Kirtan Guide
Śrī Guru Ārati-stuti
- jaya ‘guru-mahārāja’ jati-rājeśvara
- śrī-bhakti-rakṣaka deva-gosvāmī śrīdhara
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All glory to you, ‘Guru Maharaj,’
Of sannyāsī kings, the Emperor:
The glorious Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣak
Dev-Goswami Śrīdhar. -
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- patita-pāvana-līlā vistāri’ bhuvane
- nistārilā dīna-hīna āpāmara jane
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Extending in this world your
Pastimes as saviour of the fallen,
You delivered all the suffering souls,
including the most forsaken.
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3
- tomāra karuṇāghana murati heriyā
- preme bhāgyavāna jīva poḍe murachiyā
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Beholding your holy form
of concentrated mercy
The fortunate souls fall in a swoon
of divine love’s ecstasy.
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4
- sudīrgha supībya deho divya-bhāvāśray
- divya-jñāna dīpta-netra divya-jyotirmoy
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Your lofty form full of divine emotion
is nectar for our eyes;
With divine knowledge and shining eyes,
your effulgence fills the skies.
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- suvarṇa-sūraja-kānti aruṇa-vasana
- tilaka, tulasī-mālā, chandana-bhūṣaṇa
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A golden Sun resplendent,
in robes of saffron dressed;
Adorned with tilak, Tulasī beads,
and with sandal fragrance blessed.
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- apūrva śrī-aṅga-śobhā kore jhalamala
- audārya-unnata-bhāva mādhurya-ujjvala
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The matchless beauty of your holy form,
dazzling in its brightness;
Your benevolence of most noble heart,
in the moonglow of love’s sweetness.
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- achintya-pratibhā, snigdha, gambhīra, udāra
- jaḍa-jñāna-giri-vajra divya-dīkṣādhāra
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Inconceivable genius, affection,
gravity, magnanimity —
A thunderbolt crushing mundane knowledge,
the reservoir bestowing divinity.
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- gaura-saṅkīrtana-rāsa-rasera āśray
- “dayāla nitāi” nāme nitya premamoy
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In the Golden Lord’s Saṅkīrtan Dance,
you revel ecstatically;
“Dayāl Nitāi, Dayāl Nitāi!”
you ever call so lovingly.
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- sāṅgopāṅge gaura-dhāme nitya-parakāśa
- gupta-govardhane divya-līlāra-vilāsa
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Eternally present in Nabadwīp Dhām
with your associates, by your sweet will,
You enjoy your holy Pastimes
on hidden Govardhan Hill.
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10
- gauḍīya-āchārya-goṣṭhī-gaurava-bhājana
- gauḍīya-siddhāntamaṇi kaṇṭha-vibhuṣaṇa
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You’re the fit recipient of your dignity
In the Gauḍīya Āchārya assembly,
The jewel of the Gauḍīya-siddhānta
adorning your chest so nobly.
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- gaura-sarasvatī-sphūrta siddhāntera khani
- āviṣkṛta gāyatrīra artha-chintāmaṇi
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You’re the living message of Śrī Gaura,
you’re the mine of perfect conclusions;
You revealed the Gāyatrī’s inner purport:
the gem fulfilling all aspirations.
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- eka-tattva varṇanete nitya-nava-bhāva
- susaṅgati, sāmañjasya, e saba prabhāva
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When you speak, one subject alone
is revealed in ever-new light;
Proper adjustment, and harmony —
All these are your spiritual might.
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13
- tomāra satīrtha-varga sabe eka-mate
- rūpa-sarasvatī-dhārā dekhena tomāte
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All your dear Godbrothers
declare unanimously
They see within your Holiness
the line of Rūpa-Saraswatī.
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- tulasī-mālikā-haste śrī-nāma-grahaṇa
- dekhi’ sakalera hoy ‘prabhu’ uddīpana
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Seeing you take the Holy Name,
with Tulasī beads in hand,
Awakens the thought of Saraswatī Ṭhākur
in everybody’s mind.
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15
- koṭī-chandra-suśītala o pada bharasā
- gāndharvā-govinda-līlāmṛta-lābha-āśā
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Your feet, cooling like ten million moons —
In their service all faith do I place;
The nectar of Rādhā-Govinda’s Pastimes
one day we may drink, by your grace.
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- avichintya-bhedābheda-siddhānta-prakāśa
- sānande ārati stuti kore dīna-dāsa
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O personification of perfect conclusions
inconceivably one, yet different!
I sing this prayer at your ārati,
with joy — your humble servant.