Gītāvalī (A Collection of Songs)

Śrī Nām-Kīrtan
(Chanting of the Holy Names) – Song 1

[Vibhāṣa]

(1)
yaśomatī-nandana, vraja-vara-nāgara,


gokula-rañjana kāna


gopī-parāna-dhana, madana-manohara,


kāliya-damana-vidhāna

1) Lord Kṛṣṇa is the beloved son of Mother Yaśodā, the greatest lover in the land of Vraja, the delight of Gokula, He is intimately addressed as Kāna, and is the wealth of the lives of the gopīs. He steals the mind of even Cupid and punishes the Kāliya serpent.

(2)
amala harinām amiya-vilāsa


vipina-purandara, navīna nāgara-vara,


vaṁśī-vadana suvāsa

2) These pure holy names of Lord Hari are full of sweet nectarean pastimes. He is the monarch of the forests of Vṛndāvana, and the foremost of young paramours. He is always playing on a flute, and He is an excellent dresser.

(3)
braja-jana-pālana, asura-kula-nāśana,


nanda-godhana-rākhowālā

govinda mādhava, navanīta-taskara,

sundara nanda-gopālā

3) Kṛṣṇa is the protector of the inhabitants of Vraja, the destroyer of various demonic dynasties, the keeper and tender of Nanda Mahārāja’s cows, the giver of pleasure to the cows, the husband of the goddess of fortune, the butter thief, and the beautiful cowherd boy of Nanda Mahārāja.

(4)
jāmuna-taṭa-cara, gopī-vasana-hara,


rāsa-rasika, kṛpāmoya


śrī-rādhā-vallabha, bṛndābana-naṭabara,


bhakativinod-āśraya

4) Kṛṣṇa wanders along the banks of the river Yamunā, He steals the garments of the young damsels of Vraja, and delights in the mellows of the rāsa dance. He is very merciful, the beloved of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, the great dancer of Vṛndāvana, and the refuge of Bhaktivinoda.

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