Bhuliya Tomare

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> As I mentioned the devotee who I think is called Sri Nandanandana (?) and

> hoes recording I am listening to sung all the songs at the seminars on

> Vaisnava Acaya's Songs held by Tamala Krsna Goswami. BB Govinda Goswami

> engaged him in some of his seminars as well.

>

> This already gives him certain credibility in my eyes but perhaps even

> more importantly I noticed that in two or three out of five songs that we

> sing every day during temple program we are adding few words or even few

> lines to the original text of the songs. In Guru Vandana song there are no

> lines "dui pade loila araŠa" and "prabhupada-patita-p€vana".

>

> In VedaBase which is authentic source of reference for ISKCON these two

> additional lines are mentioned after the text of the song as "extra

> words".

 

There are some additional lines or words that were added with Srila

Prabhupada's approval and its fine to sing them. For instance, when we sing,

"lokanatha lokera jivana," Srila Prabhupada gave approval to repeat that

line singing "Prabhupada loker jivana". So if it was approved by Srila

Prabhupada there is no problem. The problem arises when words or lines are

added that have not come from, or have not been approved by our previous

acaryas.

 

> The lines that I am looking for in Bhuliya Tomare song are similarly to

> added lines of Gaura Aratika song variations of words from previous verse.

>

> Once more I thank you for your feed back but considering the above I am

> really not sure how relevant it is to my request?

 

Whatever it is you are looking for, if it has been approved by Srila

Prabhupada then its fine; if it hasn't, then it should be avoided.

 

Your humble servant,

Hari-sauri dasa