Song Name: Chata Teri Tina Loka Se

Official Name: None

Author: Anonymous

Book Name: None

Language: Hindi

LYRICS:

(1)

chaṭā terī tīna loka se, nyāri hai govardhana mahārāja

mānasī gańgā ko snāna, dharayo phira cakaleśvara ko dhyāna

dāna ghāṭi pe dadhi ko dāna, karo parikramā ko taiyārī hai, govardhana mahārāja

(2)

gāva ānyaura kuṇḍa govinda, pūñcharī ko lauṭā mere dvanda

sarovara bhari rahe svachanda pāsa me jatīpurā sukhakārī hai, govardhana mahārāja

(3)

śikhara ke ūpara nāce mora, santajana pane rahe cahu-ora

devako dhyāna dhare nita bhora kare ye saba brajakī rakhavālī hai, govardhana mahārāja

(4)

kṛṣṇa aura rādhā kuṇḍa apāra, nitya hoye avicala yahā vihāra

kusuma kī vikaṭa khilī phulavārī hai, mahārāja

(5)

dhanya jo bāsa kare girirāja, siddha hoye unke sabare kāja

rādhā kṛṣṇa yugala balihārī hai, mahārāja

TRANSLATION

1) Govardhana Maharaja! Your image is more beautiful than anything within the three worlds. Bathing in Manasa Ganga, meditating on Cakalesvara, giving yogurt at Dana Ghati, we are always anxious to circumambulate you.

2) Govardhana Maharaja! Circumambulating you, we will visit Govinda-kunja in the village of Anyaura, the Deity of Krsna’s dearmost friend at Lauta, and near Jatipura, the pond of pure water which gives great happiness, Rudan-sarovara.

3) Govardhana Maharaja! The peacocks dance upon you, the saints who meditate every morning reside all around you, and you are the protector of the entire Vraja-mandala.

4) Govardhana Maharaja! Strolling around you daily we see Radha-kunda and Krsna-kunda and the many gardens of blossoming flowers.

5) Govardhana Maharaja! You increase Sri Radha-Krsna’s conjugal pleasure. Those who reside near you are fortunate indeed and all their endeavors are successful.

Song Name: Chari Anya Abhilasa

Official Name: Rupanuga Bhajana Darpana Song 4

Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura

Book Name: Gitamala

Language: Bengali

LYRICS:

(1)

chāḍi’ anya abhilāṣa          jñāna-karma-sahābāsa

ānukūlya kṛṣṇānuśīlana

śuddha-bhakti boli’ tāre      bhakti-śāstra su-bicāre

śrī-rūpera siddhānta-bacana

(2)

śrabaṇa kīrtana smṛti         sebārcana dāsya nati

sakhya ātma-nibedana hoya

sādhana-bhaktira ańga         sādhakera jāhe rańga

sadā sādhu-jana-sańga-moya

(3)

sādhana-bhaktira bale         bhāba-rūpa bhakti-phale

tāhā punaḥ prema-rūpa pāya

preme jība kṛṣṇa bhaje        kṛṣṇa-bhakti-rase māje

sei rasa śrī-rūpa śikhāya

TRANSLATION

1) Srila Rupa Gosvami, after intensely studying all the devotional scriptures, has made the following conclusive definition of pure devotional service: Giving up all desires for fruitive reward or philosophical jugglery, one should execute favorable devotional service to Krsna for his pleasure only.

2) The divisions of regulated devotional service are: 1) hearing the glories of the Lord, 2) chanting His holy names, 3) remembering Him within the core of the heart, 4) serving His lotus feet, 5) worshiping His Deity form, 6) becoming His menial servant, 7) offering prayers to Him revealing the mind, 8) entering into a friendly relationship with Him, and 9) ultimately surrendering one’s whole existence in full dedication by mind, body and words. The practicing neophyte devotees continuously perform all of these nine processes joyfully in the association of saintly persons who are adept in hones devotional dedication.

3) By the strength of the above-mentioned ninefold practices of regulated devotional service, the devotion thereafter fructifies into an ecstatic emotional service attitude, and after that one reawakens his original pure ecstatic love of Godhead. In such transcendental love, the soul whole-heartedly worships Krsna, constantly immersed in tasting the ecstatic mellows of devotion to Him. This is the delicious mellow that Srila Rupa Gosvami is teaching us about.

Song Name: Ceto Darpana Marjanam

Official Name: Antya Lila Chapter 20 Verses 12, 16, 21, 29, 32, 36, 39, 47, and 65; Sri Siksastakam

Author:  Krsnadasa Kaviraja

Book Name: Caitanya Caritamrt

Language: Sanskrit, Bengali

LYRICS:

(1)

ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaḿ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaḿ
śreyaḥ-kairava-candrikā-vitaraṇaḿ vidyā-vadhū-jīvanam
ānandāmbudhi-vardhanaḿ prati-padaḿ pūrṇāmṛtāsvādanaḿ
sarvātma-snapanaḿ paraḿ vijayate śrī-kṛṣṇa-sańkīrtanam

(2)

nāmnām akāri bahudhā nija-sarva-śaktis
tatrārpitā niyamitaḥ smaraṇe na kālaḥ
etādṛśī tava kṛpā bhagavan mamāpi
durdaivam īdṛśam ihājani nānurāgaḥ

(3)

tṛṇād api sunīcena
taror api sahiṣṇunā
amāninā mānadena
kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ

(4)

na dhanaḿ na janaḿ na sundarīḿ
kavitāḿ vā jagad-īśa kāmaye
mama janmani janmanīśvare
bhavatād bhaktir ahaitukī tvayi

(5)

ayi nanda-tanuja kińkaraḿ
patitaḿ māḿ viṣame bhavāmbudhau
kṛpayā tava pāda-pańkaja-
sthita-dhūlī-sadṛśaḿ vicintaya

(6)

nayanaḿ galad-aśru-dhārayā
vadanaḿ gadgada-ruddhayā girā
pulakair nicitaḿ vapuḥ kadā
tava nāma-grahaṇe bhaviṣyati

(7)

yugāyitaḿ nimeṣeṇa
cakṣuṣā prāvṛṣāyitam
śūnyāyitaḿ jagat sarvaḿ
govinda-viraheṇa me

(8)

āśliṣya vā pāda-ratāḿ pinaṣṭu mām
adarśanān marma-hatāḿ karotu vā
yathā tathā vā vidadhātu lampaṭo
mat-prāṇa-nāthas tu sa eva nāparaḥ

(9)

prabhura ‘śikṣāṣṭaka’-śloka yei paḍe, śune

kṛṣṇe prema-bhakti tāra bāḍe dine-dine

TRANSLATION
1) 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 it 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.

2) O my Lord, Your holy name alone can render all benediction to living beings, and thus You have hundreds and millions of names, like Krsna and Govinda. In these transcendental names You have invested all Your transcendental energies. There are not even hard and fast rules for chanting these names. O my Lord, out of kindness You enable us to easily approach You by Your holy names, but I am so unfortunate that I have no attraction for them.

3) One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking oneself lower than the straw in the street; one should be more tolerant than a tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige, and should be ready to offer all respect to others. In such a state of mind one can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly.

4) O almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor do I desire beautiful women nor do I want any number of followers. I only want Your causeless devotional service, birth after birth.

5) O son of Maharaja Nanda (Krsna), I am Your eternal servitor, yet somehow or other I have fallen into the ocean of birth and death. Please pick me up from this ocean of death and place me as one of the atoms at Your lotus feet.

6) O my Lord, when will my eyes be decorated with tears of love flowing constantly when I chant Your holy name? When will my voice choke up, and when will the hairs of my body stand on end at the recitation of Your name?

7) O Govinda! Feeling Your separations I am considering a moment to be like twelve years or more. Tears are flowing from my eyes like torrents of rain, and I am feeling all vacant in the world in Your absence.

8) I know no one but Krsna as my Lord, and He shall remain so even if He handles me roughly by His embrace or makes me brokenhearted by not being present before me. He is completely free to do anything and everything, for He is always my worshipful Lord, unconditionally

9) If anyone recites or hears these eight verses of instruction by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, his ecstatic love and devotion for Krsna increase day by day.

Song Name: Candana Carcita Nila Kalevara

Official Name: Song 4

Author: Jayadeva Goswami

Book Name: Gita Govinda

Language: Sanskrit

LYRICS:

(1)

candana-carcita-nīla-kalevara-pīta-vasana-vana-mālī

keli-calan-maṇi-kuṇḍala-maṇḍita-gaṇḍa-yuga-smita-śālī

(2)

harir iha mugdha-vadhū-nikare vilāsini vilāsati kelī-pare 

(3)

pīna-payodhara-bhāra-bhareṇa hariḿ parirabhya sarāgam 

gopa-vadhūr anugāyati kācid udañcita-parama-rāgam

(4)

kāpi vilāsa-vilola-vilocana-khelana-janita-manojam 

dhyāyati mugdha-vadhūr adhikaḿ madhusūdana-vadana-sarojam

(5)

kapi kapola-tale militā lapituḿ kim api śruti-mūle

cāru cucumba nitambavatī dayitaḿ pulakair anukūle

(6)

keli-kalā-kutukena ca kācid amuḿ yamunā-jala-kūle 

mañjula-vañjula-kuñja-gataḿ vicakarṣa kareṇa dukūle

(7)

kara-tala-tāla-tarala-valayāvali-kalita-kalasvana-vaḿśe 

rāsa-rase saha-nṛtya-parā hariṇa-yuvatī-praśaśaḿse

(8)

śliṣyati kām api cumbati kām api kām api ramayati rāmām 

paśyati sa-smita-cāru-tarām aparām anugacchati vāmām

(9)

śrī-jayadeva-bhaṇitam idam adbhuta-keśava-keli-rahasyam 

vṛndāvana-vipine lalitaḿ vitanotu śubhāni yaśasyam

TRANSLATION

1) Lord Krsna wears yellow garments and His lovely, dark complexioned body is decorated with sandalwood paste. While He enjoys loving pastimes with His gopis, His jewel earrings dance over His cheeks as He smiles at them.

2) Look Radhe! Look at Krsna’s loving and divine lila with all of His surrendered gopis!

3) One beautiful gopi lovingly smacks Krsna with the heavy weight of her devotion! Then she sings to Him from the fifth scale at a higher octave.

4-5) One charmed gopi fixes her love filled gaze upon Krsna’s mukharvinda.Aho! Her playful, batting eyes light become lamps of love for Krsna’s heart! A gopi attempts to whisper something to Krsna’s ear, but ends up kissing His cheek.

6) One haughty gopi grabs hold of Krsna’s garments to playfully pull Him into a solitary location beside the Yamuna.

7) Another gopi is dancing with the rasa with Krsna. As He plays the flute; she claps her hands making her bracelets sweetly tinkle in time with the music. Seeing her skill, Krsna praises.

8) Krsna embraces a gopi, kisses another, and associates with someone else. Then, He eagerly smiles to attract another gopi with His vulnerable eyes. However, noticing a resisting damsel, who is ever more beautiful, He begins pursuing her.

9)  O reader! Let Jayadeva’s description of Sri Kesava’s amazing and secret Vrndavana prema keli bring good fortune to you.

Song Name: Calo Mana Sri Vrndavana Dhama

Official Name: None

Author: Anonymous

Book Name: None

Language: Hindi

LYRICS:

(refrain)

calo mana śrī vṛndāvana dhāma

(1)

jahā viharata nāgari arū nāgara, kuñjana āṭho jāma

(2)

bhūkha lage to rasikana jhūṭhana khāye lahiya viśrāma

(3)

pyāsa lage to tarūṇi tanujā taṭa piyu salila lalāma

(4)

nīnda lage to jāya soi rahu, latana kuñja abhirāma

(5)

braja ki reṇu lakhi cinmaya, tanmama rahu abhirāma

(6)

pe kṛpālu mana jāti yaha bhūliya bhāva rahe niṣkāma

TRANSLATION

(Refrain) O mind, immediately race to Vrndavana!

1) Where the Hero and heroines perpetually enjoy in the kunjas;

2) When hungry, I will take the remnants of rasika devotees and then take rest

3) When thirsty I will go to the banks of the Yamuna and drink her tasty water.

4) When fatigued, I will rest in the dense kunjas.

5) O mind, you will find eternal peace upon seeing the transcendental dust of Vraja.

6) O mind, be merciful to me and renounce all other desires besides these.

Song Name: Calo Aiyo Re Syama Mere Palakana Pe

Official Name: None

Author: Traditional

Book Name: None

Language: Braja Bhasa

LYRICS:

(refrain)

calo aiyo re śyāma mere palakana pe

calo aiyo re

hāń re calo aiyo re

ham pe calo aiyo re śyāma mere palakana pe

calo aiyo re

(1)

tu tori jo mere navala jogana

hāń mhāre rasiyāń ho mhāre rasiyāń

meri hī tilakana pe (calo re!)

(2)

tu tori jo mere laṭaka cāla pe

hāń mhāre rasiyāń ho mhāre rasiyāń

meri jī teri alakhana pe (calo re!)

(3)

puruṣottama prabhu kī chavī nirakhe

hāń mhāre rasiyāń ho mhāre rasiyāń

abhi lāgi teri jhalakana pe (calo re!)

Song Name: Calata Rama Sundara Syama

Official Name: None

Author: Nasir Mehmood

Book Name: Pada Kalpataru

Language: Braja Bhasa

LYRICS

(1)

calata rāma sundara śyāma

pāńcanī kācani vetra veṇu

muralī-khuralī gāna ri

(2)

priya śrīdāma sudāma meli

taraṇī-tanayā-tīre keli

dhabalī śańalī āo ri āo ri

phukari calata kāna ri

(3)

bayase kiśora mohana bhāti

vadana indu jalada-kāńti

cāru-candri guñjā-hāra

vadane madana-bhāna ri

(4)

āgama-nigama-veda-sāra

līlāya karata goṭha-bihāra

nasira-māmuda karata āśa

caraṇe śaraṇa dāna ri

TRANSLATION

1) Balarama and Beautiful Syama Krsna are moving along holding rods for driving the cows, ropes for binding

them, canes, and the flute from which issues sweet notes.

2) Krsna calls out, “O dear Sridama! O Sudama! Come let us play together on the bank of the daughter of Tarani (the Yamuna). As He walks, Krsna calls out for His pet cows, “Dhabali! Syamali! Come along.”

3) Young is His age; charming is His beauty. His face is a veritable moon, and His complexion is like that of a dark cloud. He is decorated with a peacock feather on His head and a necklace of gunja seeds. His face appears like that of the god of love.

4) Although He is the essence or the only deity worshipped in the agamas, nigamas and Vedas, He is relishing the pastime of hearding the cows. Nasir Mehmood clings to the hope that He may give him refuge at His lotus feet.

Song Name: Caitanya Candrer Lila Samudra Apar

Official Name: Ucchvasa: Prarthana Lalasmayi Song 4

Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura

Book Name: Kalyana Kalpataru

Language: Bengali

LYRICS:

(1)

caitanya-candrer lila-samudra apar

bujhite sakti nahi, ei katha sar

(2)

sastrer agamya tattwa sri krsna amar

tanra lila-anta bujhe sakati kahar

(3)

tabe murkha jana keno sastra bicariya

gaura-lila nahi mane anta na paiya

(4)

ananter anta ache, kon sastre gay?

sastradhina krsna, iha suni’ hasi pay

(5)

krsna hoibena gora iccha ho’lo tanra

sabaikuntha nabadvipe hoila abatara

(6)

jakhan asena krsna jiba uddharite

sange sab sahacar ase prtivite

(7)

gora abatare tanra sri jaya-bijaya

nabadvipe satru-bhave hoilo udoy

(8)

purve purve abatare asura achilo

sastre bole pandita hoiya janamila

(9)

smrti-tarka-sastre bole bairi prakasiya

goracandra-saha rana korilo matiya

(10)

ataeva nabadvipa-basi jata jana

sri-caitanya-lila-pusti kore anuksana

(11)

ekhon je brahmakule caitnyer ari

ta’ke jani caitanyer lila-pustikari

(12)

sri-caitanya-anucara satru-mitra jata

sakaler sri-carane hoilama nata

(13)

tomara koroho krpa e daser prati

caitanya sudrdha koro binoder mati

TRANSLATION

1) The essence of this narration is that no one can possibly have the power to understand the unfathomable ocean of Lord Caitanya-Candra’s transcendental pastimes.

2) The incomprehensible truth revealed in the scriptures is my Lord Sri Krsna. Who has the power to understand the limit of His transcendental pastimes?

3) So then why are foolish persons discussing and deliberating the revealed scriptures? They are not reaching to the end due to the simple reason that they have not accepted the transcendental pastimes of Lord Gauranga.

4) Which scripture sings of the limit of the unlimited? I simply laugh when I hear them say that Krsna is subordinate to and limited by the descriptions of the sastra.

5) The Supreme Lord Krsna has now become fair-complexioned, and according to His own sweet will has descended along with His Vaikuntha abode in Navadvipa-dhama.

6) When Krsna comes to deliver all the fallen souls, then all of His associates and followers also come with Him to the surface of the earth.

7) Along with His fair incarnation His own devotees Jaya and Vijaya have also appeared in Navadvipa in the mood of being the enemy of the Lord.

8) In many previous incarnations they had also been born as demons, but the revealed scriptures say that they have taken birth in a brahmana family in Gauranga-lila.

9) The smrti scriptures say that they become absorbed in a fighting spirit with Lord Gauracandra, manifesting enmity and hostility.

10) Therefore it is a fact that all the residents of Navadvipa whether friendly or inimical, are eternally nourishing the development of Lord Caitanya’s pastime.

11) I know that these enemies of Lord Caitanya, coming from brahmana background, are actually assistants for giving nourishment to Lord Caitanya’s pastime.

12) I have thus prostrated myself at the lotus feet of all of the enemies as well as friends who are accompanying Lord Caitanya during His lila.

13) All of you eternal associates kindly show your mercy to this servant and please make his devotion to Lord Caitanya become completely fixed up.