## Appendix 1 Songs by Vaiṣṇava Saints on the Glories of the Holy Name **Śrī Nāma** (from Gītāvalī) by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura (1) > gāy gorā madhur sware hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare (2) > gṛhe thāko, vane thāko, sadā 'hari' bole' ḍāko, sukhe duḥkhe bhulo nā'ko, vadane hari-nām koro re (3) > māyā-jāle baddha ho 'ye, ācho miche kāja lo 'ye, ekhona cetana pe'ye, 'rādhā-mādhav' nām bolo re (4) > jīvana hoilo śeṣa, nā bhajile hṛṣīkeśa bhaktivinodopadeśa, ekbār nām-rase māto re **(1) Lord Gaurasundara sings in a very sweet voice, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare / Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.** **(2) Whether you are a householder or a *sannyāsī, *constantly chant "Hari! Hari!" Do not forget this chanting, whether you are in a happy condition or a distressful one. Just fill your lips with the *hari-nāma.*** **(3) You* *are bound up in the network of *māyā *and are forced to toil fruitlessly. Now you have obtained full consciousness in the human form of life, so chant the names of Rādhā-Mādhava.** **(4)* *Your life may end at any moment, and you have not served the Lord of the senses, Hṛṣīkeśa. Take this advice of Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura: "Just once, relish the nectar of the holy name!"** **Aruṇodaya-kīrtana I** Kīrtana songs to be sung at dawn (from Gītāvalī) by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura **part one** (1) > udilo aruṇa pūraba-bhāge, dwija-maṇi gorā amani jāge, bhakata-samūha loiyā sāthe, gelā nagara-brāje (2) > 'tāthaī tāthaī bājalo khol, ghana ghana tāhe jhājera rol, preme ḍhala ḍhala soṇāra aṅga, caraṇe nūpura bāje (3) > mukunda mādhava yādava hari, bolena bolo re vadana bhori', miche nida-baśe gela re rāti, divasa śarīra-sāje (4) > emana durlabha mānava-deho, pāiyā ki koro bhāva nā keho, ebe nā bhajile yaśodā-suta, carame poribe lāje (5) > udita tapana hoile asta, dina gelo boli' hoibe byasta, tabe keno ebe alasa hoy, nā bhaja hṛdoya-rāje (6) > jīvana anitya jānaha sār, tāhe nānā-vidha vipada-bhār, nāmāśraya kori' jatane tumi, thākaha āpana kāje (7) > jīvera kalyāna-sādhana-kām, jagate āsi' e madhura nām, avidyā-timira-tapana-rūpe, hṛd-gagane birāje (8) > kṛṣṇa-nāma-sudhā koriyā pān, jurāo bhakativinoda-prāṇ, nāma binā kichu nāhiko āro, caudda-bhuvana-mājhe **(1) When the eastern horizon became tinged with the redness that heralds the rising of the sun, the jewel among the *brāhmaṇas, *Lord Gaurasundara, immediately awakened. Taking His devotees with Him, He joumeyed through the towns and villages of Nadia.** **(2) The *mṛdaṇgas *resounded "*tāthaī, tāthaī*,"* *and the *jhājas *[large metal *karatālas *that look like small cymbals] in that *kīrtana *played in time. Lord Gaurāṅga's golden form slightly trembled in ecstatic love of Godhead, and His footbells jingled.** **(3) Lord Caitanya called out to the townsfolk, "You spend your nights uselessly sleeping and your days decorating your bodies! Now just fill your mouths with the holy names, 'Mukunda!' 'Mādhava!' 'Yādava!' and 'Hari!' chanting without offense!** **(4) "You have achieved this rare human body. Don't you care for this gift? If you do not worship the darling of Mother Yaśodā now, then great sorrow awaits you at the time of your death.** **(5) "With every rising and setting of the sun, a day passes and is lost. Why then do you remain idle and not serve the Lord of the heart?** **(6) "You should understand this essential fact: life is temporary and filled with various kinds of miseries. Therefore carefully take shelter of the holy name and remain always engaged in His service as your eternal occupation.** **(7)* *"Desiring to bless all living entities, this sweet name of Kṛṣṇa has descended to this material universe and shines like the sun in the sky of the heart, destroying the darkness of ignorance."** **(8)* *Drink the pure nectar of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa and thus satisfy the soul of Ṭhākura Bhaktivinoda. There is nothing except the holy name within all the fourteen worlds.** **Aruṇodaya-kīrtana II** part two (1) > jīv jāgo, jīv jāgo, gauracānda bole kota nidrā jāo māyā-piśācīra kole (2) > bhajibo boliyā ese saṁsāra-bhitare bhuliyā rohile tumi avidyāra bhare (3) > tomāre loite āmi hoinu avatāra āmi binā bandhu āra ke āche tomāra (4) > enechi auṣadhi māyā nāśibāro lāgi' hari-nāma mahā-mantra lao tumi māgi' (5) > bhakativinoda prabhu-caraṇe pariyā sei hari-nāma-mantra loilo māgiyā **(1) Lord Gaurāṅga calls, "Wake up, sleeping souls! Wake up, sleeping souls! You have slept so long in the lap of the witch Māyā.** **(2) "You came into this world saying, 'O my Lord, I will certainly worship You,' but having forgotten this promise, you have remained in great ignorance.** **(3) "I have descended just to save you. Other than Myself, who else is your friend?** **(4) "I have brought the medicine for destroying the illusion of Māyā. Now pray for this *hari*-*nāma mahā-mantra *and take it."** **(5) Ṭhākura Bhaktivinoda fell at the lotus feet of Lord Gaurāṅga, and after begging for the holy name, he received that *mahā-mantra.*** **Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa Bol** (from Gītāvalī) by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura (1) > 'rādhā-kṛṣṇa' bol bol bolo re sobāi (ei) śikhā diyā, sab nadīyā phirche nece' gaura-nitāi (miche) māyār bośe, jāccho bhese', khāccho hābuḍubu, bhāi (2) > (jīv) kṛṣṇa-dās, e biśwās, korle to' ār duḥkho nāi (kṛṣṇa) bolbe jabe, pulak ha'be jhorbe āṅkhi, boli tāi (3) > ('rādhā) kṛṣṇa' bolo, saṅge calo, ei-mātra bhikhā cāi (jāy) sakal'bipod bhaktivinod bole, jakhon o-nām gāi **(1) "Everyone chant, chant, chant, 'Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa'!" Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda are dancing all over the land of Nadia giving this teaching to all. brother, needlessly under the control of *māyā* you suffer and are carried away by her waves, sometimes floating and sometimes sinking in this ocean of illusion.** **(2) If you have this faith that the soul is the eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa, then there will be no more misery. And when you chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa, your body will shiver in ecstasy and your eyes will shed tears in love of God. This is what I say.** **(3)* *Chant 'Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa' in the association of devotees. This is the only request I beg. Ṭhākura Bhaktivinoda says, "When I chant that holy name of the Lord, all dangers go away."** **Kabe Ha'be Bolo** (from Śaraṇāgati) by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura (1) > kabe ha'be bolo se-dina āmār (āmār) aparādha ghuci', śuddha nāme ruci, kṛpā-bale ha'be hṛdoye sañcār (2) > tṛṇādhika hīna, kabe nije māni', sahiṣṇutā-guṇa hṛdoyete āni' sakale mānada, āpani amānī, ho'ye āswādibo nāma-rasa-sār (3) > dhana jana āra, kobitā-sundarī, bolibo nā cāhi deho-sukha-karī janme-janme dāo, ohe gaurahari! ahaitukī bhakti caraṇe tomār (4) > (kabe) korite śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāma uccāraṇa, pulakita deho gadgada bacana baibarṇya-bepathu ha'be saṅghaṭana, nirantara netre ba'be aśru-dhār (5) > kabe navadwīpe, suradhunī-taṭe, gaura-nityānanda boli' niṣkapaṭe nāciyā gāiyā, berāibo chuṭe, bātulera prāya *chāṛiyā* bicār (6) > kabe nityānanda, more kori 'doyā, chārāibe mora viṣayera māyā diyā more nija-caraṇera chāyā, nāmera hāṭete dibe adhikār (7) > kinibo, luṭibo, hari-nāma-rasa, nāma-rase māti' hoibo bibaśa rasera rasika-caraṇa paraśa, koriyā mojibo rase anibār (8) > kabe jībe doyā, hoibe udoya, nija-sukha bhuli' sudīna-hṛdoya bhakativinoda, koriyā binoya, śrī-ājñā-ṭahala koribe pracār **(1) Please tell me, When will that day be mine—when my offenses will end and a taste for the pure holy name will be infused within my heart by the power of divine grace?** **(2) Considering myself lower than a blade of grass, bringing the quality of forbearance into my heart, showing respect to all, myself being freed from all false pride—when will I taste the essence of the liquid nectar of the holy name?** **(3) Wealth, following, beautiful women, as described in worldly poetry—I do not want any such bodily pleasures. Lord Gaurahari, please give me unmotivated devotion to Your lotus feet, birth after birth.** **(4) When, while articulating the divine name of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, will my body be thrilled in ecstatic rapture and my words be choked with emotion, when will pallor and ecstatic trembling occur, and when will streams of tears flow constantly from my eyes?** **(5) When, in the land of Navadvīpa, on the banks of the Ganges, will I run about, guilelessly calling, "O Gaura! Nityānanda!" dancing and singing like a madman, giving up all considerations?** **(6) When will Lord Nityānanda be merciful to me and release me from the illusion of worldliness? Giving me the shade of His lotus feet, when will He allow me to enter the marketplace of the holy name?** **(7) I shall buy and plunder the mellows of the name of Hari, and becoming thoroughly intoxicated by those liquid mellows of the holy name, I shall become stunned. By touching the feet of those great souls who are able to relish those mellows, I will be constantly immersed in the sweet nectar of the holy name.** **(8)* *When will there be an awakening of compassion for all fallen souls, and when will this Bhaktivinoda, forgetting his own happiness, with a meek heart set out to propagate by humble entreaty the sacred order of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?** **Śrī Śrī Gaura-Nityānander Dayā** The Mercy of Śrī Gaura and Nityānanda (from Dhāmālī) by Locana dāsa Ṭhākura (1) > parama karuṇa, pahū dui jana nitāi gauracandra saba avatāra-sāra śiromaṇi kevala ānanda-kanda (2) > bhajo bhajo bhāi, caitanya nitāi sudṛḍha biśwāsa kori viṣaya chāḍiyā, se rase majiyā, mukhe bolo hari hari (3) > dekho ore bhāi, tri-bhuvane nāi, emona doyāla dātā paśu pākhī jhure, pāṣāṇa vidare, śuni' jāṅra guṇa-gāthā (4) > saṁsāre majiyā, rohili poriyā, se pade nahilo āśa āpana karama, bhuñjāye śamana, kahoye locana-dāsa PURPORT by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda This is a song by Locana dāsa Ṭhākura. *Pahū *means "Lord," and *dui jana *means "two." Locana dāsa Ṭhākura declares that the two Lords, Nitāi-Gauracandra—Lord Nitāi and Lord Caitanya—are very merciful *(parama karuṇa). Saba avatāra-sāra śīromaṇi. Avatāra *means "incarnation," and *saba *means "all." They are the essence of all incarnations. The specific significance of these incarnations is that prosecuting Their way of self-realization is simply joyful *(kevala ānanda-kanda), *for They introduced chanting and dancing. There are many incarnations, like Lord Rāma and even Kṛṣṇa, who taught *Bhagavad-gītā, *which requires knowledge and understanding. But Lord Caitanya and Nityānanda introduced a process that is simply joyful—simply chant and dance. Therefore, Locana dāsa requests everyone, *bhajo bhajo bhāi, caitanya-nitāi: *"My dear brother, I request that you just worship Lord Caitanya and Nityānanda with firm conviction and faith." Don't think that this chanting and dancing will not lead to the desired goal. It will. It is the assurance of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu that one will get all perfection by this process. Therefore one must chant with firm faith and conviction (*biśwāsa kori'*). But what is the process? The process is *viṣaya chāṛiyā, se rase majiyā. *If one wants to be Kṛṣṇa conscious by this process, one has to give up his engagement in sense gratification. That is the only restriction. If one gives up sense gratification, it is sure that he will reach the desired goal. *Mukhe bolo hari hari: *one simply has to chant, "Hare Kṛṣṇa! Hari Hari!" without any motive of sense gratification. Dekho ore bhāi, tri-bhuvane nāi. Locana dāsa Ṭhākura says, "My dear brother, you just try and examine this. Within the three worlds there is no one like Lord Caitanya or Lord Nityānanda, because Their merciful qualities are so great that They make even birds and beasts cry, what to speak of human beings." Actually, when Lord Caitanya passed through the forest known as Jharikhaṇḍa, the tigers, elephants, snakes, deer, and all other animals joined Him in chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa: It is so nice that anyone can join. Even the animals can join, what to speak of human beings. Of course, it is not possible for ordinary men to induce animals to chant, but if Caitanya Mahāprabhu could inspire animals to chant, at least we can encourage human beings to adopt this path of Hare Kṛṣṇa *mantra *chanting. It is so nice that even the most stonehearted man will be melted. *Pāṣāṇa *means "stone." It is so nice that even stone will melt. But Locana dāsa Ṭhākura regrets that he is entrapped by sense gratification. He addresses himself, "My dear mind, you are entrapped in this sense gratification process, and you have no attraction for chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. Since you have no attraction for the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda, what can I say? I can simply think of my misfortune. Yamarāja, the superintendent of death, is punishing me by not allowing me to be attracted by this movement." **Iṣṭa-deve Vijñapti** Prayer to One's Beloved Lord (from Prārthanā) by Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura (1) > hari hari! bifale janama goṅāinu manuṣya-janama pāiyā, rādhā-kṛṣṇa nā bhajiyā, jāniyā śuniyā biṣa khāinu (2) > golokera prema-dhana, hari-nāma-saṅkīrtana, rati nā janmilo kene tāy saṁsāra-biṣānale, dibā-niśi hiyā jwale, jurāite nā koinu upāy (3) > brajendra-nandana jei, śacī-suta hoilo sei, balarāma hoilo nitāi dīna-hīna jata chilo, hari-nāme uddhārilo, tāra śākṣī jagāi mādhāi (4) > hā hā prabhu nanda-suta, vṛṣabhānu-sutā-juta, karuṇā karoho ei-bāro narottama-dāsa koy, nā ṭheliho rāṅgā pāy, tomā bine ke āche āmāra **(1) Lord Hari, I have spent my life uselessly. Having obtained a human birth and having not worshiped Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, I have knowingly drunk poison.** **(2) The treasure of divine love in Goloka Vṛndāvana has descended as the congregational chanting of Lord Hari's holy names. Why did my attraction for that chanting never come about? Day and night my heart burns from the fire of the poison of worldliness, and I have not taken the means to relieve it.** **(3) Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is the son of the King of Vraja, became the son of Śacī (Lord Caitanya), and Balarāma became Nitāi. The holy name delivered all those souls who were lowly and wretched. The two sinners Jagāi and Mādhāi are evidence of this.** **(4) Lord Kṛṣṇa, son of Nanda, accompanied by the daughter of Vṛṣabhānu, please be merciful to me now. Narottama dāsa says, "O Lord, please do not push me away from Your reddish lotus feet, for who is my** **beloved except for You?"** NAM: Appendix 2: Important Verses from Vedic and Vaiṣṇava Literature on the Glories of the Holy Name