Dhana Mor Nityananda

Sva-nistha, Song 1

From Prema Bhakti Candrika

By Narottama Das Thakur Mahasaya

ধন মোর নিত্যানন্দ, পতি মোর গৌরচন্দ্র

প্রাণ মোর যুগল কিশোর

অদ্বৈত আচার্য়্য বলদ, গদাধর মোর কুল

নরহরি বিলস ই মোর

dhana mora nityānanda, pati mora gauracandra

prāṇa mora yugala kiśora

advaita ācārya bala, gadādhara mora kula,

narahari vilasai mora

বৈষ্ণবের পদ-ধূলি, তাহে মোর স্নান কেলি

তর্প্পণ মোর বৈষ্ণবের নাম

বিচার করিয়া মনে, ভক্তি-রস আস্বাদনে

মধ্যস্থ শ্রী-ভাগবত পুরাণ

vaiṣṇavera pada dhūli, tāhe mora snāna keli

tarpaṇa mora vaiṣṇavera nāma

vicāra koriyā mone, bhakti rasa āsvādane

madhyastha śrī bhāgavata purāṇa

বৈষ্ণবের উচ্ছিষ্ট, তাহে মোর মন নিষ্ঠ

বৈষ্ণবের নামেতে উল্লাস

বৃন্দাবনে চবুতারা, তাহে মোর মন ঘেরা

কহে দীন নরোত্তম দাস

vaiṣṇavera ucchiṣṭha, tāhe mora mona niṣṭha,

vaiṣṇavera nāmete ullāsa

vṛndāvane cabutārā, tāhe mora mona gherā,

kohe dīna narottama dāsa

TRANSLATION

Lord Nityananda is my wealth. Lord Gauracandra is my master. The youthful Divine Couple is my life. Advaita Acarya is my strength. Gadadhara is my family. Narahari Sarakara is my glory.

The dust of the devotees' lotus feet is my bathing water. The chanting of the devotees names is my satisfaction. Considering the merits of all Vedic literatures in the light of devotional service, I have concluded that the Srimad Bhagavatam is the best of all scriptures.

My mind is firmly convinced of the spiritual benefit obtained by eating the remnants of foodstuff left by the devotees. The names of the devotees are my happiness. The land of Vrndavana is the enclosure within which I keep my mind. Poor-hearted Narottama dasa speaks in this way.

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Hari Bolbo Ar Madan Mohan, Heribo Go

By Narottama Das Thakur Mahasaya

From Prarthana, Song 55

hari bolbo āra madana mohana herabo go

ei rūpe vrajera pathe calabo go

jāba go vrajendra pure haba go gopikāra nūpura

tāńdera caraṇe madhura madhura bājabo go

vipine vinoda khelā sańgete rākhālera melā

tāńdera caraṇera dhūlā mākhabo go

rādhā-kṛṣṇera rūpa-mādhurī heraba du’nayana bhari

nikuñjera dvāre dvārī roibo go

vrajavāsī tomarā sabe ei abhilāṣa purāo ebe

āra kabe śrī-kṛṣṇera bāńśī śunabo go

e deha antima kāle rākhabo śrī-yamunāra jale

jaya rādhe govinda bale bhāsabo go

kahe narottama dāsa nā pūrilo abhilāṣa

āra kabe vraje vāsa korbo go

TRANSLATION

1) When will I be able to say “Hari” and see Madana Mohana? For this form, I will walk to Vraja.

2) When I enter the holy land of Braja, I will be the ankle-bells of the gopis’ feet. I will make sweet sweet sounds. I will behold the pastimes of the cowherd boys and will spread the dust from their feet and apply it to my body.

3) I will behold the vision sweet form of Radha and Krsna in my two eyes. I will remain at the gate of the forest of Vraja. O residents of Vrajabhumi, please fulfill my desire! When will I hear the sweet sound of the flute of Sri Krsna?

4) At the last moment of my life, I will place my body in the Yamuna River and float singing “Jaya Radha Govinda.” Narottama Dasa says, “I am unable to fulfill this desire. When will I become a resident of Vraja bhumi?”



Sri Sri Radha Madan Mohan
of Srila Sanatana Goswami

In Karauli, Rajestan, this Deities are the Protectors of sambandha jnana, the knowledge of the relationship of the soul to God. They also grant us the mercy of receiving initiation from a genuine spiritual master.

Srila Narottama Das Thakur Mahasaya

A brief biography of Srila Narottama Das Thakur Mahasaya


India today celebrates the disappearance of Srila Narottam Das Thakur, the great Mahasaya. He was an explemplary Gaudiya Vaisnava preacher, who took on the mission of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu after He and His associates completed Their manifest pastimes on this earth.

Srila Prabhupada has said that we celebrate both the appearance and disappearance of our Vaisnava saints with equally.

"As Lord Krsna's appearance and disappearance are all spiritual, transcendental, they are not ordinary things, similarly, Lord Krsna's devotee, His representative, who is sent to this material world for preaching the glories of Lord Krsna, their appearance and disappearance is also like Krsna's. Therefore, according to Vaisnava principles, the appearance and disappearance of Vaisnava is considered all-auspicious. Therefore we hold festivals."
- Srila Prabhupada
Srimad Bhagavatam Lecture (S.B. 6.1.37-34)
Surat, Gujarat, India
December 17th, 1970



So today, on this most auspicious day, I pray to the great Mahasaya for his blessings, so that we may complete each our Kartik Vratas successfully, and dedicate the rest of our lives to the great Sankirtan movement, pleasing Sri Panca Tattva, and reaching the shelter of Sri Sri Radha Krsna at the end of our lives.

Srila Narottama Das Thakur sings in his book, Prarthana, to the Vaisnava Saints. Today, we can sing this song, praying to him, for his mercy.


Vaisnave Vijnapati (Song 2)

এই-বার করুণা কর বৈষ্ণব গোসাঞি

পতিত-পাবন তোমা বিনে কেহ নাই

ei-bāro karuṇā koro vaiṣṇava gosāi
patita-pāvana tomā bine keho nāi

যাহার নিকটে গেলে পাপ দূরে যায়

এমন দয়াল প্রভু কেবা কথা পায়

jāhāra nikaṭe gele pāpa dūre jāy
emona doyāla prabhu kebā kothā pāy

গঙ্গার পরশ হৈলে পশ্চতে পাবন

দর্শনে পবিত্র কর-এই তোমার গুণ

gańgāra paraśa hoile paścate pāvan
darśane pavitra koro-ei tomāra guṇ

হরি-স্থানে অপরাধে তারে হরি-নাম

তোমা স্থানে অপরাধে নাহি পরিত্রাণ

hari-sthāne aparādhe tāre hari-nām
tomā sthāne aparādhe nāhi paritrāṇ

তোমার হৃদয়ে সদা গোবিন্দ-বিশ্রাম

গোবিন্দ কহেন-মোর বৈষ্ণব পরাণ

tomāra hṛdoye sadā govinda-viśrām
govinda kohena-mora vaiṣṇava parāṇ

প্রতি-জন্মে করি আশা চরণের ধূলি

নরোত্তমে কর দয়া আপনার বলি’

prati-janme kori āśā caraṇera dhūli
narottame koro doyā āpanāra boli'

TRANSLATION

1) O Vaisnava Gosvami, please be merciful to me now. There is no one except you who can purify the fallen souls.

2) Where does anyone find such a merciful personality by whose mere audience all sins go far away?

3) After bathing in the waters of the sacred Ganges many times, one becomes purified, but just by the sight of you, the fallen souls are purified. This is your great power.

4) The holy name delivers one who has committed an offense to Lord Hari, but if one commits an offense to you, there is no means of deliverance.

5) Your heart is always the resting place of Lord Govinda, and Lord Govinda says, "The Vaisavas are in My heart."

6) I desire the dust of your holy feet in every birth I may take. Please consider Narottama yours, and be kind upon him.

Song courtesy of KKSongs.org

Sri Vrndavanastakam

Sri Vrndavanastakam
By Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakur (From Stavamrta Lahari)

na yoga-siddhir na mamāstu mokṣo
vaikuṇṭha-loke pi na pārṣadatvam
premāpi na syād iti cet tarāḿ tu
mamāstu vṛndāvana eva vāsaḥ

tārāaḿ janur yatra vidhir yayāce
sad-bhakta-cūḍāmaṇir uddhavo’ pi
vīkṣyvaiva mādhurya-dhūrāḿ tad asmin
mamāstu vṛndāvana eva vāsaḥ

kiḿ te kṛtaḿ hanta tapaḥ kṣitīti
gopyo pi bhūme stuvate sma kīrtim
yenaiva kṛṣṇāńghri-padāńkite smin
mamāstu vṛndāvana eva vāsaḥ

gopāńganā-lampaṭa-taiva yatra
yasyāḿ rasaḥ pūrṇatamatvam āpa
yato raso vai sa iti śrutis tan
mamāstu vṛndāvana eva vāsaḥ

bhāṇḍīra-govardhana-rāsa-pīṭhais
trī-sīmake yojana-pañcakena
mite vibhutvād amite pi cāsmin
mamāstu vṛndāvana eva vāsaḥ

yatrādhipatyaḿ vṛṣabhānu-putryā
yenodayet prema-sukhaḿ janānām
yasmin mamāśā balavat yato smin
mamāstu vṛndāvana eva vāsaḥ

yasmin mahā-rāsa-vilāsa-līlā
na prāpa yāḿ śrīrapi sā tapobhiḥ
tatrollasan-mañju-nikuñja-puñje
mamāstu vṛndāvana eva vāsaḥ

sadā ruru-nyańku-mukhā viśańkaḿ
khelanti kūjanti pikāli kīrāḥ
śikhaṇḍino yatra naṭanti tasmin
mamāstu vṛndāvana eva vāsaḥ

vṛndāvanasyāṣṭakam etad uccaiḥ
paṭhanti ye niścala-buddhayas te
vṛndāvaneśāńghri-saroja-sevāḿ
sākṣallabhante januṣo 'nta eva

1) Let me not have mystic powers, impersonal liberation, the Lord's association in Vaikuntha, or even pure love for Him, if instead of them I may reside in Vrndavana.

2) When Brahma and Uddhava, the crest jewels of devotees, saw the intense sweetness here, they begged to take birth here even as a blade of grass. For this reason I pray to reside in Vrndavana.

3) Here the gopis glorified the earth, saying: "O Earth, what austerities have you done, so that your surface is now marked with Krishna's footprints?" May I reside in Vrndavana.

4) May I reside in Vrndavana where, because the Vedas say raso vai sah (The Supreme Personality of Godhead is sweetness), transcendental sweetness attained its highest perfection in the gopis' passionate love.

5) Although only five yojanas in circumference, bounded by Bhandiravana, Govardhana Hill and the rasa-dance arena, it is unlimited in transcendental opulence. May I reside in Vrndavana.

6) Because Vrsabhanu's daughter is the queen, and because here the happiness of pure love of God rises, I yearn to live here. I pray: May I reside in Vrndavana.

7) Even by performing many austerities goddess Lakshmi could not enter the great rasa-dance pastime here. May I reside in the splendidly beautiful groves of Vrndavana.

8) May I reside in Vrndavana, where the ruru and nyanku deer fearlessly play, the cuckoos, bumblebees, and parrots sing, and the peacocks dance.

9) They who with great concentration read aloud this Vrndavanastaka, at the end of this life attain direct service to the lotus feet of Vrndavana's master.

Song Lyrics and Translation Courtesy of Krishna Kirtana Songs

Sri Sri Radha Syamasunder, Gaura Purnima 2009

Sri Vrndavan Dham