DAMODARASTAKA(from Padma Purana)

namamisvaram sac-cid-ananda-rupamlasat-kundalam gokule bhrajamanamyasoda-bhiyolukhalad dhavamanamparamrstam atyantato drutya gopya

rudantam muhur netra-yugmam mrjantamkarambhoja-yugmena satanka-netram

muhuh svasa-kampa-trirekhanka-kantha-sthita-graivam damodaram bhakti-baddham

itidrk sva-lilabhir ananda-kundesva-ghosam nimajjantam akhyapayantam

tadiyesita-jñesu bhaktair jitatvampunah prematas tam satavrtti vande

varam deva moksam na moksavadhim vana canyam vrne ham varesad apihaidam te vapur natha gopala-balam

sada me manasy avirastam kim anyaih

idam te mukhambhojam atyanta-nilairvrtam kuntalaih snigdha-raktais ca gopyamuhus cumbitam bimba-raktadharam me

manasy avirastam alam laksa-labhaih

namo deva damodarananta visnoprasida prabho duhkha-jalabhi-magnam

krpa-drsti-vrstyati-dinam batanu-grhanesa mam ajñam edhy aksi-drsyah

kuveratmajau baddha-murtyaiva yadvattvaya mocitau bhakti-bhajau krtau ca

tata prema-bhaktim svakam me prayacchana mokse graho me sti damodareha

namas te stu damne sphurad dipti-dhamne

tvadiyadarayatha visvasya dhamnenamo radhikayai tvadiya-priyayainamo nanta-lilaya devaya tubyam

namamisvaram sac-cid-ananda-rupamlasat-kundalam gokule bhrajamanamyasoda-bhiyolukhalad dhavamanamparamrstam atyantato drutya gopya

To the Supreme Lord, whose form is the embodiement of eternal existence, knowldege, and bliss, whose shark-shaped earrings are swinging to and fro, who is beautifully shining in the divine realm of Gokula, who (due to the offense of breaking the pot of yogurt that His mother was churning into butter and then stealing the butter that was kept hanging from a swing) is quickly running from the wooden grinding mortar in fear of mother Yasoda, but who has been caught from behind by her who ran after Him with greater speed – to that Supreme Lord, Sri Damodara, I offer my humble obesiances. (Seeing the shipping stick in His mother´s hand,) He is crying and rubbing His eyes again and again with His two lotus hands. His eyes are filled with fear, and the necklace of pearls around His neck, which is marked with three lines like a conchshell, is shaking because of His quick breathing due to crying. To this Supreme Lord, Sri Damodara, whose belly is bound not with ropes but with His mother´s pure love, I offer my humble obeisances. By such childhood pastimes as this He is drowning the inhabitants of Gokula in pools of ecstasy, and is revealing to those devotees who are absorbed in knowldege of His supreme majesty and opulence that He is only conquered by devotees whose pure love is imbued with intimacy and is free from all conceptions of awe and reverence. With great love I again offer my obeisances to Lord Damodara hundreds and hundreds of time. O Lord, although You are able to give all kinds of benedictions, I do not pray to You for the boon of impersonal liberation, nor the highest liberation of eternal life in Vaikuntha, nor any other boon (which may be obtained by executing the nice processes of bhakti). O Lord, I simply wish that form of Yours as Bala Gopala in Vrindavana may ever be manifest in my heart, for what is the use to me of any other boon besides this? O Lord, Your lotus face, which is encircled by locks of soft black hair tinged with red, is kissed again and again by mother Yasoda, and Your lips are reddish like tha bimba fruit. May this beautiful vision of Your lotus face be ever manifest in my heart. Thousand and thousands of other benedictions are of no use to me. O Supreme Godhead, I offer my obeisances unto You. O Damodara! O Ananta! O Visnu! O master! O my Lord, be pleased upon me. By showering Your glance of mercy upon me, deliver this poor ignorant fool who is immersed in an ocean of worldly sorrows, and become visible to my eyes.

O Lord Damodara, just as the sons of Kuvera – Manigriva and Nalakuvara- were delivered from the curse of Narada and made into great devotees by You in Your form as a baby tied with rope to a wooden grinding mortar, in the same way, please give to me Your own prema-bhakti. I only long for this and have no desire for any kind of liberation. O Lord Damodara, I first of all offer my obeisances to the brilliantly effulgent rope wihich binds Your belly. I then offer my obeisances to Your belly, which is the abode of the entire universe. I humbly bow down to Your most beloved Srimati Radharani, and I offer all obeisances to You, the Supreme Lord, who displays unlimited pastimes.

SRITA KAMALA(Srila Jayadeva Goswami)

srita-kamala-kuca-mandala (he)dhrta-kundala (e)

kalita-lalita-vana-mala-jaya jaya deva hare

dina-mani-mandala-mandana (he)bhava-khandana(e)

muni-jana-manasa-hamsajaya jaya deva hare

kaliya-visadhara-ganjana(he)jana-rañjana(e)

yadu-kula-nalina-dinesajaya jaya deva hare

madhu-mura-naraka-vinasana (he)garudasana (e)

sura-kula-keli-nidanajaya jaya deva hare

amala-kamala-dala-locana (he)bhava-mocana (e)

tribhuvana-bhuvana-nidhanajaya jaya deva hare

janaka-suta-krta-bhusana (he)jita-dusana (e)

samara-samita-dasa-kanthajaya jaya deva hare

abhinava-jaladhara-sundara (he)dhrta-mandara (e)

sri-mukha-candra-cakorajaya jaya deva hare

tava caranam pranata vayam (he)

iti bhavaya (e)kuru kusalam pranatesu

jaya jaya deva hare

sri-jayadeva-kaver idam (he)kurute mudam (e)

mangalam ujjvala-gitamjaya jaya deva hare

O Lord who rests upon the breasts of the goddess of fortune! O Lord decorated with swinging earrings! O Lord who wears a charming garland of forest flowers!

O Lord Jayadeva (who defeats all the demigods)!- O Lord Hari, all glories to You!

O Lord whose ornaments are as splendid as the orb of the sun! O Lord who breaks the cycle of repeated birth and death! O swan who swims in the peaceful lake of the sages´ hearts! - O Lord Jayadeva, O Lord Hari! All glories unto you!

O Lord who defeated the poisonous Kaliya serpent! O delight of the people! O brilliantly shining sun that causes the lotus flower Of the Yadu dynasty to bloom!

O Lord Jayadeva, O Lord Hari! All glories unto You!-

O killer of the demons Madhu, Mura, and Naraka! O Lord who rides upon the back of Garuda! O Lord who enjoys pastimes among the dynasties of demigods!

O Lord Jayadeva, O Lord Hari! All glories unto You!-

O Lord whose eyes are immaculate lotus petals! O giver of liberation from the cycles of repeated birth and death! O priceless treasure of the three worlds!

- O Lord Jayadeva, O Lord Hari! All glories unto You!

O Lord wo has become the ornament of the daughter of Maharaja Janaka! O Lord who is victorious over all wicked demons! O Lord who defeated the ten-headed Ravana in battle!

- O Lord Jayadeva, O Lord Hari! All glories unto You! O Lord as handsome as a fresh raincloud! O lifter of Govardhana Hill! O chakora bird who drinks the moonlight of Radharani`s face!

O Lord Jayadeva, O Lord Hari! All glories unto You!-

O Lord! We are bowing down before Your lotus feet! O please think of us in this way, And kindly grant auspiciousness to us who bow down before You!

O Lord Jayadeva, O Lord Hari! All glories unto You!-

O! This song of the poet Jayadeva brings transcendental happiness!O! It is an auspicious, brilliantly effulgent song!

O Lord Jayadeva, O Lord Hari! All glories unto You!-

BHJAHU RE MANA(Srila Govinda das)

bhajahu re mana sri-nanda-nandana-abhaya-caranaravinda re

durlabha manava-janama sat-sangetaroho e bhava-sindhu re

sita atapa bata barisanae dina jamini jagi re

biphale sevinu krpana durajanacapala sukha-laba lagi’ re

e dhana, yaubana, putra, parijanaithe ki ache paratiti re

kamala-dala-jala, jivana talamalabhajahu hari-pada niti re

sravana, kirtana, smarana, vandanapada-sevana, dasya re

pujana, sakhi-jana, atma-nivedanagovinda-dasa-abhilasa re

O mind, just worship the lotus feet of the son of Nanda, which make one fearless. Having obtained this rare human birth, cross over this ocean of worldly existence through the association of saintly persons.

Both in the day and at night I remain sleepless, suffering the pains of the heat and cold, the wind and the rain. For a fraction of flickering happiness I have uselessly served wicked and miserly men. What assurance of real happiness is there in all of one´s wealth, youthfulness, sons, and family members? This life is tottering like a drop of water on a lotus petal; therefore you should always serve and worship the divine feet of Lord Hari. It is the desire and great longing of Govinda dasa to engage himself in the nine processes of bhakti, namely hearing the glories of Lord Hari and chanting those glories, constantly remembering Him and offerring prayers to Him, serving the Lord´s lotus feet, serving the Supreme Lord as a servant, worshipping Him with flowers and incense and so forth, serving Him as a friend, and completely offering the Lord one´s very self.

SRI ISOPANISAD & MAHA MANTRA(inv. & 1:text)

Om purnam adah purnam idampurnat purnam udacyatepurnasya purnam adaya

purnam evasisyate

Isavasyam idam sarvam yat kinca jagatyam jagattena tyakten bhunjitha

ma grdhah kasya svid dhanam

Hare Krishna Hare KrishnaKrishna Krishna Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare RamaRama Rama Hare Hare

The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete, and because He is completely perfect, all emanantions from Him , such as the phenomenal world, are perfectly equipped as complete wholes. Whatever is produced of the Complete Whole is also complete in itself. Because He is the Complete Whole, even though so many complete units emanate from Him, He remains the complete balance. Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One should therefore accept only those things necessary for himself, which are set aside as his quota, and one should not accept other things, knowing well to whom they belong. “The word Hara is the form of addressing the energy of the Lord, and the words Krishna and Rama are forms of addressing the Lord Himself. Both Krishna and Rama mean ‘the supreme pleasure’ and Hara is the supreme pleasure energy of the Lord, changed to Hare in the vocative. The supreme pleasure energy of the Lord Helps us to reach the Lord. The Lord reveals Himself to the devotee who chants this mantra sincerely”. (His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada)

GOPINATHA(Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura)

gopinath, mama nivedana sunovisaya durjana, sada kama-rata,

kichu nahi mora guna

gopinath, amara bharasa tumitomara carane, loinu sarana,

tomara kinkora ami

gopinath, kemone sodhibe morena jani bhakati, karme jada-mati

porechi somsara-ghore

gopinath, sakali tomara mayanahi mama bala, jñanan sunirmala,

swadhina nahe e kaya

gopinath, niyata carane sthanamage e pamara, kandiya kandiya,

korohe karuna dana

gopinath, tumi to sakali parodurjane tarite, tomara sakati

ke ache papira aro

gopinath, tumi krpa-parabarajivera karane, asiya prapañce

lila koile subistara

gopinath, ami ki dose dosiasura sákala, pailo carana,

vinoda thakilo bosi´

Gopinatha, Lord of the gopis, please hear my request. I am a wicked materialist, always addicted to worldly desires, and no good qualities do I possess. O Gopinatha, You are my only hope, and therefore I have taken shelter at Your lotus feet. I am now Your eternal servant. O Gopinatha, how will You purify me? I do not know what devotion is, and my materialistic mind is absorbed in fruitive work. I have fallen into this dark and perilous worldly existence. O Gopinatha, everything here is Your illusory energy. I have no strength or transcendental knowledge, and this body of mine is not independent and free from the control of material nature. O Gopinatha, this sinner, who is weeping and weeping, begs for an eternal place at Your divine feet. Please give him Your mercy. O Gopinatha, You are able to do anything, and therefore You have the power to deliver all sinners. Who is there that is more of a sinner than myself? O Gopinatha, You are an the ocean of mercy. Having come into this phenomenal world, You expand Your divine pastimes for the sake of the fallen souls. O Gopinatha, I am so sinful that although all the demons attained Your lotus feet, Bhaktivinoda has remained in worldly existence.

VRINDADEVIASTAKA(Srila Vishwanatha Chakravarti Thakur)

gangeya-campeya-tadid-vinindi-rocih-pravaha-snapitatma-vrnde

bandhuka-randhu-dyuti-divya-vasovrnde numas te caranaravindam

bimbadharoditvara-manda-hasya-nasagra-mukta-dyuti-dipitasyevicitra-ratnabharana-sriyadhyevrnde numas te caranaravindam

samasta-vaikuntha-siromanau sri-krsnasya vrndavana-dhanya-dhamni

dattadhikare vrsabhanu-putryavrnde numas te caranaravindam

tvad-ajñaya pallava-puspa-bhrnga-mrgadibhir madhava-keli-kunjah

madhv-adibhir bhanti vibhusyamanavrnde numas te caranaravindam

tvadiya-dutyena nikunja-yunoratyutkayoh keli-vilasa-siddhih

tvat-saubhagam kena nirucyatam tadvrnde namaste te caranaravindam

rasabhilaso vasatis ca vrnde-vane twad-isanghri-saroja-seva

labhya ca pumsam krpaya tavaivavrnde numas te caranaravindam

tvam kirtyase satvata-tantra-vidbhirlilabhidhana kila krsna-saktihtavaiva murtis tulasi nr-loke

vrnde numas te caranaravindam

bhaktya vihina aparadha-laksaihksiptas ca kamadi-taranga-madhyekrpamayi tvam saranam prapanna

vrde numas te caranaravindam

vrndastakam yah srnuyat pathed vavrndavanadhisa-padabja-bhrngahsa prapya vrndavana-nitya-vasamtat-prema-sevam labhate krtarthah

O Vrnda Devi, I offer my respectful obeisances to your lotus feet. You are bathed in your own splendor, which defeats the effulgence of lightning and the golden campaka flower. The luster of your transcendedntal garments defeats the beauty of the blue bandhuka flower. O Vrnda Devi, I offer my respectful obeisances to your lotus feet. Your face is illuminated by the splendor of the pearl decorating the tip of your nose, and by the extraordinary gentle smile on the two bimba fruits which are your lips. You are enriched by the beauty of the amazing and color ful jewels and ornaments you wear. O Vrnda Devi, I offer my respectful obeisances to your lotus feet. Srimati Radharani, the daughter of King Vrsabhanu, has made you the ruling monarch of Lord Krsna´s opulent and auspicious abode of Vrndavana, which is the crest jewel of all the Vaikuntha planets. O Vrnda Devi, I offer my respectful obeisances to your lotus feet. Because of your order, the groves where Lord Madhava performs His pastimes appear very splendid, decorated with blossoming flowers, bumblebees, deer and other auspicious animals, flowers, and birds. O Vrinda Devi, I offer my respectful obeisances to your lotus feet. Who can describe your good fortune? You were the messenger who brought about the perfection of the amorous pastimes of Radha and Krsna, the youthful couple who enthusiastically sport in the groves of Vrndavana. O Vrinda Devi, I offer my respectful obeisances to your lotus feet. The living entities who attain the service of the lotus feet of your Lord reside in Vrndavana. And the desire to understand the Lord´s amazing pastimes of the rasa dance is only by your mercy. O Vrinda Devi, I offer my respectful obeisances to your lotus feet. Those who have studied the Satvata-tantra glorify you. You are Lord Krsna´s potency for performing pastimes, and you are known as Tulasi Devi in the human form. O Vrinda Devi, I offer my respectful obeisances to your lotus feet. Those who are devoid of devotion to Lord Hari, and are thrown by their offenses into the waves of lust and other inasupicious qualities, may take shelter of you. O Vrinda Devi, I offer my respectful obeisances to your lotus feet. Let a person who becomes like a bumblebee at the lotus feet of Radha-Krsna, and who reads or hears these eight verses describing the glories of Vrnda Devi, eternally reside at Goloka Vrndavana. He attains devotional service and pure love of Godhead and all his spiritual aspirations are fulfilled.

SRI RADHIKA-STAVA(Srila Rupa Goswami)

(chorus)radhe jaya jaya madhava-dayitegokula-taruni-mandala-mahite

domodara-rati-vardhana-vesehari-niskuta-vrnda-vipinese

vrsabhanudadhi-nava-sasi-lekhelalita-sakhi guna-ramita-visakhe

karunam kuru may karuna-bharitesaka-sanatana-varnita-carite

(chorus) O Radha! O beloved of Madhava! O You who are worshipped by all the young girls of Gokula! All glories unto You! All Glories unto You! You who dress Yourself in such a way as to increase Lord Damodara´s love and attachment for You! O Queen of Vrindavana, which is the pleasure grove of Lord Hari! O new moon who has arisen from the ocean of King Vrsabhanu! O friend of Lalita! O You who make Visakha loyal to You due to Your wonderful qualitites of of friendliness, kindness, and faithfulness to Krsna! O You who are filled with compassion! O You whose divine characteristics are described by the great sages Sanaka and Sanatana! O Radha, please be merciful to me!

ARUNODAYA KIRTANA (2) & MAHA MANTRA(Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur)

jiv jago, jiv jago, gauracanda bolekota nidra jao maya-pisacira kole

bhajibo boliya ese samsara-bhitarebhuliya rohile tumi avidyara bhare

tomare loite ami hoinu avataraami bina bandhu ara ke ache tomara

enechi ausadhi maya nasibaro lagihari-nama maha-mantra lao tumi magi

bhakativinoda prabhu-carane pariyasei hari-nama-mantra loilo magiya

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare RamaRama Rama Hare Hare

Lord Gauranga calls, “Wake up, sleeping souls! Wake up, sleeping souls! You have slept long in the lap of the witch Maya. 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. I have descended just to save you. Other than Myself, who else is your friend? I have brought the medicine for destroying the illusion of Maya. Now pray for this hari-nama maha-mantra and take it.” Thakura Bhaktivinoda fell at the lotus feet of Lord Gauranga, and after begging for the holy name he received that maha-mantra.