Gītāvalī (A Collection of Songs)

Śrīman Mahāprabhur Śata-Nāma
(One Hundred Names of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu) – Song 1

(refrain)
nadīyā-nagare nitāi nece’ nece’ gāy re

(Refrain:) Oh! In the towns and villages of Nadīyā, Lord Nityānanda ecstatically dances and sings these names of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu:

Part 1

(1)
jagannātha-suta mahāprabhu viśvambhara


māyāpur-śaśī navadvīpa-sudhākara


1) Lord Caitanya is the beloved son of Jagannātha Miśra. He is Mahāprabhu, the great master, and maintainer of the whole world. He is the shining moon of Māyāpur, and the source of all nectar for the land of Navadvīpa.

(2)
śacī-suta gaurahari nimāi-sundara


rādhā-bhāva-kānti-ācchādita naṭabara

2) He is the beloved son of Śacī Mātā, and is Lord Hari with a fair golden complexion. As He was born under a nīm tree He was called Nimāi-sundara (beautiful Nimāi). He is covered by the sentiment and luster of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, and He is the best of all dancers.

(3)
nāmānanda capala bālaka mātṛ-bhakta


brahmānḍa-vadana tarkī kautukānurakta

3) He becomes restless upon hearing the holy names of Lord Hari. In His boyhood pastimes He is swift and agile, and is devoted to His mother. He displays the entire universe within His mouth, is a great logician, and is fond of joking and playing pranks.

Part 2

(4)
vidyārthi-uḍupa caura-dvayera mohana


tairthika-sarvasva grāmya-bālikā-krīḍana

4) He is the moon among scholarly students, and He bewildered two thieves who tried to steal His jewels when He was a small child. He is the cynosure of all philosophers, and He teased and joked with the village girls of Nadīyā.

(5)
lakṣmī-prati bora-dātā uddhata
bālaka 

śrī-śacīra pati-putra-śoka-nibāraka

5) He is the giver of blessings to Lakṣmī-priyā (His first wife). He is very mischievous as a child, and is the dispeller of the grief Śacī-mātā felt after losing her husband Jagannātha and first son Viśvarūpa.

(6)
lakṣmī-pati pūrva-deśa-sarva-kleśa-hara
digvijayi-darpa-hārī viṣnu-priyeśwara

6) He is the Lord and husband of Lakṣmī-priyā. By His saṅkīrtan movement He removed all the distress of East Bengal. He eradicated the pride of the conquering panḍita named Keśava Kaśmiri, and is the beloved Lord of Viṣnu-priyā (His second wife).

Part 3

(7)
ārya-dharma-pāla pitṛ-gayā pinḍa-dātā

purī-śiṣya madhvācārya-sampradāya-pātā


7) He is the preserver of sanātana-dharma, and the giver of the pinḍa oblation at the holy town of Gayā after the disappearance of His father Jagannāth Miśra. He became the disciple of Īśvara Purī, and is the protector of the Madhvācārya Sampradāya.

(8)
kṛṣṇa-nāmonmatta kṛṣṇa-tattva-adhyāpaka

nāma-saṅkīrtana-yuga-dharma-pravartaka

8) He becomes madly intoxicated by tasting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa, and is the professor of the science of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Thus He inaugurated the religion of the age, nāma-saṅkīrtan.

(9)
adwaita-bāndhava śrīnivāsa-gṛha-dhana


nityānanda-prāna gadādharera jīvana

9) He is the friend of Advaita Ācārya, the treasure of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura’s home, the life and soul of Nityānanda Prabhu, and the very source of life for Gadādhara Panḍita.

Part 4

(10)
antardwīpa-śaśadhara sīmanta-vijaya

godruma-bihārī madhyadwīpa-līlāśraya

10) He is the moon of Antardvīpa, and the triumph of Sīmantadvīpa. He enjoys wandering and frolicking on the island of Godruma, and is the shelter of pastimes in Madhyadvīpa.

(11)
koladwīpa-pati ṛtudwīpa-maheśwara

jahnu-modadruma-rudradwīpera īśwara

11) He is the Lord of Koladvīpa, the great controller of Ritudvīpa, and the creator of Jahnudvīpa, Modadrumadvīpa, and Rudradvīpa.

(12)
nava-khanḍa-raṅganātha jāhnavī-jīvana

jagāi-mādhāi-ādi durvṛtta-tāraṇa

12) He is thus the Supreme Lord of the nine islands of Navadvīpa, which serves as the stage for His wonderful pastimes. He is the life of the River Gaṅgā, and the deliverer of all sorts of rogues and rascals beginning with Jagāi and Mādhāi.

Part 5

(13)
nagara-kīrtana-siṁha kājī-uddhāraṇa
śuddha-nāma-pracāraka bhaktārti-haraṇa

13) He is the lion of the village kīrtanas, and the deliverer of Chānd Kazi. He is the preacher of the pure holy name, and the remover of the distresses of His devotees.

(14)
nārāyanī-kṛpā-sindhu jīvera niyantā

adhama-paḍuyā-danḍī bhakta-doṣa-hantā

14) He is the ocean of mercy for Nārāyanī (the mother of Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura), and is the regulator of all souls. He is the chastiser of the fallen students who criticized His chanting of “gopī! gopī!”, and is the destroyer of the sins of His devotees.

(15)
śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-candra bhāratī-tāraṇa

parivraja-śiromaṇi utkala-pāvana

15) He was initiated into sannyāsa with the name of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, and He is beautiful like the moon. He delivered His sannyāsa-guru Keśava Bhāratī, is Himself the crest-jewel of all wandering renunciates, and is the savior of the region of Orissa.

Part 6

(16)
ambu-liṅga-bhuvaneśa-kapoteśa-pati


khīr-cora-gopāla-darśana-sukhī yati

16) He is the master of Lord Śiva, who is known in three different Śaiva tīrthas as Ambu-liṅga, Bhuvaneśvara, and Kapoteśvara (visited by Lord Caitanya on His way to Jagannātha Purī). As a sannyāsī He rejoiced at the sight of the Orissan deities Kṣīra-cora Gopīnātha and Sākṣī Gopāla.

(17)
nirdanḍi-sannyāsī sārvabhauma-kṛpāmoya

swānanda-āswādānandī sarva-sukhāśroya

17) He became a sannyāsī without a danḍa (due to Lord Nityānanda’s breaking it in three parts and throwing it in the Bhargī River), and is full of mercy for Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya. He is ecstatic by tasting the bliss of Himself in the form of Kṛṣṇa, and He is the resting place of all universal happiness.

(18)
puraṭa-sundara vāsudeva-trāna-kartā

rāmānanda-sakhā bhaṭṭa-kula-kleśa-hartā

18) He is beautiful like molten gold, and He delivered the leper Vāsudeva. He is the intimate friend of Rāmānanda Rāy, and the remover of all miseries from the family of Vyeṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa.

Part 7

(19)
bauddha-jain-māyāvādi-kutarka-khanḍana


dakṣina-pāvana bhakti-grantha-uddhāraṇa

19) He is the refuter of the atheistic arguments of the Buddhists, Jains, and Māyāvādīs. He is the savior of South India, and He has brought to light the two devotional literatures, Kṛṣṇa-karnāmṛta and Brahma-saṁhitā.

(20)
ālāla-darśanānandī rathāgra-nartaka


gajapati-trāna devānanda-uddhāraka

20) He became ecstatic at the sight of the deity Ālālanātha, and He danced in front of the Jagannātha cart during the Ratha-yātrā festival. He delivered Gajapati Pratāpa-Rudra, and was the savior of Devānanda Panḍita.

(21)
kuliyā-prakāśe duṣṭa paḍuyāra trāna


rūpa-sanāntana-bandhu sarva-jīva-prāna

21) By His appearance at Kuliyā He delivered the ill-behaved student community there. He is the friend of Rūpa and Sanātana Goswāmī, and the life of all souls.

Part 8

(22)
bṛndābanānanda-mūrti balabhadra-saṅgī


yavana-uddhārī bhaṭṭa-ballabhera raṅgī

22) He is the personification of bliss in the transcendental realm of Vṛndāvana, and He is the companion and friend of Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya. On His return from Vṛndāvana He delivered many Mohammedans, and He is very fond of intimate exchanges with Vallabha Bhaṭṭa.

(23)
kāśībāsi-sannyāsī-uddhārī prema-dātā


markaṭa-vairāgī-danḍī ā-canḍāla-trātā

23) He delivered the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs of Kāśī, and He is the bestower of love of God. He is the chastiser of the false renunciates (called markaṭa-vairāgīs for being like monkeys), and He is the savior of everyone down to the lowest class of men.

(24)
bhaktera gaurava-kārī bhakta-prāna-dhana


haridāsa-raghunātha-swarūpa-jīvana

24) He is the glorifier of His devotees, and is the treasured wealth of their lives. He is the very life of such devotees as Haridāsa Ṭhākura, Raghunātha Dāsa Goswāmī, and Svarūpa Dāmodara.

(25)
nadīyā-nagare nitāi nece’ nece’ gāy re


bhakativinoda tā’r poḍe raṅga-pāy re

25) Oh! In the towns and villages of Nadīyā, Lord Nityānanda dances and dances ecstatically while singing these divine names, and Bhaktivinoda falls down at His reddish lotus feet. Oh!

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