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SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI : SPECIAL POETRY

Sri Namastakam

(VERSE ONE)

nikhila-sruti-mauli-ratna-mala-
dyuti-nirajita-pada-pankajanta
ayi mukta-kulair upasyamanam
paritas tvam hari-nama samsrayami

The crown jewels of all the revealed scriptures worship the tips of the toes of Your lotus feet with their brilliance (as in an arati ceremony). You are eternally worshipped by great liberated souls. So, O Holy Name! I am taking shelter in You in all respects.

sri-rupa-vadane sri-sachi-kumara
svanama-mahima karala prachara [1]

The Son of Sri Sachi preached about the glories of His own Name through the holy mouth of Sri Rupa.

yo nama, so hari—kichhu nahi bheda,
so nama satya-miti gayati veda [2]

The Lord and His Name are non-different from each other. Revealed scriptures sing the glories of this Name.

sabu upanisada, ratna-mala-dyuti,
jhakamaki’ charana-samipe
mangala-arati, karai anuksana,
dvi-gunita-pancha-pradipe [3]

Shining brightly at Your holy feet, the necklace of all jewel-like Upanisads always offers You mangala-arati worship with the double wick lamps of their lustre.

chaudda bhuvana maha, deva-nara-danava,
bhaga yankara balavan
nama-rasa-piyusa, pibai anuksana,
chhodata karama-geyana [4]

In the entire fourteen worlds, gods, humans, and even demons, who possess spiritual fortune always drink the nectar of the Name, giving up all material activities and pursuits of knowledge.

nitya-mukta punah, nama-upasana,
satata karai samagane
goloke vaithata, gaoye nirantara,
nama-viraha nahi jane [5]

According to the Sama Veda, eternally liberated souls also always worship the Holy Name of the Lord. Residents of Goloka sing all the time – they do not know what it is like to live without the Name.

sabu-rasa-akara, ‘hari’ iti dvaksara,
sabu-bhave karalu asraya
nama-charane padi’, bhakativinoda kahe,
tuya pade magahu nilaya [6]

A mine of all possible nectar, these two syllables, ‘Ha-ri’, give shelter to the entire creation. Falling at the holy feet of the Name, Bhaktivinod prays, ‘Please let me stay at Your feet.’

(VERSE TWO)

jaya namadheya muni-vrnda-geya
jana-ranjanaya param aksarakrte
tvam anadarad api manag udiritam
nikhilogra-tapa-patalim vilumpasi

O Holy Name! Your glories are sung even by great sages; to extend ultimate happiness to all humankind, You exist in this world in the form of the Name. You are transcendental – if a soul utters You just once, even without any affection, all its terrible material miseries become removed.

jaya jaya harinama, chid-anandamrta-dhama,
para-tattva aksara-akara
nija-jane krpa kari’, nama-rupe avatari’,
jive daya karile apara [1]

Glory, glory to the Holy Name of the Lord! An abode of nectarean existence and joy, You possess a transcendental letter-form. Bestowing mercy upon Your devotees, You appear in this world in the form of the Name to show boundless kindness to all souls.

jaya ‘hari’ ‘krsna’ ‘rama’, jaga-jana-suvisrama,
sarva-jana-manasa-ranjana
muni-vrnda nirantara, ye namera samadara,
kari’ gaya bhariya vadana [2]

Glory to ‘Hari’, ‘Krishna’ and ‘Rama’! You provide the highest respite to the whole world and delight everyone’s minds. Great sages always loudly chant these Names.

ohe krsna-namaksara, tumi sarva-sakti-dhara,
jivera kalyana-vitarane
toma bina bhava-sindhu, uddharite nahi bandhu,
asiyachha jiva-uddharane [3]

O Letters of Krishna’s Holy Name! You are all-powerful, and You spread benediction to all souls. Without You, there is no other friend who can rescue them from this ocean of material existence, so You have come to do that.

achhe tapa jive yata, tumi saba kara hata,
helaya tomare eka-bara
dake yadi kona-jana, ha’ye dina akinchana,
nahi dekhi’ anya pratikara [4]

If somebody calls out to You just once, even negligently, feeling poor and materially impoverished and seeing no other way out, You remove all their distress.

tava svalpa-sphurti paya, ugra-tapa dure yaya,
linga-bhanga haya anayase
bhakativinoda kaya, jaya harinama jaya,
pade’ thaki tuya pada-ase [5]

They attain the result of chanting the shadow of the Name and all their previous miseries go away – they easily attain liberation. Bhaktivinod Thakur says, ‘Glory to You, O Holy Name! Glory to You! I am falling in obeisance, aspiring for Your holy feet.’

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