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From Sri Raghunandan Goswamis

Gaurga-virudval

In this composition, Lord Gaura is glorified using

all the letters of the Sanskrit alphabet in order.

adbhuta gua-jaya

hita kali bhayaia janvaka

vara sevaka

All glories to Lord Gaura

[A/a] who has wonderful qualities;[Aa/] who awards fearlessness even to kali-

yugapersonified;

[w/i] who is the protector of his near and dear ones;[wR/] and who is the servant of Sri Ishwar Puri.

uddhaa daana

ha sumaanaju jana sarita

i gaa stuta


[o/u] who chastises the unruly;[O/] who wears exquisite ornaments;[/] who is the shelter of the simple-hearted;[*/] and who is worshiped by the sages.

d-iva tm iva

vad asdhita

ejita durjanaaiya niketana


[/] who sometimes exhibits his ta honest, truthful and enlightened nature, just like

the letter sometimes grammatically exhibits ta

nature (the nature of the letter );

[*/ ] who cannot be attained by materialendeavors, just like the elongated cannot be

pronounced by the material senses;

[W/e] who causes the rascals to tremble;[We/ai] and who is the repository of all prosperity.

ora sadg adhara

aujjvalykara

auka bhaa

astaga daa


[Aae/o] who has lips like an ora(kusuma)flower;

[AaE/au] who is the mine (kara) ofujjvala-rasa;[A&/a] who wears fine decorated cloth;[A"/a] and who ends all criticism.

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kanaka sama prabha

khala jana durlabha

gaan virahita

ghana kaca vilasita


[k/ka] who has a golden bodily complexion;[:a/kha] who is difficult for rascals to attain;[Ga/ga] who isnt counted as an incarnation(due to being a hidden incarnation);

[ga/gha] and who has beautiful blackish dark hair.uti jita kokila

cita vica kila

chalita kamala mada

jagati priyaka pada


[x/a] whose sweet voice puts the cuckooto shame;[c/ca] who is decorated with various jasmineflowers;

[^/cha] who defeats the beauty of the lotus,thus destroying its pride;

[Ja/ja] and whose lotus feet are dear to theentire world.

jhanad iti npura

ouy padakara

kana nistala

ha jayi nakhcala


[/jha] who sounds his ankle bells;[Ha/a] who thus creates a sweet sound whiledisplaying his dancing steps;

[$/a] who appeared to elaborately describethe glories of the holy name;

[#/ha] and whose toenails conquer the beautyof the moon.

amaru dhg vara

huya kp bhara

tmaka vigraha

tattva vidgraha


[@/a] who is the master of Lord Shiva, theholder of the amaru;

[!/ha] whose mercy is always sought byeveryone;

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tht kta muktika

dara pada bhaktika

dharma hddara

narma raskara


[Qa/tha] who causes impersonal liberation tobe spat upon

[d/da] by one who has even a small fraction ofdevotion to his feet;[Da/dha] who creates fear in the transgressorsof religious principles;

[Na/na] and who is the reservoir ofmdhurya-rasa.padma vijayi kara

phulla kamala dhara

bandha vimocana

bhskara rocana


[Pa/pa] who has hands that conquer the beautyof lotus flowers;[f/pha] who holds a lotus in his lotus hands;[b/ba] who relieves one of all bondage;[>a/bha] and who has sun-like radiant eyes.

madhura tarnana

yama jayi sevana

rasa bhara dyaka

lalita vidhyaka


[Ma/ma] whose lotus face is very beautiful;[Ya/ya] whose service causes victory over Yamaraj;[r/ra] who bestows abundant rasa;[l/la] and who bestows ones desired goal.

valad anupama daya

amita bhuvana bhaya

ad-bhuja vkaka

sanmata ikaka


[v/va] who bestows unparalleled mercy;[Xa/a] who extinguishes the fear of the threeworlds;

[Za/a] who demonstrates a six-handed form;[Sa/sa] and who teaches the true path.

hari gua kathanai

kaa nandita jana

deva!


[h/ha] who through his speaking ofhari-kath[+a/ka] delights everyone.O my Lord!

Translated by Hari Parshad Das

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The Medieval Poet Madhavi Das

Note: Some songbooks give the poet Kaviranjan

as the author of this song.

(Bl-rga)

ymera gaura-varaa eka dehapmara-jana ithe kara-i sandeha

A dark form and a fair form are now manifest in

one body. The fools and sinners are filled with doubt.

saurabhe gora mrati rasa sra

pkala bhena yaiche phala sahakra

That form is filled with a sweet fragrance. It is

fragrant like a tree bearing ripe mangoes.

gopa-janama puna dvija avatra

nigama n pya-i nigha vihra

In his previous birth he was a gopa. Now hedescends to this world as a brahmin. Even the

scriptures cannot touch his secret pastimes.

prakaa karala hari-nma-vkhna

nr purua mukhe n uniye na

He openly preaches the glories of chanting

Krishnas holy names. Now these names alone and

nothing else is heard from the mouths of the men

and women of this world.

kari gaura-caraa kamala madhu pna

sarasa sagta mdhav dsa bha

Tasting the nectar of the lotus feet of Lord

Gauranga, Madhavi Das sings this sweet song.

Bibliography

Songs of the Vaisnava Acaryas. Collected and translated by SriKusakratha Das. Unpublished.

Gaura-pada-taragin edited by Jagadbandhu Bhadra. Sri

Gauranga Press. Calcutta. 1931. Bengali. Page 15.
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