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Krsnotkirtana Gana Nartana

Sri Sri Shad Goswami-astakam

Eight Prayers to the Six Gosvamis — by Śrīnivāsa Ācārya

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kṛṣṇotkīrtana-gāna-nartana-parau premāmṛtāmbho-nidhī dhīrādhīra-jana-priyau priya-karau nirmatsarau pūjitau śrī-caitanya-kṛpā-bharau bhuvi bhuvo bhārāvahantārakau vande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau
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kṛṣṇa of Kṛṣṇa; utkīrtana loud chanting; gāna singing; nartana dancing; parau they who are absorbed; prema-amṛta the nectar of love of God; ambhaḥ-nidhī like oceans; dhīra-adhīra-jana to the gentle and the ruffians; priyau they who are dear; priya-karau they who are all pleasing; nirmatsarau they who are non envious; pūjitau they who are all worshipable; śrī-caitanya of Śrī Caitanya; kṛpā-bharau they who are bearing the mercy; bhuvi in the world; bhuvaḥ of the world; bhāra the burden; avahantārakau they who dispel; vande I offer my respectful obeisances; rūpa to Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī; sanātanau and to Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī; raghu-yugau to the two Raghus : Śrī Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī and Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī; śrī-jīva to Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī; gopālakau and to Śrī Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī
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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 the conditioned souls in the material universe.

nānā-śāstra-vicāraṇaika-nipuṇau sad-dharma-saṁsthāpakau lokānāṁ hita-kāriṇau tri-bhuvane mānyau śaraṇyākarau rādhā-kṛṣṇa-padāravinda-bhajanānandena mattālikau vande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau
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nānā-śāstra various scriptures; vicāraṇa in scrutinizingly studying; eka-nipuṇau they who are uniquely expert; sat-dharma eternal religious principles; saṁsthāpakau they who are the establishers; lokānām of all human beings; hita-kārinau they who are the performers of beneficial activities; tri-bhuvane throughout the three worlds; manyau they who are worthy of honor; śaraṇyākarau they who are worth taking shelter of; rādhā-kṛṣṇa of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa; pada-aravinda at the lotus feet; bhajana-ānandena in the bliss of worship; matta-ālikau they 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-gaurāṅga-guṇānuvarṇana-vidhau śraddhā-samṛddhy-anvitau pāpottāpa-nikṛntanau tanu-bhṛtāṁ govinda-gānāmṛtaiḥ ānandāmbudhi-vardhanaika-nipuṇau kaivalya-nistārakau vande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau
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śrī-gaurāṅga of Lord Caitanya; guṇa the qualities; anuvarṇana in narrating; vidhau in the process; śraddhā of faith; samṛddhi with an abundance; anvitau they who are endowed; pāpa-uttāpa the distress of sinful reactions; nikṛntanau they who remove; tanu-bhṛtām of those souls who are embodied; govinda about Lord Govinda; gāna-amṛtaiḥ by the nectarean songs; ānanda-ambudhi the ocean of transcendental bliss; vardhana increasing; eka-nipuṇau they who are totally expert; kaivalya-nistārakau they 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.

tyaktvā tūrṇam aśeṣa-maṇḍala-pati-śreṇīṁ sadā tuccha-vat bhūtvā dīna-gaṇeśakau karuṇayā kaupīna-kanthāśritau gopī-bhāva-rasāmṛtābdhi-laharī-kallola-magnau muhur vande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau
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tyaktvā having given up; tūrṇam quickly (after being summoned by Lord Caitanya); aśeṣa all; maṇḍala-pati-śreṇīm the aristocracy of upper class society; sadā always; tuccha-vat as insignificant; bhūtvā having become; dīna-gaṇa of the poor people; īśakau they who are the protectors; karuṇayā out of mercy; kaupīna loincloths; kanthā and tattered quilts; āśritau they who have accepted; gopī-bhāva the mood of the gopīs; rasa-amṛta-abdhi the ocean of nectar mellows; laharī-kallola in the ripples and waves; magnau they who are absorbed; muhuḥ always 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.

kūjat-kokila-haṁsa-sārasa-gaṇākīrṇe mayūrākule nānā-ratna-nibaddha-mūla-viṭapa-śrī-yukta-vṛndāvane rādhā-kṛṣṇam ahar-niśaṁ prabhajatau jīvārthadau yau mudā vande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau
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kūjat cooing; kokila of cuckoos; haṁsa of swans; sārasa and of cranes; gaṇa flocks; ākīrṇe crowded; mayūra with peacocks; ākule in the constantly agitated motion; nānā-ratna with various jewels; nibaddha-mūla bound around their bases; viṭapa the trees; śrī-yukta endowed with splendor; vṛndāvane in the forest of Vṛndāvana; rādhā-kṛṣṇam of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa; ahaḥ-niśam day and night; prabhajatau they who are engaged in enthusiastic worship; jīva upon the living entities; arthadau they who bestow the ultimate goal of life; yau they who; mudā with 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-kṛtau nidrāhāra-vihārakādi-vijitau cātyanta-dīnau ca yau rādhā-kṛṣṇa-guṇa-smṛter madhurimānandena sammohitau vande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau
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saṅkhyā-pūrvaka in a scheduled measurement; nāma-gāna singing the holy name; naṭibhiḥ and by bowing down; kāla-avasānī-kṛtau they who passed their time in doing such; nidra-āhāra sleeping and eating; vihāraka-ādi recreation and so forth; vijitau they who have conquered; ca and; atyanta-dīnau they who are extremely meek and humble; ca and; yau they who; rādhā-kṛṣṇa of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa; guṇa-smṛteḥ in remembrance of the qualities; madhurimā of the sweetness; ānandena by the bliss; sammohitau they 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 vaṁśīvaṭe premonmāda-vaśād aśeṣa-daśayā grastau pramattau sadā gāyantau ca kadā harer guṇa-varaṁ bhāvābhibhūtau mudā vande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau
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rādhā-kuṇḍa of the lake Rādhā kuṇḍa; taṭe on the bank; kalinda-tanayā of the daughter of Mt. Kalinda (the Yamunā river); tīre on the bank; ca also; vaṁśī-vaṭe at the banyan tree called Vaṁśī vaṭa; prema-unmāda the madness of love of God; vaśāt by the force; aśeṣa-daśayā by limitless ecstatic symptoms; grastau they who are seized; pramattau they who are madmen; sadā always; gāyantau they who sing; ca and; kadā sometimes; hareḥ of Lord Hari; guṇa-varam the excellent qualities; bhāva in ecstasy; abhibhūtau they who are overwhelmed; mudā with 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 kutaḥ śrī-govardhana-kalpa-pādapa-tale kālindī-vane kutaḥ ghoṣantāv iti sarvato vraja-pure khedair mahā-vihvalau vande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau
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he rādhe O Rādhā!; vraja-devike O Queen of Vraja!; ca and; lalite O Lalitā Sakhī!; he nanda-sūno O son of Nanda Mahārāja!; kutaḥ where are you?; śrī-govardhana on beautiful Govardhana Hill; kalpa-pādapa-tale at the base of the desire trees; kālindī-vanye in the forest on the bank of the Yamunā river; kutaḥ where are you?; ghoṣantau they who are shouting; iti thus; sarvataḥ everywhere; vraja-pure in the realm of Vraja; khedaiḥ by distress; mahā-vihvalau they 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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Krsnotkirtana Gana Nartana has 8 verses.

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