Srila Gurudev's Kirtan Album
Kirtans sung by Srila Gurudev on various occasions
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Radha Kunda Tata Kunja Kutir
This kīrtana holds a special place in the heart of Śrīla Gurumahārāja. He would often recite it on various occasions, such as once on the banks of Śrī Rādhā-kuṇḍa at the Maṭha in Iśodyāna Mayapur on the appearance day of Śrī Rādhā Kuṇḍa, and at other times in his bhajana kutīra. Tears would roll down from the eyes of Śrīla Gurudev as he listened to the kīrtanas sung by devotees. He chose to enter into the eternal service of Śrī Śrī Rādhākṛṣṇa while this particular kīrtana was being sung by the devotees for his pleasure.
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Sri Jagannathastakam
The Lord of the Universe—Sri Jagannath Deva is also known as Purushottam. Puri is known as Purushottam Dhama. Sree Chaitanya Mahaprabhu used to sing Sri Jagannath-ashtakam, eight verses of the glory of Jagannatha in Puri. It is written by Sri Adi Sankaracharya, and is still being sung daily before the Deity of Lord Jagannatha for His pleasure. It is respected everywhere in India.
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Jay Dau Jay Dau
In one harikatha on the advent of Lord Baladeva, Srila Gurudev emphasized the importance of performing the ‘Jaya Dau Jaya Dau’ kirtan. He instructed that his Gurudev, HDG Srila Bhakti Dayita Madhav Goswami Maharaja used to pray for the grace of Guru, Vaiṣṇavas, and Bhagavan through this kirtan, and that we should do it without fail on every special tithi. By doing so, Guru, Vaiṣṇavas, and Bhagvan will be pleased.
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Radhe Radhe Govind Govind Radhe
Srila Gurudev has always emphasized on performing all the devotional practices with the sole purpose of satisfying the object of our worship Supreme Lord Sri Krishna. "Example is better than precept", is his way of teaching. He showed the pastimes of utmost absorption in each and every devotional forms he enacted to practice. So does His pastime of performing Kirtans. Srila Bhakti Pramod Puri Goswami Maharaj, one prominent disciple of Srila Bhakti Siddhant Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad, used to say that Nityanand Prabhu and Gauranga Mahaprabhu Himself get manifest and dance in Srila Gurudev’s Kirtan.
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Guru parampara vandana, Gurvastak and Vaishnav vandana
Srila Gurudev instructs us to incessantly pray with submissive mood for the grace of Guru-Vaishnava-Bhagavan. To enable us remember and pray for the grace of Sri Guru, Sri Guru Parampara and the Vaishnavas, Srila Prabhupad has given us 'Sri Guru Parampara', Srila Vishwanath Chakravarti Thakur has given us 'Sri Guruvashtakam' and Sri Devakinandan Thakur 'Sri Vaishnava vandana'. By their remembrance daily all objectives are attained.
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Sri Narasimha Kirtan
In this kirtan Srila Gurudev teaches us how to pray to Sri Narasimha Deva sincerely from the core of our heart and invoke His mercy and blessings to remove all ulterior desires and to attain pure devotion unto Him. Srila Gurudev advises that it is very necessary for neophyte devotees to invoke the blessings of Sri Narasimha Deva to remove all hindrances to bhakti and to make steady progress in bhajan. This audio is sung by Srila Gurudev on Sri Narasimha Deva's appearance day and gives jai to Sri Narasimha Deva, Guru, Vaishnavas, Sri Nityananda and Sri Gaura Hari.
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Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa Bol Bol
This composition is from the book 'Gitavali' by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur and he is praying to the enslaved jivas of this world - 'You utter the name of Radha Krishna and you go along with us, then you will get everything.' It reminds us of the blissful pastimes of the Most Merciful Sriman Mahaprabhu and Sri Nityananda Prabhu distributing Krishna-nama and Krishna-prema freely to all the living entities as They dance through 'Nadia.' Srila Gurudev has sung this Kirtan during Sri Navadvip Dhama Parikrama along with devotees and the accompaniment of mridanga, kartals, khansar, etc. The Mahamantra kirtan in the later part is in a sweet soothing Vraja-dhun.
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Nitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār
While writing Chaitanya Mangal, Lochan Das Thakur got fully absorbed in singing the glories of his Gurudev, Srila Narahari Sarakar Thakur. He did not describe Sri Nityananda Prabhu's glories as extensively. Fearful that he may have committed an offence by neglecting Sri Nityananda Prabhu, he later wrote a few songs in his praise. These songs are particularly well appreciated by the devotees. This is one of his songs sung by Sri Madhusudan Maharaj. Srila Gurudev’s transcendental voice is also being heard singing this Kirtan.
Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya
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