Radha Govinda Radhe Govinda (introduction) Radhe Radhe

Radha Govinda
Radhe Govinda (introduction)
Radhe Radhe Govinda
Govinda Radhe
Radhe Radhe Govinda
Govinda Radhe
Sri Krishna Caitanya
(Sri Narotama Dasa Thakura)
Sri-Krishna-Caitanya prabhu doya koro more
toma bina ke doyalu jagat-samsare
patita-pavana-hetu tava avatara
mo sama patita prabhu na paibe ara
ha ha prabhu nityananda, premananda sukhi
krpabalokana koro ami boro duhkhi
doya koro sita-pati adwaita gosai
tava krpa-bale pai caitanya-nitai
ha ha swarup, sanatana, rupa, raghunatha
bhatta-juga, sri-jiva ha prabhu lokanatha
doya koro sri-acarya prabhu srinivasa
ramacandra-sanga mage narottama-dasa
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare
This song composed by Narottama dasa Thakura prays to Lord Caitanya as follows, “My
dear Lord, please be merciful to me, because who can be more merciful than Your Lordship within
these three worlds? Please be merciful to me. You are so magnanimous, because You have seen
the fallen souls of this age, and You are very much compassionate to them, but you should know
also that I am the most fallen. Now one is more greatly fallen than me. Your incarnation is just
to reclaim the conditioned, fallen souls, but I assure You that You will not find a greater fallen
soul than me. Therefore, my claim is first. My dear Lord Nityananda, You are always joyful
in spiritual bliss. Since You always appear very happy, I have come to you because I am most
unhappy. If you kindly put Your glance over me, I may also become happy. My dear Advaita
Prabhu, husband of Sita, You are so kind. Please be kind to me. If You will be kind to me,
naturally Lord Caitanya and Nityandanda also will be kind to me.
I always desire the company of Ramacandra.
THE MOST CONFIDENTIAL KNOWLEDGE
(Bhagavad Gita Ch. 9 Text 10- 14)
mayadhyaksena prakrtih
suyate sa-caracaram
hetunanena kaunteya
jagad viparivartate
avajananti mam mudha
manusim tanum asritam
param bhavam ajananto
mama bhuta-mahesvaram
moghasa mogha-karmano
mogha-jñana vicetasah
raksasim asurim caiva
prakritim mohinim sritah
mahatmanas tu mam partha
daivim prakrtim asritah
bhajanty ananya-manaso
jñatva bhutadim avyayam
satatam kirtayanto mam
yatantas ca drdha-vratah
namasyantas ca mam bhaktya
nitya-yukta upasate
This material nature, which is one of My energies, is working under My direction, O son of
Kunti, producing all moving and nonmoving beings. Under its rule this manifestation is created
and annihilated again and again.
Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental
nature as the Supreme Lord of all that be.
Those who are thus bewildered are attracted by demonic and atheistic views. In that
deluded condition, their hopes for liberation, their fruitive activities, and their culture of
knowledge are all defeated.
O son of Prtha, those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the protection of
the divine nature. They are fully engaged in devotional service because they know Me as the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and inexhaustible.
Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these
great souls perpetually worship Me with devotion.
GURUVASTAKAM
(Srila Vishwanatha Chakravarti Thakura)
samsara-davanala-lidha-loka
tranaya karunya-ghanaghanatvam
praptasya kalyana-gunarnavasya
vande guroh sri-caranaravindam
mahaprabhoh kirtana-nrtya-gitavaditra-madyan-manaso rasena
romanca-kampasru-taranga-bhajo
vande guroh sri-caranaravindam
sri-vigraharadhana-nitya-nanasrngara-tan-mandira-marjanadau
yuktasya bhaktams ca niyunjato pi
vande guroh sri-caranaravindam
catur-vidha-sri-bhagavat-prasadasvadv-anna-trptan hari-bhakta-sanghan
krtvaiva trptim bhajatah sadaiva
vande guroh sri-caranaravindam
sri-radhika-madhavayor aparamadhurya-lila-guna-rupa-namnam
prati-ksanasvadana-lolupasya
vande guroh sri-caranaravindam
nikunja-yuno rati-keli-siddhyai
ya yalibhir yuktir apeksaniya
tatrati-daksyad ati-vallabhasya
vande guroh sri-caranaravindam
saksad-dharitvena samasta-sastrair
uktas tatha bhavyata eva sadbhih
kintu prabhor yah priya eva tasya
vande guroh sri-caranaravindam
yasya prasadad bhagavat-prasado
yasyaprasadan na gatih kuto pi
dhyayan stuvams tasya yasas tri-sandhyam
vande guroh sri-caranaravindam
GURUVASTAKAM
The spiritual master is receiving benediction from the ocean of mercy. Just as a cloud pours water
on a forest fire to extinguish it, so the spiritual master delivers the materially afflicted world by
extinguishing the blazing fire of material existence. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus
feet of such a spiritual master, who is an ocean of auspicious qualities.
Chanting the holy name, dancing in ecstasy, singing, and playing musical instruments, the
spititual master is always gladdened by the sankirtana movement of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Because he is relishing the mellows of pure devotion within his mind, sometimes his hair stands
on end, he feels quivering in his body, and tears flow from his eyes like waves. I offer my
respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.
The spiritual master is always engaged in the temple worship of Sri Sri Radha and Krsna.
He also engages his disciples in such worship. They dress the Deities in beautiful clothes and
ornaments, clean Their temple, and perform other similiar worship of the Lord. I offer my
respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.
The spiritual master is always offering Krsna four kinds of delicious food (analyzed as that
which is licked, chewed, drunk, and sucked). When the spiritual master sees that the devotees
are satisfied by eating bhagavat-prasada, he is satisfied. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the
lotus feet of such a spiritual master.
The spiritual master is always eager to hear and chant about the unlimited conjugal
pastimes of Radhika and Madhava, and Their qualities, names, and forms. The spiritual master
aspires to relish these at every moment. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such
a spiritual master.
The spiritual master is very dear, because he is expert in assisting the gopis, who at
different times make different tasteful arrangements for the perfection of Radha and Krsna´s
conjugal loving affairs within the groves of Vrndavana. I offer my most humble obeisances unto
the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.
The spiritual master is to be honored as much as the Supreme Lord, because he is the most
confidential servitor of the Lord. This is acknowledged in all revealed scriptures and followed by
all authoritites. Therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual
master, who is a bona fide representative of Sri Hari (Krsna).
By the mercy of the spiritual master one receives the benediction of Krsna. Without the
grace of the spiritual master, one cannot make any advancement. Therefore, I should always
remember and praise the spiritual master. At least three times a day I should offer my respectful
obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master.
GOVINDA ADI PURUSAM
(Brahma Samhita (Texts 29-34)
cintamani-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vrksalaksavrtesu surabhir abhipalayantam
laksmi-sahasra-sata-sambhrama-sevyamanam
govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami
venum kvanantam aravinda-dalaytaksam
barhavatamsam asitambuda-sundarangam
kandarpa-koti-kamaniya-visesa-sobham
govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami
alola-candraka-lasad-vanamalya-vamsiratanangadam pranaya-keli-kala-vilasam
syamam tri-bhanga-lalitam niyata-prakasam
govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami
angani yasya sakalendriya-vrtti-manti
pasyanti panti kalayanti ciram jaganti
ananda-cinmaya-sad-ujjvala-vigrahasya
govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami
advaitam acyutam anadim ananta-rupam
adyam purana-purusam nava-yauvanam ca
vedesu durlabham adurlabham atma-bhaktau
govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami
panthas tu koti-sata-vatasara-sampragamyo
vayor athapi manaso muni-pungavanam
so ´py asti yat-prapada-simny avicintya-tattve
govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami
GOVINDA ADI PURUSAM
I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the first progenitor who is tending the cows,
yielding all desire, in abodes built with spiritual gems, surrounded by millions of purpose trees,
always served with great reverence and affection by hundreds of thousands of laksmis or gopis.
I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is adept in playing on His flute, with blooming
eyes like lotus petals with head decked with peacock´s feather, with the figure of beauty tinged
with the hue of blue clouds, and His unique loveliness charming millions of Cupids.
I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, round whose neck is swinging a garland of flowers
beautfied with the moon-locket, whose two hands are adorned with the flute and jeweled
ornaments, who always revels in pastimes of love, whose graceful threefold-bending form of
Syamasundara is eternally manifest.
I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, whose transcendental form is full of bliss,
truth, substantiality and is thus full of the most dazzling splendor. Each of the limbs of that
transcendental figure possesses in Himself, the full-fledged functions of all the organs, and
eternally sees, maintains and manifests the infinite universes, both spiritual and mundane.
I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is inaccessible to the Vedas, but obtainable
by pure unalloyed devotion of the soul, who is without a second, who is not subject to decay, is
without a beginning, whose form is endless, who is the beginning and the eternal purusa; yet He
is a person possessing the beauty of blooming youth.
I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, only the tip of the toe of whose lotus feet is
approached by the yogis who aspire after the transcendental and betake themselves to pranayama
by drilling the respiration; or by the jnanis who try to find out the nondifferentiated Brahman by
the process of elimination of the mundane, extending over thousands of millions of years.
YASOMATINANDANA
(Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura)
yasomati-nandana, braja-baro-nagara,
gokula-ranjana kana
gopi-parana-dhana, madana-manohara,
kaliya-damana-vidhana
amala harinam amiya-vilasa
vipina-purandara, navina nagara-bora,
bamsi-badana suvasa
braja-jana-palana, asura-kula-nasana,
nanda-godhana-rakhowala
govinda madhava, navanita-taskara,
sundara nanda-gopala
jamuna-tata-cara, gopi-basana-hara,
rasa-rasika, krpamoya
sri-radha-vallabha, brndabana-natabara,
bhakativinod-asraya
Lord Krsna is the beloved son of mother Yasoda; the transcendental lover in the land of
Braja; the delight of Gokula; Kana (a nickname of Krsna); the wealth of the lives of the gopis. He
steals the mind of even Cupid and punishes the Kaliya serpent.
These pure, holy names of Lord Hari are full of sweet, nectarean pastimes. Krsna is the
Lord of the twelve forests of Vraja, He is ever-youthful and is the best of lovers. He is always
playing on a flute, and He is an excellent dresser.
Krsna is the protector of the inhabitants of Braja; the destroyer of the various demoniac
dynasties; the keeper and tender of Nanda Maharaja´s cows; the giver of pleasure to the cows,
land, and spiritual senses; the husband of the goddess of fortune; the butter thief; and the
beautiful cowherd boy of Nanda Maharaja.
Krsna wanders along the banks of the River Yamuna. He stole the garments of the young
damsels of Braja who were bathing there. He delights in the mellows of the rasa dance; He is very
merciful; the lover and beloved of Srimati Radharani; the great dancer of Vrndavana; and the
shelter and only refuge of Thakur Bhaktivinoda.
SRI GURUCARANA
(Srila Narotama Dasa Thakura)
sri-guru-carana-padma, kevala-bhakati-sadma,
bando mui savadhana mate
jahara prasade bahi, e bhava toriya jai,
krsna-prapti hoy jaha ha ´te
guru-mukha-padma-vakya, cittete koriya aikya,
ar na koriho mane asa
sri-guru-carane rati, ei se uttama-gati,
je prasade pure sarva asa
cakhu-dan dilo jei, janme janme prabhu sei,
divya-jñan hrde prokasito
prema-bhakti jaha hoite, avidya vinasa jate,
vede gay jahara carito
sri-guru karuna-sindu, adhama janara bandhu,
lokanath lokera jivana
ha ha prabhu koro doya, deho more pada-chaya,
ebe jasa ghusuk tribhuvana
The lotus feet of the spiritual master are the abode of pure devotional service. I bow down
to those lotus feet with great care and attention. My dear brother (my dear mind)! It is through
the grace of the spiritual master that we cross over this material existence and obtain Krsna.
Make the teachings from the lotus mouth of the spiritual master one with your heart, and
do not desire anthing else. Attachment to the lotus feet of the spiritual master is the best means of
spiritual advancement. By his mercy all desires for spiritual perfection are fulfilled.
He who has given me the gift of transcendental vision is my lord, birth after birth. By his
mercy divine knowledge is revealed within the heart, bestowing prema-bhakti and destroying
ignorance. The vedic scriptures sing of his character.
O spiritual master, ocean of mercy, and friend of the fallen souls, you are the teacher of
everyone and the life of all people. O master! Be merciful unto me, and give me the shade of your
lotus feet. May your glories now be proclaimed throughout the three worlds.
KIBA JAYO
(Srila BhaktivinodaThakura)
jaya jaya goracander aratiko sobha
jahnavi-tata-vane jaga-mana-lobha
dakhine nitaicand, bame gadadhara
nikate adwaita, srinivasa chatra-dhara
bosiyache goracand ratna-simhasane
arati koren brahma-adi deva-gane
narahari-adi kori camara dhulaya
sanjaya-mukunda-basu-ghos-adi gaya
sankha baje ghanta baje baje karatala
madura mrdanga baje parama rasala
bahu-koti candra jini´ vadana ujjvala
gala-dese bana-mala kore jhalamala
siva-suka-narada prema gada-gada
bhakativinoda dekhe gorara sampada
All glories, all glories to the beautiful arati ceremony of Lord Caitanya. This Gaura-arati
is taking place in a grove on the banks of the Jahnavi (Ganges) and is attracting the minds of all
living entities in the universe.
On Lord Caitanya’s right side is Lord Nityananda, and on His left is Sri Gadadhara.
Nearby stands Sri Advaita, and Srivasa Thakura is holding an umbrella over Lord Caitanya´s
head.
Lord Caitanya has sat down on a jeweled throne, and the demigods, headed by Lord
Brahma, perform the arati ceremony.
Narahari Sarakara and other associates of Lord Caitanya fan Him with camaras, and
devotees headed by Sanjaya Pandita, Mukunda Datta, and Vasu Ghosa sing sweet kirtana.
Conchshells, bells, and karatalas resound, and the mrdangas play very sweetly. This
kirtana music is supremely sweet and relishable to hear.
The brilliance of Lord Caitanya’s face conquers millions upon millions of moons, and the
garland of forest flowers around His neck shines.
Lord Siva, Sukadeva Gosvami, and Narada Muni are all there, and their voices are choked
with the ecstasy of transcendental love. Thus Thakura Bhaktivinoda envisions the glory of Lord
Sri Caitanya.
CETO DARPANAM
(Sri Siksastaka, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu)
ceto-darpana-marjanam bhava-maha-davagni-nirvapanam
sreyah-kairava-candrika-vitaranam vidya-vadhu-jivanam
anandambudhi-vardhanam prati-padam purnamrtasvadanam
sarvatma-snapanam param vijayate sri-krishna-sankirtanam
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rame Hare Hare
Glory to the sri-krsna sankirtana, which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for
years and extinguishes the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth and death. This sankirtana
movement is the prime benediction for humanity at large because is spreads the rays of the
benediction moon. It is the life of all transcendental knowledge. It increases the ocean of
transcendental bliss, and it enables us to fully taste the nectar for which we are always anxious.