Sri Hari Vasare Hari Kirtana Vidhana

śrī hari-vāsare hari-kīrtana-vidhāna nṛtya ārambhilā prabhu jagatera prāṇa

On Ekadasi day Mahaprabhu, who is the life and soul of all beings, decreed that every-one should gather for kirtana. Hearing the sound of His own name, He began to dance in ecstasy.

puṇyavanta śrīvāsa-ańgane śubhārambha uṭhila kīrtana-dhvani ‘gopāla’ ‘govinda’

In Srivasa-angana, Srivasa Thakura’s divine courtyard, He inaugurated the auspicious reverberations of the kirtana in a booming voice: “Gopala! Govinda!”

mṛdańga-mandirā bāje śańkha-karatāla sańkīrtana-sańge saba haila miśāla

In the courtyard the sounds of the mrdanga, small cymbals, conch, karatalas and beautiful singing all mixed together.

brahmāṇḍe bhedila dhvani pūriyā ākāśa caudikera amańgala sarva jaya nāsa

The loud sound passed through the entire brahmanda and filled the whole sky reaching Svetadvipa, destroying everything inauspicious in all the fourteen worlds.

uṣaḥ-kāla haite nṛtya kare viśvambhara yūtha yūtha haila jata gayana sundara

From morning Visvambhara He who nourishes and maintains the whole universe by bhakti started dancing. Many groups sang charmingly – each group singing a different melody.

śrīvāsa-paṇḍita laiyā eka sampradāya mukunda laiyā āra jana-kata gāya

Srivasa Pandita was the guru of one group of kirtaniyas, and Mukunda was the lead singer of another.

laiyā govinda ghoṣa āra kata-jana gauracandra-nṛtye sabe karena kīrtana

Govinda Ghosa was the head of another group. Gauracandra danced in the middle of the whole kirtana party.

dhariyā bulena nityānanda mahābalī alakṣite advaita layena pada-dhūli

The mighty Nityananda Prabhu protected Mahaprabhu when He swooned while dancing as Advaita Acarya secretly took His foot-dust at that time.

gadādhara-ādi jata sajala-nayane ānande vihvala haila prabhura kīrtane

Tears came to Gadadhara, Mukunda, Sridhara and others upon hearing Mahaprabhu’s kirtana, as the rising of asta-sattvika bhavas overwhelmed their hearts.

jakhana uddaṇḍa nāce prabhu viśvambhara pṛthivī kampita haya, sabe pāya ḍara

Visvambhara danced with so much force that the earth trembled, causing all the devotees to become afraid.

kakhana vā madhura nācaye viśvambhara jena dekhi nandera nandana naṭavara

Sometimes Visvambhara danced so gracefully and sweetly that He appeared to be natavara Nanda-nandana, the best of dancers.

aparūpa kṛṣṇāveśa, aparūpa nṛtya ānande nayana bhari’ dekhe saba bhṛtya

Mahaprabhu’s beauty is unequalled and unsurpassed; defeating even Krsna’s beauty even Krsna has no mahabhava. All His followers’ eyes filled with ananda seeing His dancing.

nijānande nāce mahāprabhu viśvambhara caraṇera tāla śuni ati manohara

Mahaprabhu Visvambhara danced, absorbed in ananda. Hearing the rhythm of His dancing feet, the devotees became spellbound.

bhāva-vese mālā nāhi rahaye galāya chiṇḍiyā paḍaye giyā bhakatera gāya

As Mahaprabhu danced, being filled with bhava, His garland could not stay around His neck but broke, all the flowers falling at the feet of His devotees.

catur-dike śrī-hari-mańgala-sańkīrtana madhye nāce jagannātha-miśrera nandana

The auspicious sounds of sri harinama-sankirtana spread in every direction while Jagannatha Misra’s son danced in the midst of all the devotees.

jā’ra nāmānande śiva-vasana nā jāne jā’ra raśe nāce śiva, se nāce āpane

Siva chants the same blissful name and becomes so absorbed in prema that his cloth falls down. Hearing Mahaprabhu’s glories, Siva starts to dance, and Mahaprabhu, hearing His own glories, also dances.

jā’ra nāme vālmīki hailā tapodhana jā’ra nāme ajāmila pāila mocana

By this same nama Valmiki achieved the wealth of austerity – he saw all Rama lila. And by this same nama all of Ajamila’s anarthas and aparadhas were pulled out by the root.

jā’ra nāma śravaṇe saṁsāra-bandha ghuce hena prabhu avatāri’ kali-yuge nāce

Hearing sri krsna-nama totally cuts all worldly attachments. Sri Krsna Himself came in Kali-yuga as Mahaprabhu, dancing and advising all to chant krsna-nama.

jā’ra nāma laiya śuka-nārada beḍāya sahasra-vadana prabhu jā’ra guṇa gāya

Sukadeva and Narada also chant this krsna-nama and distribute it. With thousands of tongues Mahaprabhu sings the glories of this nama.

sarva mahā-prāyaścitta je prabhura nāma se-prabhu nācaye, dekhe jata bhāgyavāna

Taking Mahaprabhu’s name constitutes the highest form of atonement. Seeing Mahaprabhu dancing, the devotees became supremely fortunate.

prabhura ānanda dekhi’ bhāgavata-gaṇa anyonye galā dhari’ karaye krandana

Seeing Mahaprabhu’s bliss, the devotees embraced each other and wept loudly as the rays of Mahaprabhu’s ananda entered their hearts.

sabāra ańgete śobhe śrī candana-mālā ānande gāyena kṛṣṇa-rase hai’ bholā

All the devotees attended kirtana and Mahaprabhu personally decorated their bodies with candana and garlands. Sri Gaurasundara and the devotees sang and tasted krsnarasa with great joy.

jateka vaiṣṇava-saba kīrtana-āveśe nā jāne āpana deha, anya jana kise

Absorbed in kirtana, all the Vaisnava devotees completely lost sense of their own bodies and everyone else around them.

jaya kṛṣṇa-murāri-mukunda-vanamālī ahar-niśa gāya sabe hai’ kutūhalī

“Jaya krsna, murari, mukunda, vanamali.” Day and night all the devotees sang kirtana in great happiness.

ahar-niśa bhakta-sańge nāce viśvambhara śrānti nāhi kāra, sabe sattva-kalevara

Visvambhara danced twenty-four hours with His devotees but never tired, because His body was sattva-kalevara, fully transcendental.

ei-mata nāce mahāprabhu viśvambhara niśi avaśeṣa mātra se eka prahara

Daily Mahaprabhu in full prema danced in kirtana the whole night, and only stopped three hours before sunrise.

ei-mata ānanda haya navadvīpa-pure prema-rase vaikuṇṭhera nāyaka vihare

Daily Mahaprabhu, the hero who enjoys the prema-rasa of Vaikuntha Svetadvipa, tasted and distributed great bliss in Navadvipa.

e sakala puṇya kathā je kare śravaṇa bhakta-sańge gauracandre rahu tā’ra mana

Gauracandra and all His associates enter in the hearts of the devotees who hear the allvirtuous hari-katha with full faith. Thus their hearts become Srivasa-angana.

śrī kṛṣṇa-caitanya-nityānanda-cāda jāna vṛndāvana-dāsa prabhu pada-yuge gāna

Vrndavana dasa says, “Sri Krsna Caitanya and the moon-like Nityananda Prabhu are my life and soul and I offer my dandavat-pranama at Their lotus feet.”