Determining Who is Qualified to Study This Book.

(1)
vande vṛndāṭavī-candraṁ rādhikākṣi-mahotsavaṁ
brahmātmānanda-dhik-kāri-pūrṇānanda-rasālayam

I offer my obeisances unto Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the moon of Vṛndāvana forest, the great festival for Śrī Rādhikā’s eyes, and the abode of complete blissful rasa that eclipses the bliss of Brahman realisation.

(2)
caitanya-caraṇaṁ vande kṛṣṇa-bhakta-janāśrayaṁ
advaita-mata-dhaureya-bhārāpanodanaṁ paraṁ

I offer my obeisance unto the feet of Śrī Caitanya, the shelter of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s devotees and the supreme remover of the weighty burden of Advaita philosophy.

(3)
guruṁ vande mahā-bhāgaṁ kṛṣṇānanda-svarūpakaṁ
yan-mude racayiṣyāmi kalyāṇa-kalpa-pādapaṁ

I offer my respectful obeisances unto my greatly fortunate spiritual master, who is the embodiment of Kṛṣṇa’s bliss. For his pleasure I shall compose this Kalyāṇa-kalpataru.

(4)
aprākṛta-rasānande na yasya kevalā ratiḥ
tasyedaṁ na samālocyaṁ pustakaṁ prema-sampuṭaṁ

One who has no exclusive attraction to the bliss of transcendental rasa should not examine this book, for it is a coffer filled with prema.

(5)
ayaṁ kalpa-taror nāma kalyāṇa-pādapaḥ śubhaḥ
vaikuṇṭha-nilaye bhāti vane niḥśreyasāhvake

This auspicious desire tree is known as the Kalyāṇa-kalpataru. It shines in Vaikuṇṭha, within the forest known as Niḥśreyasa (the ultimate welfare).

(6)
tasya skandha-trayaṁ śuddhaṁ vartate viduṣāṁ mude
upadeśas tathā copa-labdhis tūcchvāsakaḥ kila

To delight the learned, this pure tree stands with three branches – Upadeśa (Instruction), Upalabdhi (Perception), and Ucchvāsa (Overflowing with Ecstasy).

(7)
aśrītya pādapaṁ vidvān kalyāṇaṁ labhate phalaṁ
rādhā-kṛṣṇa-vilāseṣu dāsyaṁ vṛndāvane vane

Taking shelter of this tree, a wise person obtains its blessed fruit: service to Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa in Their pastimes within the forests of Vṛndāvana.

(8)
saṁpūjya vaiṣṇavān viprān sarva-jīvāṁś ca nityaśaḥ
kīrtayāmi vinīto ’haṁ gītaṁ vraja-rasāśrītam

Having duly honoured the Vaiṣṇavas, the brāhmaṇas, and all jīvas at all times, I humbly sing these songs imbued with vraja-rasa.

Introduction
  1. 1vande vṛndāṭavī-candraṁ rādhikākṣi-mahotsavaṁ
  2. 2jaya jaya śrī-caitanya patita-pāvana
Upadeśa (Instruction)
  1. 1dīkṣā-guru kṛpā kari’ mantra-upadeśa
  2. 2mana tumi bhālabāsa kāmera taraṅga
  3. 3mana re, tumi baḍa, sandigdha-antara
  4. 4mana, tumi baḍai pāmara
  5. 5mana, kena e saṁśaya
  6. 6mana, tumi paḍile ki chāra?
  7. 7mana, yogī haite tomāra vāsanā
  8. 8ohe bhāi, mana kena brahma haite cāya
  9. 9mana re, kena āra varṇa abhimāna
  10. 10mana re, kena kara vidyāra gaurava
  11. 11rūpera gaurava kena bhāi
  12. 12mana re, dhana-mada nitānta asāra
  13. 13mana, tumi sannyāsī sājite kena cāo
  14. 14mana, tumi tīrthe sadā rata
  15. 15dekha mana, vrate yena, nā hao ācchanna
  16. 16mana, tumi baḍai cañcala
  17. 17mana, tare bali e vāratā
  18. 18ki āra baliba tare, mana
  19. 19kena mana kāmere, nācāo prema-prāya
Upalabdhi (Perception)
  1. 1.1āmi ati pāmara durjana
  2. 1.2sādhu-saṅga nā haila hāya
  3. 1.3ore mana karmera kuhare gela kāla
  4. 1.4ore mana ki vipada haila āmāra
  5. 1.5ore mana kleśa-tāpa dekhi ye aśeṣa
  6. 2.1ore mana, bhāla nāhi lāge ei saṁsāra
  7. 2.2ore mana, bāḍibāra āśā kena kara
  8. 2.3ore mana bhukti-mukti-spṛhā kara dūra
  9. 2.4durlabha mānava-janma labhiyā saṁsāre
  10. 2.5śarīrera sukhe mana deha jalāñjali
  11. 3.1ore mana bali śuna tattva-vivaraṇa
  12. 3.2apūrva vaiṣṇava-tattva ātmāra ānanda-prasravaṇa
  13. 3.3cit-jaḍera dvaita jini kare sthāpana
  14. 3.4jīvana-samāpta-kāle kariba bhajana
Ucchvāsa (Divine Ecstasy)
  1. 1.1kabe śrī-caitanya more karibena dayā
  2. 1.2āmi ta’ durjana ati sadā durācāra
  3. 1.3bhavārṇave paḍe more ākula parāṇa
  4. 1.4viṣaya-vāsanā-rūpa cittēra vikāra
  5. 1.5āmāra samāna hīna nāhi e saṁsāre
  6. 2.1kabe mora śubha-dina haibe udaya
  7. 2.2śrī-guru-vaiṣṇava-kṛpā kata dine habe
  8. 2.3āmāra emana bhāgya kata dine ha’be
  9. 2.4caitanya-candrera līlā samudra apāra
  10. 2.5kabe mora mūḍha mana chāḍi’ anya dhyāna
  11. 2.6hari hari kabe mora haibe hena dina
  12. 2.7kabe mui vaiṣṇave ciniba hari hari
  13. 2.8kṛpā kara vaiṣṇava ṭhākura
  14. 2.9kabe ha’be hena daśā mora
  15. 2.10hā hā mora gaura-kiśora
  16. 2.11hā hā kabe gaura-nitāi
  17. 2.12kabe āhā gaurāṅga baliyā
  18. 3.1gopīnātha, mama nivedana śuna
  19. 3.2gopīnātha, ghucāo saṁsāra-jvālā
  20. 3.3gopīnātha, āmāra upāya nāi
  21. 3.4śrī-rādhā-kṛṣṇa-pada-kamale mana
  22. 4.1kali-kukkura-kadana
  23. 4.2vibhāvarī-śeṣa, āloka-praveśa
  24. 5.1janama sa-phala tā'ra
  25. 6.1bahirmukha ha’ye, māyāre bhajiye
  26. 6.2śuno he rasika-jana
  27. 7.1jīve kṛpā kari’, golokera hari
  28. 7.2yamunā-puline, kadamba-kānane
  29. 8.1kṛṣṇa-vaṁśī-gīta śuni’

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