rādhā-kunḍa-taṭa-kuñja-kuṭīr
govardhana-parvata, jāmuna-tīr
भावार्थThe cottage in the grove on the bank of Rādhā Kunḍa, the great Govardhana Hill, the banks of the Yamunā river...
Vaishnav Bhajan
Radha Kunda Tata Kunja Kutir
Composed by Bhaktivinoda Thakura
kusuma-sarovara, mānasa-gaṅgā
kalinda-nandinī vipula-taraṅga
भावार्थ...the Kusuma Sarovara lake, the Manasa Gaṅgā stream, the daughter of Mt. Kalinda (the Yamunā river) with her many waves...
vaṁśī-vaṭa, shashanka gokula, dhīra-samīr
bṛndābana-taru-latikā-bānīr
भावार्थ...the Vaṁśī Vaṭ banyan tree, the town of Gokula, the holy place Dhīra Samīra, the trees and creepers and reeds of Vṛndāvana...
khaga-mṛga-kula, malaya-bātās
mayūra, bhramara, muralī-vilās
भावार्थ...the different varieties of birds and deer, the cooling breeze from the Malaya mountains, the peacocks, the bumblebees, the pastimes of the low-pitched muralī flute...
venu, śṛṅga, pada-cihna, megha-mālā
vasanta, śaśaṅka, śaṅkha, karatāla
भावार्थ...the high-pitched venu flute, the buffalo horn bugle, the footprints of the Lord and His consort in the dust of Vraja, the wreaths of blackish rain clouds, springtime, the moon, the conchshell, and the karatālas—
yugala-vilāse anukūla jāni
līlā-vilāse-uddīpaka māni
भावार्थ—all these I know to be very favorable for the blissful pastimes of the Divine Couple, Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. I recognize them as transcendental stimulants (uddīpaka) for intensifying the Lord’s charming pastimes.
e saba choḍato kaṅhi nāhi jāu
e saba choḍato parāna hārāu
भावार्थI refuse to go anywhere if there stimuli to devotional service are not there, for to abandon them is to abandon life itself.
bhakativinoda kohe, śuno kān!
tuwā uddīpaka hāmārā parān
भावार्थBhaktivinoda says, “Please hear me, O Kana! Your entourage and paraphernalia stimulate remembrance of You and are the very source of my life.”