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Song Name: Srita Kamala

Official Name: Song 2; Mangala Gitam

Author: Jayadeva Goswami

Book Name: Gita Govinda

Language: Sanskrit

LYRICS:

(1)

śrita-kamalā-kuca-maṇḍala dhṛta-kuṇḍala e

kalita-lalita-vana-māla jaya jaya deva hare

(2)

dina-maṇi-maṇḍala-maṇḍana bhava-khaṇḍana e

muni-jana-mānasa-haḿsa jaya jaya deva hare

(3)

kāliya-viṣa-dhara-gañjana jana-rañjana e

yadukula-nalina-dineśa jaya jaya deva hare

(4)

madhu-mura-naraka-vināśana garuḍāsana e

sura-kula-keli-nidāna jaya jaya deva hare

(5)

amala-kamala-dala-locana bhava-mocana e

tribhuvana-bhuvana-nidhāna jaya jaya deva hare

(6)

janaka-sutā-kṛta-bhūṣaṇa jita-dūṣaṇa e

samara-śamita-daśa-kaṇṭha jaya jaya deva hare

(7)

abhinava-jala-dhara-sundara dhṛta-mandara e

śrī-mukha-candra-cakora jaya jaya deva hare

(8)

tava caraṇaḿ praṇatā vayam iti bhāvaya e

kuru kuśalaḿ praṇateṣu jaya jaya deva hare

(9)

śrī-jayadeva-kaver idaḿ kurute mudam e

mańgalam ujjvala-gītaḿ jaya jaya deva hare

TRANSLATION

1) Glories, glories to Lord Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is bedecked with jeweled earrings and a garland of forest flowers and whose feet are marked with a lotus!

2) The Lord's face shines like the whorl of the sun. He removes the miseries of His devotees and is the resting place of the minds of the swan-like sages. Glories! Glories to Lord Sri Hari!

3) O Supreme Personality of Godhead who destroyed the demoniac Kaliya serpent! O Lord, You are the beloved of all living entities and the sun in the galaxy of the Yadu dynasty. Glories! Glories to Lord Sri Hari.

4) O Lord, destroyer of the demons Madhu, Mura and Naraka! Seated on Garuda, You are the source of joy for the demigods. All glories to Hari!

5) O Lord Your eyes are like lotus petals, and You destroy the bondage of the material world. You are the maintainer of the three worlds. Glories to Lord Hari!

6) O Lord, as the gem of the sons of Janaka, You were victorious over all the asuras, and You smashed the greatest asura, the ten-headed Ravana. Glories to Lord Hari!

7) O Supreme Personality of Godhead who held the Govardhana Hill! Your complexion is like a fresh monsoon cloud, and Sri Radharani is like a cakora bird who is nourished by drinking the light of Your moonlike face. Glories! Glories to Lord Hari.

8) O Lord, I offer my humble obeisances at Your lotus feet. Please bless me by Your limitless mercy. Glories! Glories to Lord Sri Hari!

9) The poet Sri Jayadeva offers this song of devotion and shining good fortune to Thee. All glories! All glories to Lord Sri Hari!

REMARKS/EXTRA INFORMATION:

This song is commonly rendered in Raga Pahadi. Riksaraja Dasa rendered this song in Raga Bhairavi in his “Reservoir of Pleasure” album.

This song is one of the many Vaisnava gitams that Carnatic musicians perform.

UPDATED: July 10, 2009