Kalyāṇa Kalpataru (‘The auspicious Desire Tree’)

(translated by Daśaratha-suta Dāsa)

Kalyāṇa Kalpataru (‘The auspicious Desire Tree’) was written by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in 1881 and is comprised of 63 songs. The songs in this songbook are divided into three parts (branches), namely (1) Upadeśa (instructions), (2) Upalabdhi (achievement), and (3) Ucchvāsa (increase of spiritual emotions). Kalyāṇa Kalpataru describes the manifestation of transcendental emotions that a śuddha-bhakta experiences.

Third Branch: Uccwāsa (Ecstasy)

  1. Uccwāsa – 1 – Song One – kabe śrī-caitanya more koribena doyā
  2. Uccwāsa – 1 – Song Two – āmi to’ durjana ati sadā durācāra
  3. Uccwāsa – 1 – Song Three – bhabārṇabe po’ḍe more ākula parāṇa
  4. Uccwāsa – 1 – Song Four – biṣaya-bāsanā-rūpa cittera bikāra
  5. Uccwāsa – 1 – Song Five – āmāra samāna hīna nāhi e soṁsāre
  1. Uccwāsa – 2 – Song One – kabe mora śubha-dina hoibe udoya
  2. Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Two – śrī-guru-baiṣṇaba-kṛpā kota dine habe
  3. Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Three – āmāra emona bhāgya kota dine ha’be
  4. Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Four – caitanya-candrera līlā samudra apāra
  5. Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Five – kabe mora mūḍha mana chāri’ anya dhyāna
  6. Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Six – hari hari kabe mora ho’be heno dina
  7. Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Seven – kabe mui baiṣṇabe cinibo hari hari
  8. Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Eight – kṛpā koro’ baiṣṇaba ṭhākura
  9. Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Nine – kabe ha’be heno daśā mora
  10. Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Ten – hā hā morā gaura-kiśora
  11. Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Eleven – hā hā kabe gaura-nitāi
  12. Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Twelve – kabe āhā gaurāṅga boliyā
  1. Uccwāsa – 3 – Song One – gopīnātha mama nibedana śuno
  2. Uccwāsa – 3 – Song Two – gopīnātha ghucāo soṁsāra-jwālā
  3. Uccwāsa – 3 – Song Three – gopīnātha āmāra upāya nāi
  4. Uccwāsa – 3 – Song Four – śrī-rādhā-kṛṣṇa-pada-kamale mana

  1. Uccwāsa – 4 – Song One – kali-kukkura-kadana jadi cāo (he)
  2. Uccwāsa – 4 – Song Two – bibhābarī śeṣa āloka prabeśa

  1. Uccwāsa – 5 – Song One – janama sa-phala tā’ra kṛṣṇa-daraśana jā’ra
  1. Uccwāsa – 6 – Song One – bahirmukha ho’ye māyāre bhajiye
  2. Uccwāsa – 6 – Song Two – śuno he rasika-jana kṛṣṇa-guṇa agaṇana

  1. Uccwāsa – 7 – Song One – jībe kṛpā kori’ golokera hori
  2. Uccwāsa – 7 – Song Two – jamunā-puline kadamba-kānane
  1. Uccwāsa – 8 – Song One – kṛṣṇa-baṁśī-gīta śuni’ dekhi’ citra-pata-khani