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Sri Gaudiya Gitanjali
Presented here is a collection of Sri Gaudiya Vaishnav kirtans (songs, poetry) chanted regularly at Sri Chaitanya Saraswati Math. Most of the songs are accompanied by the original Bengali text and an audio recording sung by the Acharyas of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math—Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj, Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj.
The first edition of Sri Gaudiya Gitanjali was published in Bengali in 1983 with the following Preface written by Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj (translated into English by Sripad B.K. Tyagi Maharaj):
Preface
By the causeless mercy of Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga, a long-standing need has been fulfilled by this publication of Sri Gaudiya-gitanjali within a very short time. You will find in this Sri Gaudiya-gitanjali nearly all the kirtans in the line of Sri Bhakti Vinod—Saraswati that were sung daily and on special days in the time of Srila Prabhupad Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur and that are still now sung in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math. Our most worshippable Sri Guru Pada-padma's ever sincere friend and our genuinely affectionate well-wisher, Param Bhagavat Pujyapad Srila Krsnadas Babaji Maharaj, who has now reached the dust of Sri Vrndavan Dham, would greatly satisfy Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharva-Govindasundar by chanting these songs with profound appreciation and tears in his eyes in extremely sweet tunes that defamed even nectar. By joyfully, voluntarily, and proudly spreading the Sanskrit verses composed by our Sri Guru Pada-padma everywhere throughout India and affirming them to be consistent with and of dignity equal to those of Sri Rupa and Sri Raghunath, it is he primarily who has brought about good fortune for the souls of this world and thus felt the greatest joy. So, to preserve holy remembrance of him, his favourite kirtans have been compiled here and offered to his holy lotus hands. May he always mercifully remain pleased with us. This is our prayer. Earnestly devoted to Sri Guru Pada-padma Om Visnupad Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj and Param Bhagavat Srila Krsnadas Babaji Maharaj, Vaisnava Acharya Tridandi Swami Srimat Viraha Prakas Maharaj has generously contributed to the publication of this book, set a great example in the Vaisnava world, and thus become the recipient of everyone's gratiude. Amongst all my godbrothers who have received the mercy of Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga and become greatly worthy of recognition for this exceptional achievement of publishing this book within a very short time, the names of Sripad Nimaisundar Brahmachari Vidya Vinod Prabhu and Sriman Visvarup Brahmachari Prabhu are especially deserving of mention. O Vaisnavas who see no faults! If you will mercifully pardon me for all the errors, as a result of my incapacity in editing, that have diminished the beauty of this collection of supramundane songs and inform this fallen soul of them so that proper service may be rendered in a future edition, I will be most grateful.
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'What does Krishna-sankirtan mean? Playing the mridanga, karatals and
singing songs together with many people is not kirtan. If you sing together
with some radio artist or a musician, you may practise music skills, but
through radio kirtans you can neither taste the nectar of divine love that
was described above, nor will such kirtan destroy your material bondage. It
has to be pure sankirtan. It takes a pure great soul to bring and introduce
such pure sankirtan. A pure great soul is a soul who has been captured by
devotion through chanting of the Holy Name, and who has been accepted by
Bhakti Devi. If you can join and assist the chanting, the dancing of such
pure Vaishnavs, then when you see such chanting of the Holy Name, when you
hear it, or speak about it, it will destroy your material existence, paralyse
your material desires – your heart will become pure, and you will get to
taste or realise this ocean of entire ecstasy. If you have an open mind, if
your heart is clean, and if you do not have enmity or hostility, then all
this will clearly appear before your eyes – maha-sankirtan will be resounding
in your ears, and you will realise what a beautiful kirtan devotees do and
how much joy they do it with.'
'Sri Nityananda is the father of sankirtan, He is the presiding Deity of
sankirtan. If you get taste for kirtan, you get the mercy of Nitai. "Kirtan"
does not mean gratification of one’s own senses – when Sri Nityananda Prabhu
hears chanting of the Holy Name, He becomes very happy. It is a matter of a
great fortune and it a very great thing to become qualified to give joy to
Sri Nitaichand, to attain the right to chant the Holy Name, and to feel
happiness when chanting the Holy Name. This happiness comes by His mercy. If
Nityananda Prabhu relishes someone’s kirtan, if He likes it, if He becomes
happy, then His happiness is reflected onto the person chanting kirtan, i.e.
the person who is chanting will also feel happy. "Kirtan" is not some melody,
tune, or showing off music skills. Ecstasy of kirtan is born from a lustrous
heart, purified by pure goodness. This is a very high attainment. Unless pure
goodness appears in one’s heart, the ecstasy of kirtan can never appear
there.'
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Taking the dust from the holy feet of all devotees and well-wishers of Sri
Chaitanya Saraswat Math, hankering to serve you all on the occasion of the
grand festival of Om Vishnupad Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj's
divine appearance day, we humbly bow down at your holy feet and present a
collection of 51 recordings of Srila Govinda Maharaj chanting kirtans in
various years between 1988 and 2009. May this nectar of Sri Hari-Kirtan from
the holy lotus mouth of His Divine Grace nourish and massage the hearts of
the entire Devotional Family of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.
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