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Chapter 25: Song Practice (X)

 

Occasionally sung in the mornings, the prayer of the six Goswamis of Vrndavana is a very simple song with only the asthayi repeating throughout the song. Only challenge is paying attention to the long sustains and adhering to the time allotted for each sustained note.

Asthayi

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2

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

1

2

3

4

5

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7

8

9

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12

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16

S

-

R

-

S

-

R

S

g

-

g

g

-

m

g

R

kr

s

no

t

ki

r

ta

na

ga

a

na

na

r

ta

na

pa

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2

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

1

2

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12

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g

-

-

-

g

-

-

-

R

R

R

g

R

-

S

‘n

au

u

u

u

u

 

 

 

 

pre

ma

mr

ta

m

bo

ni

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2

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

1

2

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6

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12

13

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16

S

-

-

-

S

-

-

-

P

-

P

-

d

P

m

g

dhi

i

i

i

i

 

 

 

dhi

i

ra

a

dhi

i

ra

ja

X

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

m

-

P

m

-

g

g

R

g

-

-

-

g

m

g

R

na

a

pri

yo

o

pri

ya

ka

rau

u

u

u

-

-

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-

X

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

S

-

R

-

S

-

R

S

g

-

g

g

-

m

g

R

sri

i

cai

i

tan

n

ya

kr

pa

a

bha

rau

u

bhu

vi

bhu

X

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

1

2

3

4

5

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12

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14

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16

g

-

-

-

g

-

-

-

R

R

R

g

R

-

S

‘n

vo

o

o

o

o

 

 

 

 

bha

ra

va

han

n

ta

ra

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2

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

1

2

3

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5

6

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9

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S

-

-

-

S

-

-

-

P

-

P

-

d

P

m

g

kau

u

u

u

u

 

 

 

van

n

de

e

ru

u

pa

sa

X

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

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8

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12

13

14

15

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m

-

P

m

-

g

g

R

g

-

-

-

g

m

g

R

na

a

ta

na

a

ra

ghu

yu

gau

u

u

u

-

-

-

-

X

 

 

 

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1

2

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R

R

R

g

R

-

S

‘n

S

-

-

-

S

-

-

-

 

sri

ji

va

go

o

pa

la

kau

u

u

u

-

-

-

-

 

LYRICS:

(1)

kṛṣṇotkīrtana-gāna-nartana-parau premāmṛtāmbho-nidhī
dhīrādhīra-jana-priyau priya-karau nirmatsarau pūjitau
śrī-caitanya-kṛpā-bharau bhuvi bhuvo bhārāvahantārakau
vande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau

 

(2)

nānā-śāstra-vicāraṇaika-nipuṇau sad-dharma-saḿsthāpakau
lokānāḿ hita-kāriṇau tri-bhuvane mānyau śaraṇyākarau
rādhā-kṛṣṇa-padāravinda-bhajanānandena mattālikau
vande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau

 

(3)

śrī-gaurāṇga-guṇānuvarṇana-vidhau śraddhā-samṛddhy-anvitau
pāpottāpa-nikṛntanau tanu-bhṛtāḿ govinda-gānāmṛtaiḥ
ānandāmbudhi-vardhanaika-nipuṇau kaivalya-nistārakau
vande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau

 

(4)

tyaktvā tūrṇam aśeṣa-maṇḍala-pati-śreṇīḿ sadā tuccha-vat
bhūtvā dīna-gaṇeśakau karuṇayā kaupīna-kanthāśritau
gopī-bhāva-rasāmṛtābdhi-laharī-kallola-magnau muhur
vande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau

 

(5)

kūjat-kokila-haḿsa-sārasa-gaṇākīrṇe mayūrākule
nānā-ratna-nibaddha-mūla-viṭapa-śrī-yukta-vṛndāvane
rādhā-kṛṣṇam ahar-niśaḿ prabhajatau jīvārthadau yau mudā
vande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau

 

(6)

sańkhyā-pūrvaka-nāma-gāna-natibhiḥ kālāvasānī-kṛtau
nidrāhāra-vihārakādi-vijitau cātyanta-dīnau ca yau
rādhā-kṛṣṇa-guṇa-smṛter madhurimānandena sammohitau
vande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau

 

(7)

rādhā-kuṇḍa-taṭe kalinda-tanayā-tīre ca vaḿśīvaṭe
premonmāda-vaśād aśeṣa-daśayā grastau pramattau sadā
gāyantau ca kadā harer guṇa-varaḿ bhāvābhibhūtau mudā
vande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau

 

(8)

he rādhe vraja-devīke ca lalite he nanda-sūno kutaḥ
śrī-govardhana-kalpa-pādapa-tale kālindī-vane kutaḥ
ghoṣantāv iti sarvato vraja-pure khedair mahā-vihvalau
vande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau

 

UPDATED: June 18, 2009