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narasimha-kavacham vakshye
prahladenoditam pura
sarva-raksha-karam punyam
sarvopadrava-nashanam

sarva-sampat-karam chaiva
svarga-moksha-pradayakam
dhyatva narasimham devesham
hema-simhasana-sthitam

vivrtasyam tri-nayanam
sharad-indu-sama-prabham
lakshmyalingita-vamangam
vibhutibhir upashritam

catur-bhujam komalangam
svarna-kundala-shobhitam
saroja-shobitoraskam
ratna-keyura-mudritam

tapta-kancana-sankasham
pita-nirmala-vasasam
indradi-sura-maulishthah
sphuran manikya-diptibhih
virajita-pada-dvandvam
shankha-chakradi-hetibhih
garutmata cha vinayat
stuyamanam mudanvitam

sva-hrt-kamala-samvasam
krtva tu kavacham pathet
nrsimho me shirah patu
loka-rakshartha-sambhavah

sarvago ’pi stambha-vasah
phalam me rakshatu dhvanim
nrsimho me drshau patu
soma-suryagni-lochanah

smrtam me patu naraharih
muni-varya-stuti-priyah
nasam me simha-nashas tu
mukham lakshmi-mukha-priyah

sarva-vidyadhipah patu
nrsimho rasanam mama
vaktram patv indu-vadanam
sada prahlada-vanditah

narasimhah patu me kantham
skandhau bhu-bhrd ananta-krt
divyastra-shobhita-bhujah
narasimhah patu me bhujau

karau me deva-varado
narasimhah patu sarvatah
hrdayam yogi-sadhyash cha
nivasam patu me harih

madhyam patu hiranyaksha-
vakshah-kukshi-vidaranah
nabhim me patu naraharih
sva-nabhi-brahma-samstutah

brahmanda-kotayah katyam
yasyasau patu me katim
guhyam me patu guhyanam
mantranam guhya-rupa-drk

uru manobhavah patu
januni nara-rupa-drk
janghe patu dhara-bhara-
harta yo ’sau nr-keshari

sura-rajya-pradah patu
padau me nrharishvarah
sahasra-shirsha-purushah
patu me sarvashas tanum

manograh purvatah patu
maha-viragrajo ’gnitah
maha-vishnur dakshine tu
maha-jvalas tu nairrtah

pashchime patu sarvesho
dishi me sarvatomukhah
narasimhah patu vayavyam
saumyam bhushana-vigrahah

ishanyam patu bhadro me
sarva-mangala-dayakah
samsara-bhayatah patu
mrtyor mrtyur nr-keshari


idam narasimha-kavacham
prahlada-mukha-manditam
bhaktiman yah pathenaityam
sarva-papaih pramucyate

putravan dhanavan loke
dirghayur upajayate
yam yam kamayate kamam
tam tam prapnoty asamshayam

sarvatra jayam apnoti
sarvatra vijayi bhavet
bhumy antariksha-divyanam
grahanam vinivaranam

vrshchikoraga-sambhuta-
vishapaharanam param
brahma-rakshasa-yakshanam
durotsarana-karanam

bhuje va tala-patre va
kavacam likhitam shubham
kara-mule dhrtam yena
sidhyeyuh karma-siddhayah

devasura-manushyeshu
svam svam eva jayam labhet
eka-sandhyam tri-sandhyam va
yah pathen niyato narah

sarva-mangala-mangalyam
bhuktim muktim cha vindati
dva-trimshati-sahasrani
pathet shuddhatmanam nrnam

kavachasyasya mantrasya
mantra-siddhih prajayate
anena mantra-rajena
krtva bhasmabhir mantranam

tilakam bibhriyad yas tu
tasya graha-bhayam haret
tri-varam japamanas tu
dattam varyabhimantrya ca

prasayed yo naro mantram
narasimha-dhyanam acharet
tasya rogah pranashyanti
ye cha syuh kukshi-sambhavah

kimatra bahunoktena
narasimha sadrsho bhavet
manasa chintitam yattu 
sa tacchapnotya samshayam

garjantam garjayantam nija-bhuja-patalam sphotayantam hatantam
dipyantam tapayantam divi bhuvi ditijam kshepayantam kshipantam
krandantam roshayantam dishi dishi satatam samharantam bharantam
vikshantam purnayantam kara-nikara-shatair divya-simham namami

iti shri-brahmanda-purane prahladoktam shri-narasimha-kavacam sampurnam

Sri Narasimha Kavacam

An Evening with Gaura Vani - 3 - Sweeping w/ Madan Mohan Brijbasi

LYRICS:
(introductory verse)
vṛndāyai tulasī-devyai priyāyai keśavasya ca
kṛṣṇa-bhakti-prade devī satya vatyai namo namaḥ
 
(1)
namo namaḥ tulasī kṛṣṇa-preyasi namo namaḥ
rādhā-kṛṣṇa-sevā pābo ei abilāṣī
 
(2)
ye tomāra śaraṇa loy, tara vāñchā pūrṇa hoy
kṛpā kori' koro tāre vṛndāvana-vāsi
 
(3)
mora ei abhilāṣa, vilāsa kuñje dio vāsa
nayana heribo sadā yugala-rūpa-rāśi
 
(4)
ei nivedana dhara, sakhīra anugata koro
sevā-adhikāra diye koro nīja dāsī
 
(5)
dīna kṛṣṇa-dāse koy, ei yena mora hoy
śrī-rādhā-govinda-preme sadā yena bhāsi
 
TRANSLATION
Introductory verse: I offer my repeated obeisances unto Vrnda, Srimati Tulasi Devi, who is very dear to Lord Kesava. O goddess, you bestow devotional service to Lord Krsna and possess the highest truth.
 
1) O Tulasi, beloved of Krsna, I bow before you again and again. My desire is to obtain the service of Sri Sri Radha-Krsna.
 
2) Whoever takes shelter of you has his wishes fulfilled. Bestowing your mercy on him, you make him a resident of Vrndavana.
 
3) My desire is that you will also grant me a residence in the pleasure groves of Sri Vrndavana-dhama. Thus, within my vision I will always behold the beautiful pastimes of Radha and Krsna.
 
4) I beg you to make me a follower of the cowherd damsels of Vraja. Please give me the privilege of devotional service and make me your own maidservant.
 
5) Dina Duhkhi Krsnadasa prays, ''May I always swim in the love of Sri Radha and Govinda.
 
6)* By the circumambulation of Srimati Tulasi Devi all the sins that one may have committed are destroyed at every step, even the sin of killing a brahmana.
 

Śrī-Tulasī Ārati - Gaura Manī devi dāsī

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Krishna Kishore And The Mayapuris TNK 11.9.17

Collections of His Holiness Jayapataka Swami Maharaja's Kirtans and Bhajans.

08/SEP/1995 - Mathuradesh

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Je Anilo Prema - Dhana Karuna Pracura By His Holiness Jayapataka Swami Maharaja

Kesava & Acyuta Gopi 3.11.18 Sun Night at RG

Join Vrinda, Lali and little Jaanaki as they continue their adventures into the past life of Narada Muni!

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Vrinda & Lali Bhagavatam Story 1.6

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The Hare Krishna Mahamantra performed by legendary western Hare Krishna devotee Vishnujana Swami.

Vishnujana Swami (also Visnujana Swami; 1948–1976[1]), born Mark Stephen D'Atillo, was a disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, and a sannyasi within the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (commonly known as the 'Hare Krishnas' or ISKCON). Despite his mysterious disappearance in 1976, he continues to be regarded as a saintly figure within ISKCON. His legend lives on through recordings of his celebrated singing of the Hare Krishna mantra and through his unmatched success as a preacher in the early days of the movement.
The sixteen sound syllables of the Mahamantra follow...

HARE KRISHNA MAHAMANTRA

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

Srila Prabhupada says:

Rama and Krishna are names of God, and Hare is the energy of God. So when we chant the maha-mantra, we address God together with His energy. This energy is of two kinds, the spiritual and the material. At present we are in the clutches of the material energy. Therefore we pray to Krishna that He may kindly deliver us from the service of the material energy and accept us into the service of the spiritual energy. That is our whole philosophy. Hare Krishna means, "O energy of God, O God [Krishna], please engage me in Your service." It is our nature to render service. Somehow or other we have come to the service of material things, but when this service is transformed into the service of the spiritual energy, then our life is perfect.

Hare Krishna Mahamantra ~ Vishnujana Swami:

Avig & Mukunda & Nilamadhava & Gopinath - 7.23.18

A song by Srila Jayapataka Swami as an offering to Srila Prabhupada

(1)
(yadi) prabhupāda nā haita  tabe ki haita
(e) jivana bahita kise?
nitāi-gaurera  apāra karuṇa
ke dita sakala deśe ||

If Srila Prabhupada had not come, what would have happened? How could we have passed our lives? Who else would have distributed the unlimited mercy of Lord Nityananda and Lord Gauranga all over the world?

Si Srila Prabhupada no hubiese venido, que hubiese ocurrido? Como hubiesemos  pasado nuestras vidas? Quien mas hubiese distribuido la misericordia ilimitada del Seïor Nityananda y el Seïor Gauranga en todo el mundo?

(2)
pāścātyera yata pāpi durācārī
śūnyavādī māyāvādī |
tādera uddāra  karibāre mana
hena kon dayānidhi ||   

Which other compassionate person would have endeavored to deliver the miscreants , sinful, impersonalistic and voidistic people in the West?

Que otra persona compasiva se hubiese esforzado en liberar a la gente malechora, pecaminosa, impersonalista y nihilista del mundo occidental?

(3)
tādera nikaṭe  kon janā āsi 
bilāita harinām |
sabhya jīva rūpe  gaḍite tādera
ke haita āguyān ||
 
Who else would have come to distribute Harinama to them? Who else would have come forward to transform them into civilized beings?

Quien mas hubiese venido a distribuir Harinam para ellos? Quien mas hubiese dado un paso adelante para transformarlos en seres civilizados? 

(4)
deśe deśe hari-vigraha sevā
āratī rātri-dine |
ratha yātrādi  mahotsava saba
śikāita kon jane ||
 
Who else would have taught them how to worship the Deity form of Lord Hari day and night with arati-kirtana, and how to conduct the Ratha-yatra and other grand festivals?

Quien mas les hubiese enseïado a adorar, noche y dia, la forma de la Deidad del Senor Hari con aratik y kirtan? Y que otro les hubiese enseïado a conducir Ratha Yatra y otros festivales?

(5)
gītā-bhāgavata caitanya carita
premāmṛta rasasāra |
kata nā sundara sarala kariyā
ke bujhāita āra ||
 
Bhagavad-gita, Srimad-Bhagavatam and Caitanya-caritamrta contain the essence of the nectarean mellows of love of Godhead. Who else would have explained these scriptures so clearly and beautifully?

El Bhagavad –gita , Srimad Bhagavatam y Caitanya Caritamrita contiene la esencia de la dulzura nectarea de amor por Dios. Quien mas hubiese explicado estas escrituras en forma tan hermosa y clara? 

(6)
kata kaṣṭa sahi  prīta mane rahi
ke vā dita harinām |    
ke dita modera purī vṛndāvana
māyāpura mata dhām ||
 
Who else would have tolerated all difficulties, and distributed Harinama with a pleasant heart? Who would have given us the dhamas such as Mayapur, Vrindavan and Jagannatha Puri?
Quien mas hubiese tolerado tantas dificultades y hubiese distribuido Harinam con un corazon agradable? Quien nos hubiese dado los dhamas tales como Mayapur, Vrindavan y Jagannath Puri? 

(7)
parama maṅgala śrīcaitanya mahā-
prabhura śikṣā dhana |
ācāre pracāre sadā āmādere
ke karita niyojana ||
 
The teachings of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu constitute the greatest and most auspicious treasure. Who else would have engaged us in constantly practicing and preaching it?

Las enseïansas de Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu constituye el tesoro mas grande y auspicioso. Quien mas nos hubiese ocupado constantemente en practicar y predicar este tesoro?

(8)
premakalpataru nitāi-gaurera
kṛpā kaṇa labhibāre |
niravadhi jaya- patākā hṛdaya
tomare śaraṇa kare ||               
 
Sri Sri Nitai Gaura are desire trees of love of Godhead. Desiring a drop of Their mercy, Jayapataka’s heart incessantly takes shelter of Your Divine Grace.

Sri Sri Nitai Gaura son arboles de deseos de amor por Dios. Deseando una gota de Su misericordia, el corazon de Jayapataka incesamente toma refugio de Su Divina Gracia. 

Yadi Prabhupada Na Haita

Stoka Krishna Prabhu leading Kirtan at Krishna Balaram Mandir on September 14, 2018. The picture is not from Krishna Balaram Mandir though, it's from https://bit.ly/2TmSEXy.

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Song Name: Amar Jivana
Official Name: Dainya Song 4
Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Book Name: Saranagati
Language: Bengali
 
LYRICS
(1)
āmāra jīvana,  sadā pāpe rata,
nāhiko punyera leṣa
parere udvega,  diyāchi je koto,
diyāchi jīvere kleśa
 
(2)
nija sukha lāgi’,  pāpe nāhi ḍori,
doyā-hīna swārtha-paro
para-sukhe duḥkhī,  sadā mithya-bhāṣī,
para-duḥkha sukha-karo
 
(3)
aśeṣa kāmanā,  hṛdi mājhe mora,
krodhī, dambha-parāyana
mada-matta sadā,  viṣaye mohita,
hiḿsā-garva vibhūṣana
 
(4)
nidrālasya hata,  sukārye virata,
akārye udyogī āmi
pratiṣṭha lāgiyā,  śāṭhya-ācaraṇa,
lobha-hata sadā kāmī
 
(5)
e heno durjana,  saj-jana-varjita,
aparādhi nirantara
śubha-kārya-śūnya,  sadānartha-manāḥ,
nānā duḥkhe jara jara
 
(6)
bārdhakye ekhona,  upāya-vihīna,
tā’te dīna akiñcana
bhakativinoda,  prabhura caraṇe,
kore duḥkha nivedana
 
TRANSLATION
1) I am an impious sinner and have caused others great anxiety and trouble.
 
2) I have never hesitated to perform sinful act for my own enjoyment. Devoid of all compassion, concerned only with my own selfish interests, I am remorseful seeing others happy. I am a perpetual liar, and the misery of others is a source of great pleasure for me.
 
3) The material desires within the core of my heart are unlimited. I am wrathful, devoted to false pride and arrogance, intoxicated by vanity, and bewildered by worldly affairs. Envy and egotism are the ornaments I wear.
 
4) Ruined by laziness and sleep, I resist all pious deeds; yet I am very active and enthusiastic to perform wicked acts. For worldly fame and reputation I engage in the practice of deceitfulness. Thus I am destroyed by my own greed and am always lustful.
 
5) A vile, wicked man such as this, rejected by godly people, is a constant offender. I am such a person, devoid of all good works, forever inclined toward evil, worn out and wasted by various miseries.
 
6) Now in old age, deprived of all means of success, humbled and poor, Bhaktivinoda submits his tale of grief at the feet of the Supreme Lord.
 
REMARKS/ EXTRA INFORMATION:
No Extra Information available for this song!
 
PURPORTS:
By A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
 
FOREIGN TRANSLATIONS:
Mera Jivana Sada Papa Rata (HINDI)
 
SYNONYMS:
Amar Jivan
 
BENGALI SCRIPT:
Amar Jivan (BENG)
 
UPDATED: November 18, 2010

Amar jivan

12/29/2018 recorded by Nityānanda Chandra Dās with i-XY Røde mic

Dec 29, 2018 Track 4

Amala Harinam - Hare Krishna Kirtan HD - Kirtan50: 2018 - Day 2

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This track is from the album Take Me Home and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/gauramaniandthevrajavadh

Rock to Godhead

For American born lead singer Gaura Mani, the love affair with kirtan began at a very young age.

“When I was two years old, living at the Detroit Devasadan Mandir, my mother would play tapes of Srila Prabhupada’s kirtan while she cooked,” Gaura Mani recalls.

From the early 1980s to mid 1990s, while she went to gurukula schools in Detroit, Los Angeles, and North Carolina, Gaura Mani would start singing kirtan at 4:00am every day, with the traditional mangala arati prayers. And from the age of six, she and her sister would play mridanga and harmonium at Krishna conscious home programs their parents held on weekends.

All this kirtan, coupled with visits every few years to Vrindavana, the land of Lord Krishna’s birth, left Gaura Mani deeply attached to the mischievous cowherd boy.
During one later visit to Vrindavana, Gaura Mani met her husband-to-be Param Dasa, who had moved there from Punjab with his family, and had joined ISKCON at seventeen.

“The first time I met him, he was singing kirtan in the temple, as he did every evening,” she says. “I just couldn’t get enough of his kirtan. Every time he sang it just melted my heart. We were formally introduced in front of my parents, and began to spend time with each other by doing kirtan together!” India, when we perform, audiences are attracted because we have a slightly Western style of kirtan,” she says. “They come for the Western feel, and then realize that they’re chanting Hare Krishna, calling out the Lord! The crowd goes completely wild, and their energy bounces back to me. It’s very real, very uplifting. I go into another dimension, like I’m not even in this world anymore.”

Developing their devotion and working on their craft through live performances, The Vrajavadhus finally released their first album “Take Me Home” An incredible 35,000 people, including members of the press, attended to chant and dance along as The Vrajavadhus played their album in full. “I feel like there’s nothing greater than to sing for Krishna,” Gaura Mani says. “Being united with Him in that way gives me the highest feeling of ecstasy. I pray to be constantly engaged in this service, and I never want it to end. Kirtan forever!”


Dedication
The Vrajavadhus Kirtanwali dedicate their humble service to the Founder Acarya of the International Society of Krishna Consciousness, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada. We pray for his blessings in spreading the movement of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu throughout the world.

 


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