The Äcäryas’ Songs
Glorifying Lord Gauräìga
1. Lord Gaura’s Pastimes of Dancing in Saìkértana
Song 1 (Bibhäsa-räga)
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1. (Refrain) mahä-bhuja näcata caitanya räya
ke jäne kata kata bhaba çata çata
soëära baraëa gora räya
2. preme òhara òhara aìga niramala
pulaka aìkura-çobhä
ära ki kahiba açeña anubhaba
hera-ite jaga-mana lobhä
3. çuniyä nija guëa näma kértana
bibhora naöana bibhaìga
nadéyä-pura loka päçarila duùkha sukha
bhäsala prema-taraìga
4. ratana bitaraëa prema-rasa barikhaëa
akhila bhubana siïcita
caitanya däsa gäne atula prema-däne
muïi se ha-iluà baïcita
1. (Refrain) His arms long and graceful, Lord Caitanya Räya dances. How many hundreds and hundreds of devotional ecstasies does He feel? Who has the power to know? Lord Gaura Räya is splendid like gold.
2. He sheds tears of ecstatic spiritual love. His limbs are glorious. Splendid like sprouting blades of grass, the hairs of His body stand erect. What more shall I say? When the people of the world see Him, they understand. Their hearts yearn to attain His company.
3. Hearing the chanting of His own glories and His own holy names, He dances, overcome with ecstasy. Forgetting their pains and pleasures, the people of Nadéyä float in waves of ecstatic spiritual love.
4. He freely gives away the jewels of ecstatic spiritual love. He showers a great monsoon of the nectar of ecstatic spiritual love. He showers all the worlds. Caitanya däsa sings: He gives away the peerless gift of ecstatic spiritual love. Only I did not receive that gift. Only I was cheated.
Song 2 (Beloyära-räga)
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1. näcata néke gaura-bara ratana
bhakata kalapa-taru kali mada-mathana
2. gara gara bhäbe tanu pulakita saghana
nija-guëe nigüòha prema-rase magana
3. bhäbe bibhora lora jharu nayanä
nirabadhi hari hari bolata bayanä
4. gaòi gaòi bhüme karata kata karuëä
çré-pada kusuma su-komala aruëä
5. aja-bhaba-ädi satata karu bhäbanä
karu kabi-çekhara soda seba nä
1. The jewel of Lord Gaura dances. He is a kalpa-taru tree that fulfills the devotees’ desires. In the Kali-yuga He churns the ocean of spiritual bliss.
2. He is overcome with ecstatic spiritual love. The hairs of His body stand erect. He is plunged into a nectar ocean of confidential ecstatic spiritual love.
3. He is overcome with spiritual love. Tears stream from His eyes. Without stop his mouth chants, “Hari! Hari!”
4. He falls and faslls to the ground. How He is ovecrome! The graceful, soft, reddish soles of His feet are like flowers.
5. Brahmä, Çiva, and all the demigods meditate on Him. Alas! Kavi-çekhara cannot taste the sweet nectar of directly serving Him.
Song 3 (Beloyära-räga)
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1. dekha çacé-nandana, jagata jébana dhana, anukhaëa prema-dhana
jaga-jane yäce
bhäbe bibhora bara, gaura-tanu pulakita, saghane baliyä hari
gorä pahuà näce
2. (Refrain) saba abatära sära gorä abatära
hema baraëa jini, nirupama tanu-khäni, aruëa-nayane bahe
premake dhära
3. båndäbana guëa çuni, luöhata se dwija-maëi, bhäbe bhare gara gara
pahuà mora häse
käçéçwara abhiräma, paëòita puruñottama, guëa gäna karatahi
narahari däse
1. Look at Çacé’s son! He is the life and treasure of all the worlds. At every moment He begs the world’s people to accept His gift of the great treasure of ecstatic spiritual love. He is overcome withecstatic spiritual love. The hairs on His fair body staned erect. Again and again He chants, “Hari!” Lord Gaura dances.
2. (Refrain) Lord Gaura has descended to this world. He is thebest of all avatäras. His peerless form defeats the splendor of gold. Flooding rivers of ecstatic spiritual love stream as tears from His reddened eyes.
3. Hearing the glories of Våndävana, He rolls on the ground. Lord Gaura, the jewel of the brähmaëas, laughs in ecstasy. Käçéçvara, Abhiräma, nnd Puruñottama Paëòita stay at His side. Thus Narahari däsa sings His glories.
Song 4 (Tuòé-räga)
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1. gorä näce prema binodiyä
akhila-bhubana-pati bihare nadéyä
2. dig bidig nä jäne gorä näcite näcite
cända-mukhe hari bole kändite kändite
3. golokera prema-dhana jébe bilä-iyä
saìkértane näce gorä hari bola baliyä
4. preme gara gara aìga mukhe mådu häsa
se rase baïcita bhela balaräma däsa
1. Enjoying pastimes of spiritual love, Lord Gaura dances. He who is the ruler of all the worlds enjoys pastimes in Nadéyä.
2. Lord Gaura dances and dances. He does not know one direction from another. The moon of His mouth chants, “Hari!” He weeps and weeps.
3. The treasur eof ecstatic spiritual love, a treasure He brought down from the spiritual world of Goloka, He freely distributes to everyone. Chanting, “Haribol!”, Lord Gaura dances in saìkértana.
4. He is overcome with ecstatic spiritual love. A gentle smile graces His face. Alas! Balaräma däsa was cheated of the chance to taste the nectar of serving Him.
Song 5 (Paöha-maïjaré-räga)
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1. näcaye caitanya cintämaëi
buka bahi dhärä mukutä gänthani
2. preme gada gada haiyä dharaëé loöäya
huhuìkära diyä khene uöhiyä däëòäya
3. ghana ghana dena päka ürdhwa-bähu kari
patita-janäre pahuà boläya hari hari
4. hari-näma kare gäna jape anukñaëa
bujhite nä päre keha birala lakñaëa
5. apära mahimä-guëa jaga-jane gäya
basu rämänanda tähe prema-dhana cäya
1. Cintämaëi-jewel Lord Gaura dances. A flood of tears streams down His chest, tears like a string of pearls.
2. Overcome with ecstatic spiritual love, He speaks broken words in a choked voice. He rolls on the ground. He jumps and roars.
3. Raising His arms, He dances in a circle. He makes the fallen sinners chant, “Hari! Hari!”
4. At every moment He does kértana or japa of Lord Hari’s holy names. No one has the power to understand His symptoms of rare ecstatic spiritual love.
5. The people of this world sing songs praising the shoreless ocean of His transcendental glories. Rämänanda Vasu yearns to attain the treasure of ecstatic spiritual love He gives away.
Song 6 (Bibhäsa-räga)
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1. (Refrain) äre mora näcata gaura-kiçora
hiraëa-kiraëa jini o tanu sundara
daça-diça karala ujora
2. çärada-cända jini jhalamala badanahi
rocana tilaka su-bhäla
kuïcita cäru cikura tahi lolata
kamale kiye ali-jäla
3. näsä tila-phula bimaba adhara tala
cuyata bindu bindu ghäma
taruëa aruëa sarasija jini locana
dhärä bahe abiräma
4. gänthiyä äpana guëa parakäçi kértana
gä-ota sahacara-bånde
khola karatäla yatana kari sirajila
päñaëòa dalana anubandhe
5. abanéte adabhuta prabhu çacé-nandana
patita-päbana abatära
déna-héna müòha-mati rämänanda däsa ati
pahuà more kara bhaba-pära
1. (Refrain) Ah!! My Lord Gaura-kiçora dances! Defeating the splendor of gold, His glorious form fills the ten directions with light.
2. Defeating the autumn moon, His graceful rocana-tilaka-decorated forehead glistens with splendor. Is the curly black hair on His head, hair tossed to and fro, actually a swarm of black bees around a yellow lotus flower?
3. His nose is a sesame flower. His lips are bimba fruits. He covered with drop after drop of perspiration. Defeating the new red lotus flowers, His eyes are the source of flooding rivers of tears, rivers that flow without stop.
4. Surrounded by His companion s, in the kértana He sinsg the glories of a person who is actually His own self. The kholas and karatälas play. Now the sinners’ sins are broken into pieces.
5. Now the earth is filled with wonder. Çacé’s son, who purifies the fallen, has now descended to this world. Now all the fools and fallen sinners, including even Rämänanda däsa, Lord Gaura has carried to the farther shore of the ocean of repeated births and deaths.
Song 7 (Gändhära-räga)
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1. bhäbe bharala hema tanu anupama re, ahar-niçi nija-rase bhora
nayana-yugale, prema-jale jhara jhara re, bhuja tuli hari hari bola
2. näcata gaura-kiçora mora pahuà re, abhinaba nabadwépa-cända
jétala népa-phula, pulaka mukula re, prati aìge manamatha phända
3. bhäba-bhare helana, bhäba-bhare dolana, prati aìge bhäba bithäri
rasa-bhare gara gara, cala-i khala-i re, gobinda däsa balihäri
1. Filled with spiritual love, Lord Gaura’s golden form is beyond compare. Day and night He is overcome wby tasting the nectar of spiritual love. Tears of love stream from His eyes. Raising His arms, He chants, “Hari! Hari!”
2. My Lord Gaura-kiçora dances. He is a new moon shining in Navadvépa. Standing erect, the hairs of His body defeat the kadamba flowers. His every limb is Kämadeva’s trap.
3. Overcome with ecstatic spiritual love, He sways to and fro. His every limbs is filled with spiritual love. Overcome with tasting rthe nectar of spiritual love, He stumbles as He walks. Govinda däsa completely surrenders unto Him.
Song 8 (Dhänaçé-räga)
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1. näcaye gauräìga pahuà sahacara saìga
çyäma-tanu gaura bhela basana suraìga
2. püraba dohana-bhäëòa anubhabi çeñe
karaìga la-ila gorä se-i abhiläñe
3. chäòi cüòä çikhi-puccha kaila keça-héna
péta basana chäòi parila kaupéna
4. ha-ilena daëòa-dhäré chäòiyä baàçaré
yadu kahe kåñëa ebe ha-ila gaura-hari
1. Lord Gauräìga dances with His associates. Dark Lord Kåñëa has now become fair Lord Gaura clothed in glorious saffron garments.
2. He who in the past carried a milk-pail now wishes to carry a sannyäsé’s waterpot.
3. He has renounced His hair crowned with a peacock-feather. Now His head is shaved. He has renounced His yellow garments. Now He wears a sannyäsé’s kaupéna.
4. He has renounced his flute. Now He carries a sannyäsé’s daëòa. Yadu says: Lord Kåñëa has beocme Lord Gaura-Hari.
Song 9 (Soma-räga)
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1. (Refrain) näcata gaura püraba rase bhora
kanaka dharädhara garaba bibhaïjana
jhalakata aìga atanu cita-cora
2. häsata mådu mådu badana chända chabi
näçata ghora kaluña ändhiyära
dhara-ite täla tarala pada-paìkaja
kampa-i dharaëé saha-i nähi bhära
3. taruëa aruëa-yuga locana òagamaga
abirala bipula pulaka-kula säji
garajata saghana siàha jini bikrama
balé kali-käla bipula bhaye bhäji
4. bhedata gagana gäne priya parikara
bäyata khola lalita karatäla
mätala akhila loka bhaëa narahari
bhubana bharala yaça biñada biçäla
1. (Refrain) Overcome by tasting the nectar of His previous pastimes as Lord Kåñëa, Lord Gaura dances. His glistening limbs, limbs that break the golden mountain’s pride, charm Kämadeva’s heart.
2. The splendor of His gently gently smiling face destroys the blinding darkness of a host of horrible sins. His rhythmically dancing footsteps make the earth tremble. The earth has no power to hold Him up.
3. The new red lotus flowers of His eyes always overfloww with tears of ecstatic spiritual love. he hairs of His body stand erect. Eclipsing the lions’ prowess, He roars. Frightened, the powerful age of Kali flees.
4. Gracefully playing khola and karatälas, His dear companions sing. Their tumultuous music breaks the sky. Now all the worlds are wild with ecstatic spiritual love. Narahari says: Now Lord Gaura’s splendid pure glories fill all the worlds.
Song 10 (Deçapäla-räga)
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1. nåtyata gauracandra jana-raïjana, nityänanda bipada-bhaya-bhaïjana
kaïja-nayana jiti naba naba khaïjana, cähani manamatha garaba hare
jhalakata duhuà tanu kanaka dharädhara, naöana ghaöana paga dharata dharaëé para
häsa milita mukha layata sudhäkara, ucari bacana janu amiyä jhare
2. çobhä nirupama bhaëatana äyata, beñöita parikara guëa-gaëa gäyata
madhura madhura mådu mardala bäyata, dhädhä dhigi dhigi dhikaöa dhilaìga
gaëa saha sura-gaëa gagana-pantha-gata, ghana ghana sarasa kusuma bara barañata
jaya jaya jaya dhwani bhubana biyäpata, narahari kahaba ki prema-taraìga
1. Lord Gauracandra, who delights everyone. Lord Nityänanda, weho breaks all fear of any calamity, dances at His side. Their lotus eyes defeat the young young khaïjana birds. Their graceful eyes steal away Kämadeva’s pride. Their forms glisten like two golden mountains. Somehow the earth sustains Their dancing footsteps. The smiling enctyar moons of Theor faces meet. Their words are like flowing streams of sweet nectar.
2. Their words are glorious without peer. They are surrounded by companions who sing of Their glories. Sweetly sweetly the musical instruments are gently sounded. “Dhädhä dhigi dhigi dhikaöa dhilaìga!”, the drums declare. Assembling in the pathway of the sky, the demigods and their associates shower flowers. Sounds of “Jaya! Jaya! Jaya!” fills the worlds. Will Narahari ever be able to describe the waves of ecstatic spiritual love that flooded everything at that time?
Song 11 (Kämoda-räga)
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1. (Refrain) äju ki änanda saìkértane
näce gaura nityänanda parama änanda-kanda
priya päriñada-bånda sane
2. näce bole bhäla bhäla bäje khola karatäla
sabe mahä bihwola premäya
nadérä prabäha pärä sabära nayane dhärä
keha keha paòe kära gäya
3. keha bä pulaka-bhare huìkära garjana kare
kämpe kega thira haite näre
keha käru päne cäïä du-i bähu pasäriyä
kole kari chäòite nä päre
4. keha käru päya dhare pada-dhüli laya çire
keha bhüme paòi paòi yäya
prabhu bhåtya eka riti dekhi narahari ati
änande prabhura guëa gäya
1. (Refrain) How much bliss is now present in this saìkértana! Surrounded by Their dear associates, Lord Gaura and Lord Nityänanda, who are the root of all transcendental bliss, dance.
2. They dance and call out, “Glory! Glory!” The devotees play kholas and karatälas. Everyone is overcome with ecstatic spiritual love. Flooding rivers of tears flow from everyone’s eyes. Some joyfully sing. Some, overcome with ecstasy, fall to the ground.
3. Soem have bodily hairs that stand erect. Some loudly roar. Some tremble. Some cannot remain peaceful and steady. Some gaze at Lord Gaura. Some extend their arms and hug the other devotees. They will not let go.
4. Some grasp the devotees’ feet and place the dust on their own head. Some stumble and stumble, falling to the ground as they walk. Gazing at the two Lords as They dance, the servant Narahari joyfully sings the two Lord’s glories.
Song 12 (Paöha-maïjaré-räga)
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1. näce gauräìgacända bibhora bhäbete
se-i bhäbe gadädhara näcaye bämete
2. bhäyara soëära aìga bhüme paòe päche
tä-i se nitä-i-cända phire päche päche
3. näce re gauräìga ämära heliyä duliyä
bäje khola karatäla tädhiyä tädhiyä
4. duragata patita dhariyä karu kora
pämara e narahari o nä rase bhora
1. Overcome with ecstasy, Lord Gauräìgacandra dances. Filled with the same ecstasy, Gadädhara dances at His left.
2. Overcome with ecstatic spiritual love, Lord Gaura stumbles. His golden body falls to the ground. Behind Him Lord Nitäicandra turns and dances.
3. Swaying to and fro, my Lord Gauräìga dances. “Tädhiyä! Tädhiyä!”, the kholas and karatälas declare.
4. Lord Gauräìga grasps the misguided sinners and holds them in His arms. Alas! The wretch Narahari is not overcome by the nectar of these pastimes.
Song 13 (Dhänaçé-räga)
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1. (Refrain) näce çacéra duläla raìge
adwaita nitä-i gadädhara çrébäsädi parikara saìge
2. aìga-bhaìgé ki madhura-chände
pada-bhare mahé-kare öhalamala, ke tähe dhairaja bändhe
3. nänä täle diyä karatäli
gobinda mädhaba bäsu yaça gäya caudike çobhaye bhäli
4. gorä canda-mukhe hari bole
jagä-i mädhä-i heri bähu prasäri karaye kole
5. goräcandera paraça päïä
jagä-i mädhä-i näce bhuja tuli bhäbete bibhola haiïä
6. dohe loöäya dharaëé-tale
kämpe tanu anupama pulakita titaye äìkhera jale
7. gorä-karuëä prakäça dekhi
näce sura-gaëa gaganete rahi saghane juòäya äìkhi
8. ke nä dhäya se karuëä-äçe
jaya jaya dhwani abané bharala bhaëe ghanaçyäma-däse
1. (Refrain) Surrounded by Lord Advaita, Lord Nitäi, Gadädhara, Çréväsa and a host of other associates, Çacé’s son dances.
2. His limbs move with gracedful sweetness. His restless dancing feet touch the surface of the earth. Who is peaceful and quiet now?
3. The karatälas play many different rhythms. Govinda, Mädhava, and Väsu sing the Lord’s glories. The four directions are filled with glory.
4. From the moon of Lord Gaura’s mouth come calls of “Hari!” Seeing Jagäi and Mädhäi, Lord Gaura hugs them in His arms.
5. By Lord Gauracandra’s touch, Jagäi and Mädhäi are filled with ecstatic spiritual love. Raising their arms, they dance.
6. Then they roll on the ground. They tremble. The hairs of their bodies stand erect. Tears stream from their eyes.
7. Seeing what Lord Gaura’s mercy has brought, the demigods dance in the sky. Their eyes are filled with cooling bliss.
8. Who will not run to get Lord Gaura’s mercy? The whole world is filled with sounds of “Jaya! Jaya!” This Ghanaçyäma däsa says.
Song 14 (Beläbalé-räga)
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1. (Refrain) näcata gauracandra naöa-bhüpa
manamatha läkha garaba-bhara-bhaïjana, akhila-bhubana-jana-raïjana rüpa
2. abirata atula bhäba-bhare gara gara, garajata ati adabhuta ruci-käré
maìgalamaya pada dharata dharaëé para, karata bhaìgé bhuja-yugala pasäri
3. häsata madhura adhara mådu labaëi, çarada-cända jini, badana biläsa
öalamala aruëa kamala-dala-locana, kauna karaha kata rasa parakäça
4. gäyata madhura bhakata-gaëa naba naba, kinnara-nikara darapa karu cüra
uthalala prema-sindhu mahé bhäsala, narahari kumati paraça rahu düra
1. (Refrain) Lord Gauracandra, the king of dancers, dances. His graceful form delights the hearts of all the worlds. He breaks into pieces the pride of millions of Kämadevas.
2. Overcome with ecstatic spiritual love, He roars. He is wonderfully splendid and gloroous. The earth now holds up His auspicious feet. His long arms are graceful.
3. The smile on His lips is sweet and graceful. His glorious face defeats the autumn moon. His red-lotus-petal eyes are restless. How much nectar of ecstatic spiritual love shines in them?
4. The devotees sing newer and newer sweet songs, songs that rob the Kinnaras of their pride. The ocean of ecstatic spiritual love now floods all the worlds. Everyone floats in that ocean. Only wicked-hearted Narahari does not float. That ocean never touched him. It stayed far away.
Song 15 (Ghaëöäraba-räga)
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1. näcata gaura nikhila naöa-paëòita nirupama bhaìgé madana-mada hara-i
pracura caëòakara-darapari-bhaïjana, aìga-kiraëe diga-bidiga ujara-i
2. unamata atula siàha jini garajana, çuna-i balé kali-bäraëa òara-i
ghana ghana lampha lalita ati caïcala, caraëa-ghäte kñiti öalamala kara-i
3. kinnara garaba kharaba karu parikara, gäya ulase amiya raba jhara-i
bäyata bahu-bidha khola khamaka dhuni, paraçata gagana kauna dhåti dhara-i
4. atula pratäpa kämpi durajana-gaëa, leya-i çaraëa caraëa-tale paòa-i
narahari pahuìka kériti rahu jaga-bhara, parama dulaha dhana niyata bitara-i
1. Lord Gaura, the most learned paëòita of dancing, garcefully dances with peerless movements that take away Kämadeva’s pride. The effulgence of Lord Gaura’s limbs, an effulgence that breaks the sun’s pride into pieces, fills the directions with light.
2. His roar defeats the peerless wildly angry lions. Hearing that roar, powerful Kali-yuga is stunned with fear. In His restless dancing He leaps again and again. The weight of His steps makes the earth tremble.
3. His companions jopyfully sing songs like nectar, songs that shrink the Kinnaras’ pride. The khola and khamaka drums sweetly sound in many ways. Their sweet sounds touch the sky. Why can stay peaceful and unmoved?
4. Trembling in fear, the powerful demons take shelter of Lord Gaura’s feet. Narahari’s master fills the worlds with the sound of kértana. The most rare treasure He freely gives to this world as a gift.
Song 16 (Gurjaré-räga)
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1. äju ki änanda nadéyä-nagare, jagä-i mädhä-i dohe dekhibäre
dhäya cäri-dike ki näré puruña, paraspara kahe kata nä kathä
keha kahe ati biralete raiyä, ai dekha dekha duhuà päne cä-iyä
sürujera sama teja ebe bhela, se päpa-çaréra gela bä kothä
2. keha kahe aha mari mari mari, bhäbe gara gara baise beri beri
kändi uöhe chüöe äìkhi bäri-dhärä, nibärite näre nä dhare dhåti
keha kahe hena dekha nirupama, pulakita tanu kämpe ghana ghana
dhülaya dhüsara dharaëéte paòi, gaòi yäya kichu nähika småti
3. keha kahe ki bä gorä mukha çaçé, päne cähe jäni kata sukhe bhäsi
häsi sudhä-päne unamata haiyä, loöä-iyä paòe caraëa-tale
keha kahe dekha nitä-i-cändere, cähi hiyä mäjhe kata kheda kare
du-khäni caraëa paraçiyä kare, kare abhiñeka äìkhera jale
4. keha kahe dekha adwaita tapasé, gadädhara çrébäsädi päçe basi
atula ulase phuli phuli phire, la-iyä sabära caraëa-dhüli
keha keha duhuà kätara-antare, eka bhite rahi dante tåëa dhare