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SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI : SRI ARATI GITI
Sri Sarasvat Arati
jayare jayare jaya gaura-sarasvati
bhakativinodanvaya karuna murati [1]
Glory, glory to Sri Gaura–Saraswati, the holy embodiment of mercy in the line
of Sri Bhaktivinod Thakur.
prakasile gaura-seva bhuvana mangala
bhakati-siddhanta suddha prajnana ujjvala [2]
Revealing service to Sri Gaura, which spreads auspiciousness in this world,
you presented devotional teachings (bhakti-siddhanta) that radiate
self-effulgent pure transcendental knowledge.
radha-syama eka-tanu dakse gora raya
bame radha madhye svayam syama-gopa jaya [3]
Sri Gora Ray, the combined form of Sri Sri Radha-Shyama, is standing on the
right, Sri Radha is on the left, and in the middle is the cowherd boy Shyama
Himself.
vraja-rasa nava-bhave navadvipe raje
udare madhura raga abhinava saje [4]
Vraja’s ecstatic devotion manifests itself in a new way in Nabadwip: the
sweetness of conjugal love is now freshly garbed in benevolence.
madhurya kaivalya raga vrajera niryasa
prapti parakastha tahe gauranga vilasa [5]
Sweetness and exclusive divine love – the very gist of Vraja – reach their
acme in Sri Gauranga’s pastimes.
radha bhava-kanti angikari’ bhala mate
daksine asana rasa garima dekhate [6]
Sri Gauranga earnestly embraces Sri Radha’s heart and halo and takes His
place on Her right to show the glory of Her ecstatic loving devotion.
radha-rasa-traya-svada rahasya prayasa
nirakhi praphulla radha mukhe manda hasa [7]
Seeing His attempt to relish the three-fold taste of Her divine mood, Radha
smiles gently.
madhye rahi vamsi-rave ghose vamsi-dhara
radhara sampade ami gauranga-sundara [8]
Standing in the middle and playing His flute, Vamsidhar Krishna proclaims,
‘Garbed into Radha’s glory, I am Gauranga-sundar!
mad-abhistha-rupa radhara hrdaya mandire
gauranga bhajile susthu sphurti paya tare [9]
‘Those who sincerely worship Gauranga can see Me in My most desired form in
the temple of Radha’s heart.’
nadiya prakase mahaprabhu gaura-nidhi
patita-pavana deve milaila vidhi [10]
Mahaprabhu Gauranidhi appeared in Nadia. Providence has brought this merciful
Lord, the rescuer of the fallen, to this world.
e-rupa arati brahma sambhu agochara
gaura-bhakta krpa-patra matra siddhi sara [11]
This arati is not visible to Lord Brahma or Siva. Only those who
receive the mercy of Gaura’s devotees can have the power to see it.
sri-svarupa ramananda rupa sanatana
sri-raghu jivadi krpaya dekhe bhakta-jana [12]
Devotees see it by the mercy of such great devotees as Sri Svarup, Ramananda,
Rupa, Sanatan, Sri Raghunath, Jiva and others.
jaya guru-gaura-radha-govinda-sundara
jaya dao bhakta-vrnda nitya nirantara [13]
Glory to Sri Guru, Gauranga and Radha-Govinda-sundar. O devotees! Always
chant Their glories without stop!
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