Śrī Śrī Gaura Gopāla Praśasti  (In Praise of Śrī Śrī Gaura Gopāla)

‘Śrī Śrī Gaura Gopāla Praśasti’ (In Praise of Śrī Śrī Gaura Gopāla) is a Bengali composition by Śrīla Bhakti Pramoda Purī Gosvāmī, in praise of the pastimes and teachings of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Śrīla Purī Gosvāmī also explains the non-difference between Gaura and Kṛṣṇa and the importance of nāma-bhajana. This was first published on March 29th 1964 in Śrī Caitanya Vāṇī magazine, Volume 2 Issue 4, and translated into English by Swami B.V. Giri.

**Śrī Śrī Gaura-Gopāla Praśasti

****(In Praise of Śrī Śrī Gaura-Gopāla)

**By

Śrīla B.P. Purī Gosvāmī Mahārāja

(1)

*vrajendra-nandana hari, rādhā-bhāva kānti dhari’

**māyāpure janama labhila

antaḥ-kṛṣṇa bahir-gaura, nāma laila ‘viśvambhara’

*prema diyā bhuvana bharila

Śrī Hari, the son of the king of Vraja, accepting the heart and halo of Śrī Rādhā, took birth in Māyāpura. Internally He was black (Kṛṣṇa) and externally He was golden (Gaura). Accepting the name Viśvambhara, He inundated the world with prema.

(2)

*vraja-parikara yei, gaura-parikara sei

āge pāche saba prakaṭila

**tāṅ sabāre saṅge kari’, bhakta-bhāva aṅgi kari’

*vraja-prema-rasa-āsvādila

Those associates in Vraja are the associates of Gaura and they all manifested before and after His appearance. In the company of all of these associates and accepting the sentiments of a devotee, He relished the rasa of vraja-prema.

(3)

*śrī nanda yaśodā yena, śacī jagannātha tena

**mātā pitā tāṅhāra haila

**rohiṇī-nandana balāi, dharilena nāma nitāi

*jyeṣṭha bhrātā rāḍhe janamila

Śacī and Jagannātha, who are Yaśodā and Śrī Nanda, became His mother and father. Balāi, the son of Rohiṇī, accepted the name Nitāi and took birth as His brother in Rāḍha-deśa.

(4)

*gaurāgraja-viśvarūpa, nityānanda-aṁśa-rūpa

**gṛha-tyagi’ sannyāsī haila

**pandharapurete giyā, śaṅkarāraṇya nāma lañā

*yathākāle siddhi lābha kaila

Viśvarūpa, the elder brother of Gaurāṅga, was a form of a plenary portion of Nityānanda. He left home to became a sannyāsī. He went to Pandharapura and took the name Śaṅkarāraṅya. In due course of time He attained perfection.

(5)

*(nitāi) avadhūta veṣa dhari’, deśe deśe ghuri ghuri

**śeṣe āsilena vṛndāvana

**yamunāra kūle kūle, bhrātāra virahe bule

*‘kothā bhāi’ ḍāke anukṣaṇa

Nitāi took the garb of an avadhūta and, travelling from country to country, He finally came to Vṛndāvana. Walking along the bank of the Yamunā, He constantly called out in separation from His brother, “O bhāi! Where are You?”

(6)

*navadvīpe ‘channa’ haye, ācche bhāi lukāiye

**bujhi tāṅre milibāre cāya

**śīghra āsi māyāpure, nandana-ācārya-ghare

lukāila nityānanda-rāya*

Then He understood that His brother was in disguise, hiding in Navadvīpa and He wished to meet Him. He quickly came to Māyāpura and there Nityānanda Rāya hid in the house of Nandanācārya.

(7)

*edike agraja mane, milite satṛṣṇa mane

**pathapāne ceye ācche gorā

**du’nayane vahe dhāra, hayeche pāgala-pārā

*‘bhāi bhāi’ bali ātmahārā

Meanwhile, thinking about His elder brother and longing to meet Him, Gaura watched the road. Tears flowed from both His eyes and He became mad as He forgot Himself while chanting, “Brother! Brother!”

(8)

*sahasānubhave jāni, agrajera āgamanī

**chuṭe cale nandanera ghare

**du’bhāye milana ha’la, ki ānanda uchalila

*na’ devāsī nāce prema bhare

Suddenly, feeling that His elder brother had arrived, He ran to the house of Nandanācārya. When the two brothers met, what feelings of bliss flowed all around! **The residents of Nadīyā were filled with prema and began dancing. **

(9)

*nāmācārya hari-dāsa, mili avadhūta pāśa

**mahānande kīrtanārambhila

**śrī-advaita gadādhara, śrīvāsādi bhakta-vara

*se kīrtane sabe yoga dila

Nāmācārya Hari Dāsa met Nityānanda Avadhūta, and in great bliss they began to perform kīrtana. Śrī Advaita, Gadādhara, Śrīvāsa and other great devotees also joined in that kīrtana.

(10)

*āhā se nāmera dhvani, ki madhu varaṣe māni

**golokera prema-sudhā-sāra

**āpāmare kare dāna, bhāgyavān-kare pāna

pipāsā bāḍhaye anibāra*

O the sound of that Name! What sweetness it showered, which was the essence of the nectarean prema of Goloka! It was distributed to the wicked, and those who were fortunate drank it, yet their thirst continued to increase.

(11)

*śrī-advaita nityānanda, śrīvāsādi bhakta-vṛnda

**gadādhara hari-dāsa saṅge

**suradhunī-tīre gorā, saṅkīrtane mātoyārā

*hari’ bali nāce prema-raṅge

On the banks of the Gaṅgā, in the company of Śrī Advaita, Nityānanda, Gadādhara, Hari Dāsa, Śrīvāsa and other devotees, Gaura became ecstatic during saṅkīrtana and shouting “Hari!” He danced while being overwhelmed with prema.

(12)

*śrīvāsa-aṅgana hala, saṅkīrtana-yajña-sthala

**sapta-jihva uṭhe yajñānala

**tāhe ātmā-pūrṇāhūti, dena bhakta mahāmati

*nāma-rase halena vihvala

Śrīvāsāṅgana became the place of the saṅkīrtana-yajña, and the seven tongues arose in that sacrificial fire. The high-minded devotees offered their souls as the final oblation and they became overwhelmed in the mellows of the Holy Name.*

*** Translator’s Note: **The seven flames of Agni that are worshipped in a Vedic yajña are kālī, karālī, manojavā, sulohitā, sudhūmra, varṇā, ugrā, and *pradīptā. *These flames correspond with the seven types of perfection that are stated in the first śloka of Mahāprabhu’s Śrī Śikṣāṣṭakam.

(13)

*uchalila prema-dhanya, dharitrī halena dhanya

**ānandera āra sīmā nāi

**gaurahari hari bali’, nāce bhakta bāhu tuli’

*duḥkha-śoka bhulila sabāi

He who is absorbed in prema gushed forth and the earth became blessed, and there was no limit to such bliss. **As Gaurahari chanted “Hari!” the devotees danced with their arms raised and everyone forgot all their sadness and misery. **

(14)

*cabhiśa vatsara-dhari’, gṛhāśrame vāsa kari’

**dharma-marma śikhālena gorā

**pare halena sannyāsī, kāṅdalena na’de vāsī

*rādhā-bhāve halena vibhorā

For twenty-four years He remained in the gṛhastha-āśrama where He taught the essence of dharma. Later, He became a sannyāsī and the residents of Nadiyā wept. Then He was absorbed in the mood of Śrī Rādhā.

(15)

*kāṅdilena śacī-mātā, viṣṇupriyā jagan-mātā

**bhakta-vṛnda kāṅdiyā vikala

**śire buke hāni’ kare, dhairaya dharite nāre

*nidrahāra saba teyāgila

Śacī Mātā and Viṣṇupriyā, the mother of the world, shed tears. Overwhelmed, the devotees also wept. Unable to control themselves, they beat their heads and chests and gave up eating and sleeping.

(16)

*pūrve yena vraja-vāsī, hārāyei kāla-śaśī

**viraha-sāyare nimajila

ebe tena na’de vāsī, hārāiye gaura-śaśī

*prāṇa-tyāge saṅkalpa karila

Just as the residents of Vraja had previously lost their Black Moon and were drowned in an ocean of separation, now the residents of Nadiyā, losing their Golden Moon, were determined to give up their lives.

(17)

*gaura-śikṣā smari’ pare, ati-kaṣṭe dhairya dhare

**phukāri phukāri nāma kare

**smariyā gaurāṅga-nāma, netre aśru avirāma

*svapne gaura prabodhena tāṅ’re

Later, they remembered the teachings of Gaura, and with great difficulty they tried to control themselves. Aloud, they cried out the Holy Name again and again. Remembering the Name of Gaurāṅga, tears poured constantly from their eyes and in their dreams Gaura consoled them.

(18)

*gaurāṅga prakaṭa-kāle, cabhiśa-varṣa nīlācale

**prati-varṣa dekhibāre yāya

**bhakta-prati kṛpā kari, bhakata-vatsala hari

*bhakta-vāñchā sakali pūrāya

During Gaurāṅga’s manifest period He was in Nīlācala for twenty-four years. Every year the devotees went to see Him. Lord Hari, who is most compassionate to the devotees and affectionate to them, fulfilled all their desires.

(19)

*gaura-śikṣā-kṛṣṇa-nāma, saṅkīrtana aviśrāma

**sarva-śreṣṭha tāhāi bhajana

**bala kṛṣṇa bhaja kṛṣṇa, kare śikṣā bhajana kṛṣṇa

*sambandhābhidheya prayojana

The instruction of Gaura is that one should engage incessantly in kṛṣṇa-nāma–saṅkīrtana. This kind of bhajana is the best of all. “Chant Kṛṣṇa, worship Kṛṣṇa, and learn how to perform bhajana of Kṛṣṇa in relation to sambandha, abhidheya and prayojana.”

(20)

*vraje yāṅre kāṅdāiye, antarāle lukāiye

**prema-rasa kaila āsvadāna

**ebe tāṅra bhāva laye, phire kṛṣṇa anveṣiye

*vipralambha-rase nimagana

In Vraja He made Her weep by hiding from Her and in this way He relished prema-rasa. Now, taking Her mood, He has returned to search for Kṛṣṇa, being immersed in vipralambha-rasa, the mellows of separation.

(21)

*nīlambudhi-taṭe gaura, keṅde keṅde hana sārā

**rādhā-bhāva sadā vibhāvita

**kāṅha kṛṣṇa prāṇa-dhana, bale jhare du-nayana

*muhur-muhuḥ hana mūrachita

**On the shore of the blue ocean, Gaura continuously wept, influenced by the mood of Śrī Rādhā. “Where is Kṛṣṇa, the treasure of My life?” He would exclaim, as tears poured from His eyes and every now and then He would faint. **

(22)

*gambhīrāya rātri-dine, svarūpa rāmānanda sane

**mahā-bhāve citta gara gara

**prabodhena tāṅra yata, vyathā bāḍhe dvi-guṇita

*dhairya nāhi mānaye antara

Day and night at the Gambhīra, in the association of Svarūpa-Dāmodara and Rāmānanda Rāya, His heart was fully immersed in mahā-bhāva. As much as they consoled Him, His pain increased. He found no tranquility within.

(23)

*kṛṣṇa-priyatamā rādhā, tāṅra preme kṛṣṇa bāṅdhā

sei prema karite pracāra|

**svayaṁ kṛṣṇa dayāmaya, gaura-līlā prakaṭaya

*dhanya kali sarva-yuga-sāra

Rādhā is the most beloved of Kṛṣṇa, and Kṛṣṇa is bound by Her prema. To distribute that prema, merciful Kṛṣṇa has Himself manifested gaura-līlā. This blessed age of Kali is the essence of all other yugas.

(24)

*sei premā lābhopāya, nāma-saṅkīrtana haya

**śrī-mukhe kahena gora-maṇi

**svarūpa rāma-rāyera kaṇṭha, dhari’ ka’na gaura-kṛṣṇa

*nirāśāya āśvāsera vāṇī

The way to attain that prema is to engage in nāma-saṅkīrtana – this came from the divine lips of the jewel-like Gaura. Embracing Svarūpa and Rāma Rāya around the neck, Gaura-Kṛṣṇa gave this message of assurance to those who are without any hope.

(25)

*dīna hīna prati āra, eta dayā kothā kāra?

asādhane dena cintāmaṇi

**ayācake prema yāce, uccha nīca nāhi bāche

*bhaja gaura-caraṇa du-khāni

Who else has so much mercy for the fallen and lowly? He has bestowed a cintāmaṇi gem unto those who are devoid of any abilities. He gives prema unto those who do not even ask for it and does not discriminate between high and low. Let us worship the feet of Śrī Gaura.

(26)

*śrī-nāma bhajane haya, gaura-kṛpā atiśaya

**aparādha śīghra dūre yāya

**kṛṣṇa-prema upajaya, jīvana sārthaka haya

*līlā-rase adhikāra pāya

One achieves Gaura’s great mercy through śrī-nāma bhajana, and then offences are quickly eliminated. When kṛṣṇa-prema arises, one’s life becomes successful, and one attains the qualification to enter into līlā-rasa (the mellows of divine pastimes).

(27)

*pūraite manaskāma, sarva-śakti-dhara nāma

**aghaṭana ghaṭaite pāre

**viśvāsa kariyā tāṅre, ye-vāśraya nite pāre

*nāma-prabhu uddhāraye tāre

The Holy Name possesses all potency and can fulfill one’s desires, making even the impossible possible. If one has faith and takes refuge in the Name, then Nāma Prabhu will deliver him.

(28)

*avatāra-śiromaṇi, śrī-gaurāṅga guna-maṇi

**kara mana gorā-pada sāra

**bhajana sādhana hīne, ke tāribe gorā vine

*kṣamā-guṇa eta acche kāra?

Śrī Gaurāṅga, the gem of all divine virtues, is the crest-jewel of all avatāras. O mind, make the feet of Gaura your only necessity. Apart from Gaura, who else will deliver someone who is devoid of bhajana and sādhana? Who else has such qualities of forgiveness?

(29)

*kata janmera aparādhī, pāpī-tāpī mūḍhamati

māyā-moha-mugdha jīvādhama

**hena apadārtha jane, rakṣa gaura nija-guṇe

hao gati carama parama*

I have been an offender for many births and I am impious, miserable and foolish. I am a fallen jīva thoroughly charmed by māyā. O Gaura, through Your own virtues, kindly protect this nonentity and become my supreme refuge.

(30)

*śrī-guru vaiṣṇave mati, nā janmila eka rati

**aparādha kari kata śata

**āmāra ki habe gati, bhāviyā nā pāi sthiti

*kise habe aparādha hata

In this birth, I have not acquired any attraction for Śrī Guru and the Vaiṣṇavas, and I have made hundreds of offences. **What will be my destination? Thinking in this way I cannot be at peace. In which way will my offences be removed? **

(31)

*śrī-gaurāṅga dayāmaya, kṛpā-dṛṣṭi yadi haya

tabe āśā haya taribāra

**śrī-guru vaiṣṇava more, prasanna haite pāre

*dite pāre sevā adhikāra

If the all-merciful Śrī Gaurāṅga glances upon me with kindness, then there is some hope of my deliverance. If Śrī Guru and the Vaiṣṇavas become pleased with me, they will give me the eligibility of serving them.

(32)

*guru-kṛpā nāhi hale, (gaura) kṛṣṇa-kṛpā nāhe-mile

**bhajana sādhana vṛthā haya

**antarāya nāhi yāya, pade pade bādhā pāya

*keha nāhi tāre sambhāṣaya

Without the mercy of Śrī Guru, one cannot attain the mercy of Gaura-Kṛṣṇa, and one’s sādhana and bhajana become futile. Impediments do not go away, there are obstacles at every step, and nobody wants to associate with you.

(33)

*lāñcana gañjanā bāḍe, ṣaḍ-ripu nāhi chāḍe

**vṛthā vahi mare deha-bhāra

śānti nāhi eka-kṣaṇe, kṛṣṇa-cintā nāhi mane

divāniśi kare hāhākāra*

Constantly humiliated and chastised, the six enemies of lust, anger, greed, illusion, pride and envy never yield. Carrying the burden of the body, one dies in vain. There is never a moment’s peace. Thoughts of Kṛṣṇa never enter the mind, and day and night one laments.

(34)

*daivi-guṇamayī māyā, atiśaya duratyayā

**kara śakti tā’re jinibāra

śrī-kṛṣṇa prapanna hale, māyā jaya avahele

*kṛṣṇa-kṛpā sarva-bala-dhāra

The divine māyā, consisting of the modes of nature, is extremely difficult to overcome. Who has the power to overcome her? Yet if one surrenders unto Śrī Kṛṣṇa, māyā is easily conquered. Kṛṣṇa’s mercy possesses all potency.

(35)

*gaura-kṛpā kara more, rakṣa e vipada ghore

**sthāna dāo caraṇe tomāra

**tava nija-jana saṅge, rakha more sevā-raṅge

*nāma-rase kara mātoyāra

O Gaura, be merciful unto me. Rescue me from such danger by giving me a place at Your feet. In the company of Your associates protect me by engaging me in pastimes of devotional service. Make me intoxicated with nāma-rasa, the mellows of the Holy Name.

(36)

*gāhite gahite nāma, ghuce yābe jaḍa kāma

aparādha cale yābe dūre

**hā nitāi bale keṅde, kātare jāmāba’ pade

*nitāiyera dayā habe more

Constantly chanting the Name, mundane desires will be destroyed and offences will be driven far away. Crying out, “O Nitāi!” I shall sincerely submit my prayer** at His feet.** Then Nitāi will be merciful tuno me.

(37)

(*jaḍa) viṣaya-vāsanā yā’be, hṛdaya nirmala habe

**(cinmaya) vṛndāvana daraśana pāba

śrī-guru-vaiṣṇava-kṛpā, habe more niśi divā

yugala pīriti upajaba*

When the tendency towards material sense-objects disappears and the heart becomes pure, then I will take darśana of the divine Vṛndāvana. Both day and night I will receive the mercy of Śrī Guru and the Vaiṣṇavas, and love for the Divine Couple will be born within me.

(38)

*svarūpa rūpa raghunātha, karibena ātmasāta

**nija-yutha saṅge milāibe

**yugala bhajana rīti, jānā’bena kari’ prīti

*aṣṭa-yama-sevā śikhāibe

Svarūpa, Rūpa and Raghunātha will take me captive and force me to join their camp. With love they will teach me how to engage in their mode of bhajana to the Divine Couple as well as aṣṭa-yama-sevā, service to Rādhā-Kṛṣna during the eight periods of the day.

(39)

*rūpānuga-bhakta-saṅge, kṛṣṇa-kathā rasa raṅge

**kṛṣṇa-līlā-sthāna nirakhiba

**dvādaśa-vana upavane, ye ye līlā yei sthāne

*sei sthāne gaḍhā-gaḍhi diba

In the association of Rūpānuga devotees (those who follow in the line of Śrī Rūpa), I will relish the mellows of hearing narrations about Kṛṣṇa and I will go to the places of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes. I will roll on the ground in the twelve forests and sub-forests of Vraja wherever those pastimes manifested.

(40)

*śuniba sādhura mukhe, se sthāna mahimā sukhe

**vraja-bhūmi nitya-līlā sthāna

**adyāpi se saba līlā, hateche rākhāla melā

*hariteche gopī-manaḥ-prāṇa

**With jubilation, I will listen from the lips of sādhus about the glories of those places in Vraja-bhūmi where those eternal pastimes occur. Even today all those pastimes happen there – the cowherd boys gather and the hearts and very lives of the gopīs are plundered.

(41)

*nitya-dhāma vṛndāvana, parikara nitya hana

**rāsādi-anvayī nitya-līlā

**asura-mārana ādi, naimittika līlā-rīti

*vyatireke līlā-puṣṭi kaila

Vṛndāvana is the eternal abode, the Lord’s associates are eternal, and pastimes such as the rasa-dance etc. are eternal. The killing of demons etc. are naimittika-līlā (occasional pastimes). Indirectly they nurture the Lord’s primary pastimes.

(42)

*(jaḍa) viṣayāndha cakṣu bale, daraśana nāhi mile

**aprākṛta se līlā vilāsa

**gurudeva kṛpā kaile, divya-netra tabe khule

*nitya-līlā ha’na sva-prakāśa

When one’s eyes are blinded by desires to enjoy sense-objects, one cannot attain darśana of Kṛṣṇa’s amorous pastimes that are transcendental. By the mercy of Gurudeva then one’s divine eyes are opened and the eternal pastimes manifest themselves.

(43)

*ājio vaṁśīra gāna, yamunā bahāya ujāna

**sthāvara jaṅgama-dharma pāya

**bhakta-preme bāṅdhā kānu, bājāye mohana veṇu

*dhenu laye ājo goṭhe yāya

Even today the song of the flute forces the Yamunā to change her course. That which is inanimate attains the nature of the animate. Today, bound by the prema of the devotees, Kṛṣṇa plays His enchanting flute and takes the cows the pasturing grounds.

(44)

*(āja-o se) tribhaṅga bhaṅgima ṭhāma, pīta-vāsā anupāma

**śire śikhi piñcha śobhā pāya

**adhare muralī śobhe, vraja-gopī mana lobhe

*vaṁśī-gāne gopīre mātāya

**Even today He is still there with His threefold-bending form dressed in incomparable yellow cloth, with a beautiful peacock feather on His head. The flute which rests upon His lips steals the minds of the gopīs and it’s song maddens them

(45)

*nava-ghana-śyāma kānti, galadeśe vaijayantī

**vaṁśī-vaṭa mūle śyāma-rāya

**karṣiyā vaṁśīra gāne, gopī-gaṇe vane ṭāne

*gopīnātha gopī-saṅga cāya

With His complexion like a new raincloud and the vaijayanti garland around His neck, Śyāma Rāya stands at the base of a banyan tree playing His flute. His flute-song attracts the gopīs to the forest where Gopīnātha, that Lord of the gopīs, desires for their association.

(46)

*śrī-rāsa-rasika-vara, rādhā-prāṇa-manohara

**yugala-kiśora giridhārī

**śrī-rādhā-vallabha-śyāma, śrī-rādhā-ramaṇa-rāma

vraja-vadhu-gaṇa-cittahārī*

He is Yugala-kiśora (the youthful cowherd boy), Giridhārī (who lifts Govardhana Hill), Rāsa-rasika-vara (the best amongst the relishers of rasa), Śrī Rādhā-prāṇa-manohara (who enchants the very life of Rādhā), Śrī Rādhā-Vallabha-Śyāma (that dusky youth who is the beloved of Śrī Rādhā), Śrī Rādhā-ramaṇa-rāma (the reservoir of pleasure who brings bliss to Rādhā),** Vraja-vadhu-gaṇa-cittahārī (He who steals the hearts of the girls of Vraja).**

(47)

*(hā hā) dīna-bandhu dīna-nātha, śrīmatī rādhikā sātha

e dāsere uru kṛpā kari’

ayogya yogyatā diyā, aparādha ghucāiyā

nitya sevāya kara adhikārī*

O friend of the fallen, Lord of the helpless, along with Śrīmatī Rādhikā, kindly bestow Your great mercy upon this servant of Yours. Please grant some qualification unto one who is unqualified, making me eligible for Your eternal service.

(48)

*gauḍābhinna vraje heri, gaura-guṇa-līlā smari

vraje kṛṣṇa-līlā āsvādiba

**śrī-gaura karuṇā habe, rādhā-kṛṣṇa sevā dibe

yathākāle deha teyagiba*

Seeing Gauḍa as non-different from Vraja, and remembering the qualities and pastimes of Gaura. I relish Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes in Vraja. Śrī Gaura will be merciful and award me service to Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, and eventually I will give up this body.

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