Svīkara Song Three
Śaraṇāgati (Surrendered to the Lord's Shelter) Sixth Principle of Surrender: Svīkara (Acceptance of Activities Favorable to Pure Devotion) - Song 3 (1)śuddha-bhakata-caraṇa-reṇu,bhajana-anukūlabhakata-sevā, parama-siddhi,prema-latikāra mūla1) Dust from the lotus feet of pure devotees is conducive to devotional service, while service to the Vaiṣṇavas is itself the supreme perfection as well as the root of the tender creeper of divine love.(2)mādhava-tithi, bhakti-jananī,jatane pālana korikṛṣṇa-vasati, vasati boli',parama ādare bori2) I observe with great care the holy days commemorating the pastimes of Lord Mādhava, for they are the mother of devotion. As my dwelling place I choose with the Read More...
Svīkara Song Two
Śaraṇāgati (Surrendered to the Lord's Shelter) Sixth Principle of Surrender: Svīkara (Acceptance of Activities Favorable to Pure Devotion) - Song 2 (1) godruma-dhāme bhajana-anukūle māthura-śrī-nandīśvara-samatule 1) In the land of Godruma in Navadvīpa, which is very conducive for performing devotional worship of the Supreme Lord, and which is non-different from the sacred place in Vraja called Nandagrām in the holy district of Mathurā... (2) tahi māha surabhi-kuñja-kuṭīre baiṭhobuṅ hāma sura-taṭinī-tīre 2) ...There I will settle down in a small cottage within the grove called Surabhi-kuñja on the bank of the celestial Gaṅgā river.* (3) Read More...
Svīkara Song One
Śaraṇāgati (Surrendered to the Lord's Shelter) Sixth Principle of Surrender: Svīkara (Acceptance of Activities Favorable to Pure Devotion) - Song 1 (1)tuwā-bhakti-anukūla je-je kārya hoyparama-jatane tāhā koribo niścoy1) I will surely execute with utmost care those activities favorable to Your pure devotional service.(2)bhakti-anukūla jata viṣaya saṁsārekoribo tāhāte rati indriyera dwāre2) I will feel fondness for those things in this world which are conducive to pure devotion, and with my senses I will engage them in Your service.(3)śunibo tomāra kathā jatana koriyādekhibo tomāra dhāma nayana bhoriyā3) I will carefully listen to all discussions concerning You, and Read More...
Upadeśa
Upadeśa by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura (translated by Swami B.V. Giri) (Composed in Purī on 13th July, 1891, and published in The Gauḍīya, 18th Vol. July, 1940) (1) ohe priya bandhu-jana, śuna mora nivedana yadi cāha ānanda apāra jaḍe sukha nāhi māna, cidānanda tattva jāna āsvādana kara sei sāra O dear friends, kindly hear my plea, if you desire everlasting bliss. Do not accept happiness in material things. Try to understand that which is of a transcendental nature. Relish the essence of those things. (2) madya-māṁsa-khādya-sukha, sakali jānah duḥkha sukha bhrama mātra saba hāya indriya Read More...
Vṛndāvana
Vṛndāvana by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura (translated by Swami B.V. Giri) (Written in Jagannātha Purī on 18th July, 1871) (1) nitya-dhāma vṛndāvana, yathā mora kṛṣṇa-dhana nitya-kāla karena vilāsa cidānandamaya latā, prema-kisalaya yathā jñānānandamaya kuñja-vāsa My treasure, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, always sports in the eternal abode of Vṛndāvana. He resides in its forest-bowers that are full of divine knowledge, that are decorated with spiritual creepers and buds of love divine. (2) su-nirmala upāsanā, kālindite vibhāvanā yathā sadā bhaktera hṛdaye jīvera ye uchha-bhāva, govardhana āvirbhāva care jīva gābhi-rūpa haye The purest type of worship is exhibited on the banks Read More...
Stanzas on the Samaj of Haridas on the Sea Shore at Puri
Stanzas on the Samaj of Haridas on the Sea Shore at Puri by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura O! Born of Moslem parents, Haridas!* And trained in youth in Moslem creed, Thy noble heart to Vaishnava truth did pass!- Thy holy acts thy candour plead! *Haridas was the son of a Cazee who lived within a few miles from Delhi. While yet a boy, the religious sentiment received a very great development in him and he could understand that pure spiritual love was the only absolute religion of man. He was very much averse to cruelty to animals Read More...
Bhakti-Pratikūla-Bhāva Varjanāṅgīkāra Song Four
Śaraṇāgati (Surrendered to the Lord's Shelter) Fifth Principle of Surrender: Bhakti-Pratikūla-Bhāva Varjanāṅgīkāra (Renunciation of Conduct Unfavorable to Pure Devotion) - Song 4 (1) āmi to' swānanda-sukhada-bāsī rādhikā-mādhava-caraṇa-dāsī 1) Oh I am a resident of Svānanda-sukhada-kuñja, and a maidservant of the lotus feet of Rādhikā and Mādhava. (2) duṅhāra milane ānanda kori duṅhāra viyoge duḥkhete mari 2) I happily rejoice at the union of the Divine Couple, and in Their separation I die in utter anguish. (3) sakhī-sthalī nāhi heri nayane dekhile śaibyāke paraye mane 3) I never look at the area in Vraja called Read More...
Bhakti-Pratikūla-Bhāva Varjanāṅgīkāra Song Three
Śaraṇāgati (Surrendered to the Lord's Shelter) Fifth Principle of Surrender: Bhakti-Pratikūla-Bhāva Varjanāṅgīkāra (Renunciation of Conduct Unfavorable to Pure Devotion) - Song 3 (1) viṣaya-vimūḍha ār māyāvādī jan bhakti-śūnya duṅhe prāna dhare akāraṇ 1) One who is intoxicated by worldly affairs of sense gratification, as well as one who subscribes to impersonal philosophy, both maintain their lives uselessly, for they are devoid of devotion to You. (2) ei dui-saṅga nātha! nā hoy āmār prārthanā koriye āmi caraṇe tomār 2) I pray at Your lotus feet, O Lord, that I may be spared the company of Read More...
Bhakti-Pratikūla-Bhāva Varjanāṅgīkāra Song Two
Śaraṇāgati (Surrendered to the Lord's Shelter) Fifth Principle of Surrender: Bhakti-Pratikūla-Bhāva Varjanāṅgīkāra (Renunciation of Conduct Unfavorable to Pure Devotion) - Song 2 (1) tuwā-bhakti-pratikūla dharma jā'te roy parama jatane tāhā tyajibo niścoy 1) I will assuredly abandon with utmost endeavor all things in which aversion to Your devotional service is inherent. (2) tuwā-bhakti-bahir-mukha saṅga nā koribo gaurāṅga-virodhi-jana-mukha nā heribo 2) I will not keep company with those opposed to Your devotional service, nor even look at the faces of those inimical toward Lord Gaurāṅga. (3) bhakti-pratikūla sthāne nā kori vasati bhaktira apriya kārye nāhi Read More...
Bhakti-Pratikūla-Bhāva Varjanāṅgīkāra Song One
Śaraṇāgati (Surrendered to the Lord's Shelter) Fifth Principle of Surrender: Bhakti-Pratikūla-Bhāva Varjanāṅgīkāra (Renunciation of Conduct Unfavorable to Pure Devotion) - Song 1 (1) keśava! tuwā jagata vicitra karama-vipāke, bhava-vana bhrama-i, pekhaluṅ raṅga bahu citra 1) O Keśava! This material creation of Yours is most strange. I have roamed throughout the forest of this universe in consequence of my selfish acts, and I have beheld many curious sights. (2) tuwā pada-vismṛti, ā-mara jantranā, kleśa-dahane dohi' jāi kapila, patañjali, gautama, kanabhojī, jaimini, bauddha āowe dhāi' 2) Forgetfulness of Your lotus feet, which is bitter suffering unto Read More...
On 18th August 2012, on the occasion of his Vyāsa Pūjā, Śrīla Bhakti Gaurava Narasiṅgha Mahārāja announced to the devotees that he had a strong desire to create a website called “Bhaktivinoda Institute” in honour of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura and his teachings in order to preserve and propagate them. 
