taking shelter of the 6 Goswamis ,it also means to chant 64 rounds daily and reading all the books of the 6 Goswamis

[Paramananda das]

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Bhrgupati Prabhu is one of the rare devotees that take shelter of the 6 Goswamis by praying to them ,he also send me a nice sheet about taking shelter of the 6 Goswamis.
My comment is we should not only take shelter of the 6 Goswamis but all Goswamis in our line , but of course the 6 Goswamis too .

Srila Narayana Maharaja once advised me to daily study the Manah Siksa and enter the mood :

Song Name: Gurau Gosthe Gosthalayisu

Official Name: Manah Siksa

Author: Raghunatha Dasa Goswami

Book Name: Stavavali

Language: Sanskrit



LYRICS:
(1)

gurau goṣṭhe goṣṭhālayiṣu sujane bhūsura-gaṇe

sva-mantre śrī-nāmni vraja-nava-yuva-dvandva-śaraṇe

sadā dambham- hitvā kuru ratim apūrvām atitarāḿ

aye svāntardhātas" caṭubhir abhiyāce dhṛta-padaḥ



(2)

na dharmam- nādharmam- śruti-gaṇa-niruktam- kila kuru

vraje rādhā-kṛṣṇa-pracura-paricaryām iha tanuḥ

śacī-sūnum- nandīśvara-pati-sutatve guru-varaḿ

mukunda-preṣṭhatve smara padam ajasram- nanu manaḥ



(3)

yadīccher āvāsam- vraja-bhuvi sa-rāgam- prati-janur

yuva-dvandvam- tā cet paricaritum ārād abhilaṣe

svarūpam- śrī-rūpam- sa-gaṇam iha tasyāgrajam api

sphuṭam- premṇā nityam- smara nama tadā tvam- śṛṇu manaḥ



(4)

asad-vārtā-veṣyā visṛja mati-sarvasva-haraṇīḥ

kathā mukti-vyāghryā na śṛṇu kila sarvātma-gilaṇīḥ

api tyaktvā lakṣmī-pati-ratim ito vyoma-nayanīḿ

vraje rādhā-kṛṣṇau sva-rati-maṇi-dau tvam- bhaja manaḥ



(5)

asā-ceṣṭā-kaṣṭa-prada-vikaṭa-pāśālibhir iha

prakāmam- kāmādi-prakaṭa-pathapāti-vyatikaraiḥ

gale baddhvā hanye 'ham iti bakabhid vartmapa-gaṇe

kuru tvam- phutkārān avati sa yathā tvam- mana itaḥ



(6)

are cetaḥ prodyat-kapaṭa-kuṭi-nāṭi-bhara-khara-

kṣaran-mūtre snātvā dahasi katham ātmānam api mām

sadā tvam- gāndharvā-giridhari-pada-prema-vilasat-

sudhāmbhodhau snātvā svam api nitarām- mām- ca sukhaya



(7)

pratiṣṭhāśā dhṛṣṭā svapaca-ramaṇī me hṛdi naṭet

katham- sādhu-premā spṛśati śucir etan nanu manaḥ

sadā tvam- sevasva prabhu-dayita-sāmantam atulaḿ

yathā tām- niṣkāsya tvaritam iha tam- veṣayati saḥ



(8)

yathā duṣṭatvam- me darayati śaṭhasyāpi kṛpayā

yathā mahyam- premāmṛtam api dadāty ujjvalam asau

yathā śrī-gāndharvā-bhajana-vidhaye prerayati māḿ

tathā goṣṭhe kākvā giridharam iha tvam- bhaja manaḥ



(9)

mad-īśā-nāthatve vraja-vipina-candram- vraja-vane-

śvarīm- tan-nāthatve tad-atula-sakhītve tu lalitām

viśākhām- śikṣālī-vitaraṇa-gurutve priya-saro-

girindrau tat-prekṣā-lalita-rati-datve smara manaḥ



(10)

ratim- gaurī-līle api tapati saundarya-kiraṇaiḥ

śacī-lakṣmī-satyāḥ paribhavati saubhāgya-balanaiḥ

vaśī-kārais" candrāvalī-mukha-navīna-vraja-satīḥ

kṣipaty ārād yā tam- hari-dayita-rādhām- bhaja manaḥ



(11)

samam- śrī-rūpeṇa smara-vivaśa-rādhā-giribhṛtor

vraje sākṣāt-sevā-labhana-vidhaye tad-gaṇa-yujoḥ

tad-ijyākhyā-dhyāna-śravaṇa-nati-pañcāmṛtam idaḿ

dhayan nityā govardhanam anudinam- tvam- bhaja manaḥ



(12)

manaḥ-śikṣā-daikādaśaka-varam etam- madhurayā

girā gāyaty uccaiḥ samadhi-gata-sarvārtha-tati yaḥ

sa-yūthaḥ śrī-rūpānuga iha bhavan gokula-vane

jano rādhā-kṛṣṇātula-bhajana-ratnam- sa labhate



TRANSLATION

1) O mind, I grasp your feet and beg you with sweet words: Please cast away all hypocrisy and develop intense, unprecedented love for my spiritual master, Vrajabhumi, the people of Vraja, the Vaisnavas, the brahmanas, the Gayatri mantra, the holy name, and the transcendental shelter that is the fresh young couple of Vraja, Radha and Krsna.



2) O Mind, don’t concern yourself with the pious and impious deeds described in the Vedas. Rather, intently serve Sri Sri Radha-Krsna in Vraja. Always remember that Lord Caitanya is the son of Maharaja Nanda and that my guru is most dear to Lord Mukunda.



3) O Mind, just listen to me! If you desire to reside in Vraja birth after birth, and if you desire to directly serve the divine youthful couple there with great attraction, then with intense love always remember and bow down to Srila Svarupa Damodara Gosvami; to Srila Rupa Gosvami and his elder brother, Srila Sanatana Gosvami; and to all their associates and followers.



4) O mind, give up friendship with nondevotees, which is nothing but a prostitute who will steal the treasure of your heart–your desire to serve Radha-Krsna. Don’t listen to talks of impersonal liberation, which are a tigress who devours everyone. You should even give up attraction for Lord Narayana, which leads to the world of Vaikuntha. Instead, O mind, just worship Sri Sri Radha-Krsna in Vraja, for They bestow upon their worshipers the jewel of pure love for Themselves.



5) The highwaymen of lust and his friends have bound me around the neck with the painful, horrible, powerful ropes of many wicked deeds. O mind, please scream out to the devotees of Krsna, the killer of Baka, "I am being killed!" Then He will save me.



6) O Mind, why do you burn us both by bathing in the urine trickling from the ass of great deviousness and hypocrisy? Instead, you should delight us by eternally bathing in the glistening nectar-ocean of pure love for Sri Sri Gandharva-Giridhari (Sri Sri Radha-Krsna).



7) As long as the impudent untouchable woman of the desire for fame dances in my heart, why should pure love for Radha-Krsna touch me? O mind, continuously serve my spiritual master, the leader of those who are dear to the Lord. Then my master will quickly kick out that harridan and allow that pure love to enter.



8) So That He will mercifully smash my wickedness (even though I am a great rascal), so that He will give me the splendid nectar of transcendental love, and so He will engage me in Sri Radha’s service, please, O mind, with words choked with emotion, worship Lord Giridhari here in Vraja.



9) O mind, please meditate on Krsna, the moon of Vraja forest, as the Lord of my controller, Srimati Radharani. And please meditate upon Srimati Radharani, the queen of Vraja forest, as Krsna’s controller. Also please meditate upon Lalita as the peerless friend of Radha and Krsna, Visakha as the guru who teaches Them many things, and Radha-kunda and Govardhana Hill as two places the mere sight of which bestows charming transcendental love for the divine couple.



10) O mind, please worship Lord Hari’s beloved Radha. with the splendor of Her beauty She makes Rati, Gauri, and Lila burn with envy, with the power of Her good fortune She defeats Saci, Laksmi, and Satyabhama, and with Her ability to control Krsna She completely eclipses Candravali and the other pious young girls of Vraja.



11) O mind, in order to attain the direct service of the two divine lovers, Sri Sri Radha-Giridhari, in the company of Their friends, every day you must constantly drink, with Sri Rupa Gosvami, the five nectars of worshiping Them, chanting Their names, meditating on Them, hearing about Them, and bowing down before Them, and every day you must worship Govardhana Hill.



12) These eleven excellent instructions to the mind grant all spiritual benedictions. A person who stays with the devotees, follows Srila Rupa Gosvami, and with a sweet voice loudly sings these eleven verses will attain the matchless jewel of direct service to Sri Sri Radha-Krsna in the forest of Gokula.



I will say that that chanting 64 rounds daily is really taking shelter of the 6 Goswami ,because all the 6 Goswamis wants us to chant 64 rounds daily :

Srila Narottama das Thakura has explained this :

Shrila Narottama on the direct process to achieve love of Krishna Prema Vilasa chapter 17 :

prabhura achaye sankhya tina laksha nama;
eka laksha bhaktagane kaila kripa dana.

"Lord Gauranga Mahaprabhu standard was to chant 3,00,000 names everyday. But He very mercifully awarded His devotees the process of chanting a minimum of 1,00,000 names of Krishna daily.

shri rupa kaila laksha granthera varnana;
tathapiha karila laksha nama grahana.

"Shrila Rupa Goswami has explained and quoted from over 100,000 different scriptures. Even though he was such a great scholar and devotee he himself chanted 100,000 Holy Names daily.

dasa gosvamira ache laksha pramana;
ei mata sarva bhakta kare harinama.

"Shrila Raghunatha dasa Goswami also rigidly followed the instructions of Lord Gauranga by chanting 100,000 names daily. In this way all the devotees chanted the Holy Names of the Lord daily without exception.

gauranga shrimukhe rupe kahila vaishnave;
laksha nama sankhya kari avasya karibe.

"Lord Gauranga gave the following instructions to all the Vaishnavas Himself and also through Shrila Rupa Goswami: Please compulsorily chant 100,000 names of Krishna daily

Taking shelter of the 6 Goswamis also means to read all their books and live by them :

LYRICS:

(1)
'gaurāńga' bolite habe pulaka-śarīra
'hari hari' bolite nayane ba' be nīra



(2)
āra kabe nitāi-cānder koruṇā hoibe
saḿsāra-bāsanā mora kabe tuccha ha'be



(3)
viṣaya chāriyā kabe śuddha ha 'be mana
kabe hāma herabo śrī-bṛndābana



(4)
rūpa-raghunātha-pade hoibe ākuti
kabe hāma bujhabo se jugala-pīriti



(5)
rūpa-raghunātha-pade rahu mora āśa
prārthanā koroye sadā narottama-dāsa







TRANSLATION

1) When will that opportune moment come to us, when there will be shivering of the body as soon as we chant Lord Gauranga's name? While chanting Hare Krsna, when will there be tears in the eyes?



2) When will I obtain the mercy of Lord Nityananda-candra? When, by His mercy will the desire for material enjoyment become very insignificant?



3) When the mind is completely purified, being freed from material anxieties and desires, then I shall be able to understand Vrndavana and the conjugal love of Radha and Krsna, and then my spiritual life will be successful.



4) When shall I be very much eager to study the books left by the Six Gosvami's, headed by Srila Rupa Gosvami and Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami? By their instruction I shall be able to properly understand the loving affairs of Radha and Krsna.



5) My only aspiration is to attain the lotus feet of the Six Gosvamis headed by Srila Rupa Gosvami and Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami. Narottama dasa constantly prays to attain their lotus feet.

I hope this is helpful may the lotusfeet of the 6 Goswamis always appear in our heart ..Gaudiya Vaisnavas also in an advanced stage meditate on the 6 Goswamis in their manjari form as was done by Srila Narottama das Thakura in his books Prarthana and Prema Bhakti Chandrika .

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Srila Narottama das Thakura has also sung :
Official Name: Sri Nama Sankirtana

Author: Narottama Dasa Thakura

Book Name: None

Language: Bengali



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LYRICS:

(1)

hari haraye namaḥ kṛṣṇa yādavāya namaḥ
yādavāya mādhavāya keśavāya namaḥ



(2)

gopāla govinda rāma śrī-madhusūdana
giridhārī gopīnātha madana-mohana



(3)

śrī-caitanya-nityānanda śrī-advaita-sītā
hari guru vaiṣṇaba bhāgavata gītā



(4)

śrī-rūpa sanātana bhaṭṭa-raghunātha
śrī-jīva gopāla-bhaṭṭa dāsa-raghunātha



(5)

ei chay gosāir kori caraṇa vandan
jāhā hoite bighna-nāś abhīṣṭa-pūraṇ



(6)

ei chay gosāi jār—mui tār dās
tā-sabāra pada-reṇu mora pañca-grās



(7)

tādera caraṇa-sebi-bhakta-sańe bās
janame janame hoy ei abhilāṣ



(8)

ei chay gosāi jabe braje koilā bās
rādhā-kṛṣṇa-nitya-līlā korilā prakāś



(9)

ānande bolo hari bhaja bṛndāban
śrī-guru-vaiṣṇaba-pade majāiyā man



(10)

śrī-guru-vaiṣṇaba-pada-padma kori āś
nāma-sańkīrtana kohe narottama dāsa



WORD FOR WORD TRANSLATION: Hari Haraye Namah Krsna Yadavaya Namah



TRANSLATION

1) Hari! Obeisances to Lord Hari, unto Krsna, and Yadava. Obeisances to Lord of the Yadus, Madhava, Kesava.



2) Gopala! Govinda! Rama! O vanquisher of Madhu! Giridhari! Lord of the gopis! Bewilderer of cupid!



3) Sri Caitanya, Nityananda, Sri Advaita-Sita! Hari! Guru! Vaisnavas! Srimad Bhagavatam! Bhagavad Gita!



4) All glories to Srila Rupa Goswami, Sanatana Goswami and Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami, to Srila Jiva Goswami, Gopala Bhatta Goswami, and Raghunatha Dasa Goswami!



5) I bow to the feet of these six Goswamis. By their grace, our obstacles can be destroyed and all desires are fulfilled.



6) I am the servant of these six Goswamis. The dust of their lotus feet is my fivefold subsistence.



7) To be a servant of their lotus feet and to reside in the company of devotees--this is my aspiration birth after birth.



8) When these six Goswamis lived in Vraja, they revealed the eternal pastimes of Sri Sri Radha and Krsna.



9) In ecstasy, sing the name of Lord Hari and worship Vrndavana, joyfully fixing your mind upon the lotus feet of the bona-fide spiritual master and the pure devotees.



10) The lotus feet of my guru and the Vaisnavas are my aspiration. Narottama Dasa thus sings Hari-nama sankirtana.

your servant in the service of the 6 Goswamis ,Sat Goswamis ki Jaya

Paramananda das

Pranams to Brghupati Prabhu ,have you noticed his lectures are such nectar ?