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KIRTAN
Śrī Kṛṣṇa-nāmāṣṭakam - Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī nikhila-śruti-mauli-ratna-mālādyutinīrājita-pāda-paṅkajānta ayi! mukta-kulair upāsyamānaṁ paritas tvāṁ harināma! saṁśrayāmi
(1) O Harināma, I take complete shelter of You. The nails of Your lotus feet are worshiped by the radiance emanating from the necklace of jewels known as the Upaniṣads, which are the crown-jewel of all the Śrutis. You are also worshiped by liberated sages.
jaya nāmadheya! muni-vṛnda-geya! jana-rañjanāya param akṣarākṛte! tvam anādarād api manāg udīritaṁ nikhilogra-tāpa-paṭalīṁ vilumpasi
(2) O Harināma, You who are sung by the sages! O You who have assumed the form of the best of syllables to give great happiness to the devotees, all glories to You. May Your supremacy always be manifest. If You are spoken only once, even disrespectfully or in jest, You absolve all of one’s frightful sins at the root.
yad-ābhāso ’py udyan kavalita-bhava-dhvānta-vibhavo dṛśaṁ tattvāndhānām api diśati bhakti-praṇayinīm janas tasyodāttaṁ jagati bhagavan-nāma-taraṇe! kṛtī te nirvaktuṁ ka iha mahimānaṁ prabhavati?
(3) O Sun of Bhagavān’s Names, even an ābhāsa, or a manifestation of a semblance of Your names, swallows up the darkness of ignorance blinding the conditioned souls, thus enabling them to envision haribhakti. What learned scholar in this world is competent to describe Your unsurpassed glories?
yad-brahma-sākṣāt-kṛti-niṣṭ hayāpi vināśam āyāti vinā na bhogaiḥ apaiti nāma! sphuraṇena tat te prārabdha-karmeti virauti vedaḥ (4) O Nāma, the Vedas loudly declare that even without a devotee undergoing any suffering, his prārabdha-karma, which cannot be eliminated even by resolute meditation on impersonal brahma, is at once mitigated by Your appearance on the tongue.
agha-damana-yaśodā-nandanau! nanda-sūno! kamala-nayana-gopī-candra-vṛndāvanendrāḥ! praṇata-karuṇa-kṛṣṇ āv ity aneka-svarūpe tvayi mama ratir uccair vardhatāṁ nāmadheya!
(5) O Nāma, may my love for You in Your many forms—such as Aghadamana (He who overpowered Agha), Yaśodā-nandana (the son of Yaśodā), Nandasūno (the son of Nanda), Kamala-nayana (lotus-eyed one), Gopīcandra (the moon of the gopīs), Vṛndāvanendra (the Lord of Vṛndāvana], and Praṇatakaruṇa (one who is compassionate to those who are surrendered)—always increase.
vācyaṁ vācakam ity udeti bhavato nāma! svarūpa-dvayaṁ pūrvasmāt param eva hanta! karuṇaṁ tatrāpi jānīmahe yas tasmin vihitāparādha-nivahaḥ prāṇī samantād bhaved āsyenedam upāsya so ’pi hi sadānandāmbudhau majjati
(6) O Nāma, in the material world You manifest in two forms: as vācya, the Paramātmā inside the heart of each soul; and as vācaka, the sound vibration of names such as Kṛṣṇa and Govinda. We know Your second form to be more merciful to us than the first, because by chanting [Your names] the first form is worshiped, and even those who have committed offenses to Your first form are plunged into an ocean of bliss.
sūditāśrita-janārti-rāśaye ramya-cid-ghana-sukha-svarūpiṇe nāma! gokula-mahotsavāya te kṛṣṇ a! pūrṇa-vapuṣe namo namaḥ
(7) O Kṛṣṇa-nāma, You destroy the sufferings of those who take shelter of You. You are the playful embodiment of eternity, knowledge, and bliss. You are the great festival of Gokula, and You are all-pervading. I offer praṇāma unto You time and again.
nārada-vīṇojjīvana! sudhormi-niryāsa-mādhurī-pūra! tvaṁ kṛṣṇ a-nāma! kāmaṁ sphura me rasane rasena sadā
(8) O life of Nārada’s vīṇā, O You who are like waves of essential nectar in the ocean of sweetness! O Kṛṣṇa-nāma! Of Your own volition, please always manifest on my tongue.
Sri Radha Nishtha ..... dedication to Sri Radha
Bhajan by Srila Narottam Das Thakur
rādhikā caraṇa-reṇu, bhūṣaṇa kôriyā tanu,
anāyāse pābe giridhārī
rādhikā-caraṇāśraya, ĵe kare se mahāśaya,
tā̃’re muĩ ĵā̃o bôlihāri (1)
Decorate your body with the dust of Śrīmatī Rādhikā’s lotus feet, and you will easily attain Giridhārī. One who takes shelter of Rādhikā’s lotus feet is a great personality, and I heartily glorify such a soul.
jaya jaya rādhā-nāma, vṛndāvana ĵā̃’ra dhāma,
kṛṣṇa-sukha-vilāsera nidhi
henô rādhā-guṇa-gāna, nā śunilô mora kāṇa,
vañcita kôrilô more vidhi (2)
All glories to the name of Rādhā, whose abode is Śrī Vṛndāvana. She is the repository of loving pastimes that bring happiness to Śrī Kṛṣṇa. If my ears do not hear such narrations of Rādhā’s glories, then destiny has cheated me.
tā̃’ra bhakta-saṅge sadā, rasa-līlā prema-kathā,
ĵe kare se pāya ghanaśyāma
ihāte vimukha ĵei, tā’ra kabhu siddhi nāi,
nāhi ĵenô śuni tā’ra nāma (3)
One who always engages in love-filled discussions of Her rasa-laden pastimes with Her devotees attains Ghanaśyāma. One who is averse to this will never attain perfection. Let me not even hear the name of such a person.
kṛṣṇa-nāma-gāne bhāi, rādhikā-caraṇa pāi,
rādhā-nāma-gāne kṛṣṇacandra
saṅkṣepe kahinu kathā, ghucāo manera byathā,
duḥkhamaya anya kathā-dvandva (4)
O brother, by chanting Kṛṣṇa’s name, one attains the lotus feet of Śrīmatī Rādhikā, and by chanting Rādhā’s name, one attains Śrī Kṛṣṇa-candra. I have briefly spoken advice by which you may dispel the sufferings of your heart. Contradictory words will only lead to pain and sorrow.
Vrindavana Ramya Sthana -Vasanti- Rasa Amorous pastimes in the spring, from Prarthana by Narottama Das Thakura
LYRICS:
(1)
vṛndāvana ramya-sthāna dibya-cińtāmaṇi-dhāma
ratana mandira manohara
abṛta kālindī-nīre rāja-haḿsa keli kare
tāhe śobhe kanaka-kamal
(2)
tār madhye hema-pīṭha aṣṭa-dale beṣṭita
aṣṭa-dale pradhāna nāyika
tār madhye ratnāsane ba’si āchen dui-jane
śyāma-sańge sundarī rādhikā
(3)
o-rūpa-lābaṇya-rāśi amiyā pariche khasi
hāsya-parihāsa-sambhāṣaṇe
narottama-dāsa koy nitya-līlā sukha-moy
sadāi sphurūk mora mane
Translation
The beautiful place known as Vrindavan is a transcendental abode in the spiritual world, and is composed entirely of divine touch-stones. There are many enchanting temples bedecked with costly jewels. The royal swans known as Raja -hamsa frolic the waters of the river Yamuna, which surrounds that transcendental island. In the midst of that divine river is a beautiful golden lotus of a hundred petals.
In the center of that lotus is a golden platform surrounded by eight petals. Situated upon those eight petals are the eight principal sakhis, headed by Lalita and Vishakha. In the center of the surrounding petals the Divine couple presides, seated upon a jeweled throne. In the company of Lord Shyam sits the beautiful Radhika.
The waves of Their beauty and sweetness are emanating showers of nectar in the form of their talks, which are filled with a flood of laughing and joking as they address one another. Narottama Dasa says" May these eternal pastimes overflowing with transcendental joy manifest in my heart".
Dhana Mora Nityananda
Beautiful bhajan by Narottama Das Thakur from Prarthana
LYRICS:
(1)
dhana mora nityānanda, pati mora gauracandra
prāṇa mora yugala kiśora
advaita ācārya bala, gadādhara mora kula,
narahari vilasai mora
(2)
vaiṣṇavera pada dhūli, tāhe mora snāna keli
tarpaṇa mora vaiṣṇavera nāma
vicāra koriyā mone, bhakti rasa āsvādane
madhyastha śrī bhāgavata purāṇa
(3)
vaiṣṇavera ucchiṣṭha, tāhe mora mona niṣṭha,
vaiṣṇavera nāmete ullāsa
vṛndāvane cabutārā, tāhe mora mona gherā,
kohe dīna narottama dāsa
1. My treasure is Lord Nityananda, My master is Lord Gaura chandra , and my very life-force is the youthful Divine couple of Vraja. My strength is Advaita Acharya, my family is Gadadhara Pandita, and Narahari Sarakar is my very activity.
2. My playful bath is taken in the dust from the feet of the devotees, and my satisfaction is in hearing and speaking the names of the vaishnavas. My contemplation time is spent relishing the nectar of devotion, highlighted by periodic quotations from the Srimad Bhagavatam.
3. My mind is fixed in obtaining the devotees food remnants, and I blossom with joy at the remembrance of the Vaishnavas names. My mind simply surrounds the raised platform in Vrindavana where the rasa dance is performed. Thus speaks the lowly Narottama Das