Śrī Nāma Mahimā – Text Seven


TEXT 7

sūditāśrita-janārti-rāśaye
ramya-cid-ghana-sukha-svarūpiṇe
nāma gokula-mahotsavāya te
kṛṣṇa pūrṇa-vapuṣe namo namah

O Holy Name! O Kṛṣṇa! You are the great festival of Gokula, complete and perfect, the form of concentrated spiritual bliss and the destroyer of distress for those who have taken refuge in You. Again and again, I offer my respects unto You.

 

SONG 7

(1)
ohe hari-nāma, tava mahimā apāra
tava pade nati āmi kari bāra bāra

O hari-nāma! Your glories are unlimited! I bow down at Your feet again and again.

(2)
gokulera mahotsava ānanda-sāgara
tomāra caraṇe paḍi’ haiyā kātara

O grand festival of Gokula! O ocean of bliss! In despair, I fall at Your feet.

(3)
tumi kṛṣṇa, pūrna-vapu, rasera nidāna
tava pade paḍi’ tava guna kari gāna

O Kṛṣṇa, You possess a perfect and complete form, and You are the source of rasa. Falling down at Your feet, I will sing of Your qualities.

(4)
ye kare tomāra pade ekānta āśraya
tā’ra ārti-rāśi nāśa karaha niścaya

For that person who takes exclusive shelter at Your feet, you certainly destroy all of their miseries.

(5)
sarva-aparādha tumi nāśa kara tā’ra
nāma-aparādhāvadhi nāśaha tāhāra

You eliminate all of their offences, including offences to the Holy Name.

(6)
sarva-doṣa dhauta kari’ tāhāra hṛdaya
siṁhāsane baisa tumi parama āśraya

Cleansing them of all impurities, You sit upon the throne of their heart, because You are the Supreme shelter.

(7)
ati-ramya cid-ghana-ānanda-mūrtimān
‘raso vai saḥ’ bali’ veda kare tuwā gān

Your form is most delightful and is comprised of concentrated spiritual bliss. Raso vai saḥ (‘He is indeed rasa!’) – saying this, the Vedas sing Your glories.

 (8)
bhaktivinoda rūpa-gosvāmī-caraṇe
māgaye sarvadā nāma-sphūrti sarva-kṣane

Bhaktivinoda constantly begs at the feet of Rūpa Gosvāmī that the Holy Name may reveal itself at every moment.