Srila Gurudeva explaining the bhajan Radha Kunda Tata

[Paramananda das]

dear devotees
Please accept my humbe obeisance's
All glories to my Gurudeva and Lord Gauranga
All glories to Srila Prabhupada and our Guruvarga

My Gurudeva would have this Bhajan sung a lot by Tamal Krsna das Brahmacari who has this divine voice
another disciple of my Gurudeva that sings it is Bhaktivedanta Muni Maharaja as you can hear below .See the link
When Srila Narayana Maharaja produced Gita Govinda, HH BV Muni Maharaja sang the entire Gita Govinda, he is from Orrisa from birth and learned Vaisnava Bhajans ,he later became a disciple of HH Gaura Govinda Maharaja and after he went to Goloka he took shelter of my Gurudeva
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWV4YFtOgdU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DScpdfc3d2k

This Bhajan is from Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Saranagati , it is very deep it is in the section of Bhajan describing what is favorable for Bhakti :Simply by remembering these places we become purified what to speak in knowing their true glories in Prema Dhvani daily we invoke these Places Yamuna Ki Jaya Giriraja Govardhana Ki jaya etc

The Uppipani stimulus to devotional service helps us attain to Suddha Bhakti, another similar song about what is favorable for Bhakti is Suddha Bhakata Carana renu ,it is also part of the same section of Saranagati to surrender to Krsna thus this Saranagati of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura is so deep ..Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has stated one should daily chant minium 64 rounds of the Mahamantra and enter into the deep meaning of his Bhajans

Song Name: Suddha Bhakata Carana Renu

Official Name: Bhakti Anukula Matra Karyera Svikara Song 3

Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura

Book Name: Saranagati

Language: Bengali



অ



LYRICS:

(1)
śuddha-bhakata-caraṇa-reṇu,
bhajana-anukūla
bhakata-sevā, parama-siddhi,
prema-latikāra mūla



(2)
mādhava-tithi, bhakti-jananī,
jetane pālana kori
kṛṣṇa-basati, basati boli',
parama ādare bori



(3)
gaur āmāra, je-saba sthāne,
koralo bhramaṇa rańge
se-saba sthāna, heribo āmi,
praṇayi-bhakata-sańge



(4)
mṛdańga-bādya, śunite mana,
abasara sadā jāce
gaura-bihita, kīrtana śuni',
ānande hṛdoya nāce



(5)
jugala-mūrti, dekhiyā mora,
parama-ānanda hoya
prasāda-sebā korite hoya,
sakala prapañca jaya



(6)
je-dina gṛhe, bhajana dekhi,
gṛhete goloka bhāya
caraṇa-sīdhu, dekhiyā gańgā,
sukha sā sīmā pāya



(7)
tulasī dekhi', jurāya prāṇa,
mādhava-toṣaṇī jāni'
gaura-priya, śāka-sevane,
jīvana sārthaka māni



(8)
bhakativinoda, kṛṣṇa-bhajane,
anakūla pāya jāhā
prati-dibase, parama-sukhe,
swīkāra koroye tāhā



WORD FOR WORD TRANSLATION: Suddha Bhakata Carana Renu



TRANSLATION

1) The dust of the lotus feet of pure devotees, enthusiastic devotional service, and service to the pure devotees of the highest order are the roots of the creeper of devotion.



2) The holy days like Ekadasi and Janmastami are the mother of devotion for those devotees who respect them. Let the holy places of Krsna's pastimes be my places of worship, and bless me.



3) May I always visit all the holy places associated with the lila of Lord Caitanya and His devotees.



4) When I hear the sound of the mrdanga in my heart I always desire to join in kirtana; and when I hear the bonafide songs describing Lord Caitanya's pastimes, my heart dances in ecstasy.



5) Whenever I see the transcendental sri-vigrahas of Radha-Krsna I am in bliss, for by taking Their Lordships' prasada we can conquer over the material elements.



6) One day while performing devotional practices, I saw my house transformed into Goloka Vrndavana. When I take the caranamrta of the Deity, I see the holy Ganges waters that come from the feet of Lord Visnu, and my bliss knows no bounds.



7) By seeing the tulasi tree my heart feels joy and Lord Madhava (Krsna) is also satisfied. When I eat the prasada favored by Lord Caitanya it is a new life's experience. (Lord Caitanya was very fond of a green vegetable preparation called sak, and there is another song in this book that tells of the amazing effects of this type of prasada.)



8) Bhaktivinoda concludes by saying: "Whosoever attains the stage of enthusiasm for these devotional practices will be supremely blissful wherever he may be."



Official Name: Bhakti Anukula Matra Karyera Svikara Song 4

Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura

Book Name: Saranagati

Language: Bengali



অ



LYRICS:

(1)

rādhā-kunḍa-taṭa-kuñja-kuṭīr

govardhana-parvata, jāmuna-tīr



(2)

kusuma-sarovara, mānasa-gańgā

kalinda-nandinī vipula-tarańga



(3)

vaḿśī-vaṭa, gokula, dhīra-samīr

bṛndābana-taru-latikā-bānīr



(4)

khaga-mṛga-kula, malaya-bātās

mayūra, bhramara, muralī-vilās



(5)

venu, śṛńga, pada-cihna, megha-mālā

vasanta, śaśańka, śańkha, karatāla



(6)

yugala-vilāse anukūla jāni

līlā-vilāse-uddīpaka māni



(7)

e saba choḍato kańhi nāhi jāu

e saba choḍato parāna hārāu



(8)

bhakativinoda kohe, śuno kān!

tuwā uddīpaka hāmārā parān



TRANSLATION

1-6) The cottage in the grove on the banks of Radha-kunda, the great Govardhana Hill, the banks of the Yamuna, Kusuma-sarovara, Manasa-ganga, the daughter of Kalinda (the Yamuna) with her many waves, the Vamsi-vat, Gokula, Dhira-samira, the trees and creepers and reeds of Vrndavana, the different varieties of colorful birds, the deer, the cooling breeze from the Malaya Mountains, the peacocks, the bumblebees, the pastimes with the flute, the flute itself, the buffalo horn bugle, the footprints of cows in the dust of Vraja, the rows of blackish rain clouds, springtime, the moon, the conch-shell, and the karatalas – all these I know to be very conductive for the pastimes of Radha and Krsna. I recognize in them a transcendental stimulus for making the Lord’s charming pastimes more intense.



7) I refuse to go anywhere if there stimuli to devotional service are not there, for to abandon them is to abandon life itself.



8) Bhaktivinoda says, “Please hear me, O Kana! Your entourage and paraphernalia stimulate remembrance of You and are the very source of my life.”

your servant
Paramananda das