Aśeṣa Guṇera Nidhi Gaurāṅga Sundara
Kāmoda-rāga
Lord Gaurāṅgasundara is the treasure-house of all transcendental virtuese. In the towns of Nadīyā He is always overcome with spiritual bliss.
His glorious handsome face defeats the moon. Śiva, Brahmā, and all the demigods always worship Him with ecstatic love.
Giving them the great treasure of ecstatic spiritual love, He delivers the people of the world. In giving that gift He makes no distinction betweeen the sinners and the austere tapasvīs.
Trying to repay the debt He owes Śrīmatī Rādhā, the Lord has descended to this world in Nadīyā and accepted the role of a devotee.
Lord Gaurāṅga's fair form is anointed with sandal paste. Seeing Him, the girls of Nadīyā are overcome with spiritual bliss and fall unconscious.
No one will ever be as merciful as Lord Gaurāṅga is. He preaches the glories of pure unalloyed devotion to Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Lord Gaurāṅga went to Orissa and enjoyed many pastimes there. With great and generous mercy Lord Gaurāṅga delivered Sārvabhauma.
Anyone who chants these fourteen lines glorifying Lord Gaurāṅga will quickly attain Lord Gaurāṅga's feet.
Aspiring to attain the feet of Rāmacandra dāsa and Śrī Jāhnavā-devī, Prerma dāsa sings these fourteen lines glorifying Lord Gaurāṅga.
Note: The first letters of the lines of this song follow the sequence of vowels in the Bengali alphabet (a, ā, i, ī, u, ū, ṛ, ṛ, l, l, e, ai, o, au).
About Aśeṣa Guṇera Nidhi Gaurāṅga Sundara
"Beautiful Gauranga, treasure-house of unlimited qualities" — aśeṣa guṇera nidhi, a superlative epithet opening this longer composition, unremarkable in content but given more room to develop across its nine verses than the shorter songs elsewhere in the book.
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What is the meaning of Aśeṣa Guṇera Nidhi Gaurāṅga Sundara?
Lord Gaurāṅgasundara is the treasure-house of all transcendental virtuese. In the towns of Nadīyā He is always overcome with spiritual bliss.
How many verses does Aśeṣa Guṇera Nidhi Gaurāṅga Sundara have?
Aśeṣa Guṇera Nidhi Gaurāṅga Sundara has 9 verses.
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