(1)
śrīvāsera prati, caitanya-prasāda
dekhiyā sakala jana
jaya śrī-caitanya, jaya nityānanda
bali’ nāce ghana ghana

Seeing the special mercy that Śrī Caitanya had bestowed upon Śrīvāsa, all those present began repeatedly dancing and loudly crying out, “Glories to Śrī Caitanya! Glories to Nityānanda!”

(2)
śrīvāsa-mandire, ki bhāva uṭhila
tāhā ki varṇana haya
bhāva-yuddha sane, ānanda-krandana
uṭhe kṛṣṇa-prema-maya

What ecstatic mood arose within Śrīvāsa’s house at that time cannot be described. Waves of joyful weeping arose amidst a great battle of bhāva, everything saturated with kṛṣṇa-prema.

(3)
cāri bhāi paḍi’, prabhura caraṇe
preme gadagada svare
kāndiyā kāndiyā, kākuti kariyā
gaḍi’ yāya prema-bhare

The four brothers then fell at the Lord’s feet. Their voices choked with love, they wept again and again, humbly offering prayers while rolling upon the ground, overwhelmed by the weight of divine love.

(4)
ohe prāṇeśvara, e hena vipada
prati-dina yena haya
yāhāte tomāra, caraṇa-yugale
āsakti bāḍhite raya

“O Lord of our lives! May such calamities come every day if they serve only to deepen our attachment to Your divine lotus feet.”

(5)
vipada-sampade, sei dina bhāla
ye dina tomāre smari
tomāra smaraṇa, rahita ye dina
se dina vipada hari

“That day alone is truly auspicious, even amid calamity, if it brings remembrance of You. But the day on which remembrance of You is absent, O Lord, that day is the real disaster.”

(6)
śrīvāsa-goṣṭhira, caraṇe paḍiyā
bhaktivinoda bhaṇe
tomādera gorā, kṛpā bitariyā
dekhāo durgata jane

Falling at the feet of Śrīvāsa and all his family members, Bhaktivinoda says: “May your Gaura distribute His mercy and reveal Himself to this fallen soul.”

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A Garland of Songs

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Yāmuna Bhāvāvalī (The Ecstasies of  Yāmunācārya)
  1. 1ohe prabhu dayāmaya, tomāra caraṇa-dvaya
  2. 2tomāra īkṣaṇa haya, sakala utpatti laya
  3. 3para-tattva-vicakṣaṇa, vyāsa-ādi muni-gaṇa
  4. 4jagatera vastu yata, baddha saba svabhāvataḥ
  5. 5tumi sarva-guṇa-yuta, śakti tava vaśī-bhūta
  6. 6tomāra gambhīra mana, nāhi bujhe anya jana
  7. 7māyā-baddha yata kṣaṇa, thāke to' jīvera mana
  8. 8dharma-niṣṭhā nāhi mora, ātma-bodha vā sundara
  9. 9hena duṣṭa karma nāi, yāhā āmi kari nāi
  10. 10nija-karma-doṣa-phale, poḍi' bhavārṇava-jale
  11. 11anya āśā nāhi yāra, tava pada-padma tāra
  12. 12tava pada-paṅkajinī, jīvāmṛta-sañcāriṇī
  13. 13bhramite saṁsāra-vane, kabhu daiva-saṁghaṭane
  14. 14tomāra caraṇa-padma, anurāga-sudhā-sadma
  15. 15tavāṅghri-kamala-dvaya, vilāsa-vikrama-maya
  16. 16āmi sei duṣṭa-mati, nā dekhiyā anya-gati
  17. 17āmi aparādhī jana, sadā daṇḍya durlakṣaṇa
  18. 18aviveka-rūpa ghana, tāhe dik ācchādana
  19. 19agre eka nivedana, kari madhusūdana
  20. 20tomā chāḍi' āmi kabhu, anātha nā hai prabhu
  21. 21strī-puruṣa-deha-gata, varṇa-ādi dharma yata
  22. 22veda-vidhi-anusāre, karma kari' e saṁsāre
  23. 23tomāra ye śuddha-bhakta, tomāte se anurakta
  24. 24śuno he madhu-mathana, mama eka vijñāpana
  25. 25āmi nara-paśu-prāya, ācāra-vihīna tāya
  26. 26tumi jagatera pitā, tumi jagatera mātā
  27. 27āmi ta' cañcala-mati, amaryāda khudra ati
Kārpaṇya Pañjikā (A Diary of Humility)
  1. 1āmi ati dīna-mati, vraja-kuñje nivasati
Śoka Śātana (The Removal of Despair)
  1. 1pradoṣa-samaye śrīvāsa-aṅgane
  2. 2praveśiyā antaḥpure nārī-gaṇe śānta kare
  3. 3dhana jana deha geha kṛṣṇe samarpaṇa
  4. 4sabu meli’ bālaka-bhāga vicāri
  5. 5śrīvāsa-vacana śravaṇa kariyā
  6. 6prabhura vacana, takhana śuniyā
  7. 7gorācandera ājñā peye gṛha-vāsī-gaṇa
  8. 8pūrṇa-cid-ānanda tumi
  9. 9bāndhila māyā ye dina ha’te
  10. 10śrīvāse kahena prabhu tuṅhu mora dāsa
  11. 11śrīvāsera prati, caitanya-prasāda
  12. 12mṛta śiśu la’ye tabe bhakta-vatsala
  13. 13nadīyā-nagare gorā-carita amṛta
Śrī Śrī Rūpānuga-bhajana-darpaṇa (Reflections on Rūpānuga Bhajana)
  1. 1śrī-guru śrī-gaura-candra, vṛndāvane yuva-dvandva
  2. 2bahu-janma-bhāgya-vaśe, cinmaya madhura rase
  3. 3yoga yāga saba chāra śraddhā sakalera sāra
  4. 4chāḍi' anya abhilāṣa, jñāna-karma-sahāvāsa
  5. 5śraddhā-devī nāma yāra, dui-vidha svabhāva tāra
  6. 6rūpānuga-tattva-sāra, bujhite ākāṅkṣā yāṅra
  7. 7rasera ādhāra yei, tāṅra cite rasa-khāni
  8. 8yei rati janme jāra sei mata rasa tāra
  9. 9madhurera sthāyī-bhāva labhe ye abirbhāva
  10. 10rati prema sneha māna, praṇaya o rāgākhyāna
  11. 11rati-āsvāda-hetu yata, vibhāva nāmete khyāta
  12. 12śrī-nandānandana-dhana, tadīya vallabhā-gaṇa
  13. 13su-ramya madhura-smita, sarva-sal-lakṣaṇānvita
  14. 14su-ramyādi guṇa-gaṇa, hañāche vibhūṣaṇa
  15. 15śrī-kṛṣṇe seviba bali’, gṛha chāḍi’ kuñje cali’
  16. 16nāyikāra śiromaṇi, vraje rādhā ṭhākurāṇī
  17. 17rādhā-kṛṣṇa-guṇa-gāna, mithāsakti samvardhana
  18. 18pañca-sakhī madhye cāra, nitya-siddha rādhikāra
  19. 19parama-caitanya hari, tāṅra śakti vaneśvarī
  20. 20kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa-bhakta-gata, guṇa nāma su-carita
  21. 21vibhāvita rati yabe, kriyāpara ha’ye tabe
  22. 22sthāyī-bhāva-āviṣṭa citta, pāiya vibhāva-vitta
  23. 23nirveda viṣāda mada, dainya glāni śrama-unmāda
  24. 24sādhāraṇī samañjasā, sthāyī lābhe bhāva-daśā
  25. 25śrī ujjvala-rasa sāra, svabhāvataḥ dvi-prakāra
  26. 26darśana āśleṣānvita, ānukūlya-sevāśrita
  27. 27sandarśana saṁsparśana, jalpa vartma-nirodhana
  28. 28rasa-tattva nitya yaiche, vraja-tattva nitya taiche
  29. 29kṛṣṇera yateka khelā, tāra madhye nara-līlā
Siddhi Lālasā (Hankering for Perfection)
  1. 1kabe gaura-vane, suradhunī-taṭe
  2. 2dekhite dekhite, bhuliba vā kabe
  3. 3hena kāle kabe, vilāsa-mañjarī
  4. 4pālya-dāsī kari, lalitā-sundarī
  5. 5cintāmaṇi-maya, rādhā-kuṇḍa-taṭa
  6. 6nirjana kuṭīre, śrī-rādhā-caraṇa
  7. 7śrī-rūpa-mañjarī kabe madhura vacane
  8. 8varaṇe taḍita, vāsa tārābalī
  9. 9vṛṣabhānu-sutā, caraṇa-sevane
  10. 10śrī-kṛṣṇa-virahe, rādhikāra daśā

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