthot assocatesthee cannot be pastmes so Catanya Mahpabhu salways accompaned by assocates-Ntynanda Advata

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Gaddhaa Svsa and many othe devotees Trameans hs" hoy means t s effected" and premodoy efes to development of love of God Smpy bychantng r k{B·Cataya prabhu tyadaone mmedatey develops ove of God To such apeson Naottama dsa hkua says Bavo! to

dancng: just as we clap and say Bavo!" smlaly heays, y bahr Vey nce. Excellent!

Then he says gaurngaguete jhure tya tre sphre f one appecates the mecful pastmes ofod Catanya and feels ecstasy and sometmes cesths pocess wll mmedatey help hm to undestand

the pastmes of RdhKa whch ae called tya-The lovng affas between RdhKa ae not atempoary thng Hee n ths mateal wold we cansee ovng affas between boys and gls but that stempoay That s smply fo a few months a fewyeas o maybe a lttle moe But then al that socalledove wl go to hell They ae not permanent affasBut f one eally wants pemanent love affas he mustente nto the pastmes of RdhKa. Smply by

appecatng od Catanyas movement one canmmedately ente nto o undestand RdhKasetenal pastmes ne who can undestand the tanscendental etena pastmes of RdhKa eaches thehghest pefectonal stage of devotonal sevce

The net lne s gaurngera aggae Sggaemeans assocates." od Catanya s always assocatedHe s not alone We neve see a pctue of od Catanyaalone At east thee must be od Ntynanda o

Gaddhaa ata Actualy wheeve od Catanyawas pesent many thouands of devotees wouldassemble Such devotees especaly those who weeHs neaest ntmate assocates wee tyaddha nthe devotonal lne thee ae thee knds of pefectdevotees One s caled dhaaddha. Ths efes to a

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person who has very rigidly performed the regulative

prescriptons and thereby reached the perfectional stage.Reachng the perfectional stage by execting theregulative pinciples is caled sdhana-siddha. Thereis another devotee who is called krpsiddha He maynot have executed the regulative principles veryrigidly, bt by his service mood he is specificalybenedicted by the spiritua maste or K�a. He is immediately pomoted to the perfectonal stage This is called kpsiddha Nityasiddha is one who was

neve contaminated by the material nature The sdhanasiddhas and the kpsiddhas were spposed thave once been in the contamination of materal nature,bt nityasiddhas never came into contact with themateia natue. Al the associates of Caitanya

Mahpabh are nityasiddhas, or eternaly pefect

Nitynanda Prabh is Baarma, the immediate expanson of Krsna. Advaita Prabh s Mah-Visnu He is aso

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visnutattva Gaddhaa Prabhu is an expansion of .

"

Rdhr and Srvsa is an ncarnation of Nrada

They are nityasiddha or etenally perfect Theywere never imperfect They wee never in contactwith materia contaminaton. We should nderstandthat as Lord Caitanya Mahprabhu, KQa Himself, is transcendental, simiarly, His persona associates are also

nityasiddha or eternally transcendental. Se yyavajendasutapa Vajenda-suta means K�aSimpy by accepting that the assocates of LordCaitanya are eternaly free one can imediatey bepromoted to th transcendental abde f ord K�a

Sr-gaua-malabhomi Gaua means West BengalLord Caitanya appeared in West Bengal NavadvTpa and

one o the confidential devotees o Rdh and KQaherefore Narottama dsa hkra concdes

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Lord Caitanya appeared in West Bengal, NavadvTpa andHe especially flooded that part o the contry with the

sakrtana movement. hat part o the county hasspecia significance for it is non-diferent fromVndvana. It is as good as Vndvana vng n Vndvanaand living in Navadvpa are the same Narottama dsa

hkra says, $r-gaupa-mapala-bhmi, yeb jne cintmai Cintmai means the transcendenta abodeTra hy vraabhme vsa I one simply nderstandsthat this land o Navadvpa is not different fromVndvana then he actuay ives n Vndvana Oneshold not think that he is living in Benga or anymaterial contry; the places where Lord Caitanya hadHis pastimes are as good as Vndvana

ord Caitanya's distribtion o this ove o God

s compared with an ocean (rasa-arQava) What kindo ocean? Not this salty ocean that one cannot tastehe water o this ocean is so nice that i one drinkseven one drop he will like it more and more t isnot ordinary ocean water, of which one cannot tasteeven a dop hereore it is caled rasrQava. In thatocean thee are dierent waves an ocean does notstand stil, for it is not impersonal or void And asthe ocean s always dancing wth waves smiarly

the ocean of transcendenta love of K�a as introdcedby Lord Caitanya has constant waves constant sondOne has to dive deep into that ocean f one knowsthe secret and says "et me dive deep nto theocean o the transcendental loving movement ntrodced by Lord Caitanya he mmedately becomes

herefore Narottama dsa hkra concdesths song by sayng, rhe v vanete thke, 'h gaurga

be <ke It is not necessary that one become amendicant or give up his family lie and societyOne can remain whereve he nds it sitable whetheas a hoseholder as a brahmacr as a vnarastha

o as a sannys Vnarasthas and sannyss aresupposed to live otside o the cty. Vanete meansoest. Formerly those who were in sprital consciosness used to ive in the orest to become ree o theturmoil o city ife Bt that is not possibe now.In this age, no one can go into the orest hatreqires practice and no one is practiced to thatine hereore generaly one s recommended tolive with his friends wie and children; that doesnt

matter Bt he mst tae to the pocess o K)aconscosness as introdced by ord Caitanya.It is not diict he rea thing is that one has toaccept the movement o Lord Caitanya: chantingdancing and eating K[fB·rasda Even if one isin amily lie, there is no dificlty He can just sitdown, chant Hare K�a dance nicely, and then takeK�Qa-rasda Everyone can do ths hose whohave renonced ths word sannyss, aso can do

it there is no difficlty herefore Narottama dsahkra says that it doesn't matter whether one s a brahmacr rhastha or sannys He says I yohave taken to these prnciples o lie I desire yorcompany becase yo are a devotee of ord Caitanyan ths way, Narottama dsa hkra inishes the song

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SR/-GURUCARAfA-PADMAby Narottama dD Thkura

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1) srTguru-caraQapadma, kevala bhakatiadma, band mui vadhna mateyhra prade bhi, e bhava toriy yi,

kaprpti hoy yh hoite

2 guru-mukhapadma-vkya citete koy aikya r n koro mane

rgurucaraQe rati, ei ei uttamagati

ye prade pre arva

3 cakhudna do yei janme anme prabhu ei, dibya-n hde prokto

premabhakti yh hoite, avidy vina yteve gy yhra carito

4 ruru karuQindhu, adhama anra bandhu,

lokanth okera vana h h prabhu koro doy, deho more padachy, ebe yaa ghufuk tribhuvana

The lotus feet of our spiritua master are te onyway by which we can attain pure devotiona sevice.

I bow to his otus feet with great awe and everenceBy his grace one can cross the ocean of aterialsuffering and obtain the mercy of Ka

My ony wis is to have my consciousness purifiedby te words emanating from is otus out Attac-ent to his otus feet is te perfection tat fufis a

desires.

He opens my darkened eyes and fis y eartwith transcendenta knwedge. He is y Lor birthafter birth. From him ecstatic prema eanates; by i

ignorance is destroyed he Vedic scriptures sing of

is character

Our spiritua master is the ocean of mercy, te

friend of the poor and the ord and master of thedevotees. 0 master! Be merciful unto me Give mete sade of your lotus feet Your fame is spread allover te three worlds

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by Narottama dsa hkura

irk�Qacatanya-prabhu day koro moretom vn ke daylu jagat sasre

patta-pvanahetu tava avatra

mo-samo patta prabhu n pbe ra

h h prabhu ntynanda premandasukhkrpbaokana koro m bado dukh. .

day koro stpat advata gos tava kpbole p catanyant

h h svarpa, santana rpa raghunth

bhaayuga, rva h prabhu lokanth

dya koro irT-acary prabhu rnvsrmacandrasaga mge narottamo ds

PURPORTby His Dvine GraceAC Bhaktivedanta Swam Prabhupda

This s a song composed by Narottama dsahura He prays to Lord Caitanya, "My dear Lord,please be merciful to me, because who can be moremercifu than Your Lordshp within these three words?"Actually, this s a fact Not only Narottama dsahkura but Rpa Gosvm also prayed to od

Catanya in ths way At the ime of the frst meetngof Lod Caitanya and Rpa Gosvm at Prayg(Alahabad), ra Rpa Gosvm said "My dea LordYou are the most munificent of all incarnaions

because You are distributing love of K�'a KQaconscousness When K�;a was personally presentHe simpl asked us to surrender but He did notdstrbute Himself so easy He made condtions-" Frst of al you surender" But this incarnaion, LordCatanya, athough K�a Himself makes no such condition. He simply dstributes: "Tae love of K�aTherefore Lord Caitanya is approved as the mostmunifcent incarnation. Narottama dsa hura says

"Please be mercful to me You are so magnanimousbecause You have seen the fallen sous of this age, andYou are very much compassonate to them bu Youshould know also that I am the most falen. No one smore greatly fallen than me" Patta-pvanahetutava avatra: "Your ncarnation s just to recaim theconditioned, falln souls but I assure You that Youwl not find a greate falen soul than me Therefore,my claim is first"

hen he prays to Lord N tynanda He says,h h prabhu ntynanda premnandasukh My dearLord Nitynanda, You are always joyfu n spiritualbliss Since You aways appear very happy I havecome to You because I am most unhappy If Youkindly put Your glance over me, I may also become

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happy." Then he prays to Advata Prabhu Dayi koro st-pat advata gos. Advaita rabhu's wfes name wasSt Therefore he s sometimes addressed as sTt·pat

Thus Narottama d hkura prays, "My dear Advata

Prabhu, husband of St, you are so kind lease beknd to me If you are knd to me, naturaly LordCatanya and Ntynanda wl also be knd to me"Actualy, Advata Prabhu invted ord Catanya tocome down When Advaita Prabhu saw that the falensouls were al engaged simpy n sense gratfcatoryprocesses, not understandng Ka consciousness, hefelt very much compassonate toward the falen souls,and he also felt hmself ncapable of caming them all

He therefore prayed to ord K�Qa, "Please come Yourself Wthout Your personal presence, it s not possbleto deliver these falen souls" Thus by hs nvitatonLord Caitanya appeared Naturally, Narottama dsahkura prays to Advata rabhu, "f you wl be kindto me, naturally od Catanya and Nitynanda alsow be knd to me"

Then he prays to the Gosvms H h svarpa, santana rpa rhuntha. Svar refers to Svarpa

Dmodara, the personal secretary of ord Catanya Hewas aways wth Catanya Mahprabhu and he mmed-

atey aranged for whatever He want Two personaattendants, Svarpa Dmodara and Govnda, werealways constantly wth Lord Catanya ThereforeNarottama dsa hura also prays to Svarpa

Dmodara and then to the sx Gosvms, the next,

dscpes of Lord CatanyaSr Rpa, Sr Santana,r Bhaa Raghuntha, r Gopa Bhaa Gosvm,r Jva Gosvm and Raghuntha dsa Gosvm Thesesx Gosvms were directy nstructed by Lord Catanyato spread this movement of KQa conscousnessNarottama sa hkura also prays for ther me !cy

After the sx Gosvms the next crya was Srnvsacrya Actualy Narottama dsa Thkura was n

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the dsciplic successon after Srnva Acrya and wasalmost his contemporary, and hs personal friend wasRmacandra Cakravart Therefore he prays, "Iaways desire the company of Rmacandra Hedesires a devotees company he whole process s thatwe should always pray for the mercy of the superiorryas and keep company wth pure devotees Then twl be easer for us to advance in Krsna conscousness

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and receve the mercy of Lord Caitanya and Lord

Ka Ths s the sum and substance of this songsung by Narottama dsa hkura

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nitai-pdkml, kofi cnd-ustl,ye chayay jgt juay

hen nitai vine bhai adha-kr�I paite nai dh koi dho nitai pay

e mbndh nahi ya b[tha jnm gel ta, ei pu bo duaca

nitai na bolo mukhe m/o oaukhe,vidyakue ki koibe t

hkae mtt hoi nitipd piy tyee ty koi mani

niai kua hbe, bje adha-kHQ pabe, dho nitai-c} du'khani

nitic ty, taha evk nity nitaipd da koo a

nottmo bdo dukh7, nitai moe koo ukhakh agace pa

PURPORby His Divine GraceA.C Bhaktvedanta Swami Prabhupda

his s a vey nice song sung by Narottama dsahkura. He advises tha nitipd the lotus feet ofLord iynanda (kml means otus, and means) are heler where one wl get he soohig

moonlght not ony o one but o mlions o moonsWe can just imagne the aggregate total vaue o thesoohing shine o miions o moons. In this mateialwold g) which is progressing toward hell thee isalways a blazing ire and everyone s struggling hardwithout inding peace; thereore i the wold wants tohave eal peace t should take shelter unde he lotuseet o ord Nitynanda which are coolng ike theshning o a milion moon Juy means eie oneactually wants relie rom the struggle o existenceand actually wants to extnguish the baing re omateral pangs Narottama dsa Thkura advises"Please take sheter o ord itynanda

What will be he resut o accepting the shetero the lotus eet o od Nitynanda? e says hen

niti vine bhi: uness one takes sheler under the shadeo the otus eet o ord N itynanda dhk pte

nit will be very diicut for him o appoach RdhK�Qa he aim of his K�Qa consciousness movementis to enabe us to approach RdhK�Qa and associatewith the Supreme ord in His sublme pleasure danceNarottama dsa h3kura advises that i one actualywans to enter into the dancing party o Rdh-K�ahe must accept the shelter o the lotus eet o odtynanda

hen he says e mbndh nh. Smbndhmeans connecion or contact Anyone who haso contaced a elaionship with Nitynanda is under

72 stood to have spoiled his human birth. In another song What are they doing? Nitai na boo mukhe.



also Narottama dsa says hari hari viphale janamagohainu: anyone wo does not approac Rdh-K�athrough a reationship wt Ntynanda has uselessyspoiled his ife B[th ,means useless Janma meansfe" T means is" and smbandha meansrelationshp Anyone who does not make a relationshp with Nitynanda is simply spoiling te boon of hishuman form of life. Wy is e spoiing it? Se pau bfo

duracar. Sei means tat" pu means animal"and duracar means msbehaved or te most misbehaved. Without elevation to K�a consciousnessthrough te mercy of Lord Caitanya and Nitynandaife is simpy spoied for the animal propensities of sensegatification Narottama dsa says that ordinary animalscan be tamed but when a uman being is animalistichaving only animal propensities he is most orribefor e cannot be tamed Ordinary cats and dogs or evena tiger can be tamed but wen a uman being goes outof his way and negects to take to the human activityof Ka consciousness his higer inteligence wilsimply be misused for animal propensities and it isvery difficult to tame im he enactment of state awscannot make a thief an honest man; because his eartis poluted e cannot be tamed Every man sees tata person who commits crimina offenses is punished bythe government and also in scriptura injunctionspunishment in hel is mentioned But despite hearingfrom scripture and seeing the action of the state lawsthe demoniac cannot be tamed

Since they do not know who Ntynanda is they neversay the names of Lord Nitynanda and ord CaitanyaM M means becomes absorbed.

hy become absorbed in socalled mateial enjoymenthey don't care who ord Caitanya and Nitynanda areand teefore tey go deep down into mateal existenceVidya-kule ki korbe t ar : if one as no connection wthNitynanda and if he does not come to K)a consciousness is vidya, or is socaled academic education andkue birth in a ig famiy o geat nation will notprotect im Regardess of whether one is born in a veybg famiy or nation or as a very advanced academiceducation at te time of death nature's aw wil act iswork wil be fnished and e wll get another bodyaccording to that work

Why are tese human animas actng in tis way?Ahkre matt ho nit-pd pry hey havebecome maddened by a false concept of bodily ife andthus they have forgotten their eternal elationshipwith Nitynanda Atyere ty kor :suchforgetful persons accept the illusory energy as factuaAtyere refers to that which is not a fact or inother words my My means that which has noeistence but is a temporary illusion only Persons whohave no contact with Nitynanda accept tis illusorybody as factua.

Narottama dsa Tkura ten says ntir kruQ hbe, brje rdh-k�I pbe: If you actualy want toapproach the association of RdhKa you must

chieve the mercy of Lord Nityannd irst. When He



s mercful towrd yo, hen you wi be be topproch Rdha-K�" Dharo niticaraQa du'khni.Nrottm das dvises tht one firmy ctch he otsfeet of Lord Nitynnd.

Then gin he sys, ntcaraQa satya. Oneshod not misunderstnd nd think th s he hscgh hod o my, smiry the otus eet ofNiynnd my so be somehng ike tht my orson Thereore Nrom ds confirms ntcaraQa atya: The ots eet o Nyannd re noson; they re c Thra sevaka ntya ndone who engges in the rnscenden oving serviceof Ntynnd is so rnscendent. I one engges inhe trnscenden oving sevice o N iynnd n) consciosness he immeditey chieves histrnscendent posiion on the spritu ptformwhch is eern nd bssf. Therefore he dvisesnfpada ad koro a wys ry to cch he otsee o Lord Nitynnd

Narottamo bao dukh Nrotm ds Thkr,he crya s tking he posion tht he s very nhppy Acuy he s representng orseves e sys

My der Lord I m very nhppy. Nt more koroukhl Therefore I m prying o ord N ityannd tomke me hppy Rkha rg-caraQra pa Pesekeep me in corner o Yor otus eet

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SR7R0PA-MANJA RPADAby Nottm das Thak

1 sri-rupamanjarTpada e mora ampada, e mor bhajaapujaa

e mora pradhaa, e mor bharaQ a, e mor jvaera jvaa

3 e mora raadh, e mora vfchddh e mor vedera dharama

e vrata e tapa/, e mora matrajapa e mor dharamakarama

5 akula ha'be vdh, e pade hobe ddh,rakhbo ed ayae

6 erupa mdhrr prakvalaya a! praphllto habe -de

ty adaraa ah, garale jrala dehcrod tpta Jaa

B h h prabh koro doy deho more padachy,arottama lolo (araQ a

he lots feet of Si Rup Mjr e my tese,my devotonl sevce d my object of woshp. 2) eyhey gve my lfe menng, d they e the lfe of mylfe hey e the pefecton of raa nd they epefecton wothy of ttnment hey e te vey lwof te Vedc scptes fo me hey e te megof l my fsts nd pences nd my slet ttengs ofm matra. ey e te bss of elgo d ctv-tes By the pfyg pocess of fvoble devotolsevce one w tt pefecton d wth these two

eyes be ble to see

Hs tnscendetl fom s snge moonght my het, nd my het theefoeshes d ecpoctes I ote wods te odnymoo lghts p the nght, nd ts she llmtesothe obects; bt the moo of te efflgece of tefom of S Rp Mjsnes nto te et nd mesthe het so sne bc to te sptl sy hsmoo shes ot only te ngttme bt dy dght 7 Yo bsence fom my vson s le dose of

stog poson, nd I wl sffe tll the end of my fe8 Nottm ds sys: "Plese gve me yomecy nd the shde of yo lots feet

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VINAVNby Nottm das Thk

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vrndvana amyasthna, divya cintmai-dhma,atana-mandia manohaa

vta klindne jahasa ke/i koethe obhe kanakakama/a

ta madhye hemap�tha a{ada vefita, afadae padhn nyik

ta madhye atnsane bose hen duijaneyma-sage sundaT dhik

pa-lba(yas amiya qiche khasi

hsyapaihsasambhae aotama-da koya nityal sukha-moya

adi sphuka moe mae

Vrndvn is tnscendentl beutifl plce.I s n the spt sy, whee eveyhing is mde

of ochstone which ffills l desies A the templesthee e edeced wth cosly jewels. n th fdstn pce s he Rve Ymn, which s f of lots flowes n he mdst of ht thong of osfowes hee s golden o, ppeng le noheg lots flowe wh eigh pels who e nonet the egh chef gops who wys sond Rdhnd K�Q. n he sondng pes hee is goden hone whee he wo nscendenl loves

nmey Rdh nd Ks e seted of l of them the goveng D�ty s Sm Rdh.hee s no compson o Rdh's ey ndhe se of He tnscendenl ody he so-cledey of he moon hs flen on he gond n hepesence of Rdh's ety. n ht ssemy of dhK�Q nd he picp ssoces thee s flood of lghng nd jong s hey ddess onenohe ottm ds sys ht he een

psmes of RdhK�Q fom dy o dy e flof nscenden plese. Let s ll emembe themnow nd hen nd hs ecome hppy even n thsmel wold.

6THE HOLY PACES OF V�NDVANAby KrQadsa Kavija Gosvm



by KrQadsa Kavija Gosvm

1 jay a dhe jay a k[fB jaya vrndvanasigovnda, gopntha, madanamohana

2 yma-kw, dhkuQ; a, g-govadhanklndyamun jaya, jaya mahvana

3 kegh_ ta, vava{a, dvdaaknanayh aba l koo 5nandanandana

4 nandayaod jaya, jay a gopagaadmd jaya, jaya dhenu-vaagaa

5 jaya v�abhnu jaya ktdunda jaya pauam, jaya bhanga

6) jaya jaya gopaa vndvanama jaya jaya kraakh bau dv1aja

7) jaya ma-gha jaya ohnandana jaya jaya vndvanavT yata jana

8 jaya dvjapatnT jaya, ngakanygaa bhaktte yh po govndacaa!a

9 -amaaa jaya jaya dhyma

jaya jaya a avamanoama10 jaya jayojjvaaaa avaaa-a

paaky-bhve yh, bajete poa

1 hnavpda-padma koy maaada k(ada kohe nmaaktana

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1) Al gloes to Radha nd Kr� nd to the tnscendent em of Vndvn A gloes to thethee pesdng Detes of Vrndavn-GovndGopinath nd Mdnmohn. 2 Al goes to,

Syamku nd Rdhaku, whch e beutfulgden pools beongng to Rada nd KrQ nd ethe plces of the pnncle of The as Gloes toGovdhn Hll nd to the Y mun o Knd ndto the get foest 3)Goes to Kegh whee K

klled the hose demon nd to the v�i-vt teewhee K� sed to st nd cll the gopTs wth sfute Gloes to the twelve goves of Vndvn Theseplces set the bckgound fo the son of NndMhaj to ly Hs stmes 4 Goes to Kr'sdvne mothe nd fthe NndY oda nd to thecowhed men Gloes to Ksn's fends the cowhed

,.

boys heded by Sdama All goes to the cows ndclves of Vndvn 5 Al gloes to Radhs mothe

•

nd fthe Ktd nd Vrbhnu nd to Hegndmothe who s the esonlty of Yomy6AI goes to the Lod of the gop1s of Vndvn ndto Krs brlhm fends Sud!m nd dhum"7Goes to Rmgh Goes to the son of Roh(Bm nd gloes to ll the nbtnts ofVrndvn 8 Al goes to the Nptns Al gloesto te wves of the Vedc brlhmns who left te

.

husnds nd suendeed t the lotus feet of Ksn.

Govnd nd wee bestowed wth pue bhkt. 9 Gloesto the en of the rs dnce nd RdhaSyamGloes to the rs- whch cptues the mnds ofl 0 A gloes to the eveshnng melow ofprk7y-bhv, the sueme ptfom of the unoyedlwess love of the gops Wth memoy of theotus feet of Lod NtynndsSkt Jhnvadev(Y ogmy Krds who descbes hmsef hee svey fen nd owy sngs the nmes of the od

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AYA RADH-GOVINDAjaya rdh-govnda rdhgovnda rdhe *

rpaosvmir padhana he

jaya rdhmadanamohana rdhmadanamohana rd he* santaner prQadhana he

jaya rdhdmodara rdh-dmodara rdhe *

jvaosvmir prfa-dhana he

jay a rdhramaQa rdhramaQa rdhe *

gopla-bha{er prfa-dhana he

jaya rdhgokulnanda rdhgokulnanda rdhe *

lokanther pr!a·dhana he

jay rdhgopintha rdh-gopnth rdhe *

madhupQter prQa-dhan he

(repeat)*

jay rdhymsundar rdh-ymasundr rd he*ymnnder prQadhan he

jay a rdh-grhrT rdhgrdhr rdhe *dsaosvmr prf-dhn he

hs ar th nams of th amous svn tmpls o Vngvana and the �caryswho Jondd thm. ST Lokantha, Si Madhupa�taand Symnanda Gosvm w assocats o SinvsaAcya, and th hstory s n a book cad thBhakti-ratnkara. Pa·dhana mans "th lord oon's " h Dts o Rdh-Govnda, Gopinthat. a th ods o h cys' lvs h Gosvms and crys w al prcty azd sous, and as sch th vson o th ty was not obstuctdby any matal oncpton. hus thy coud hath Dty spakng to thm and s th Dty's

pastms.

SRDAMODRATK,

.

by Sr Satyavrata Muni

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by Sr Satyavrata Muni

nammisvara ac-cd-nanda-rupalaat-k)gala okle bhrjamnam

yaod-bhyolukhald dhvama parmfam atyantato drtya opy

rdanta mhr netrayma mjantakarmbhoja-ymena taka-netram

mhJ vakampa-trrekhka-ka)(ha thta-rava-dmodara bhakt-baddham

This eght loka prayer is sung mornng andevenng during the month of Dmodara.

1) To the supreme controler who possesses

an eterna form of bssful knowedge, whose glistenngearrings swng to and fro who manfested Himsef inGokula who stole the butte that the op kept hangngfrom the rafters of thei storeooms and who thenquickly jumped up and ran in etreat in fear of MotherYa�od but was ultimatey caught-to that SupremeLord r1 Dmodara, offer my humble obesances.

2 Upon seeing His mother's whippng stickHe cried and ubbed His eyes again and again with

His two lotus hands. His eyes were fearfu and Hisbreathing quick and as Mother Ya�od bound Hisbely with ropes, He shivered in fight and His pea

necklace shook To this Supreme Lord Sr Dmodaawho is bound with His devotees love offer myhumble obeisances

tdrk va-lbhr nandaknde

va-hofa nmaantam khy payantamtadyeta-jef bhaktar tatva

pnaJ premata ta atvtt vande

vara deva mok�a na mokfvadh v na Cnya V{)e 'ha vared apha

da te vapr ntha opla-bla ad me manay vrt km anyaJ

3 Those superexcelent pastimes of Lord K)asbabyhood drowned the nhabitants of Gokua in poolsof ecstasy. To the devotees who are attracted ony to

His maestc aspect of Nryaa in VaikuQha theLord heein reveas: "I am conqueed and overwhemed by pure loving devoton" To the Supemeord Dmodara my obesances hundreds and hundreds of tmes

4 0 Lord, although You are abe to give alkinds of benedctions, I do not pray to You folibeaton nor eternal life in Vaku0ha norany othe boon My only praye is that You

chidhood pastmes may constantly appear inmy mnd 0 Lod I do not even want to knowYour feature of Paramtm simply wish that Yourchidhood pastmes may eve be enacted in myheart

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ida te mukhmbhojam atyanta-nTair vta kuntalai snigdharaktai� ca gopy

muhu{ cumbita bimbaraktdhara me

manasy virstm a/a lak1Ibhai namo deva dmodarnanta viQO

prasda prabho dukhajlbdhi-magnamk(pdivYtida batnu

rhea mm ajam edhy akfi

5 Lord, the cheeks of Your blackish lotus face, whch is encircled by locks of crng har have

become reddened lke bimba frit de to MotherYa�od's kisses. What more can I describe thanthis? Millions of opulences are of no use to me,but may this vision constantly remain in mymnd

6 nlmted Vi master! Lord Bepleased pon me I am drowning in an ocean of sorrowand am almost ike a dead man Plea shower theran of mercy on me; plift me and protect me

with Your nectarean vision

kuvertmajau baddhamDrtyaiva yadvat tvay mocitau bhaktibhjau ktau ca

tath premabhakti svak me prayaccha

na mokfe graho me 'sti dmodareha

namas te stu dmne sphurad-dtimnetvadyodaytha vivasya dhmne

namo dhikyai tvadya priyyai namo nantallya devya tubhyam

7 Lord Dmodara, in Your form as a babyMother Ya bond You to a grinding stone with

a ro for tying cows Yo then freed the sons ofKuvera Magrva and Naakuvera, who were crsedto stand as trees and Yo gave them the chance tobecome Your devotees lease bess me in this same

way have no desre for iberation into Yor effgence.8) 0 Lord the entire niverse was created by ord

Brahm who was born from Yor aomen which was bond with a rope by Mother Yaod To this rope I offer my hmbe obeisances offer my

;

obeisances to Your most beoved Srmat Rdhrand to Yor nlimted pastimes



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SR7GUR-PARAMPAR

kr�Qa hoite catu-mukha, hoy k(�asevonmukha,bahm hoite nadea mai

nada hoite vysa, madhva kohe vysa dsa,

papaja padmanbha gati

nrhaimdhavavae, akobhyapaamahase,�ya boli agka koe

ak�obhyea s�ya joyttha nme pacoy,ta dsye jnasindhu toe

th hoite doynidhi, ta dsa vidynidhi,jenda hoilo th ho 'te

tha kikoa joydhama nme paicoy, paampa jna bhlo mate

jayadhamad§sye khyti, puUfOttamayati,t ho te bahmayatTthas

vysattha ta dsa, lak�mati vysadsa,th hote mdhavendpu

mdhavendapuboo, i�yaboo va,

nitynanda, advaita vibhuvaapuke dhanya, koena Jcaitanya,

jagadguu gauamahpabhu

mahpabhu caitanya, dhk�!a nahe anya,upnugajanea jvana

visambhaapiyakoo, svapadmodao,,_ - - -

s gosvam1 upa sonatan

papiya mahjana, Vaaghuntha hana,ta piya kavi k(�adsa

k�adsaiyaboo, naottama se pao,a pada vivantha a

vivantha bhaktasth, baladev jagannthta piya bhaktivinoda

mahbhgavata·boo1 gauakioabooI

haibhajanete ya moda

.abhnavbo sad sevyasev patha doyita-dsa-nm

ta padhn pacako, bhaktiedntanmako, prhivte gauav bhitoe

ei saba hai-jana, gaugea nijajana,

t de ucchi�e mo kma

Lord Kna elighteed the for-faced Brahmwith the devotoal scece whch Brahm the passed

Vysa who is presetly this word. he cryas comg from Madhva are Padmabha Nhar Mdhava

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with the devotoal scece, whch Brahm the passedo to Nrada M I the SrTmad-Bhgavatam, SecodCato, Nth Chapter, the history of how Lord Brahmreceived tatio drectly fom Ka s expaed.Brahm oud hmself the mdst of darkess. Hetred to explore the dar verse by travelg dowthe stem of the lotus plaet of his brth, bt, beg oly

aj wth lmted sees tellect ad power hefaled to fd more tha darkes Brahm the heardthe syables ta ad pa from otsde the coverg ofthe verse ad folowig ths strcto he performed tapasya o peace, by whch the sprtalrealm was revealed to hm The for seed verses of theBhgavatam were trasmtted by the Lord Hmsef toBrahm. he cocluso s that Brahm cod otuderstad aythg by hs ow attempt; oly by LordKna's reveato coud Brahm get absolte kow

ledgeLord Brahm took to the dscipic sccessoaturally He tated Nrada Mu, who turitated Vysadeva, the comper o all Vedc teratures. t is recorded the Bhgavatam First CatoFfth Chapter, that Vysadeva compled the Vedas our dvsos ad the wrote the MahbhrataPuras ad Upani�ads ad reveaed the coclsoo kowledge the VedntasDtras. Yet as he medtated he dd ot eel satsfed, ad Nrada Mexplaied to hm that this was becase he ha d ot

descrbed the Ils, forms qualtes, etc, o Lord KnQahe Vysadeva expaded the for seed verses of theSr7madBhvatam to 18,0 verses, ad thetated Madhvcrya. Vysadeva s stl lvg theHmalayas at Badarrama, ad, thereore, there so gap of tme betwee Vysa ad Madhva; they arecotemporares st a we are cotemporaes of

comg from Madhva are Padmabha, Nhar Mdhava,Ak�obhya Jayatrtha, Jasdh Daydh,Vdyidh, Redra, Jayadharma, Pr�ottama,Brahmayatrtha, Vysatrtha, La�mpati, adMdhavedra Pur. (Baladeva Vdybha, the greatcrya who wrote the commetary o Vedntastraater hearig t drectly rom the Deity Govda

has cofrmed Mdhavedra Prs coecto wththe Madhvasampradya.)Mdhavedra Pur had several dsciples who were

highy trascedeta persoates. Lord Nityada,the carato of Lord Balarma, ad r Advata,the carato of Mah·Vi� accepted tato fromhm. However, r vara P� possessed a very hghstadard of devoto ad wold eve cea the toletplace for hs sprta master. hs 5vara Pur wasgve the seat of crya He tr tated Lord

Caitaya, Who s oe other tha RdhKa Hmelad Who s the lvg orce o the followers of RpaGosvm Lord Cataya is scceeded by Rpa Gosvmalog wth Svarpa Dmodara ad Sataa Gosvm,the Raghutha dsa ad Jva Gosvm KadsaKavira, Narottama da hkura, ad VathaCaravart hkra. Vivatha Caravart was thespritual master o Baladeva Vidybh�aa adJagatha dsa Bb. Jagatha das mostbeloved dscple s rla Saccdada Bhaktvoda,who empowered rla Gaurakora dsa Bb, a

uttama·adhkr mahbhgavata great devotee othe hghest order to itate rla BhatsddhtaSarasvat hra, who s also sprtualy amedr Vrbhavdayita d have added oe morele to ths sog: "His foremost dcplepreacher sBhaktvedata Swam Prabhupda, who has spread themesge of Lord Cataya throghot the etre world

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SRRADHIKA-T VH�

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by Srila Rupa Gosvmi

radhe jy jy mdhv-dyitegokul-tuTmlmhite

dmod-tivdhnvese hinifku-vndvipinee

Vbhnddhi-nv-lekhe/lit-khi gumitviskhe

ku kuu myi ku-bhite nkntnvitcite

,

Glores, glores to Sri Rdhri the beovedof Mdhava and most worshable of the cowherdgrls of Gokla Ma•ala

Decorated by the dess of Lord Dmodara'snceasng ecstasy Yo are the ady of the hose oford Har and he goves of Vndvana.

From the ocean of V�abhn has arsen a newmoon whch s overwhemng the qates of alt

and Vkh0 Goddess Yor altes are descrbed by Sanaa

and Santana s and by Santna Gosvmi Pleasebestow Yo mercy pon me

,

RITA-KAMALA

by Jayadeva Gosvml

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1) sta-kamalkucamaf{ala (he) dhrta-kundala (e)

. .

4 madhu-muranarakavinana (he) garuana (e)

ura-ku/akelnidna

7 abhinavaa/adhara-undara (he) dhta-mandara (e)

rmukhacandra-cakrakalita-lalita-vanamla jaya jaya deva hare jaya jaya deva hare jaya jaya deva hare

2 dinamaQi-maQa/a-maQana (he) bhava-khaJana (e)

munijanamnaahaa jaya jaya deva hare

ama/a-kamaladalalocana (he) bhavamocna (e)

trhuvana-bhuvananidhna jay a jaya deva hare

8 tava caraQa praat vayam (he)iti bhvaya (e)

kuru kuala prafateu jaya jaya deva hare

3 kliyavi�adhara-gajana (he) jana-rajana (e)

yadukulanalina-dinea

jaya jaya deva hare

6 janakautkta-bhaJa (he)ita-daJa (e)

amaraamita-daakaha

jaya jaya deva hare

9 r-jayadevakaver ida (he)kurute mudam (e)

magalam uva/agta

jaya jaya deva hareI) Glories, gories to Lord Har, the Supeme

Personaiy o Godhed who is bedeked with jeweedarrigs and a grd of fores owes ad whoseee mrked wth a ous!

2 The ord's face shies ike h whor o the sun.He removes h mseries of Hs devoees nd is thesng pae of he ids of th swnke sgesGores! Gories o od � Hai

3 Supreme Persoity of Godhed whodesroyed he demona Kiy serpen od, You

re he beoved of a ivng entities d the su inh gaaxy of the Yadu dynasty Gories Goriesto ord ai

4) od, desoyer o the dmons Madh Mrand Nak Satd o Garuga You are he soueo oy o he demgods. A gores o H

5 ord Your er eyes ae ike ous peas andYu dtry h bnd h m wod You

are he maintae of he hee words Goes o odHai

6 0 ord s he gem o th os of Janaka Youwre voious over the asura, and You smshedthe grees asur the en-headed Rv Goreso ord Har

71 0 Supreme Persoy o Godhed who hedhe Govarh Hi I Your ompeion is ike afesh mosoon oud and S Rdhr is k acakora bird who is oushed by drnkg the gh

of Your oonie fe Gores! Goies to odSr Har8) ord I oe my humbe oi a

Your ous ee Pea bes me by You imtssmey Gors Gorie o ord S Har

9 The poe Sr ayadva oes hs sog odvotion d shining go oun o Thee Aoie A oi o od ri Hr

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SRR7-GAURANIYNANDERA DAYAby Locana dsa Thkura

parama karuoa, pahw1 dui jananiti-gauracandra saba avatra, sra-lrmai

kevaa-nandakanda

bhaja bhaja bhi caitanyaniti sudfha vivsa kri

vi�aya ch{iy se rase maymukhe b hari hari

dekha re bhi tri-bhuvane ni, emna daya dt

pau-pkh jhur, p§Qa vidareuni yra guoa-gth

s may, rhi pay se pade nah a

pana krma bhuye amana

khye cana-dsa

PURPORTby His Dvne GraA C Bh kti d t S i P bh d

f n gis up sns gratifiaton t is sur that h wrah the dsired goa Mukh bolo hai hari: on

i h t h t H K i th t

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A.C Bhaktivdanta Swami Prabhupda

his is a ong by Loana dsa hkura Pahunmeans "Lord", and dui ja a means two Loana dsahkua deares that the two Lords Niti-Gauraandra

Lord Niti and Lord Caitanyaare vry mriful{parama karu1a) Saba avata-, saomaJi. Avatrameans "nanaton," and saba means "a" hy areth ssne of a inanatons h spifi signifianceof thse inaations is that poseuting Thir way ofsefrealizatin is simpy joyfu {kevala-adakada)fr hey introdud hanting and daning hre armany inaations ik od ma and ven K�a, Whotaght Bhagvt·w rquires knowedge and

understanding ut Lod Caitnya and Nitynandaintodued a roess that is sipy joyfuwhih issimpy to hant and dan hrfor Loana dsarquess everyone: bhaja bhaj bi, caitaya-ii."My dar brother I rqust that you just woship LordCaitanya and Nitynanda with firm onvition andfaith" Don't think tha this chanting and daning wilnot ad to th desied goa It wil t is the assuranof Lord Caitanya Mahprabhu that one wi get a

erftion y this pross herefor one must hantwith firm faith and onvitio vivsa kori )ut what is th proess? he pross s vi�aa

chi s ras m If one wants to be K�aconsious by this proess one has to giv up his engagmn in sens gratiiation That s th ony rstriton

simpy has to hant Har Ksa, ai a, wthout any.

motive of sns gratifiationDkha o bhi ti-bhuva i Loana dsa

hkura says "My dear brthr you just try andexamne this Within the three words there is no on

ik ord Caitanya r Lrd Nitynanda beaus Thrmrfu quaitis ar s grat that Thy mak vnbids and beasts ry not to speak of human beingsAtuay when Lord Caitanya passd thrugh theforst known as JharikhaQa the tigrs lphants,snaks, der and al thr animas jond im inhaning ar Krsna It is so nie that anyone an jin

Evn th animas an join not to spak of humaneings Of course it is not possib for ordinary men

to indue animals to cant but f Caitanya Mahpabhuould inspir nias to hant, at at we an enouraghuman ings to adopt this path of are Ka matrahanting t is so ni that evn the most toneheatdman wl b mltd Psa mans ston I is so

nie that vn stone wil mtut Loana dsa hkura rgrts that h is ntrappd

by sense gratifiation addresss himsef My deamind, you ae ntappd in this sns gratifiation

process, and you h(ve no attation for hanting arKa Sin you hav no attration for the otus fetof Lord Caitanya and Lord Nitynanda what an I say?I an simpy thin of my misfortu Yamarja, thesuperintndnt of dath is punishing m by not aowingm to b attrated y this movmnt"

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SR1U LASIKI RANAby Narottama dsa Thkua

SR1-U LASI-PRAtAMA

vndya tu/asvya pryya ke{avasya ca



namo nama! tulasi kQa-preyasT namo nama!rdh·kf1asev pvo e abhlT

ye tomra araa loy, tra vch pra hoykp kor' koro tre vndvanavs

mora e abhl�a vlsa kuje do vsa nayane hero sad yugalarpars

e nvedana dhara sakhTra anugata koro sevadhkra dye koro nja ds

da k(Qadse ko e yena mora hoyrrdhgovnda-preme sad yena bhs

0 Tulasi, beloved of K�a bow befoe you aganand agan. Te only dee left n me s to seve Rdand Ka 0 dwele of Vndvana te wes ofal toe wo eek you favo ae fulfled. Betowyou kndne upon me I w you to lve n mysmall gaden and eman geen foeve 0 toeoueof beauty, am yo folowe and sakh Pay tatby makng me you madevant a a evant of Kats body wll be Hs-not mne Bles me, tat nts body may dwell only love fo Rd and Ka

vndya tu/asvya pryya ke{avasya cakBbhaktprade dev tyavatya namo nama

unto Vnd§; unto uladev; pryyaw dea; keavasya Lod Keava;and; -devotonal sevce to Lod Ksna;

. . .

wo betows; dev0 goddes; satyavatyaunto Satyavat; nama) -epeated obesance

" offer my epeated obesance unto Vnd SmatTuladev wo s vey dea to Lord Ke5va.0 goddes you betow devotonal sevce to Ka andpoess te get tut."

ULAS/ PRAYER

yn kn ca ppn brahmahatydkn catn tn praJayant pradaka pade pade

yn kn whatever; and; -sn;-kllng of a brhmaa; dknand o on; ca-also; t tn -all of tem;

praayant detoyed; Qccumambulatng; pade pade tep by step.

oe wo ccumambulate �mat ladev tep by tep destoy wateve sns tey ave commttedeven te klng of a brhmaa."

SRTULARATIby Candrasekhaa Acya

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namo nama! tulasi mahrQi,vnde mahQi namo nama!namo re namo re meiy namo nryaQnamo nama!

y1ko darae parae agha-nai mahim veda·pure vkhni namo nama!

yko patra, mafjar kmalarpaticaraQakamale lapa{ni namo nama!

dhpa da naivedya roti phulan kiye varakh varakhni namo nama!

dhanya tulas meiy praa tapa kiyerlagrmamahp{arTnamo nama!

chpnna bhoga chatra byajanavin tulas prabhu eka nhi mni namo nama!

ivaukanrada ur brahmdikodhurata phirata mahmuni jnnamo nama!

candraekhara meiy ter yao goyebhakatidna diJ7ye mahrQi namo nama

Worshpable Tulasi Dev 0 Vnd Dev, obesancesunto tee aga and agan. Al pases 0 mother ofbhakti 0 Nyai [energy of Nyaa) my humbeobesaces to thee agan ad aga Smply by ouchgo by even seeg Tuas-devi, a sns ae destroyedMy obesaces to thee agan ad aga, wose mag

nfcece s descbed n te Vedas and PurJas.Your ra s performed wth offerngs of cense adlamps owers and prases My obesances to teeaga and agan ou have peformed og austertesad ave become e oferg o e Lord's lagrmaexpanso My obesaces to thee aga and agan.The ord does no care for a sgle oe o ysxofengs or thysx curres offeed wthou atulas leaf ord va Sukadeva Nrda MuBram and al others ae payng ther espects uohee Cadraekhara (e auho wo s sngng

your gores prays "Pease bestow prma-hakti uo me. My ube obesances uto thee aganand aga"

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SRI·NRSIMHAPRANAMA.

PRAYER TO LORD NRSIMHA,_ -



namas te narasihya prahldhldadyne hrawakaipor vakfaka-nakhlayeito nsha parato nho

yato yato ym tato nha

bahir nsiho hdaye niho niham di arana prapadye

obeisances unto You narasihyaunto Lod Nsiha prahlda Pahda Mahrja-of peasue; -the give hirayaka/poo Hira�yakapu Q-chest -on thesonelike -chises -whose nasitahee nsihaod Nsiha paratathere

nhaod Nsiha yata yata;ym1 go tatathee nsiha)Lod Nsihaextenay Lod Nsiha hdayenteay -od Nsiha nsihamod Nsiha he oigin ara! ato heshete prapadye sede.

" oe my obeisances to od Nsihadeva, who saways giving biss to Hs devoees ke Pahda Maha

and chiseng at the heats of demons ike HrayakapThe devotee aways sees od Nsiha eveywheeLod Nsha is whin and without heeoe etus a ake shee o Lod Nsiha"

,_ -

FROM DASAVATARAby Jayadeva Gosvm

taa karakamalaare nakham adbhutagadaltahrayaka/putanubhgam

keaa dhtanaraharirpa jaya agada hare

taaYou kara-hands kamala areon the beautiu -nais adbhuta-ondeu gam-pointed -ipped apat hirayakapuo Hiayakaipu -the body -waspie keaa od Keva -who assmed-ha ma ad ha ion om-a goies agata od o the ivese

hare od Hai

"0 my od Nsha You hands are vey beatike the ots owe but wth Yo ong nais You havepped apat he wasp Hiayakaip Unto You ordo the univese I oe my humbe obeisances

Sri Dasavatara-stota

from Gta-govnda)

nndas yajnavdher ahaha srutjatam

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by Jayadeva Gosvami

( palaya-paydhjale dhavan as vedam

vhtavahtracaam akhedamkesava dhamnasarra jaya jagadsa hare

2)kstr ha viulatare tshat tava prsthedharandharanaknacakragarsthe

kesava dhakurmasaa jaya jagadsa hare

vasat dasanaskhare dharan ava lagnasasn kalankakaleva nmagna

kesava dhasukararupa jaya jagadsa hare

4}tava karakamalavare nakham adbhutasmgam

d alitahiran yakasipu-tanu-bhgam

kesava dhtanaraharupa jaya jagadsa hare5

chalayas vkramane balm adbhutavamana padanakhanirajanita- jana-pavana

kesava dhtavamanarupa jaya jagadsa hare

(6 ) ksatyarudhramaye jagadapagatapapam

snapayas payas samtabhavaapamkesava dhabhrgupatrupa jaya jagadsa hare

7

vtaras dksu rane dkpatkamanyamdasamukhamaubam ramanyamkesava dharamasara jaya jagadsa hare

8vahas vapus vsade vasanam jaladabham

halahatbhtma-yamunabhamkesava dhahaladhararupa jaya jagadsa hare

sadayahrdaya darstapasughatamkesava dhabuddhasara jaya jagadsa hare

10)mlecchanvahandhane kalayas karavalam

dhumaketum va km ap karalamkesava dhrtakalksaira jaya jagadsa hare

11)sjayadevakaver dam udam udaram

su sukhadam subhadam bhavasaramkesava dhtadasavdharupa jaya jagadsa hare

12)vedan uddharate jagant vahate bhugolam udbbhrate

datyam darayate balm chalayate ksatraksayam kuate paulastyam jayate halam kalayate karunyam atanvate

mlhan muhayate dak�ke naya tubhyam namah

( Kesava! Lord of he unverse 0 ord Har, who ave

assumed te fom of a fsh All glores to You You easly acedas a boat n te fom o a gant fsh just to gve protecton to

the Vedas, wc ad become mmersed n the turbulent seaof devastaton.

(2 Kesava ord of he unverse ord ar wo haveassumed the form of a totose Al gloes to You! In thsncarnaon as a dvne torose te great Mandara Moutanests upon Your gganc back as a pvot for curnng the oceano mlk From oldng up the huge mounan a arge scarke

depresson s put n Yor back, whch as become mostglorous

(3) Kesav� 0 Lord of te unverse Lord Hari, wo haveassumed the form of a boar Al glores to You Te earwch had become mmersed n the Garbhodaka Ocean at he botom of te unvese, sts fxed upon te tip of Your tusklke a spot upon te moon



Bhajahu Re Mana Sri Nanda-nandanaby Govinda dasa Kaviaja

93

(2) Both n the day and at nght I ean seepess,



1bhajahu re mana sri-nandanandana

abhayacaranaravinda re

durlabha manavajanama satsangetaroho e bhavasindhu re

2sita atapa bata barisana

e dina jamini jagi rebiphale sevinu krpana durajana

capala sukhalaba lagi' re

(3

e dhana, yaubana, putra, paranaithe ki ache paratiti rekamaladalajala, jivana talamala

bhajahu haripada niti re

sravana, kirtana, smarana, vandana,

padasevana, dasya re pujana, sakhijana, atmanivedan

govindadasaabhilsa re

(1) 0 mnd, just worshp the lotus of the son of Nanda which make one fearess. Havng obtainedths rare han birth, cross ove ths ocean of wody exstence throgh the association of saintly pesons

sffering the pains of the heat and cold, the wndand the rain. For a fraction of fickeng happnessI have uselessy served wicked and miserly men.

What assurance of eal happness is thee in

al of one's wealth yothfness sons, and famyembes? Ths lfe s tottering lke a dop of wate on a otus peta; theefoe you shold aways serveand woship the divne feet of Lod Ha

4) It s the desie and great longng of Govindadasa to engage hisef in the nine processes of bhakti namely heang the gloies of ord Hari

and chanting those goies, constantyremembeng H and oferng payers to Himseving the Lods ots feet, seving the SpremeLord as a sevant worshping Hi wth fowersand incense and so forth, servng im as a friendand competey offerng the Lod one's vey self.



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