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Song Lyrics: Gauranga Bolite Habe Pulaka Sarira
Purport Author: A.C. Bhaktivedanta
Swami
December 29, 1968 Los Angeles, CA, USA
This
song was sung by Narottama dasa
Thakura, a great devotee and acarya
in the Gaudiya Vaisnava-sampradaya,
the disciplic succession coming down from Lord Caitanya. Narottama dasa Thakura has written many
songs, which are recognized as authoritative by all Vaisnavas.
He has sung these songs in simple Bengali language, but the purport-the deep
meaning of his songs-is very significant.
In
this song he says, 'gauranga' bolite
habe pulaka sarira. One has attained the perfection of chanting when as
soon as he chants the name of Lord Gauranga, who
initiated this sankirtana movement, at once there is
shivering in his body. This is not to be imitated, but Narottama
dasa Thakura is asking,
"When will that opportune moment come to us when there will be shivering
of the body as soon as we chant Lord Gauranga's
name?" And after the shivering-'hari hari' bolite nayane
ba 'be nira: "While
chanting Hare Krsna, there will be tears in the eyes."
Then
he says, ara kabe nitai-cander koruna hoibe. We are all asking about the mercy of Lord Nityananda. Nityananda is
supposed to be the original spiritual master, so we have to approach Gauranga, Lord Caitanya, through
the mercy of Lord Nityananda. What is the symptom of
a person who has achieved the causeless mercy of Lord Nityananda?
Narottama dasa Thakura says that the symptom of one who has actually
received the causeless mercy of Lord Nityananda is
that he has no more material desire. Ara kabe nitai-cander
koruna hoibe samsara-basana
mora kabe tuccha ha'be. Samsara-basana means "desire for material enjoyment,"
and Narottama dasa wonders
when it will become very insignificant. Of course, as long as we have bodies we
have to accept so many material things, but not in the spirit of enjoyment, but
only to keep body and soul together.
Narottama dasa says further, rupa-raghunatha-pade
hoibe akuti: "When
shall I be very much eager to study the books left by the six Gosvamis?" Akuti means
"eagerness." Because Rupa Gosvami is the father of devotional service, he has written
a book called Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, in which there
are nice directions on devotional service. These topics are also dealt with in Caitanya-caritamrta and other books, and we have given the
summary of those directions in our book Teachings of Lord Caitanya.
One has to learn of the conjugal loving affairs of Radha-Krsna
through the teachings of these six Gosvamis. Narottama dasa Thakura directs us not to try to understand the conjugal
love of Radha-Krsna by our own endeavor. We should
try to understand this yugala-piriti, conjugal love,
under the direction of the Gosvamis.
As
long as the mind is too much absorbed in materialistic thought, one cannot
enter into the kingdom of Vrndavana. But Narottama dasa Thakura says, visaya chariya kabe suddha
ha'be mana kabe
UPDATED: April 1, 2009