(1)
(Bm D
Em)
hari
haraye namah R
(G D
Em)
krishna
yâdavaya namah R
(GIII
C D Bm C D Em)
yâdavâya
mâdhavâya kes'avâya namah R
(Em G
D C D)
gopâla
govinda râma s'rî madhusûdana
(Em BmI
C D Em)
giridhârî
gopînâtha madana-mohana
(Em
Bm D C, C Bm Am G)
*
(2)
(Bm D
Em)
hari
haraye namah R
(G D
Em)
krishna
yâdavaya namah R
(GIII
C D Bm C D Em)
yâdavâya
mâdhavâya kes'avâya namah R
(Em G
D C D)
s'rî-caitanya-nityânanda
s'rî-advaita-sîtâ
(Em BmI
C D Em)
hari,
guru, vaishnava, bhâgavata, gîta
(Em
Bm D C, C Bm Am G)
*
(3)
(Bm D
Em)
hari
haraye namah R
( G D
Em)
krishna
yâdavaya namah R
(GIII
C D Bm C D Em)
yâdavâya
mâdhavâya kes'avâya namah R
(Em G
D C D)
s'rî-rupa
sanâtana bhaththa-raghunâth
(Em BmI
C D Em)
s'rî-jîva
gopâla-bhaththa dâsa-ragunâth
Exit:
(Bm D Em G D Em G C D Bm C D Bm D
Em G D C D Em Bm C D Em)
These
first verses can hardly be translated further
since they consist of holy names only.
The
first two contain the names of the Lord,
the second those of the vaishnava's their Lordships
and the Bhagavad Gîta and the last verse
is dedicated to the six gosvâmi's
the next lines are
normally not sung :
5
ei chay gosair kori
carana vandan
jaha hoite bighna-nas abhista-puran
6
ei chay gosai jar--
mui tar das
ta-sabara pada-renu mora panca-gras
7
adera
carana-sebi-bhakta-sane bas
janame janame hoy ei abhilas
8
ei chay gosai jabe
braje koila bas
radha-krishna-nitya-lila korila prakas
9
anande bolo hari bhaja
brndaban
sri-guru-vaisnaba-pade majaiya man
10
sri-guru-vaisnaba-pada-padma
kori as
nama-sankirtana kohe narottama das
PURPORT by
His Divine Grace
A.
C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupâda
This song of Srila
Narottama Dasa Thakura is very famous among devotees in Bengal and
Orissa. When Lord Caitanya returned from Gaya, where He was initiated
by Sri Isvara Puri, He was completely transformed into a
God-intoxicated personality whom His students of grammar had never
known before. Instead of teaching ordinary grammar studies, Lord
Caitanya explained every sentence in such a way that every Sanskrit
word and every letter was understood to indicate Krsna, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. This form of grammar was later on developed by
Srila Jiva Gosva mi in a book called Hari-namamrta-vyakarana, the
Grammar of the Nectar and Name of Sri Hari. But Lord Caitanya's
students thought that their teacher had become mad, and they rubbed His
head with Visnu oil, an oil that cools the brain. Finally they asked
Him, "You say that everything means Krsna and we should ultimately
always be chanting the names of Krsna. Just how should we do this?"
Then Lord Caitanya began to sing the names of Krsna and clap His hands,
and He began His nama-sankirtana movement. The names He sang are the
first two lines of this song, and Narottama Das Thakura and others have
placed these names in the beginning of their writings to immortalize
these events in the memory of everyone.
Narottama Dasa
Thakura chants the names of Lord Caitanya, Nityananda, Sri Advaita and
Sita (Lord Advaita's consort). Since Lord Hari, the spiritual matter
and the Srimad Bhagavad-gita are all on the transcendental platform,
they are given the same respect. Then Srila Narottama Dasa chants the
names of the six Gosvamis. "I offer my obeisances at their feet," he
sings, "which destroy sufferings accumulated over many long years. I am
the servant of these six Gosvamis, and the dust of their lotus feet is
my five kinds of foodstuffs. To solve their lotus feet and keep the
association of devotees is my only business, birth after birth." When
the six Gosvamis were staying at Vrndavana, they revealed the eternal
transcendental pastimes of Sri Sri Radha-Krsna. Before Lord Caitanya
the exact location of the places of Lord Krsna's pasti- mes we're not
known, and therefore Lord Caitanya instructed the Gosvamis to uncover
the holy places and construct temples. The temple of Sri Radha-Damodara
is situated near the location of the rasa dance, and Srila Rupa Gosvami
and the other Gosvamis used to gather there and discuss the topics of
their literatures, which scientifically explained the super-excellent
pastimes of Sri-Sri Radha-Krsna. Narottama Dasa Thakura says, "In great
ecstasy shout the name of Hari and serve the real transcendental master
and devotees." He concludes by saying, "With all hopes in the lotus
feet of my guru and the holy Vaisnavas. Narottama Dasa sings the
sankirtana of Lord Hari:- Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna-Krsna, Hare
Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare."