Radhakund Tata Kunja Kutira Song

Courtesy of NB.NU Nitaai Bhakti Yoga and U

Ecstatic Radhakund Tata Kunja Kutira Bhajan sung by Prana Krishna dasa and Mukund dasa at Radhakund today morning with 3D sound of the mridanga

Radha-Kunda-Tata by Shrila Bhaktivinoda Thakura


radha-kunda-tata-kunja-kutira, govardhana-parvata, yamuna-tira (1)

A small cottage in a grove on the banks of Radha-kunda, Govardhana Hill, the banks of the Yamuna...

kusuma-sarovara, manasa-ganga, kalinda-nandini vipula-taranga (2)

Kusuma-sarovara, Manasa-ganga, the daughter of the Kalinda Mountain (Yamuna) with her expansive waves...

vamshi-vata, gokula, dhira-samira, vrindavana-taru-latika-vanira (3)

Vamshi-vata, Gokula, Dhira-samira, the trees, creepers, and groves of Vrindavana...

khaga-mriga-kula, malaya-vatasa, mayura, bhramara, murali, vilasa (4)

...the different varieties of colorful birds, deer, the cool and fragrant breezes from the Malaya Mountains, the peacocks, bumblebees, the pastimes with the flute...

venu, shringa, pada-cihna, megha-mala, vasanta, shashanka, shankha, karatala (5)

...the flute itself, the buffalo horn bugle, the footprints of the cows in the dust, the banks of blackish clouds, springtime, the moon, the conchshell and karatalas...

yugala-vilase anukula jani, lila-vilasa-uddipaka mani (6)

I know all these elements are very conducive for Shri Radha’s and Krishna’sh loving exchanges, and thus I consider them as uddipaka, stimuli, for the devotee’s entrance into Their lila-vilasa.

e saba chodata kahi nahi jau, e saba chodata parana harau (7)

I refuse to go anywhere if these uddipaka are not there, for to abandon all these is to give up life itself.

bhakativinoda kahe, shuna kana, tuwa uddipaka hamara parana (8)

Bhaktivinoda says, “Hear me, O Kana, Your uddipaka (which stimulate remembrance of You) are my very life and soul.”