Narada Muni Bajay Vina
Namastakam Song 8
nārada
muni, bājāy vīṇā 'rādhikā-ramaṇa'-nāme nāma amani, udita haya, bhakata-gītā-sāme
Word for word
nārada muni - Narada Muni; bājāy - plays; vīṇā - the stringed instrument vina; 'rādhikā-ramaṇa'-nāme - the name of Radhika Ramana (enchanter of Radhika); nāma - the Holy name; amani - spontaneously; udita haya - arises; bhakata - devotees; gītā - songs; sāme - in front of
When the great soul Narada Muni plays his vina, the holy name, Radhika-raman, descends and immediately appears amidst the kirtan of the Lord's devotees.
amiya-dhārā,
bariṣe ghana, śravaṇa-yugale giyā bhakata jana, saghane nāce, bhoriyā āpana hiyā
Word for word
amiya - nectar; dhārā -river current, bariṣe - raining; ghana - storm; śravaṇa - listening; yugale - the Divine Couple; giyā - goes into; bhakata jana - the assembly of devotees; saghane nāce - dances in ecstasy; bhoriyā - filled with; āpana hiyā - into their own hearts
Like a monsoon cloud, the holy name showers nectar in their ears. All the devotees, due to great ecstasy, repeatedly dance to their hearts content.
mādhurī-pūra,
āsava paśi', mātāya jagata-jane keho vā kānde, keho vā nāce, keho māte mane mane
Word for word
mādhurī - sweetness; pūra - filling; āsava - wine; paśi(yā) - entering into; mātāya - intoxication; jagata-jane - the people of the universe; keho - someone; vā - either; kāńde - cries; keho - someone; vā - either; nāce - dances; keho - someone; māte - intoxicated; mane mane - in their minds
All the people of the universe become maddened upon entering this intoxicating shower of nectar. Some people cry, some dance and others become fully intoxicated within their minds.
pañca-vadana,
nārade dhori', premera saghana rol kamalāsana, nāciyā bole, 'bolo bolo hari bolo'
Word for word
pañca-vadana - five faced one (i.e. Lord Siva); nārade - to Narada Muni; dhori(yā) - beholds; premera - of love; saghana - ecstatic; rol - cries; kamala āsana - lotus sitting one (Lord Brahma); nāciyā - dancing; bole - says; 'bolo bolo hari bolo' - Chant, Chant, Chant the name of Hari!
Lord Siva, embracing Narada Muni, repeatedly makes loud screams of ecstatic joy, and Lord Brahma, dancing very ecstatically, says, "All of you kindly chant, Haribol! Haribol!"
sahasrānana,
parama-sukhe, 'hari hari' boli' gāya nāma-prabhāve, mātilo viśva, nāma-rasa sabe pāya
Word for word
sahasra ānana - thousand-faced one (Lord Ananta Sesa); parama - the highest; sukhe - in happiness; 'hari hari' boli' - Chant the names of Hari Hari; gāya - sings; nāma - the Holy Name; prabhāve - power; mātilo - intoxicates; viśva - all of the universe; nāma-rasa - the esoteric mellows of the Holy Name; sabe - everyone; pāya - receives
In great happiness the thousand-faced Ananta Sesa chants "Hari! Hari!" By the influence of the transcendental vibration of the holy name, the whole universe becomes ecstatically maddened and everyone tastes the mellows of the holy name.
śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāma,
rasane sphuri', pūrā'lo āmār āśa śrī-rūpa-pade, yācaye ihā, bhakativinoda-dāsa
Word for word
śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāma - the Holy Name of Sri Krsna; rasane - on the tongue; sphuri(yā) - manifests; pūrā'lo - has filled; āmār āśa - my hopes; śrī-rūpa-pade - at the lotus feet of Srila Rupa Goswami; yācaye - begs; ihā - here; bhakativinoda-dāsa - the servant Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Thakura Bhaktivinoda, the humble servant of the Lord, says, "The holy name of Krishna has fulfilled all my desires by vibrating on everyone's tongue." Bhaktivinoda therefore prays at the feet of Sri Rupa Goswami that the chanting of harinam may continue like this always.
Translation
When the great soul Narada Muni plays his vina, the holy name, Radhika-raman, descends and immediately appears amidst the kirtan of the Lord's devotees.
Like a monsoon cloud, the holy name showers nectar in their ears. All the devotees, due to great ecstasy, repeatedly dance to their hearts content.
All the people of the universe become maddened upon entering this intoxicating shower of nectar. Some people cry, some dance and others become fully intoxicated within their minds.
Lord Siva, embracing Narada Muni, repeatedly makes loud screams of ecstatic joy, and Lord Brahma, dancing very ecstatically, says, "All of you kindly chant, Haribol! Haribol!"
In great happiness the thousand-faced Ananta Sesa chants "Hari! Hari!" By the influence of the transcendental vibration of the holy name, the whole universe becomes ecstatically maddened and everyone tastes the mellows of the holy name.
Thakura Bhaktivinoda, the humble servant of the Lord, says, "The holy name of Krishna has fulfilled all my desires by vibrating on everyone's tongue." Bhaktivinoda therefore prays at the feet of Sri Rupa Goswami that the chanting of harinam may continue like this always.
Notes
This song is sung in Raga Misra Khamaj in Dadra Tala. PURPORTS: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Prabhupada commentary
nāma amani, udita haya,
bhakata-gītā-sāme
[When the great soul Nārada Muni plays his stringed vīṅā, the holy name, Rādhikā-ramaṅa descends and immediately appears amidst the kīrtana of the Lord's devotees.]
This is a song sung by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura. The purport of this song is that Nārada Muni, the great soul, says, he's playing on his string instrument called vīṅā. Vīṅā is a string instrument carried by Nārada Muni. So he is playing on the instrument as vibrating the sound rādhikā-ramaṅa. Kṛṣṅa's another name is Rādhika-Ramaṅa.
So as soon as he stroke on the string, immediately all the devotees began to respond him, and it becomes a very beautiful vibration. Amiya dhārā variṣe ghana. And when the singing was going on with the string instrument, it appeared that there is a shower of nectarean. And all the devotees then in ecstasy they were dancing to the fullest extent of their satisfaction.
Then, while they were dancing, it appeared that they became intoxicated by drinking the beverage called mādhurī pūra. And as one becomes mad almost by drinking, similarly, in ecstasy, all the devotees they became mad. And some of them were crying, and some of them were dancing, and some of them, although they could not dance publicly, within their heart they were dancing.
In this way, Lord Śiva immediately embraced Nārada Muni, and he began to talk in ecstatic voice. And seeing Lord Śiva, he's dancing with Nārada Muni, Lord Brahmā also joined, and he began to say, "All of you, kindly chant haribol, haribol!" In this way, gradually the king of heaven, Indra, he also joined with great satisfaction and began to dance and chant, "hari hari bol."
In this way, by the influence of transcendental vibration of the holy name of God, the whole universe became ecstatic, and Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura says, "When the whole universe became ecstatic. Then my desire was satisfied and I therefore pray unto the lotus feet of Rūpa Gosvāmī that let this chanting of hari-nāma go on nicely like this."