Madi Das – vocals, kartal, mridanga, cajon
Dave Stringer – vocals, lap steel, piano, organ, harmonium, guitar, harmonica, Appalachian dulcimer
Patrick Richey – tabla, drum kit, shaker, cajon
Corbin Jones – bass
Allie Stringer – vocals
Justin Michael Williams – vocals
Tulsi Bloom – vocals, violin
James Harrah – banjo, electric guitar

Recorded and Mixed by Phoenix Quinn
Mastered by Stefan Heger
Written, adapted and produced by Dave Stringer & Madi Das
Label - Kulimela Association
Publisher: Kirtan Shakti ASCAP / Magnetic Melodies BMI
Artwork & Design by Neha Agarwal and Evan Horback
Associate Producers - Chaitanya Mangala, Yamal Duryea, Kruti and Nimai Hawkins
Community Organizers - Payal and Girish Hemdev
Special thanks - Kalindi Henderson, Krishna Sanchez, Jagadambika Owens, Kitzie Stern, Gaurangi Silvers, Akash Dhurbarry, Aniruddha Prabhu, Angeli Wesson, Alexandra Hayward, Rambhoru Brinkmann, Devon Wheeler

This project is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria

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Om Namoh Bhagavate

Maha Mantra Americana

Hey Gopinath

Boro Sukher

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare

“Kṛṣṇa is compared to sunshine, and māyā is compared to darkness. Wherever there is sunshine, there cannot be darkness. As soon as one takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the darkness of illusion (the influence of the external energy) will immediately vanish." 
Chaitanya-Charitamrita Madhya-lila Chapter 22, text 31

The Krishna Sun

LNS Bhajans - Ramachandra Raghuveera

Shiksha Astakam

"Vibhavari sesa" composed by Vaisnava Acharya Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura is performed by Swarupa Damodara Dasa.
The song lyrics and English translation follow....

VIBHAVARI SESA:
by Bhaktivinoda Thakura:

(1)
vibhāvarī śeṣa, āloka-praveśa,
nidrā chāri' uṭho jīva
bolo hari hari, mukunda murāri,
rāma kṛṣṇa hayagrīva
 
(2)
nṛsiḿha vāmana, śrī-madhusūdana,
brajendra-nandana śyāma
pūtanā-ghātana, kaiṭabha-śātana,
jaya dāśarathi-rāma
 
(3)
yaśodā dulāla, govinda-gopāla,
vṛndāvana purandara
gopī-priya-jana, rādhikā-ramaṇa,
bhuvana -sundara-bara
 
(4)
rāvāṇāntakara, mākhana-taskara,
gopī-jana-vastra-hārī
brajera rākhāla, gopa-vṛnda-pāla,
citta-hārī baḿśī-dhārī
 
(5)
yogīndra-bandana, śrī-nanda-nandana,
braja-jana-bhaya-hārī
navīna nīrada, rūpa manohara,
mohana-baḿśī-bihārī
 
(6)
yaśodā-nandana, kaḿsa-nisūdana,
nikuñja-rāsa-vilāsī
kadamba-kānana, rāsa-parāyaṇa,
bṛnda-vipina-nivāsī
 
(7)
ānanda-vardhana, prema-niketana,
phula-śara-jojaka kāma
gopāńganā-gaṇa, citta-vinodana,
samasta-guṇa-gaṇa-dhāma
 
(8)
jāmuna-jīvana, keli-parāyaṇa,
mānasa-candra-cakora
nāma-sudhā-rasa, gāo kṛṣṇa-jaśa
rākho vacana mana mora
 
TRANSLATION
1) The night has come to an end and the light of dawn is entering. O jiva soul, arise and give up your sleep. Chant the holy names of Lord Hari, who is the giver of liberation; the enemy of the Mura demon; the supreme enjoyer; the all-attractive one; and the horse-headed incarnation, Hayagriva.
 
2) Lord Hari [Krsna] incarnated as the half-man, half-lion, Nrsimha. He appeared as a dwarf-brahmana named Upendra and is the killer of the Madhu demon. He is the beloved son of the King of Vraja, Nanda Maharaja, and is blackish in complexion. He is the slayer of the Putana witch and the destroyer of the demon
Kaitabha. All glories to Lord Hari, who appeared as Lord Rama, the son of King Dasaratha.
 
3) He is the darling of mother Yasoda; the giver of pleasure to the cows, land, and spiritual senses; and the protector of the cows. He is the Lord of the Vrndavana forest; the gopis' beloved; the lover of Radhika; and the most beautiful personality in all the worlds.
 
4) As Ramacandra He brought about the end of the demoniac King Ravana; as Krsna He stole the older gopis' butter; He stole the younger gopis' clothes while they were bathing in the Yamuna. He is a cowherd boy of Vraja and the protector of the cowherd boys. He steals the hearts of all and always holds a flute.
 
5) Lord Krsna is worshiped by the best of yogis and is the son of Nanda. He removes all the fears of the inhabitants of Vraja. He is the color of a fresh rain cloud, and His form is enchanting. When He wanders about, playing His flute, He looks very charming.
 
6) He is the son of Yasoda and the killer of King Kamsa, and He sports in the rasa dance among the groves of Vraja. Krsna engages in this rasa dance underneath the kadamba trees, and He resides in the forest of Vrndavana.
 
7) He increases the ecstasy of His devotees. He is the reservoir of all love and is the transcendental Cupid who uses His flowered arrows to increase the loving desires of the gopis. He is the pleasure of the gopis' hearts and the abode of all wonderful qualities.
 
8) Lord Krsna is the life of the River Yamuna. He is always absorbed in amorous pastimes, and He is the moon of the gopis' minds, which are like the cakora birds that subsist only upon moonlight. O mind, obey these words of mine and sing the glories of Sri Krsna in the form of these holy names, which are full of nectarean mellows.

Svarupa Damodara Dasa

Vibhavari sesa ~ Swarupa Damodara Dasa:

MORNING KIRTANS

S 12 SRI RADHA-KRPA-KATAKSA-STAVA-RAJA

Smaranam

Agnideva Das, Bhajan, Srila Prabhupada Padma Stavaka

orn to an American mom and German dad, Madi Das grew up in the Vaishnava tradition of Bhakti Yoga. At age 7 he went to boarding school in India where he studied kirtan, became fluent in Hindi, and made lifelong friends.
Living in Melbourne, he balances working in film production, spending time with his family, and sharing kirtan with his community.

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