Kirtan Guide
page 25

Śrī Sāraswat Ārati

by Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣak Śrīdhar Dev-Goswāmī Mahārāj
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    • jayare jayare jaya gaura-sarasvatī
    • bhakativinodānvaya karuṇā murati

    • All glory to the voice of Śrī Gaurāṅga, the embodiment of Śrīla Bhakti Vinod Ṭhākur’s mercy, Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Saraswatī Ṭhākur!

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    • prakāśile gaura-sevā bhūvana maṅgala
    • bhakati-siddhānta śuddha prajñāna ujjvala

    • He manifested Śrī Gaurāṅga’s service for the upliftment of the world. His teaching of devotion is pure, brilliant, and enlightening.

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    • rādhā-śyāma eka-tanu dakṣe gorā rāya
    • bāme rādha madhye svayaṁ śyāma-gopa jaya

    • All glory to the combined form of Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Śyām, Śrī Gaura Rāy, on the right, Śrī Rādhā on the left, and the dark cowherd boy Himself in the middle!

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    • vraja-rasa nava-bhāve navadvīpe rāje
    • udāre madhura rāga abhinava sāje

    • Vraja’s rasa manifests in a new way in Nabadwīp: madhurarasa dresses newly in benevolence.

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    • mādhurya kaivalya rāga vrajera niryāsa
    • prāpti parākāṣṭhā tāhe gaurāṅga vilāsa

    • Sweet divine love, Vraja’s essence, reaches its climax in Śrī Gaurāṅga’s Pastimes.

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    • rādhā bhāva-kānti aṅgikari’ bhāla mate
    • dakṣiṇe āsana rasa garimā dekhāte

    • Śrī Gaurāṅga earnestly embraces Śrī Rādhā’s heart and halo, and takes His place on the right to show His rasa’s glory.

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    • rādhā-rasa-traya-svāda rahasya prayāsa
    • nirakhi praphulla rādhā mukhe manda hāsa

    • Seeing Kṛṣṇa’s secret endeavour to taste Her threefold rasa, Rādhā is fulfilled and smiles gently.

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    • madhye rahi’ vaṁśī-rave ghoṣe vaṁśī-dhara
    • rādhāra sampade āmi gaurāṅga-sundara!

    • Remaining in the middle, the flute player declares with the song of His flute, “With Rādhā’s wealth, I am Gaurāṅgasundar!”

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    • mad abhīṣṭha rūpa rādhāra hṛdaya mandire
    • gaurāṅga bhajile suṣṭhu sphūrti pāya tāre

    • “If you serve Gaurāṅga, My form which is cherished in the temple of Rādhā’s heart will be fully revealed to you.”

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    • nadīyā prakāśe mahāprabhu gaura-nidhi
    • patita-pāvana deve milāila vidhi

    • Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu appeared in Nadia, and Providence combined the saviour of the fallen (the Kali-yuga-avatār) within Him.

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    • e-rūpa ārati brahmā śambhu agochara
    • gaura-bhakta kṛpā-pātra mātra siddhi sāra

    • This type of ārati is unknown to Brahmā and Śiva. Only a recipient of Śrī Gaurāṅga’s devotees’ mercy reaches such perfection.

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    • śrī svarūpa, rāmānanda, rūpa, sanātana
    • śrī raghu, jīvādi kṛpāya dekhe bhakta-jana

    • Devotees see this ārati by the mercy of Śrī Svarūp Dāmodar, Śrī Rāmananda Rāy, Śrī Rūpa, Śrī Sanātan, Śrī Raghunāth, Śrī Jīva, and their associates.

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    • jaya guru-gaura-rādhā-govinda-sundara
    • jaya dāo bhakta vṛnda nitya nirantara

    • All glory to Śrī Guru, Gaurāṅga, and Rādhā-Govindasundar! O devotees, glorify them always and forever!

Śrī Gaura Ārati Gurudeva