Gaudiya Vaishnav kirtan

Song Name: Kabe Ha’be Bolo
Official Name: Vijnapti Song 1
Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Book Name: Saranagati
Language: Bengali
 
LYRICS:
(1)
kabe ha'be bolo se-dina āmār
(āmār) aparādha ghuci', śuddha nāme ruci,
kṛpā-bale ha'be hṛdoye sañcār
 
(2)
tṛṇādhika hīna, kabe nije māni',
sahiṣṇutā-guṇa hṛdoyete āni'
sakale mānada, āpani amānī,
ho'ye āswādibo nāma-rasa-sār
 
(3)
dhana jana āra, kobitā-sundarī,
bolibo nā cāhi deho-sukha-karī
janme-janme dāo, ohe gaurahari!
ahaitukī bhakti caraṇe tomār
 
(4)
(kabe) korite śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāma uccāraṇa,
pulakita deho gadgada bacana
baibarṇya-bepathu ha'be sańghaṭana,
nirantara netre ba'be aśru-dhār
 
(5)
kabe navadwīpe, suradhunī-taṭe,
gaura-nityānanda boli' niṣkapaṭe
nāciyā gāiyā, berāibo chuṭe,
bātulera prāya chāriyā bicār
 
(6)
kabe nityānanda, more kori 'doyā,
chārāibe mora viṣayera māyā
diyā more nija-caraṇera chāyā,
nāmera hāṭete dibe adhikār
 
(7)
kinibo, luṭibo, hari-nāma-rasa,
nāma-rase māti' hoibo bibaśa
rasera rasika-caraṇa paraśa,
koriyā mojibo rase anibār
 
(8)
kabe jībe doyā, hoibe udoya,
nija-sukha bhuli' sudīna-hṛdoya
bhakativinoda, koriyā binoya,
śrī-ājñā-ṭahala koribe pracār
 
WORD FOR WORD TRANSLATION: Kabe Ha’be Bolo
 
TRANSLATION
1) When, O when, will that day be mine? When will you give me your blessings, erase all my offences and give my heart a taste [ruci] for chanting the Holy Name in purity?
 
2) When will I taste the essence of the Holy Name, feeling myself to be lower than the grass, my heart filled with tolerance? When will I give respect to all others and be free from desire for respect from them?
 
3) When will I cry out that I have no longer any desire for wealth and followers, poetry and beautiful women, all of which are meant just for bodily pleasure? O Gaura Hari! Give me causeless devotional service [bhakti] to your lotus feet, birth after birth.
 
4) When will my body be covered with goose bumps and my voice broken with emotion as I pronounce Krishna's name? When will my body change color and my eyes flow with endless tears as I chant?
 
5) When will I give up all thought of the world and society to run like a madman along the banks of the Ganges in Navadvipa, singing and dancing and sincerely calling out the names of Gaura and Nityananda?
 
6) When will Nityananda Prabhu be merciful to me and deliver me from the enchantment [maya] of the sense objects? When will he give me the shade of his lotus feet and the right to enter the market place [nama-hatta] of the Holy Name?
 
7) When will I buy, borrow or steal the ecstasies of the Holy Name? When will I lose myself in the intoxication of the Holy Name? When will I immerse myself in the nectar of the Holy Name after grasping the feet of a saint who constantly relishes the flavors [rasa] of devotion?
 
8) When will I feel compassion for all living beings [jivas]? When will I forget my own pleasure in genuine humility? And when will I, Bhaktivinoda, meekly go from door to door, preaching your message of love?

BHAKTIVINODA - Kabe Habe Bolo

Song Name: Janama Saphala Tara
Official Name: Ucchvasa: Ucchvasa Kirtana Rupa Kirtana Song 1
Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Book Name: Kalyana Kalpataru
Language: Bengali
 
LYRICS
(1)
janama saphala tā’ra, kṛṣṇa-daraśana yā’ra
bhāgye hoiyāche eka-bāra
bikaśiyā hrin-nayana kari’ kṛṣṇa daraśana
chāḍe jīva citter bikāra
 
(2)
vṛndavana-keli catur vanamālī
tribhańga-bhańgimārūpa vaḿśī-dharī aparūpa
rasamaya nidhi, guṇa-śālī
 
(3)
varṇa nava jaladhara śire śikhi piccha vara
alakā tilaka śobhāpāya
paridhāne pīta-vāsa vadane madhūra hāsa
hena rūpa jagat mātāya
 
(4)
indranīla jini kṛṣṇa-rūpakhāni
heriyā kadamba-mūle
mana ucāṭana na cale caraṇa
saḿsāra gelāma bhūle
 
(5)
(sakhī he) sudhāmaya se rūpa-mādhurī
dekhile nayana, haya acetana,
jhare premamaya bāri
 
(6)
kibā cūḍā śire kibā vaḿśī kare
kibā se tribhańga-ṭhāma
caraṇa-kamale, amiyā uchale,
tāhāte nūpura dāma
 
(6)
sadā āśā kari bhṛńga-rūpa dhari
caraṇa kamale sthāna
anāyāse pāi kṛṣṇa-guṇa gāi
āra nā bhajiba āna
 
TRANSLATION
1) His birth is successful whose good fortune dawns so as to have the vision of Lord Krsna just once. When the jiva gives up all delusions of mind, then only he will see the vision of Krsna blooming within the eyes of his heart.
 
2) He sees Krsna there fully decorated with garlands of forest flowers as the most expert connoisseur of all the amorous love-sports in Vrndavana. His transcendental playing wonderfully on His flute, mellows and is the abode of all form bent in three different places, He is the reservoir of all relishable virtuous qualities.
 
3) By such a beautiful form He is maddening the entire universe. His complexion is like that of a fresh new rain cloud, His head is decorated with a big peacock feather, and His sandalwood tilaka on His forehead is most becoming. Wearing brilliant yellow-colored garments, He stands with His face decorated by a wide, sweet smile.
 
4) Beholding Him standing thusly at the edge of a kadamba grove, I can see that Krsna's beauty is conquering the luster of an entire mine of sapphires. Seeing this, my mind has become so restless that my feet will move no longer, and I've completely forgotten about my family and home life in this world.
 
5) Oh sakhi, oh dear girlfriend! Seeing that sweet form abounding in nectar, I have fallen unconscious as a fountain of tears borne of ecstatic love cascades from my eyes.
 
6) What a wonderful crown upon His head! What a wonderful flute He is holding in His hand! What a wonderfully beautiful form as He stands in His three-fold bending posture! The nectar of His lotus feet is overflowing with the tinkling sound coming from the clusters of anklebells which are decorating them.
 
7) Accepting the form of a honeybee, I always hope for a residence near His lotus feet. And I will get it very easily because I always sing the glories of Krsna, adoring no one else.

BHAKTIVINODA - Janama Saphala Tara

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Song Name: Gurudeva! Boro Krpa Kori
Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Book Name: Saranagati (Section: Bhajana Lalasa Song 10)

(1)
gurudev!
boḍo kṛpā kori’, gauḍa-vana mājhe,
godrume diyācho sthāna
ājshā dila more, ei braje bosi’,
hari-nāma koro gāna

(2)
kintu kabe prabhu, yogyatā arpibe,
e dāsere doyā kori’
citta sthira habe, sakala sohibo,
ekānte bhajibo hari

(3)
śaiśava-yauvane, jaḍa-sukha-sańge,
abhyāsa hoilo manda
nija-karma-doṣe, e deho hoilo,
bhajanera pratibandha

(4)
vārdhakye ekhona, pashca-roge hata,
kemone bhojibo bolo’
kāńdiyā kāńdiyā, tomāra caraṇe,
poḍiyāchi suvihvala

Translation:

(1) Gurudeva! Because you are so merciful, you gave me a place in Godruma amid the woodlands of
Gauda, with this order to fulfill: “Dwell here in this Vrndavana and sing the holy name of Hari.”

(2) But when, O master, out of your great mercy, will you bestow upon this servant of yours the
spiritual competence to fulfill that order? When will my mind become tranquil and fixed? When will I
endure all hardships and serve Lord Hari without distractions?

(3) Due to attachment to worldly pleasures in childhood and youth, I have developed bad habits. Because
of these sinful acts my body has become an impediment to the service of the Supreme Lord.

(4) Now, in old age, afflicted by the five-fold illnesses, how will I serve the Lord? O master, please tell me.
I have fallen at your feet weeping, overwhelmed by anxiety.

Goura Kripa

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01 - GURUDEVA BADO KRPA KORI

Maha Mantra - Sacred Chant

This sanskrit song is the 8th number in the newest album "Morning Kirtans" sung and composed by Srimad B V Muni Maharaj. It is a great Indian classic bhajan (devotional song) in glorification of Sri Krishna.

Song Name: Krsna Deva Bhavantam Vande
Official Name: Volume 6 Song 24
Author: Rupa Goswami
Book Name: Stavamala
Language: Sanskrit

LYRICS:
(1)
(kṛṣṇa) deva! bhavantaḿ vande
man-mānasa-madhukaram arpaya nija-pada-pańkaja-makarande
 
(2)
yadyapi samādhiṣu vidhir api paśyati na tava nakhāgra-marīcim
idam icchāmi niśamya tavācyuta! tad api kṛpādbhuta-vīcim
 
(3)
bhaktir udañcati yadyapi mādhava! na tvayi mama tila-mātrī
parameśvaratā tad api tavādhika-durghaṭa-ghaṭana-vidhātrī
 
(4)
ayam avilolatayādya sanātana! kalitādbhuta-rasa-bhāram
nivasatu nityam ihāmṛta-nindini-vindan madhurima-sāram
 
TRANSLATION
Refrain: O Lord Sri Krsna!  I am offering a prayer unto You.  Please let the bee of my mind be offered the nectarian honey of Your lotus feet.
 
2) Although Brahma in full samadhi cannot catch a glimpse of even a ray of the effulgence from the tips of Your toe-nails still, O Acyuta!  Having heard of the waves of Your astonishing mercy, I long to receive Your grace.
 
3) O Madhava!  Although I don't possess even a sesame seed of bhakti for You, still, by Your inconceivable power which makes the impossible possible, please fulfill the desires of my heart.
 
4) He Sanatana!  Because Your lotus feet are filled with such wonderful rasa, let the bee of my mind always reside unwaveringly in that nectar which puts everything else to shame, for they are the essence of all sweetness.  This is my only prayer.

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MORNING KIRTANS

KRISHNA DEVA! BHAVANTAM VANDE

S 08 KRISHNA DEVA! BHAVANTAM VANDE

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

Song Name: Radhe Jaya Jaya Madhava Dayite
Official Name: Volume 6 Song 14; Radhika Stava
Author: Rupa Goswami
Book Name: Stavamala
Language: Sanskrit

LYRICS:

(refrain)
rādhe jaya jaya mādhava-dayite
gokula-taruṇī-maṇḍala-mahite

(1)
dāmodara-rati-vardhana-veśe
hari-niṣkuṭa-vṛndā-vipineśe

(2)
vṛṣabhānūdadhi-nava-śaśi-lekhe
lalitā-sakhi guṇa-ramita-viśākhe

 (3)
karuṇāḿ kuru mayi karuṇā-bharite
sanaka-sanātana-varṇita-carite

WORD FOR WORD TRANSLATION: Radhe Jaya Jaya Madhava Dayite

TRANSLATION

(Refrain) O Radha! O beloved of Madhava! O You who are worshiped by all the young girls of Gokula! All glories unto You! All glories unto You!

1) You who dress Yourself in such a way as to increase Lord Damodara's love and attachment for You! O queen of Vrndavana, which is the pleasure grove of Lord Hari!

2) O new moon that has arisen from the ocean of King Vrsabhanu! O friend of Lalita! O You who make Visakha loyal to You due to Your wonderful qualities of friendliness, kindness, and faithfulness to Krsna!

 3) O You who are filled with compassion! O You whose divine characteristics are described by the great sages Sanaka and Sanatana! O Radha, please be merciful to me!

S 09 GITAM-SRI SRI RADHIKA PADA-PADME VIJNAPTI

S 07 SRI RADHA-BHAJANA MAHIMA-RADHA-BHAJANE JADI

S 01 MANGALACARANA

Bhajan Lalasa

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Hari Hari Kabe mor hoibe sudina

Gaura Kisora Dasa Babaji has written this song: “Kothaya Go Premamayi Radhe Radhe”. GauraKisora dasa babaji has glorified Raghunatha dasa who is in so much ecstasy that he constantly wants to take the names of Jai Sri Radhe. He is fully deprived of thirst, hunger and sleep yet his tongue wants to glorify Krishna and Radhe. It is due to the mercy of Sri Radhe one can attain Krishna prema.
(1)
kothaya go premamayi radhe radhe
radhe radhe go, jaya radhe radhe
 
(2)
dekha diye prana rakha, radhe radhe
tomara kańgala tomaya dake, radhe radhe
 
(3)
radhe vrndavana-vilasini, radhe radhe
radhe kanu-mana-mohini, radhe radhe
 
(4)
radhe asta-sakhira siromani, radhe radhe
radhe vrsabhanu-nandini, radhe radhe
(gosai) niyama kare sadai dake, radhe radhe
 
(5)
(gosai) eka-bara dake kesi-ghate,
abara dake vaḿsi-vate, radhe radhe
(gosai) eka-bara dake nidhu-vane,
abara dake kusja-vane, radhe radhe
 
(6)
(gosai) eka-bara dake radha-kunde,
abara dake syama-kunde, radhe radhe
(gosai) eka-bara dake kusuma-vane,
abara dake govardhane, radhe radhe
 
(7)
(gosai) eka-bara dake tala-vane,
abara dake tamala-vane, radhe radhe
(gosai) malina vasana diye gaya,
vrajera dhulaya gadagadi jaya, radhe radhe
 
(8)
(gosai) mukhe radha radha bale,
bhase nayanera jale, radhe radhe
(gosai) vrndavane kuli kuli kêde bedaya
radha bali’, radhe radhe
 
(9)
(gosai) chapanna danda ratri-dine
jane na radha-govinda vine, radhe radhe
 
(10)
tara para cari danda suti’ thake
svapne radha-govinda dekhe, radhe radhe
 
 
1) Where is She who is full of prema? All glories to Sri Radha.
 
2) O Radha, please give me Your darsana and save my life. Your wretched beggar calls out to You, "Radhe! Radhe!"
 
3) O Radha, You enjoy pleasure pastimes in the forest of Vrndavana wherein You enchant the mind of Krsna.
 
4) O Radhe, You are the crest-jewel among Your eight principal sakhis. O Radha, daughter of Vrsabhanu Baba. Raghunatha dasa Gosvami was alway calling out, "Radhe!Radhe!"
 
5) Sometimes at Kesi-ghata, sometimes at Vamsi-vata. Sometimes in Nidhuvana, sometimes in Seva-kunja.
 
6) Sometimes at Radha-kunda, sometimes at Syama-kunda, sometimes at Kusuma-sarovara, sometimes at Giriraja-Govardhana.
 
7) Sometimes at Talavana, sometimes at Tamalvana. Raghunatha dasa wears simple cloth which appears to be dirty because he is always rolling on the earth crying out, "Radhe! Radhe!"
 
8) Calling out "Radhe! Radhe," his eyes are bursting with a flood of tears. He wanders throughout the lanes of Vrndavana crying out, "Radhe! Radhe!"
 
9) He knows nothing but Radha-Govinda throughout the day and night (56 dandas: 1 danda=24 minutes). Radhe! Radhe!
 
10) He takes rest for only 4 dandas (1 hr. 36 min.). At that time in his dreams he receives darsana of Radha-Govinda. Radhe! Radhe!

Kothay go Premamayi

Song Name: Mama Mana Mandire
Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Language: Bengali
LYRICS:

(1)
mama mana mandire raha niśi-din
kṛṣṇa murāri śrī kṛṣṇa murāri

(2)
bhakti pritī mālā candan
tumi nio he nio citta-nandan

(3)
jīvana maraṇa tava pūja nivedan
sundara he mana-hāri

(4)
eso nanda-kumār ār nanda-kumār
habe prema-pradīpe āratī tomār

(5)
nayana jamunā jhare anibār
tomāra virahe giridhāri

(6)
bandana gane tava bajūk jīvana
kṛṣṇa murāri śrī kṛṣṇa murāri

TRANSLATION

1) Please abide in the temple of my heart both day and night, O Krsna Murari, O Sri Krsna Murari!

2) Devotion, love, flower garlands, and sandalwood- please accept them, O Delighter of the Heart!

3) In life or in death I worship You with these offerings, Beautiful One, O Enchanter of the Heart!

4) Come, son of Nanda, and then, O Son of Nanda, I will offer Your arati ceremony with the lamplight of my love.

5) The waters of the Yamuna River cascade incessantly from my eyes in your separation, O Holder of Govardhana Hill!

6) May I pass my life absorbed only in songs of Your praise, O Krsna Murari, Sri Krsna Murari!

Mamo Mona Mandire

(jaya) radha-madhava,
(jaya) kunja-bihari
(jaya) gopi-jana-vallabha,
(jaya) giri-vara-dhari
(jaya) yashoda-nandana,
(jaya) vraja-jana-ranjana
(jaya) yamuna-tira-vana-chari

“Krishna is the lover of Radha. He displays many amorous pastimes in the groves of Vrindavana. He is the lover of the cowherd maidens of Vraja, the holder of the great hill named Govardhana, the beloved son of mother Yashoda, and the delighter of the inhabitants of Vraja. He wanders in the forests along the banks of the River Yamuna.”
("Jaya Radha Madhava" by Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur)

Jaya Radha Madhava

04 - Yasomati Nandana

14 - Radha Krsna Prana

smerāṁ bhaṅgī-traya-paricitāṁ sāci-vistīrṇa-dṛṣṭiṁ
vaṁśī-nyastādhara-kiśalayām ujjvalāṁ candrakeṇa
govindākhyāṁ hari-tanum itaḥ keśī-tīrthopakaṇṭhe
mā prekṣiṣṭhās tava yadi sakhe bandhu-saṅge 'sti raṅgaḥ
TRANSLATION
"My dear friend, if you are indeed attached to your worldly friends, do not look at the smiling face of Lord Govinda as He stands on the bank of the Yamunā at Keśīghāṭa. Casting sidelong glances, He places His flute to His lips, which seem like newly blossomed twigs. His transcendental body, bending in three places, appears very bright in the moonlight."

Song Name: Bandhu Sange Yadi Tava Range
Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakur
Language: Bengali

LYRICS
(1)
bandhu-sańge yadi tava rańga parihāsa, thāke abhilāṣa (thāke abhilāṣa)
tabe mora kathā rākha, jeyo nāko jeyo nāko,
mathurāya keśī-tīrtha-ghāṭera sakāśa

(2)
govinda vigraha dhari’, tathāya āchena hari,
nayane vańkima-dṛṣṭi, mukhe manda-hāsa
kivā tri-bhańgama ṭhāma, varṇa samujjvala śyāma,
nava-kiśalaya śobhā śrī ańge prakāśa

(3)
adhare vaḿśī-ṭī tā’ra, anarthera mūlādhāra,
śikhi-cūḍākeo bhāi koro nā viśvāsa
se mūrti nayane here, keha nāhi ghare phire,
saḿsārī gṛhīra je go hoya sarva-nāśa
(tāi mora mane baḍa trāsa)
ghaṭibe vipada bhārī, jeyo nāko he saḿsāri,
mathurāya keśī-tīrtha-ghāṭera sakāśa

TRANSLATION
1) If you want to enjoy laughing and joking with friends and family, if this is really your desire, then listen to me. Don’t go, don’t go to Mathura (Vrndavana) to Kesi-ghata.
 
2) There Sri Hari has taken the form of Govinda, who gives pleasure to all, whose crooked glance is quite captivating, whose mouth is gently smiling, who is standing in His tribanga pose, whose complexion is a very effulgent syama color, and whose limbs are attractive like tender new leaves.

3) The sound of His vamsi enthroned upon His lips is the root cause of madness. Brother, have no faith in that person who wears a crest of peacock feathers. If you see that form, you will not be able to return home again. Your family life will be destroyed. (This is my great fear!) There will be great danger if you go there. If you want to enjoy family life, don’t go to Mathura near Kesi-ghata.

Gaudiya Vaishnav kirtan

Radhika Sharma