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SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI : SPECIAL POETRY
Sri Gaura-Hari Kusuma Stavaka Astakam
(A Flower-Poem in Glorification of Sri Gaura-Hari)
(Sridharo ‘dhama kinkarah—by the lowly servant Sridhar)
guru-rupa-virajita-nanda-sutam
sutanunnata-kanchana-bhumi-dharam
dharani-jana-tarana-tunga-tarim
bhaja gaura-harim bhaja gaura-harim [1]
He is the son of Nanda Maharaj who comes in the form of a guru. Possessing a
very beautiful, slender body of golden complexion, He is the maintainer of
the earth – as a hefty boat, He carries over all people on this earth.
Worship Gaura-hari! Worship Gaura-hari!
vrsabhanu-suta-dyuti-bhavavrtam
vrta-chitta-nijadbhuta-rupa-madhum
madhu-vibhrama-namada-sasvadarim
bhaja gaura-harim bhaja gaura-harim [2]
Garbed into the heart and halo of King Vrisabhanu’s Daughter, He manifested a
sweet, nectarean form of His miraculous character and mood; engulfed in that
nectar, He always bestows the Holy Name to everyone. Worship Gaura-hari!
Worship Gaura-hari!
uditakhila-gaurava-gauda-puram
puratojjvala-mangala-murta-rasam
rasanotsava-kirtana-krsna-harim
bhaja gaura-harim bhaja gaura-harim [3]
The entire land of Gauda became filled with divine dignity and the nectar of
the golden lustrous embodiment of benediction as the chanting of Holy Name of
Lord Krishna created a feast for the tongue. Worship Gaura-hari! Worship
Gaura-hari!
nija-parsada-darsana-datta-subham
subha-nama-sudha-krta-matta-janam
janatagha-hara-sthita-chitta-darim
bhaja gaura-harim bhaja gaura-harim [4]
He bestows auspiciousness by allowing others to behold His associates; He
intoxicates everyone with the nectar of His pure Holy Names and negates all
sins and opens up sealed hearts. Worship Gaura-hari! Worship Gaura-hari!
dadatam satatam nija-nama-dhanam
dhana-mana na vai vanitam kavitam
vitaran vraja-bhaktim-adatta-charim
bhaja gaura-harim bhaja gaura-harim [5]
He always grants the treasure of His own Name – not some pride-bolstering
riches, beautiful women or poetic gift; He bestows devotion that is found in
Vraja, which is a gift that nobody has ever given before. Worship Gaura-hari!
Worship Gaura-hari!
patitadhama-dina-dayadra-hrdam
hrdayasrita-yachaka-vesa-krtam
krta-vesa-yati-srita-nilagirim
bhaja gaura-harim bhaja gaura-harim [6]
He is very soft towards fallen, lowly and bereft souls; He wears the garbs of
a surrendered beggar; and He is the great mountain that is worshipped by all
souls of the renounced order of life. Worship Gaura-hari! Worship
Gaura-hari!
sruti-kirtita-purusa-ruksma-ruchim
ruchi-raga-nisevana-dana-param
paramartha-purana-vigita-harim
bhaja gaura-harim bhaja gaura-harim [7]
He attracts even the great, dry-hearted souls who are extolled in the
revealed scriptures; He grants the worship of the Lord in spontaneous, loving
devotion; He is the Supreme Lord extolled in the devotional Puranas. Worship
Gaura-hari! Worship Gaura-hari!
bahu-nartana-kirtana-matta-karam
karatala-mrdanga-vibhanga-param!
param-adara-pamara-santipurim
bhaja gaura-harim bhaja gaura-harim [8]
Intoxicated, He dances with His arms upraised, chanting the Holy Names of the
Lord, to the grand beats of drums and sounds of cymbals! Extremely
affectionate, He is an abode of peaceful bliss for all wretched souls.
Worship Gaura-hari! Worship Gaura-hari!
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