Sriman Mahaprabhor Asta Kaliya Lila Smarana Mangala Stotram

The service of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu's lotus feet, beyond the reach of Brahma, Siva, Sesa and others, is rendered by His own devotees, and others attain it through mental remembrance of it. To spread that mental remembrance, which the best of saints should always cultivate, I praise His daily pastimes in glorious Navadvipa.

He who rises from His bed at the end of night and shines forth having bathed in the celestial river at dawn; who sports with His companions in the forenoon and shines with them in a garden at midday; who is in the town in the afternoon and in His own house in the evening; who at nightfall is in Srivasa's house and then in his courtyard, and who rests at night — may that Gaura protect us.

He who, at the end of night, rises from His bed on hearing the calls of the cuckoo, the cock and other birds; who converses sweetly with Sri Visnupriya and brings her joy; who then goes elsewhere, sits on a seat, washes His face well with pure water, and, greatly delighted, is beheld by His mother and other elders — upon that Gaura I meditate.

He who, in the morning, bathes in the celestial river surrounded by His associates, worships it with flowers and other offerings, then dons fine garments and is adorned with garlands and sandalwood paste; who, together with His associates, performs the worship of Lord Visnu and other rites, eats, rinses His mouth, and rests happily for a while in another's house — upon that Gaura I meditate.

He who, having risen in the forenoon, washes His lotus face with clean water and Himself chants the holy name of Sri Hari together with devotees devoted to such kirtana; who sports both in the homes of His devotees and in His own home, greatly increasing the joy of the townsfolk in many ways — upon that Gaura I meditate.

He who at midday performs sankirtana in this way together with His associates — indeed with Advaita-candra, Gadadhara, and the great avadhuta Nityananda Prabhu; who wanders remembering His own Vrndavana forest, in a garden cooled by gentle breezes and filled with the sounds of bees and birds — upon that Gaura I meditate.

He, the glorious one, who in the afternoon, filled with prema, together with such associates, spreads abundant well-being over the three worlds, then returns from the garden; who, the moon to the cakora-eyes of the townsfolk, is watched with joy by His mother at the door as He comes back to His own home — upon that Gaura I meditate.

He who in the evening bathes in the triple-streamed Ganga together with His dear associates, is worshiped with rows of lamps, flowers and other offerings, and wears fine garments and garlands; who at that time performs, together with them, the worship of Lord Visnu proper to that time with rows of lamps, eats, and takes betel — upon that Gaura I meditate.

He who at dusk in Srivasa's house, together with Advaita-candra and all the devotees, relishes the nectar of talk of Hari; who, overwhelmed with the bliss of prema, His mind restless, addicted to sankirtana, strives eagerly to carry the kirtana further still — upon that Gaura I meditate.

He who, surrounded by His own associates in Srivasa's courtyard, together with the two Prabhus, dances and delights everyone as singers play loudly on cymbals and mrdanga; who, wandering about with Sri Gadadhara, shines wondrously at night, and then sleeps in His own resting place — upon that Gaura I meditate.

This set of ten verses, which illumines the pastimes arising in the eight periods of the day of the moon-like Sri Gauranga in His own abode of Navadvipa — pastimes to be meditated upon by the fortunate before they remember the pastimes of the moon of Gokula — whoever recites it with love, him He, out of causeless mercy, ever satisfies. Upon that Gaura I meditate.