Kirtan Guide
Vibhāvarī Śeṣa
- vibhāvarī śeṣa, āloka-praveśa,
- nidrā chāḍi’ uṭho jīva
- bolo hari hari, mukunda murāri,
- rāma kṛṣṇa hayagrīva
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The night has come to an end and the light of dawn is entering. O jīva-soul, arise and give up your sleep. Chant the Holy Names of Lord Hari, who is the giver of liberation; the enemy of the Mura demon; the Supreme Enjoyer; the all-attractive one; and the horse-headed incarnation, Hayagrīva.
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- nṛsiṁha vāmana, śrī-madhusūdana,
- vrajendra-nandana śyāma
- pūtanā-ghātana, kaiṭabha-śātana,
- jaya dāśarathi-rāma
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Lord Hari incarnated as the half-man, half-lion, Nṛṣiṁha. He appeared as a dwarf-brāhmaṇ named Upendra and is the killer of the Madhu demon. He is the beloved son of the King of Vraja, Nanda Mahārāj, and is blackish in complexion. He is the slayer of the Pūtanā witch and the destroyer of the demon Kaiṭabha. All glories to Lord Hari, who appeared as Lord Rāma, the son of King Dāśarath.
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- yaśodā dulāla, govinda-gopāla,
- vṛndāvana purandara
- gopī-priya-jana, rādhikā-ramaṇa,
- bhuvana-sundara-vara
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He is the darling of Mother Yaśodā; the giver of pleasure to the cows, land, and spiritual senses; and the protector of the cows. He is the Lord of the Vṛndāvan forest; the gopīs’ beloved; the lover of Rādhikā; and the most beautiful personality in all the worlds.
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4
- rāvāṇāntakara, mākhona-taskara,
- gopī-jana-vastra-hārī
- vrajera rākhāla, gopa-vṛnda-pāla,
- chitta-hārī baṁśī-dhārī
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As Rāmachandra He brought about the end of the demoniac King Rāvaṇa; as Krishna He stole the older gopīs’ butter; He stole the younger gopīs’ clothes while they were bathing in the Yamunā. He is a cowherd boy of Vraja and the protector of the cowherd boys. He steals the hearts of all and always holds a flute.
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5
- jogīndra-bandana, śrī-nanda-nandana,
- vraja-jana-bhaya-hārī
- navīna nīrada, rūpa manohara,
- mohana-vaṁśī-bihārī
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Lord Krishna is worshiped by the best of yogis and is the son of Nanda. He removes all the fears of the inhabitants of Vraja. He is the colour of a fresh rain cloud, and His form is enchanting. When He wanders about, playing His flute, He looks very charming.
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- yaśodā-nandana, kaṁsa-nisūdana,
- nikuñja-rāsa-vilāsī
- kadamba-kānana, rāsa-parāyaṇa,
- vṛndā-vipina-nivāsī
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He is the son of Yaśodā and the killer of King Kaṁsa, and He sports in the Rāsa dance among the groves of Vraja. Krishna engages in this Rāsa dance underneath the kadamba trees, and He resides in the forest of Vṛndāvan.
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- ānanda-vardhana, prema-niketana,
- phula-śara-jojaka kāma
- gopāṅgaṇāgaṇa, chitta-vinodana,
- samasta-guṇa-gaṇa-dhāma
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He increases the ecstasy of His devotees. He is the reservoir of all love and is the transcendental Cupid who uses His flowered arrows to increase the loving desires of the gopīs. He is the pleasure of the gopīs’ hearts and the abode of all wonderful qualities.
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- jāmuna-jīvana, keli-parāyaṇa,
- mānasa-chandra-chakora
- nāma-sudhā-rasa, gāo kṛṣṇa-jaśa,
- rākho vachana mana mora
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Lord Krishna is the life of the River Yamunā. He is always absorbed in amorous Pastimes, and He is the moon of the gopīs’ minds, which are like the chakora birds that subsist only upon moonlight. O mind, obey these words of mine and sing the glories of Śrī Krishna in the form of these Holy Names, which are full of nectarean mellows.