Poet Chandidas’s best friend Nakul Thakur, who was also a brahmin, tried his best to make Chandidas see reason. He said –
“shuno chandidas bhai,
kutumber dol oti mohabol sakal sabhate chai.
tomar barike jodi keho gelo se jodi na … Read more >
Category Archives: Sweet Songs
Love-nest in a love-city
Pireeti nogore 
bosoti koribo pireete bândhibo ghar
Pireeti dekhiya podoshi koribo tâ bine shokol por.
Pireeti dârer kobât koribo pireete bândhibo châl
Pireeti âshoke sadâi thâkibo pireete gonâibo kâl.
Pireeti pâlanke shoyon koribo pireeti sithân mâthe
Pireeti bâlishe âlish tyajibo … Read more >
What’s in a language?
ata sanskrita athava prakrita, bhasha zali je harikatha.
te pavanachi tatvata, satya sarvatha manli.
“As long as we speak Harikathaa – it doesn’t matter whether the language is Sanskrit or vernacular. If we discuss Krishna, that tongue is pure and … Read more >
Renunciation : pride
boddhaara matsara prastaah prabhavah smayadushitaah
abodhopahataashchaanye jeerna mange subhaashitam
“When we are proud, we feel jealous and inimical. We fail to consider anybody in front of us. (We consider all but ourselves as worthless). Those who have opulence are prone … Read more >
My Spiriutal Master
My Spiritual Master
(Sri Ananta das Babaji Maharaj)
by
Gour pada das
anta jâr nâhi hoy ananta tare kohoy
abhidhâne lekhâ âchhe jâni,
sri gurudeb dâs ananta radhakunder hon mahanta
bhakti-prem-rasa-shâstre gyâni.
sâgaro ananta jâni ratnero âkar mâni
sarbajane bole … Read more >
A Prayer Unto Sri Param-Gurudev
A Prayer Unto Sri Param-Gurudev
param gurudeb moder dâs kunjabihari,
kunja bihoro hoye labanga manjari.
khudra labanga joichhe sugandhe mâtây,
radhakunde thekeo tomâr sugandha chhodây.
likhle prachur dharma-grantha dakkhatâo ânkây
alpa dinei tomâr nâm braja-mandal chhay.
golâp labanger gandha dashdike … Read more >
Sri Sri Guru-Purnimâ
Sri Sri Guru-Purnimâ
sri guru purnimâ tithi sri sanâataner proyân riti
mudiyâ purnimâ-o tâi bale,
shribâs angano mâjhe nitai gourke puje
byâs pujâ korobâr chhale.
sri ananta dâs moder guru prem-bhaktir kalpataru
prem dân koren akâtare,
nâ châitei den je … Read more >
An Ode to Sri Gurudev
Sri Guru-bandanâ
(An Ode to Sri Gurudev)
By
Gourpada dâs
Râg – Mârwâ
Tâl – Tritâl
Sthâyi
mono mandire râkho sri gurur dhyân
sri gurur kripây pâbe sarbe siddhi-gyân.
Antarâ
mohimây guru krishna ek bole jâni
bhakata bhâbei take beshi … Read more >