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.
Maṅgalācaraṇa (Auspicious Invocation)
First Branch: Upadeśa (Instructions)
- Upadeśa – Song One – dīkṣā-guru kṛpā kori’ mantra-upadeśa
- Upadeśa – Song Two – mana tumi bhālabāsa kāmera taraṅga
- Upadeśa – Song Three – mana re, tumi boro sandigdha-antara
- Upadeśa – Song Four – mana, tumi boḍai pāmora
- Upadeśa – Song Five – mana, keno e saṁśoya
- Upadeśa – Song Six – mana, tumi paḍile ki chāra?
- Upadeśa – Song Seven – mana, jogī ho’te tomāra bāsanā
- Upadeśa – Song Eight – ohe bhāi, mana keno brahma ho’te cāya
- Upadeśa – Song Nine – mana re, keno āra barṇa abhimāna
- Upadeśa – Song Ten – mana re, keno koro bidyāra gauraba
- Upadeśa – Song Eleven – rūpera gauraba keno bhāi
- Upadeśa – Song Twelve – mana re dhana-mada nitānta asāra
- Upadeśa – Song Thirteen – mana tumi sannyāsī sājite keno cāo
- Upadeśa – Song Fourteen – mana tumi tīrthe sadā rata
- Upadeśa – Song Fifteen – dekho mana brate jena nā hao ācchanna
- Upadeśa – Song Sixteen – mana tumi boroi cañcala
- Upadeśa – Song Seventeen – mana tore boli e bāratā
- Upadeśa – Song Eighteen – ki āra bolibo tore mana
- Upadeśa – Song Nineteen – keno mana kāmere nacāo prema-prāya
Second Branch: Upalabdhi (Instructions)
- Upalabdhi – 1 – Song One – āmi ati pāmara durjana
- Upalabdhi – 1 – Song Two – sādhu-saṅga nā hoilo hāya
- Upalabdhi – 1 – Song Three – ore mana karmera kuhare gelo kāla
- Upalabdhi – 1 – Song Four – ore mana ki bipada hoilo āmāra
- Upalabdhi – 1 – Song Five – ore mana kleśa-tāpa dekhi je aśeṣa
- Upalabdhi – 2 – Song One – ore mana bhālo nāhi lāge e soṁsāra
- Upalabdhi – 2 – Song Two – ore mana bāribāra āśā keno koro
- Upalabdhi – 2 – Song Three – ore mana bhukti-mukti-spṛhā koro dūra
- Upalabdhi – 2 – Song Four – durlabha mānaba-janma labhiyā soṁsāre
- Upalabdhi – 2 – Song Five – śarīrera sukhe mana deho jalajali
Third Branch: Uccwāsa (Ecstasy)
- Uccwāsa – 1 – Song One – kabe śrī-caitanya more koribena doyā
- Uccwāsa – 1 – Song Two – āmi to’ durjana ati sadā durācāra
- Uccwāsa – 1 – Song Three – bhabārṇabe po’ḍe more ākula parāṇa
- Uccwāsa – 1 – Song Four – biṣaya-bāsanā-rūpa cittera bikāra
- Uccwāsa – 1 – Song Five – āmāra samāna hīna nāhi e soṁsāre
- Uccwāsa – 2 – Song One – kabe mora śubha-dina hoibe udoya
- Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Two – śrī-guru-baiṣṇaba-kṛpā kota dine habe
- Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Three – āmāra emona bhāgya kota dine ha’be
- Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Four – caitanya-candrera līlā samudra apāra
- Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Five – kabe mora mūḍha mana chāri’ anya dhyāna
- Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Six – hari hari kabe mora ho’be heno dina
- Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Seven – kabe mui baiṣṇabe cinibo hari hari
- Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Eight – kṛpā koro’ baiṣṇaba ṭhākura
- Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Nine – kabe ha’be heno daśā mora
- Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Ten – hā hā morā gaura-kiśora
- Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Eleven – hā hā kabe gaura-nitāi
- Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Twelve – kabe āhā gaurāṅga boliyā
- Uccwāsa – 3 – Song One – gopīnātha mama nibedana śuno
- Uccwāsa – 3 – Song Two – gopīnātha ghucāo soṁsāra-jwālā
- Uccwāsa – 3 – Song Three – gopīnātha āmāra upāya nāi
- Uccwāsa – 3 – Song Four – śrī-rādhā-kṛṣṇa-pada-kamale mana
- Uccwāsa – 4 – Song One – kali-kukkura-kadana jadi cāo (he)
- Uccwāsa – 4 – Song Two – bibhābarī śeṣa āloka prabeśa
- Uccwāsa – 6 – Song One – bahirmukha ho’ye māyāre bhajiye
- Uccwāsa – 6 – Song Two – śuno he rasika-jana kṛṣṇa-guṇa agaṇana