Topic: Gītāvalī

Gītāvalī (A Collection of Songs) Śreyo-Nirṇaya (Ascertainment of Spiritual Welfare) - Song 3 (1) pīriti sac-cid-ānande rūpavatī nārī

 dayā-dharma-ādi guna alaṅkāra sab tāhāri
 1) Love and affection for the nature of eternity, knowledge, and bliss is like a very beautiful woman whose ornaments are all the good qualities headed by mercifulness and religiosity. (2) jñāna tā'r paṭṭa-śāṭī, yoga-gandha-pari pāṭī

e sabe śobhitā satī kore kṛṣṇa-mana curi
 2) The divine wisdom of pure jñāna is her silken sārī, and the practice of the yoga of devotional service is her excellent bodily fragrance. Adorned by these qualities, Read More...

Gītāvalī (A Collection of Songs) Śreyo-Nirṇaya (Ascertainment of Spiritual Welfare) - Song 2 (1) ār keno māyā-jāle poḍitecho, jīva-mīn

 nāhi jāno baddha ho'ye ro'be tumi ciro-din
 1) O fish-like soul, why have you fallen into the entangling nets of Māyā? You have not understood that by being bound up by those nets you will have to remain in this material world for a long, long time. (2) ati tuccha bhoga-āśe, bandī ho'ye māyā-pāśe

 rohile vikṛta-bhāve danḍya jathā parādhīn 2) After becoming a captive in Māyā's snare due to the influence of desires for very Read More...

Gītāvalī (A Collection of Songs) Śreyo-Nirṇaya (Ascertainment of Spiritual Welfare) - Song 1 (1) kṛṣṇa-bhakti vinā kabhu nāhi phalodoy

 miche sab dharmādharma jīver upādhimoy
 1) There is no profit in a life devoid of devotional service to Kṛṣṇa. Therefore all the so-called religiosity and irreligiosity of a living being who is bewildered by false worldly designations is simply useless. (2) yoga-yāga-tapo-dhyān, sannyāsādi brahma-jñān,

 nānā-kānḍa-rūpe jīver bandhana-kāraṇa hoy
 2) Mysticism, performance of Vedic sacrifices, severe austerities, meditation, renunciation of the world, and cultivating knowledge of the impersonal Brahman-although appearing in the forms of various spiritual Read More...

Gītāvalī (A Collection of Songs) Śrī Nām-Kīrtan (Chanting of the Holy Names) - Song 5 (1) (hare) haraye namaḥ kṛṣṇa yādavāya namaḥ

 yādavāya mādhavāya keśavāya namaḥ

 gopāla govinda rām śrī-madhusūdan 

rādhā-govinda bolo (4 times) 1) I offer my respectful obeisances unto Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, the descendant of the Yadu dynasty, husband of the goddess of fortune and the killer of the demon Keśī, the protector of the cows, the pleaser of the cows, the supreme enjoyer, and the slayer of the demon Madhu. Chant the holy names "Rādhā-Govinda!" (2) govinda Read More...

Gītāvalī (A Collection of Songs) Śrī Nām-Kīrtan (Chanting of the Holy Names) - Song 4 (1) bolo hari bolo (3 times) maner ānande, bhāi, bolo hari bolo

bolo hari bolo (3 times) janame janame sukhe bolo hari bolo 1) Chant the name of Hari! O brothers, with blissful minds chant the name of Hari! Chant the name of Hari! Birth after birth in happiness, chant the name of Hari! (2) bolo hari bolo (3 times) 

mānava-janma pe'ye, bhāi, bolo hari bolo

 bolo hari bolo (3 times) 

sukhe thāko, duḥkhe thāko, bolo hari bolo 2) Chant Read More...

Gītāvalī (A Collection of Songs) Śrī Nām-Kīrtan (Chanting of the Holy Names) - Song 3 (1) 'hari' bolo, 'hari' bolo, 'hari' bolo, bhāi re harinām āniyāche gaurāṅga-nitāi re (modera duḥkha dekhe' re) 1) O brothers, chant "Hari!" Chant "Hari!" Chant "Hari!" Lord Gaurāṅga and Lord Nitāi have brought the holy name! (Seeing our unhappiness!) (2) harinām vinā jīver anya dhana nāi-re
 harināme śuddha ha'lo jagāi-mādhāi re
 (baḍo pāpī chilo re) 2) Except for the holy name, there is no other treasure for the soul! By the influence of the holy name, even Jagāi and Read More...

Gītāvalī (A Collection of Songs) Śrī Nām-Kīrtan (Chanting of the Holy Names) - Song 2 (1) 'doyāl nitāi caitanya' bole' nāc re āmār man 

nāc re āmār man, nāc re āmāra man 1) Chanting the holy names "Doyāl Nitāi Caitanya!"-Oh my mind dances! Oh my mind dances! Oh my mind dances! (2) (emon, doyāl to nāi he, mār kheye prema dey) 

(ore) aparādha dūre jābe, pābe prema-dhan 

(o nāme aparādha-vicāra to nāi he) 

(takhon) kṛṣṇa-nāme ruci ha'be, ghucibe bandhan 2) Oh! Such a merciful personality as Nityānanda Prabhu is not to be found anywhere! Read More...

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 Read More...

Gītāvalī (A Collection of Songs) Śrī Kṛṣṇer Viṁśottara-Śata-Nām (One Hundred and Twenty Names of Lord Kṛṣṇa) - Song 6 (1) jaya yaśodā-nandana kṛṣṇa gopāla govinda 

jaya madana-mohana hare ananta mukunda
 1) All glories to Kṛṣṇa, the son of Mother Yaśodā, the cowherd boy and giver of pleasure to the cows! All glories to the conqueror of Cupid, Lord Hari, who takes away all inauspiciousness, who is unlimited, and the awarder of liberation! (2) jaya acyuta mādhava rām bṛndābana-candra

 jaya muralī-vadana śyāma gopī-janānanda 2) All glories to the infallible Lord, husband of the goddess of Read More...

Gītāvalī (A Collection of Songs) Śrī Kṛṣṇer Viṁśottara-Śata-Nām (One Hundred and Twenty Names of Lord Kṛṣṇa) - Song 5 (1) rādhā-vallabha, rādhā-vinoda 

rādhā-mādhava, rādhā-pramoda 1) Kṛṣṇa is the lover of Rādhā, the pleasure of Rādhā, the springtime of Rādhā, and the delight of Rādhā. (2) rādhā-ramaṇa, rādhā-nātha,
 rādhā-varaṇāmoda
 rādhā-rasika, rādhā-kānta,
 rādhā-milana-moda 2) Kṛṣṇa is the lover of Rādhā, the Lord of Rādhā, He delights in beholding the beautiful complexion of Rādhā, He relishes everything in relation to Rādhā, He is the beloved of Rādhā, and He feels joy in meeting with Rādhā.
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