Hari Haraye Namah Krsna Yadavaya Namah
Sri Nama Sankirtana
hari
haraye namaḥ kṛṣṇa yādavāya namaḥ yādavāya mādhavāya keśavāya namaḥ
Word for word
hari haraye - unto Hari; namaḥ - obeisances; kṛṣṇa yādavāya - unto Kṛṣṇa known as Yādava (the best of the Yadu dynasty); namaḥ - obeisances; yādavāya - unto Yādava; mādhavāya - unto Mādhava, the husband of the goddess of fortune; keśavāya - unto Keśava, He of fine hair; namaḥ - obeisances.
Hari! Obeisances to Lord Hari, unto Krsna, and Yadava. Obeisances to Lord of the Yadus, Madhava, Kesava.
gopāla
govinda rāma śrī-madhusūdana giridhārī gopīnātha madana-mohana
Word for word
gopāla - He appears as a cowherd boy; govinda - the pleaser of the cows; rāma - the reservoir of pleasure; śrī-madhusūdana - the magnificent killer of the demon named Madhu; giridhārī - the lifter of Govardhana Hill; gopīnātha - the Lord of the cowherd damsels; madana-mohana - the enchanter of Cupid.
Gopala! Govinda! Rama! O vanquisher of Madhu! Giridhari! Lord of the gopis! Bewilderer of cupid!
śrī-caitanya-nityānanda
śrī-advaita-sītā hari guru vaiṣṇaba bhāgavata gītā
Word for word
śrī-caitanya-nityānanda - chanting the names of Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda; śrī-advaita-sītā - Srī Advaita ācārya and his wife Sītā Thākurāṇī; hari - Lord Hari; guru - the spiritual master; vaiṣṇava - all the assembled devotees; bhāgavata - the Srīmad-Bhāgavatam; gītā - the Bhagavad-Gītā.
Sri Caitanya, Nityananda, Sri Advaita-Sita! Hari! Guru! Vaisnavas! Srimad Bhagavatam! Bhagavad Gita!
śrī-rūpa
sanātana bhaṭṭa-raghunātha śrī-jīva gopāla-bhaṭṭa
dāsa-raghunātha
Word for word
śrī-rūpa sanātana bhaṭṭa-raghunāth śrī-jīva gopāla-bhaṭṭa dāsaraghunāth - chanting the names of the Six Gosvāmīs: Srī Rūpa, Sanātana, Raghunāth Bhaṭṭa, Srī Jīva, Gopāla Bhaṭṭa, and Raghunāth dāsa.
All glories to Srila Rupa Goswami, Sanatana Goswami and Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami, to Srila Jiva Goswami, Gopala Bhatta Goswami, and Raghunatha Dasa Goswami!
ei
chay gosāir kori caraṇa vandan jāhā hoite bighna-nāś
abhīṣṭa-pūraṇ
Word for word
ei chay gosāir - of these Six Gosvāmīs; kori - I offer; caraṇa vandan - obeisances unto their feet; yāhā hoite - by which; vighna-nāś - obstacles to devotion are destroyed; abhīṣṭa-pūraṇ - all spiritual desires are fulfilled.
I bow to the feet of these six Goswamis. By their grace, our obstacles can be destroyed and all desires are fulfilled.
ei
chay gosāi jār--mui tār dās tā-sabāra pada-reṇu mora pañca-grās
Word for word
ei chay gosāi - of these six Gosvāmīs; jār - whoever is; mui - I; tār - their; dās - servant; tā-sabāra - of all of them; pada-reṇu - the dust of the feet; mora - my; pañca-grās - five kinds of foodstuffs.
I am the servant of these six Goswamis. The dust of their lotus feet is my fivefold subsistence.
tādera
caraṇa-sebi-bhakta-saṅe bās janame janame hoy ei abhilāṣ
Word for word
tāńdera caraṇa - the lotus feet of these six Gosvāmīs; sevi bhakta - those devotees who serve; sane vās - living along with; janame janame - birth after birth; hoy - there is; ei abhilāś - this is my desire.
To be a servant of their lotus feet and to reside in the company of devotees--this is my aspiration birth after birth.
ei
chay gosāi jabe braje koilā bās rādhā-kṛṣṇa-nitya-līlā korilā
prakāś
Word for word
ei chay gosāi - these six Gosvāmīs; jabe - when; vraje - in Vraja; koilā vās - lived; rādhā-kṛṣṇa-nitya-līlā - the eternal pastimes of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa; korilā prakāś - they revealed.
When these six Goswamis lived in Vraja, they revealed the eternal pastimes of Sri Sri Radha and Krsna.
ānande
bolo hari bhaja bṛndāban śrī-guru-vaiṣṇaba-pade majāiyā man
Word for word
ānande - in bliss; bolo - just chant; hari - the names of Lord Hari; bhaja - just worship; vṛndāban - the transcendental realm of Vṛndāvana; śrī-guru vaiṣṇava - the spiritual master and the Vaiṣṇavas; pade - on the lotus feet; majāiyā man - absorbing your mind in meditation.
In ecstasy, sing the name of Lord Hari and worship Vrndavana, joyfully fixing your mind upon the lotus feet of the bona-fide spiritual master and the pure devotees.
śrī-guru-vaiṣṇaba-pada-padma
kori āś nāma-saṅkīrtana kohe narottama dāsa
Word for word
śrī-guru-vaiṣṇava - of Srī Guru and the Vaiṣṇavas; pāda-padma - the lotus feet; kori āś - I am desiring; nāma-sańkīrtana - the glorification of the holy name; kohe - sings; narottama dās - the author, Narottama dās Thākura.
The lotus feet of my guru and the Vaisnavas are my aspiration. Narottama Dasa thus sings Hari-nama sankirtana.
Translation
Hari! Obeisances to Lord Hari, unto Krsna, and Yadava. Obeisances to Lord of the Yadus, Madhava, Kesava.
Gopala! Govinda! Rama! O vanquisher of Madhu! Giridhari! Lord of the gopis! Bewilderer of cupid!
Sri Caitanya, Nityananda, Sri Advaita-Sita! Hari! Guru! Vaisnavas! Srimad Bhagavatam! Bhagavad Gita!
All glories to Srila Rupa Goswami, Sanatana Goswami and Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami, to Srila Jiva Goswami, Gopala Bhatta Goswami, and Raghunatha Dasa Goswami!
I bow to the feet of these six Goswamis. By their grace, our obstacles can be destroyed and all desires are fulfilled.
I am the servant of these six Goswamis. The dust of their lotus feet is my fivefold subsistence.
To be a servant of their lotus feet and to reside in the company of devotees--this is my aspiration birth after birth.
When these six Goswamis lived in Vraja, they revealed the eternal pastimes of Sri Sri Radha and Krsna.
In ecstasy, sing the name of Lord Hari and worship Vrndavana, joyfully fixing your mind upon the lotus feet of the bona-fide spiritual master and the pure devotees.
The lotus feet of my guru and the Vaisnavas are my aspiration. Narottama Dasa thus sings Hari-nama sankirtana.
Notes
This is a very popular kirtana song. Verses 5 to 10 are usually excluded in kirtan. The first verse was originally sung by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. PURPORTS: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Prabhupada commentary
Gāy gauracand madhu sware. This is a song sung by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura. He says that Lord Caitanya, Gaura, Gaura means Lord Caitanya, Gaurasundara, the fair complexion. Gāy gauracand madhur sware. In sweet voice, He is singing mahā-mantra, Hare Kṛṣṅa, Hare Kṛṣṅa, Kṛṣṅa Kṛṣṅa, Hare Hare / Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.
In very sweet song He's singing, and it is our duty to follow His footsteps to sing the mahā-mantra. So Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura advises, gṛhe thāko, vane thāko, sadā 'hari' bole' ḍāko. Gṛhe thāko means either you stay at your home as a householder, or you stay in the forest as the renounced order of life, it does not make difference, but you have to chant the mahā-mantra, Hare Kṛṣṅa.
Gṛhe vane thāko, sadā 'hari' bole' ḍāko. Always chant this mahā-mantra. Sukhe duḥkhe bhulo nā'ko, "Do not forget chanting either in distress or in happiness." Vadane hari-nāma koro re. So far chanting, there cannot be any check, because in whatever condition I may be, I can go on chanting this mahā-mantra, Hare Kṛṣṅa, Hare Kṛṣṅa, Kṛṣṅa Kṛṣṅa, Hare Hare / Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.
So Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura advises, "Never mind, you are in distress or happiness, but go on chanting this mahā-mantra." Māyā-jāle baddha ho'ye, ācho miche kāja lo'ye. You are entrapped by the network of illusory energy, māyā-jāle baddha ho'ye, just like the fisherman catches from the sea all kinds of creatures within the network. Similarly we are also within the net of illusory energy, and because we have no freedom, therefore all our activities are useless. Action in freedom has got some meaning, but when we are not free within the clutches of māya, within the network of māyā, then our so-called freedom has no value.
Therefore, whatever we are doing is simply defeat. Without knowing our constitutional position, if you are forced to do something by the pressure of the illusory energy, it is simply useless waste of time. Therefore, Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura says, "Now you have got full consciousness in the human form of life. So just chant Hare Kṛṣṅa, Rādhā-Mādhava, all these names. There is no loss but great profit." Jīvana hoilo śeṣa, nā bhajile hṛṣīkeśa. Now gradually everyone is on the verge of death, nobody can say that, "I shall remain, I shall stay for more hundred years." No, any moment we can die.
Therefore, he advises jīvana hoilo śeṣa: "Our life is at end at any moment, and we could not serve Hṛṣīkeśa, Kṛṣṅa. Bhaktivinodopadeśa." Therefore Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura advises, ekbār nām-rase māto re: "Please be enchanted, nām-rase, in the mellow of chanting the transcendental name. Dive yourself within this ocean. That is my request."