Kirtan Guide
Śrī Nām-kīrtan
- yaśomatī-nandana vraja-vara-nāgara
- gokula-rañjana kāna
- gopī-parāṇa-dhana madana-manohara
- kāliya-damana vidhāna
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Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is known as Kān, is Yaśodā’s darling son, Vraja’s paramour, Gokula’s delight, the gopīs’ life and wealth, the enchanter of Cupid, and the conqueror of Kālīya.
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- amala hari-nāma amiya-vilāsā
- vipina-purandara navīna nāgara-vara
- vaṁśī-vadana suvāsā
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His Names and nectarean Pastimes are all transcendental. He is the king of Vraja’s forests and the best of young paramours. He beautifully plays the flute.
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- vraja-jana-pālana asura-kula-nāśana
- nanda-godhana-rākhoyālā
- govinda mādhava navanīta-taṣkara
- sundara nanda-gopālā
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He is the guardian of Vraja’s residents, the destroyer of the demons, and the keeper of Nanda’s cows. He is known as ‘Govinda’—He who nourishes the cows, senses, Vedas, and world—and ‘Mādhava’—Śrī Rādhā’s consort. He is Nanda’s beautiful cowherd boy and a butter thief.
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- yamunā-taṭa-chara gopī-vasana-hara
- rāsa-rasika kṛpāmaya
- śrī-rādhā-vallabha vṛndāvana-naṭa-vara
- bhakativinod-āśraya
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He is a spy on the Yamunā’s banks and the stealer of the gopīs’ garments. He is the relisher of the rāsa-līlā and the embodiment of mercy. He is Śrī Rādhā’s beloved, Vṛndāvan’s great dancer, and Bhakti Vinod’s shelter.