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Song Name: Krsna Hoite Caturmukha
Author: Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura
Book Name: None
Language: Bengali
LYRICS:
(1)
kṛṣṇa hoite–from the Supreme
Lord Srī Kṛṣṇa;
catur-mukha–the fourheaded Brahmā; hoy kṛṣṇa-sevonmukha–became fixed in
devotional service to Kṛṣṇa; brahmā hoite–from Brahmā; nāradera mati–Devarṣi Nārada's understanding (of this divine science was
obtained); nārada hoite–from
Nārada; vyāsa–Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana
Vyāsadeva became a disciple; madhva–Srīpāda Madhvācārya;
kohe–calls himself; vyāsa-dāsa–
a servant of Vyāsa; pūrṇaprajña–Purṇaprajña
Tīrtha (Madhva); padmanābha gati–is the guru
and sole refuge of Padmanābha Tīrtha.
(2)
nṛhari mādhava-vaḿśe–two other
principal disciples of Madhva, Nṛhari
Tīrtha and Mādhava
Tīrtha; akṣobhya
paramahaḿse–the great paramahaḿsa
Akṣobhya Tīrtha;
śiṣya boli' –was
called a disciple of Mādhava Tīrtha;
ańgīkara kore–accepting
him; akṣobhyera śiṣya–the
principal disciple of Akṣobhya Tīrtha; jaya-tīrtha nāme–by the name of Jayatīrtha;
paricaya–was known; tāra
dāsye–in Jayatīrtha's
service; jñānasindhu tore–his disciple Jñānasindhu was meant for.
(3)
tāhā hoite–from Jñānasindhu;
dayānidhi–Dayānidhi
received the science of devotional service; tāra
dāsa–the servant of Dayānidhi;
vidyānidhi– was Vidyānidhi
(Vidyādhirāja Tīrtha);
rājendra hoilo–Rājendra Tīrtha became;
tāhā ha' te–a
disciple of Vidyādhiraja Tīrtha;
tāhāra kińkora–
Rājendra Tīrtha's
servant; jaya-dharma nāme–by
the name of Jayadharma or Vijayadhvaja
Tīrtha; paricaya–was
known; paramparā– this disciplic
succession; jano bhālo
mate–you should properly understand.
(4)
jayadharma-dāsye–in the service of his guru, Vijayadhvaja
Tīrtha (Jayadharma); khyāti–known as; śrī
puruṣottama-yati–the great sannyāsī
Srī Puruṣottama Tīrtha; tā ha' te–the principal disciple of Puruṣottama
Tīrtha; brahmaṇya-tīrtha–was
Subrahmaṇya Tīrtha;
sūri–the great saint; vyāsatīrtha–Vyāsatīrtha (Vyāsa
Rāya); tāra dāsa–Subrahmaṇya's
servant; lakṣmīpati–Lakṣmīpati
Tīrtha; vyāsa-dāsa–was
Vyāsatīrtha's servant; tāhā
ha' te–whose disciple was; mādhavendra
purī–Mādhavendra Purī Gosvāmī.
(5)
mādhavendra purī-vara–of the
eminent Mādhavendra Purī
śiṣya-vara– the chief disciple; śrī-īśvara–was īśvara
Purī nityānanda śrī-advaita–and also Srī
Nityānanda and Advaita
ācārya; vibhu–the
renowned incarnations of Godhead; īśvara-purīke
dhanya korilen–who made īśvara Purī
greatly fortunate (by acting as his disciple); śrī-caitanya–Srī Caitanya; jagad-guru–the spiritual preceptor of all the worlds; gaura mahāprabhu–Gaurāńga Mahāprabhu.
(6)
mahāprabhu śrī-caitanya–Srī
Caitanya Mahāprabhu; rādhā-kṛṣṇa nāhe
anya–is nondifferent from Srī Srī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa;
rūpānuga janera–of
those Vaiṣṇavas who follow Srī Rūpa Gosvāmī jīvana–the
very life; viśvambhara priyańkara–the
givers of great happiness to Viśvambhara (Srī Caitanya); śrī-swarūpa dāmodara–Srī Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī śrī-goswāmī rūpa-sanātana–Srī Rūpa Gosvāmī and Srī Sanātana Gosvāmī.
(7)
rūpa-priya–very dear to Rūpa Gosvāmī
mahājana–the great souls; jīva
raghunātha–Jīva Gosvāmī and Raghunātha
dāsa Gosvāmī
hana–became; tāra priya–Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī's
beloved student; kavi kṛṣṇadāsa–
was Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī kṛṣṇadāsa-priya-bara–very dear to Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja;
narottama–was Narottama dāsa; sevā-para–always
engaged in the service of his guru, Lokanātha Gosvāmī (Kṛṣṇadāsa's
intimate friend); jāra pada–for
whose feet (Narottama's); viśvanātha
āśa–the only aspiration of Viśvanātha Cakravartī
Thākura.
(8)
viśvanātha-bhakta-sātha–Viśvanātha Cakravartī, along with the assembled devotees; baladeva–Srī Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa;
jagannātha– then Jagannātha
dāsa Bābājī
tāra priya–his dear
student; śrī bhaktivinoda–Srī Bhaktivinoda Thākura; mahā-bhāgavata-bara–the
topmost among great devotees; srī-gaurakiśora-bara–the
eminent Srī Gaurakiśora
dāsa Bābājī
hari-bhajanete–in unalloyed worship of Lord Hari; jā'ra moda–whose sole joy was found.
(9)
ihārā–all these great saintly Vaiṣṇavas;
paramahaḿsa–are devotees of the highest order; gaurāńgera nija-vaḿśa–members
of Lord Gaurāńga's own spiritual family; tāńdera caraṇe–for
their holy feet; mama gati–are my refuge; āmi sevā-udāsīna–I
have no real interest in devotional service; nāmete–named;
tridaṇḍī–a tridaṇḍī
sannyāsī dīna–poor
and lowly; śrī-bhaktisiddhānta sarasvatī–Srī Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī.
(9A)
śrī-varṣabhānavī-vara–the beloved devotee of Srī
Varṣabhānavī (Srī
Rādhikā, daughter of King Vṛṣabhānu); sadā
sevya-sevā-parā–always engaged in the
service of his worshipable spiritual master; tāhāra–his; dayita-dāsa-nāma–of
he named Srī Vārṣabhānavī-dayita
dāsa (the initiated name of Bhaktisiddhānta
Sarasvatī); tāra pradhān pracārako– his
foremost disciple-preacher; śrī-bhaktivedānta
nāmo–named Srīla
A.C. Bhaktivedānta Swāmī
Prabhupāda; patita-janete–for
all fallen souls; doyā-dhāma–a reservoir of
mercy and compassion.
UPDATED: June 15, 2009