Nama-sankirtana Lyrics — Nama Sankirtana
Songs of the Holy Names
Nama-saṅkīrtana
By Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura
Read Nama-sankirtana from Krishna Meditations, with Sanskrit / Bengali transliteration and an English rendition by Kalakantha das.
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Original lyrics · Sanskrit / Bengali transliteration
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 yāhā 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 sane 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 bṛndāvan śrī-guru vaiṣṇava pade majāiyā man
10) śrī-guru-vaiṣṇaba pāda-padma kori āś nāma-saṅkīrtana kohe narottama dās
English rendition
1) hari haraye – unto Hari; namaḥ – obeisances; kṛṣṇa yādavāya – unto Kṛṣṇa known as Yādava (the best of the Yadu dynasty); namaḥ – obeisances; yādavāya – unto Yādava; mādhavāya – unto Mādhava, the husband of the goddess of fortune; keśavāya – unto Keśava, He of fine hair; namaḥ – obeisances
2) gopāla – He appears as a cowherd boy; govinda – the pleaser of the cows; rāma – the reservoir of pleasure; śrī-madhusūdana – the magnificent killer of the demon named Madhu; giridhārī – the lifter of Govardhana Hill; gopīnātha – the Lord of the cowherd damsels; madana-mohana – the enchanter of Cupid.
3) śrī-caitanya-nityānanda – chanting the names of Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda; śrī-advaita-sītā – Srī Advaita ācārya and his wife Sītā Thākurāṇī; hari – Lord Hari; guru – the spiritual master; vaiṣṇava – all the assembled devotees; bhāgavata – the Srīmad- Bhāgavatam; gītā – the Bhagavad-Gītā.
4) śrī-rūpa sanātana bha ṭṭa-raghunāth śrī-jīva gopāla-bha ṭṭa dāsa-raghunāth – chanting the names of the Six Gosvāmīs: Srī Rūpa, Sanātana, Raghunāth Bhaṭṭa, Srī Jīva, Gopāla Bhaṭṭa, and Raghunāth dāsa.
5) I bow down before the six Gosvāmīs’ lotus feet. They destroy my obstacles and make my life complete.
6) I am just a servant of these transcendentalists. Dust from their feet is the food upon which I subsist.
7) In my coming births and deaths I only pray to be serving the Gosvāmis’ servants at their lotus feet.
8) When the six Gosvāmīs lived in Vraja, they unveiled confidential Rādhā-Krishna pastimes in detail.
9) Worshiping Vrindavan and our gurus’ lotus feet, let us chant, “Hari” in bliss with loving devotees.
10) Praying at the Vaishnavs’ and his guru’s lotus feet, Narottama dāsa sings saṅkīrtana constantly.