kṛṣṇaof Kṛṣṇa;utkīrtanaloud chanting;gānasinging;nartanadancing;parauthey who are absorbed;prema-amṛtathe nectar of love of God;ambhaḥ-nidhīlike oceans;dhīra-adhīra-janato the gentle and the ruffians;priyauthey who are dear;priya-karauthey who are all pleasing;nirmatsarauthey who are non envious;pūjitauthey who are all worshipable;śrī-caitanyaof Śrī Caitanya;kṛpā-bharauthey who are bearing the mercy;bhuviin the world;bhuvaḥof the world;bhārathe burden;avahantārakauthey who dispel;vandeI offer my respectful obeisances;rūpato Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī;sanātanauand to Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī;raghu-yugauto the two Raghus : Śrī Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī and Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī;śrī-jīvato Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī;gopālakauand to Śrī Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī
Translation
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Six Gosvāmīs, namely Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī, and Śrī Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, who are always engaged in chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa and dancing. They are just like the ocean of love of God, and they are popular both with the gentle and with the ruffians, because they are not envious of anyone. Whatever they do, they are all-pleasing to everyone, and they are fully blessed by Lord Caitanya. Thus they are engaged in missionary activities meant to deliver all the conditioned souls in the material universe.
nānā-śāstravarious scriptures;vicāraṇain scrutinizingly studying;eka-nipuṇauthey who are uniquely expert;sat-dharmaeternal religious principles;saṁsthāpakauthey who are the establishers;lokānāmof all human beings;hita-kārinauthey who are the performers of beneficial activities;tri-bhuvanethroughout the three worlds;manyauthey who are worthy of honor;śaraṇyākarauthey who are worth taking shelter of;rādhā-kṛṣṇaof Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa;pada-aravindaat the lotus feet;bhajana-ānandenain the bliss of worship;matta-ālikauthey who are intoxicated with the mood of the gopīs
Translation
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosvāmīs, namely Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī, and Śrī Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, who are very expert in scrutinizingly studying all the revealed scriptures with the aim of establishing eternal religious principles for the benefit of all human beings. Thus they are honored all over the three worlds and they are worth taking shelter of because they are absorbed in the mood of the gopīs and are engaged in the transcendental loving service of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.
śrī-gaurāṅgaof Lord Caitanya;guṇathe qualities;anuvarṇanain narrating;vidhauin the process;śraddhāof faith;samṛddhiwith an abundance;anvitauthey who are endowed;pāpa-uttāpathe distress of sinful reactions;nikṛntanauthey who remove;tanu-bhṛtāmof those souls who are embodied;govindaabout Lord Govinda;gāna-amṛtaiḥby the nectarean songs;ānanda-ambudhithe ocean of transcendental bliss;vardhanaincreasing;eka-nipuṇauthey who are totally expert;kaivalya-nistārakauthey who are the saviors from impersonal liberation
Translation
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosvāmīs, namely Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī, and Śrī Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, who are very much enriched in understanding of Lord Caitanya and who are thus expert in narrating His transcendental qualities. They can purify all conditioned souls from the reactions of their sinful activities by pouring upon them transcendental songs about Govinda. As such, they are very expert in increasing the limits of the ocean of transcendental bliss, and they are the saviors of the living entities from the devouring mouth of liberation.
tyaktvāhaving given up;tūrṇamquickly (after being summoned by Lord Caitanya);aśeṣaall;maṇḍala-pati-śreṇīmthe aristocracy of upper class society;sadāalways;tuccha-vatas insignificant;bhūtvāhaving become;dīna-gaṇaof the poor people;īśakauthey who are the protectors;karuṇayāout of mercy;kaupīnaloincloths;kanthāand tattered quilts;āśritauthey who have accepted;gopī-bhāvathe mood of the gopīs;rasa-amṛta-abdhithe ocean of nectar mellows;laharī-kallolain the ripples and waves;magnauthey who are absorbed;muhuḥalways and repeatedly
Translation
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosvāmīs, namely Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī, and Śrī Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, who kicked off all association of aristocracy as insignificant. In order to deliver the poor conditioned souls, they accepted loincloths, treating themselves as mendicants, but they are always merged in the ecstatic ocean of the gopīs' love for Kṛṣṇa and bathe always and repeatedly in the waves of that ocean.
kūjatcooing;kokilaof cuckoos;haṁsaof swans;sārasaand of cranes;gaṇaflocks;ākīrṇecrowded;mayūrawith peacocks;ākulein the constantly agitated motion;nānā-ratnawith various jewels;nibaddha-mūlabound around their bases;viṭapathe trees;śrī-yuktaendowed with splendor;vṛndāvanein the forest of Vṛndāvana;rādhā-kṛṣṇamof Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa;ahaḥ-niśamday and night;prabhajatauthey who are engaged in enthusiastic worship;jīvaupon the living entities;arthadauthey who bestow the ultimate goal of life;yauthey who;mudāwith great delight
Translation
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosvāmīs, namely Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī, and Śrī Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, who were always engaged in worshiping Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa in the transcendental land of Vṛndāvana where there are beautiful trees full of fruits and flowers which have under their roots all valuable jewels. The Gosvāmīs are perfectly competent to bestow upon the living entities the greatest boon of the goal of life.
saṅkhyā-pūrvaka-nāma-gāna-natibhiḥ kālāvasānī-kṛtaunidrāhāra-vihārakādi-vijitau cātyanta-dīnau ca yaurādhā-kṛṣṇa-guṇa-smṛter madhurimānandena sammohitauvande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau
Word for word
saṅkhyā-pūrvakain a scheduled measurement;nāma-gānasinging the holy name;naṭibhiḥand by bowing down;kāla-avasānī-kṛtauthey who passed their time in doing such;nidra-āhārasleeping and eating;vihāraka-ādirecreation and so forth;vijitauthey who have conquered;caand;atyanta-dīnauthey who are extremely meek and humble;caand;yauthey who;rādhā-kṛṣṇaof Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa;guṇa-smṛteḥin remembrance of the qualities;madhurimāof the sweetness;ānandenaby the bliss;sammohitauthey who are fully enchanted
Translation
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosvāmīs, namely Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī, and Śrī Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, who were engaged in chanting the holy names of the Lord and bowing down in a scheduled measurement. In this way they utilized their valuable lives and in executing these devotional activities they conquered over eating and sleeping and were always meek and humble enchanted by remembering the transcendental qualities of the Lord.
rādhā-kuṇḍa-taṭe kalinda-tanayā-tīre ca vaṁśīvaṭepremonmāda-vaśād aśeṣa-daśayā grastau pramattau sadāgāyantau ca kadā harer guṇa-varaṁ bhāvābhibhūtau mudāvande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau
Word for word
rādhā-kuṇḍaof the lake Rādhā kuṇḍa;taṭeon the bank;kalinda-tanayāof the daughter of Mt. Kalinda (the Yamunā river);tīreon the bank;caalso;vaṁśī-vaṭeat the banyan tree called Vaṁśī vaṭa;prema-unmādathe madness of love of God;vaśātby the force;aśeṣa-daśayāby limitless ecstatic symptoms;grastauthey who are seized;pramattauthey who are madmen;sadāalways;gāyantauthey who sing;caand;kadāsometimes;hareḥof Lord Hari;guṇa-varamthe excellent qualities;bhāvain ecstasy;abhibhūtauthey who are overwhelmed;mudāwith great delight
Translation
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosvāmīs, namely Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī, and Śrī Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, who were sometimes on the bank of the Rādhā-kunda lake or the shores of the Yamuna and sometimes at Vaṁśīvaṭa. There they appeared just like madmen in the full ecstasy of love for Kṛṣṇa, exhibiting different transcendental symptoms in their bodies, and they were merged in the ecstasy of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
he rādhe vraja-devike ca lalite he nanda-sūno kutaḥśrī-govardhana-kalpa-pādapa-tale kālindī-vane kutaḥghoṣantāv iti sarvato vraja-pure khedair mahā-vihvalauvande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau
Word for word
he rādheO Rādhā!;vraja-devikeO Queen of Vraja!;caand;laliteO Lalitā Sakhī!;he nanda-sūnoO son of Nanda Mahārāja!;kutaḥwhere are you?;śrī-govardhanaon beautiful Govardhana Hill;kalpa-pādapa-taleat the base of the desire trees;kālindī-vanyein the forest on the bank of the Yamunā river;kutaḥwhere are you?;ghoṣantauthey who are shouting;itithus;sarvataḥeverywhere;vraja-purein the realm of Vraja;khedaiḥby distress;mahā-vihvalauthey who are greatly agitated
Translation
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosvāmīs, namely Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī, and Śrī Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, who were chanting very loudly everywhere in Vṛndāvana, shouting, "Queen of Vṛndāvana, Rādhārāṇī! O Lalita! O son of Nanda Mahārāja! Where are you all now? Are you just on the hill of Govardhana, or are you under the trees on the bank of the Yamunā? Where are you?" These were their moods in executing Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
About Krsnotkirtana Gana Nartana
Srinivasa Acarya's Sad-gosvamy-astaka, eight verses glorifying the Six Gosvamis of Vrindavana — Rupa, Sanatana, Raghunatha Bhatta, Gopala Bhatta, Jiva, and Raghunatha dasa — who left worldly life to recover and codify the Vaishnava scriptures and holy places. Widely sung before Bhagavatam class.
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Krsnotkirtana Gana Nartana was composed by Srinivasa Acarya. It appears in Songs of Vaishnava Acaryas.
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I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Six Gosvāmīs, namely Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī, and Śrī Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, who are always engaged in chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa and dancing. They are just like the ocean of love of God, and they are popular both with the gentle and with the ruffians, because they are not envious of anyone. Whatever they do, they are all-pleasing to everyone, and they are fully blessed by Lord Caitanya. Thus they are engaged in missionary activities meant to deliver all t
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