1) Gurudeva,
give to this servant just one drop of mercy. I am lower than a blade of grass.
Give me all help. Give me strength. Let me be as you are, without desires or
aspirations.
2) I offer you all
respects, for thus I may have the energy to know you correctly. Then, by
chanting the holy name in great ecstasy, all my offenses will cease.
3) When will such mercy fall
to this one who is weak and devoid of intelligence? Allow me to be with you.
4) If you examine me, you
will find no qualities. Your mercy is all that I am made of. If you are not
merciful unto me, I can only weep, and I will not be able to maintain my life.
New Year’s Eve 2008 we had 12 hours of bhajans at the Dallas Temple. I was able to record most of it, so be prepared for a flood of ecstatic bhajans and kirtans.
First up is a bhajan by Anish who came from Houston to participate. This is an incredible bhajan. Enjoy!
Every Christmas, the devotees of the Dallas temple community offer gifts to Sri Sri Radha Kalachandji. This year, our children (Vraja Kishor and Nitai Pran) opened the presents. It certainly was exciting for them!
The Fall Sunday School is over. On the last day of school we held their graduation in the temple room. There is a very nice speech given by Rupanuga Prabhu about the importance of Sunday School.
Song Name: BhajaHu Re Mana Official Name: None Author: GovindaDasKaviraja Book Name: None Language: Bengali
LYRICS:
(1) bhajahū re manaśrī-nanda-nandana abhaya-caraṇāravinda re durlabhamānava-janama
sat-sańge taroho e bhava-sindhu re
(2) śītaātapabātabariṣaṇa
e dinajāminījāgi re biphalesevinukṛpaṇadurajana capalasukha-labalāgi‘ re
(3)
e dhana, yaubana, putra, parijana ithekiāche paratīti re
kamala-dala-jala, jīvana ṭalamala bhajahūhari-padanīti re
(4) śravaṇa, kīrtana, smaraṇa, vandana, pāda-sevana, dāsya
re pūjana, sakhī-jana, ātma-nivedana govinda-dāsa-abhilāṣa re
TRANSLATION
1) O mind just worship the
lotus feet of the son of Nanda, which make one
fearless. Having obtained this rare human birth, cross over
this ocean of worldly existence through the association of saintly persons.
2) Both in the day and at
night I remain sleepless, suffering the pains of the heat and cold, the wind
and the rain. For a fraction of flickering happiness I have uselessly served
wicked and miserly men.
3) What assurance of real
happiness is there in all of one’s wealth, youthfulness, sons, and family
members? This life is tottering like a drop of water on a lotus petal;
therefore you should always serve and worship the divine feet of Lord Hari.
4) It is the desire and
great longing of GovindaDasa
to engage himself in the nine processes of bhakti,
namely hearing the glories of Lord Hari and chanting
those glories, constantly remembering Him and offering prayers to Him, serving
the Lord’s lotus feet, serving the Supreme Lord as a servant, worshiping Him
with flowers and incense and so forth, serving Him as a friend, and completely
offering the Lord one’s very self.
Remarks/ Extra Information:
This
song is to be sung in Raga Bhairavi in Tintal.
This material nature, which is one of My energies, is working under My direction, O son of Kunti, producing all moving and nonmoving beings. Under its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again.
PURPORT
It is clearly stated here that the Supreme Lord, although aloof from all the activities of the material world, remains the supreme director. The Supreme Lord is the supreme will and the background of this material manifestation, but the management is being conducted by material nature. Krishna also states in Bhagavad-gita that of all of the living entities in different forms and species, “I am the father.” The father gives seeds to the womb of the mother for the child, and similarly the Supreme Lord by His mere glance injects all the living entities into the womb of material nature, and they come out in their different forms and species, according to their last desires and activities. All these living entities, although born under the glance of the Supreme Lord, take their different bodies according to their past deeds and desires. So the Lord is not directly attached to this material creation. He simply glances over material nature; material nature is thus activated, and everything is created immediately. Because He glances over material nature, there is undoubtedly activity on the part of the Supreme Lord, but He has nothing to do with the manifestation of the material world directly. This example is given in the smriti: when there is a fragrant flower before someone, the fragrance is touched by the smelling power of the person, yet the smelling and the flower are detached from one another. There is a similar connection between the material world and the Supreme Personality of Godhead; actually He has nothing to do with this material world, but He creates by His glance and ordains. In summary, material nature, without the superintendence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, cannot do anything. Yet the Supreme Personality is detached from all material activities.
Introductory Verse: All
glories to that Person who stands in a beautiful three-fold stance! He is the
connoisseur of newer and newer playful sports, and His body is effulgent with
the nicest dark complexionh. This is Lord Syama. All Glories to You, Radhe! All
glories to You, Hari-priya! O Sri Radhe! You are the abode and reservoir of all
happiness!”
2) O Sri Radhe! You are a
fresh young maiden with slender waist, endowed with the luster of new
adolesence, the fairest golden complexion, eternally situated in the sweet
blossoming of divine youth. You are the only perfect math for Your most
Beloved. O Sri Krsna! You are the true relisher of transcendental mellows,
sweet and relishable in every aspect, effulgent that You represent the topmost
superexcellence of pure enchantment, and in great pride due to Your awareness
of Your own transcendental qualities.
3) O Sri Radhe! You are the
sportive Princess of the ecstatic rasa dance festival, which You organize every
night, the distributor of pure ecstatic rasa mellows to all other living
entities, and You love to embrace the chest of Your lover. O Sri Krsna! You are
the connoisseur of newer and newer playful sports, You like to stand in a
three-fold bending posture that always appears ever-fresh, and Your body is
perfectly exquisite in both proportion and deep dark complexion.
4) O Sri Radhe! You are the
most dear loving friend of everyone’s life. You manifest a brilliant splendor
of sheer beauty. You are extremely soft and delicate due to Your fresh youth. O
Sri Krsna! You are the enchanter of the mind of Cupid. You are the giver of
great transcendental bliss to all living entities and Your beauty surpasses the
best by far.
5) O Sri Radhe! You are the
manifestor of wonderful beauty while You are gracefully reclining on a flower
bed. You radiate the luster of the transcendental Cupid, Lord Kamadeva. Your
speech sounds just like the soft, gentle cooing of a cuckoo bird. O Sri Krsna!
You are honored by Your own glorious fame. You are the lover of lusty young
gopis. Your position is the highest amongst all the different forms of Godhead.
6) O Sri Radhe! You are the
possessor of a spotless moon-face. Your teeth look just like small round
jasmine flowers. You are the very abode of majestic beauty and splendor. O Sri
Krsna! You are the most supremely magnanimous personality Your body aura
radiates out into unlimited eternity. You are naturally endowed with the
softness of extremely youthful charms.
7) O Sri Radhe! You are
fond of walking like a majestic swan. You are the most radiant lover and the
instigator of many fun sports and contests. O Sri Krsna! You are the embodiment
of the most relishable type of beauty and the topmost merciful personality.
8) O Sri Radhe! You are
just like a golden creeper wound around the Syama tamala tree and are
completely full to the brim with ecstatic mellows of purely divine love. Your
unique activities are conducted in complete privacy. O Sri Krsna! You are the
ocean of all types of happiness. You are the mine of all qualities and you
radiate a famous aura of glorious beauty.
9) O Sri Radhe! You are the
most charming mistress of Your beloved. You are naturally situated at the
topmost level of successive greatness and Your divine qualities are
imperceptible to ordinary senses or minds. O Sri Krsna! You are a permament
resident of the holy abode of Sri Vraja. You radiate a most influential aura.
You naturally wear a pleasant smile.
10) O Sri Radhe! You are
the very potency of divine pleasure. Your speech is such that whoever hears it
becomes lovingly attached to it. Your breasts are crazed with the wildest
desire to be satisfied by Your Beloved. O Sri Krsna! You are endowed with such
bodily limbs that each and every aspect of them is very captivating. Your
beauty is indeed saturated with an all-prevading, overflowing rasa current.
Your chest is beautifully endowed with majestic divine opulences.
11) O Sri Radhe! You are
celebrated with the most blessed name of Radha! You please everyone with your
good qualities. You are the only worshippable Queen for Haripriya (the author,
Hari Vyasadeva). Hare Hare Hari Hare Hare Hari Hare Hare Hari Sri Krsna!
Remarks/ Extra Information:
This
song is popularized by Acyutananda Swami in his 1975 album, “Hindi bhajan.” It
was rendered in Raga Yaman Kalyana in Kaherva Tala.
