Kalyāṇa Kalpataru (‘The auspicious Desire Tree’)
(translated by Daśaratha-suta Dāsa)
Kalyāṇa Kalpataru (‘The auspicious Desire Tree’) was written by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in 1881 and is comprised of 63 songs. The songs in this songbook are divided into three parts (branches), namely (1) Upadeśa (instructions), (2) Upalabdhi (achievement), and (3) Ucchvāsa (increase of spiritual emotions). Kalyāṇa Kalpataru describes the manifestation of transcendental emotions that a śuddha-bhakta experiences.
Maṅgalācaraṇa (Auspicious Invocation)
First Branch: Upadeśa (Instructions)
Upadeśa – Song One – dīkṣā-guru kṛpā kori’ mantra-upadeśa
Upadeśa – Song Two – mana tumi bhālabāsa kāmera taraṅga
Upadeśa – Song Three – mana re, tumi boro sandigdha-antara
Upadeśa – Song Four – mana, tumi boḍai pāmora
Upadeśa – Song Five – mana, keno e saṁśoya
Upadeśa – Song Six – mana, tumi paḍile ki chāra?
Upadeśa – Song Seven – mana, jogī ho’te tomāra bāsanā
Upadeśa – Song Eight – ohe bhāi, mana keno brahma ho’te cāya
Upadeśa – Song Nine – mana re, keno āra barṇa abhimāna
Upadeśa – Song Ten – mana re, keno koro bidyāra gauraba
Upadeśa – Song Eleven – rūpera gauraba keno bhāi
Upadeśa – Song Twelve – mana re dhana-mada nitānta asāra
Upadeśa – Song Thirteen – mana tumi sannyāsī sājite keno cāo
Upadeśa – Song Fourteen – mana tumi tīrthe sadā rata
Upadeśa – Song Fifteen – dekho mana brate jena nā hao ācchanna
Upadeśa – Song Sixteen – mana tumi boroi cañcala
Upadeśa – Song Seventeen – mana tore boli e bāratā
Upadeśa – Song Eighteen – ki āra bolibo tore mana
Upadeśa – Song Nineteen – keno mana kāmere nacāo prema-prāya
Second Branch: Upalabdhi (Instructions)
Upalabdhi – 1 – Song One – āmi ati pāmara durjana
Upalabdhi – 1 – Song Two – sādhu-saṅga nā hoilo hāya
Upalabdhi – 1 – Song Three – ore mana karmera kuhare gelo kāla
Upalabdhi – 1 – Song Four – ore mana ki bipada hoilo āmāra
Upalabdhi – 1 – Song Five – ore mana kleśa-tāpa dekhi je aśeṣa
Upalabdhi – 2 – Song One – ore mana bhālo nāhi lāge e soṁsāra
Upalabdhi – 2 – Song Two – ore mana bāribāra āśā keno koro
Upalabdhi – 2 – Song Three – ore mana bhukti-mukti-spṛhā koro dūra
Upalabdhi – 2 – Song Four – durlabha mānaba-janma labhiyā soṁsāre
Upalabdhi – 2 – Song Five – śarīrera sukhe mana deho jalajali
Upalabdhi – 3 – Song One – ore mana boli śuno tattwa-bibaraṇa
Upalabdhi – 3 – Song Two – apūrba baiṣṇaba-tattwa ātmāra ānanda
Upalabdhi – 3 – Song Three – cij-joḍera dwaita jini korena sthāpana
Upalabdhi – 3 – Song Four – jībana-samāpta-kāle koribo bhajana
Third Branch: Uccwāsa (Ecstasy)
Uccwāsa – 1 – Song One – kabe śrī-caitanya more koribena doyā
Uccwāsa – 1 – Song Two – āmi to’ durjana ati sadā durācāra
Uccwāsa – 1 – Song Three – bhabārṇabe po’ḍe more ākula parāṇa
Uccwāsa – 1 – Song Four – biṣaya-bāsanā-rūpa cittera bikāra
Uccwāsa – 1 – Song Five – āmāra samāna hīna nāhi e soṁsāre
Uccwāsa – 2 – Song One – kabe mora śubha-dina hoibe udoya
Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Two – śrī-guru-baiṣṇaba-kṛpā kota dine habe
Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Three – āmāra emona bhāgya kota dine ha’be
Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Four – caitanya-candrera līlā samudra apāra
Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Five – kabe mora mūḍha mana chāri’ anya dhyāna
Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Six – hari hari kabe mora ho’be heno dina
Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Seven – kabe mui baiṣṇabe cinibo hari hari
Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Eight – kṛpā koro’ baiṣṇaba ṭhākura
Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Nine – kabe ha’be heno daśā mora
Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Ten – hā hā morā gaura-kiśora
Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Eleven – hā hā kabe gaura-nitāi
Uccwāsa – 2 – Song Twelve – kabe āhā gaurāṅga boliyā
Uccwāsa – 3 – Song One – gopīnātha mama nibedana śuno
Uccwāsa – 3 – Song Two – gopīnātha ghucāo soṁsāra-jwālā
Uccwāsa – 3 – Song Three – gopīnātha āmāra upāya nāi
Uccwāsa – 3 – Song Four – śrī-rādhā-kṛṣṇa-pada-kamale mana
Uccwāsa – 4 – Song One – kali-kukkura-kadana jadi cāo (he)
Uccwāsa – 4 – Song Two – bibhābarī śeṣa āloka prabeśa
Uccwāsa – 5 – Song One – janama sa-phala tā’ra kṛṣṇa-daraśana jā’ra
Uccwāsa – 6 – Song One – bahirmukha ho’ye māyāre bhajiye
Uccwāsa – 6 – Song Two – śuno he rasika-jana kṛṣṇa-guṇa agaṇana
Uccwāsa – 7 – Song One – jībe kṛpā kori’ golokera hori
Uccwāsa – 7 – Song Two – jamunā-puline kadamba-kānane
Uccwāsa – 8 – Song One – kṛṣṇa-baṁśī-gīta śuni’ dekhi’ citra-pata-khani