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Sri Godrumacandra-bhajanopadesha
\nInstructions to worship the Moon of Godruma
\nby Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura
\nThese beautiful verses were published posthumously for the first time in 1950 in Gaudiya magazine, 18.47-8 (pp. 757-8) This edition of Gaudiya magazine is part of the BRC library collection. We offer this to the devotees and readers today in honor of his divine appearance.
\n—
\nyadi te hari-pada-saroja-sudha-
\nrasa-pana-param hridayam satatam
\nparihritya griham kali-bhava-mayam
\nbhaja godruma-kanana-ku\u00efja-vidhum <\/p>\n

1 If your heart wishes to always drink the nectar of Hari\u2019s lotus feet, then abandon your home which is filled with the spirit of Kali and worship the moon of Godruma\u2019s forest bowers.<\/p>\n

dhana-yauvana-jivana-rajya-sukham
\nNahi nityam anukshana-nasha-param
\ntyaja gramya-katha-sakalam viphalam
\nbhaja godruma-kanana-ku\u00efja-vidhum <\/p>\n

2 All your joys from wealth, youth, life and power are all temporary and susceptible to destruction at any moment. Give up all your useless mundane discourses and worship the moon of Godruma\u2019s forest bowers.<\/p>\n

ramani-jana-sanga-sukham ca sakhe
\ncarame bhayadam purushartha-haram
\nhari-nama-sudha-rasa-matta-matir
\nbhaja godruma-kanana-ku\u00efja-vidhum <\/p>\n

3 O friend! The joys of intercourse with beautiful women are ultimately a source of fear, for they prevent the achievement of life\u2019s goals. Become intoxicated with the nectar of the Holy Names and worship the moon of Godruma\u2019s forest bowers.<\/p>\n

jada-kavya-raso nahi kavya-rasah
\nkali-pavana-gaura-raso hi rasah
\nalam any-kathady-anushilanaya
\nbhaja godruma-kanana-ku\u00efja-vidhum <\/p>\n

4 The relishing of poetic sentiments is not the sacred rapture of devotional poetry. Real sacred rapture is found in the sentiments connected to the purifier of the age of Kali, Gaura. Give up the study of all other subjects and worship the moon of Godruma\u2019s forest bowers.<\/p>\n

vrishabhanu-sutanvita-vama-tanum
\nyamuna-tata-nagara-nanda-sutam
\nmurali-kala-gita-vinoda-param
\nbhaja godruma-kanana-ku\u00efja-vidhum <\/p>\n

5 Worship the moon of Godruma\u2019s forest bowers, the son of Nanda, the playboy who sports on the Yamuna\u2019s banks with the daughter of Vrishabhanu at his left side, joyfully playing wonderful songs on his flute.<\/p>\n

hari-kirtana-madhyagatam svajanaih
\npariveshtita-jambunadabha-harim
\nnija-gauda-janaika-kripa-jaladhim
\nbhaja godruma-kanana-ku\u00efja-vidhum <\/p>\n

6 Worship the moon of Godruma’s forest bowers, the ocean of mercy for his own associates from the land of Gauda, whose effulgent form, surrounded by these associates as he dances in the midst of the kirtan, has been stolen from refined gold.<\/p>\n

giriraja-suta-parivita-griham
\nnava-khanda-patim yati-citta-haram
\nsura-sangha-nutam priyaya sahitam
\nbhaja godruma-kanana-ku-vidhum <\/p>\n

7 Worship the moon of Godruma’s forest bowers, whose house is surrounded by the daughters of the king of mountains, who is the Lord of the abode of nine islands, who steals the minds of the sannyasis and who, in the company of his beloved, is praised by the heavenly hosts.<\/p>\n

kali-kukkura-mudgara-bhava-dharam
\nhari-nama-mahaushadha-dana-param
\npatitarta-dayardra-sumurti-dharam
\nbhaja godruma-kanana-ku-vidhum <\/p>\n

8 Worship the moon of Godruma’s forest bowers, who has taken the mood of the hammer-wielding chastiser of the Kali-dog, who brings the gift of the Holy Name medicine, and whose form is soaked in tearful compassion for the fallen.<\/p>\n

ripu-bandhava-bheda-vihina-daya
\nyad abhikshnam udeti mukhabja-tatau
\ntam akrishnam iha vraja-raja-sutam
\nbhaja godruma-kanana-ku-vidhum <\/p>\n

9 His mercy makes no distinction between friend and foe. Though his bodily hue is not black, he is the son of the King of Vraja. Worship the moon of Godruma’s forest bowers.<\/p>\n

iha copanishat-parigita-vibhur
\ndvija-raja-sutah puratabha-harih
\nnija-dhamani khelati bandhu-yuto
\nbhaja godruma-kanana-ku-vidhum <\/p>\n

10 Worship the moon of Godruma’s forest bowers–he whose glories are sung in the Upanishads and is now a son of the best of Brahmins with a golden bodily hue, playing in his own dham with his eternal associates.<\/p>\n

avatar-varam paripurna-phalam
\npara-tattvam ihatma-vilasa-mayam
\nvraja-dhama-rasambudhi-gupta-rasam
\nbhaja godruma-kanana-ku-vidhum <\/p>\n

11 Worship the moon of Godruma’s forest bowers, who is the best of the incarnations of the Supreme, who brings the ultimate fruit of spiritual life, who is the Supreme Truth come into this world out of his own pleasure and who relish a taste hidden in the ocean of rapture that is Vraja Dhama.<\/p>\n

shruti-varna-dhanadi na yasya kripa-
\njanane balavad-bhajanena vina
\ntam ahaituka-bhava-patha hi sakhe
\nbhaja godruma-kanana-ku-vidhum <\/p>\n

12 Learning or high birth are useless in bringing about his mercy without intense bhajana. O friend, worship the moon of Godruma’s forest bowers without any desire for any fruits.<\/p>\n

api nakra-gatau hrada-madhya-gatam
\nkam amocayad arta-janam tam ajam
\navicintya-balam shiva-kalpa-tarum
\nbhaja godruma-kanana-ku-vidhum <\/p>\n

13 This same Lord also once liberated a distressed demigod from a crocodile body within the lake known as Goradaha. He is the unborn one, possessing inconceivable power, and is truly a desire tree of pure auspiciousness. Just worship the beautiful Moon of Godruma’s forest bowers. [FN: This incident is recounted in Jagadananda’s Prema-vilasa, chapter 15.]\n

surabhindra-tapah-paritushta-mano
\nvara-varna-dharo harir avirabhut
\ntam ajasra-sukham muni-dhairya-haram
\nbhaja godruma-kanana-ku-vidhum <\/p>\n

14 When his mind was pleased by the austerities of Indra and Surabhi, he appeared in a golden form before them. Worship the moon of Godruma’s forest bowers, who brings unlimited pleasure and who disturbs the calm minds of the silent sages. [This incident is described in Bhaktivinoda’s Nabadwip-dhama-mah’ya.]\n

abhilasha-cayam tad abheda-dhiyam
\nashubham ca shubham ca tyaja sarvam idam
\nanukulataya priya-sevanaya
\nbhaja godruma-kanana-ku-vidhum <\/p>\n

15 Give up all your desires for sense enjoyment. Give up the idea that you are identical with the Lord. Abandon both auspicious and inauspicious works. Only worship the moon of Godruma’s forest bowers with acts compatible with his pleasure and by serving those dear to him.<\/p>\n

hari-sevaka-sevana-dharma-paro
\nhari-nama-rasamrita-pana-ratah
\nnati-dainya-daya-paramana-yuto
\nbhaja godruma-kanana-ku-vidhum <\/p>\n

16 Become fixed in the religion of serving the servants of Hari. Be fixed in drinking the nectar of the Holy Names. Always be fixed in respect, humility and compassion. Worship the moon of Godruma’s forest bowers.<\/p>\n

vada yadava madhava krishna hare
\nvada rama janardana keshava he
\nvrishabhanu-suta-priyanatha sada
\nbhaja godruma-kanana-ku-vidhum <\/p>\n

17 Sing the names of Yadava, Madhava, Krishna and Hari. Sing the names of Rama, Janardana and Keshava. Always sing the name of the dearest lord of the daughter of Vrishabhanu. Worship the moon of Godruma’s forest bowers.<\/p>\n

vada yamuna-tira-vanadri-pate
\nvada gokula-kanana-pu-rave
\nvada rasa-rasayana gaura-hare
\nbhaja godruma-kanana-ku-vidhum <\/p>\n

18 Sing the name of the Lord of the forests by the Yamuna banks. Sing the name of the sun which lights up the gardens of Gokula. Sing the name of Gaurahari, the alchemist of sacred rapture. Worship the moon of Godruma’s forest bowers.<\/p>\n

cala gaura-vanam nava-khandamayam
\npatha gauraharesh caritani muda
\nlutha gaura-padankita-ganga-tatam
\nbhaja godruma-kanana-ku-vidhum <\/p>\n

19 Go live in Gauranga’s forest with its nine divisions. Study the lives of Gaurahari. Roll about in the dust by the banks of the Ganges marked with Gauranga’s footprints. And worship the moon of Godruma’s forest bowers.
\nsmara gaura-gadadhara-keli-kalam
\nbhava gaura-gadadhara-paksha-carah
\nshrnu gaura-gadadhara-caru-katham
\nbhaja godruma-kanana-ku-vidhum <\/p>\n

20 Remember always the enchanting pastimes of Gaura-Gadadhara. Become a follower of Gaura-Gadadhara. Always listen to the enchanting topics of Gaura-Gadadhara. Worship the moon of Godruma’s forest bowers.
\n\u2013 translation by Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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