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> Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

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> Can anyone help with the following request?

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> > Please can you tell me the words to the song:"Krishna Dev bhavantam

> > vande". I can't seem to find it in any songbook.

> > > Hare Krishna,

> > > Thankyou verymuch

> > from Mrs.Chandresh Gupta

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> If so please reply to : 3 (AT) Bradford (DOT) ac.uk

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> Hoping this meets you in the best of health

> Your servant

> Lokanath Swami

 

It is a popular song written by Srila Rupa Goswami. Very very beautiful

song. Here is it:

 

(refrain) kŠa deva bhavantaˆ vande

man-m€nasa-madhukaram arpaya nija-pada-pa‰kaja-makarande

 

kŠa—O KŠa!; deva—O Lord!; bhavantam—to You; vande—I praise; mat—my;

m€nasa-madhukaram—bee-like mind; arpaya—please offer; nija—Your own;

pada-pa‰kaja—of Your lotus feet; makarande—in the nectar.

 

(refrain) O Lord KŠa! I offer my obeisances unto You. Please fix my

bee-like mind in the nectar of Your lotus feet.

 

(1)

yady api sam€dhiu vidhir api payati na tava nakh€gra-mar…cim

idam icch€mi niamya tav€cyuta tad api kp€dbhuta-v…cim

 

yadi api—although; sam€dhiu—in his trance; vidhiƒ api—even Lord Brahm€;

payati—sees; na—not; tava—Your; nakha-agra—tips of the toenails;

mar…cim—rays of effulgence; idam—this very thing; icch€mi—I desire;

niamya—I have heard; tava—Your; acyuta—O Acyuta!; tat api—still;

kp€-adbhuta-v…cim—wonderful waves of Your mercy.

 

1) O Acyuta! Although the great Lord Brahm€, in his trance of sam€dhi, is

unable to see even a particle of the effulgence emanating from the tips of

the nails of Your lotus feet, still I desire this vision, for I have heard

of the wonderful waves of Your mercy.

 

(2)

bhaktir udañcati yady api m€dhava na tvayi mama tila-m€tr…

paramevarat€ tad api tav€dhika durgha˜a-gha˜ana-vidh€tr…

 

2) O M€dhava! Although my devotion for You does not come forth even a tiny

bit, because You are the Supreme Lord above all, You are the accomplisher of

the impossible.

 

(3)

ayam avilolatay€dya san€tana kalit€dbhuta-rasa-bh€ram

nivasatu nityam ih€mta nindati vindan madhurima-s€ram

 

ayam—this; avilolatay€—with fixed steadiness; adya—today; san€tana—O eternal

Lord!; kalita—experiencing; adbhuta-rasa—wonderful mellows; bh€ram—full;

nivasatu—may it reside; nityam—eternally; iha—here; amta—nectar of the

gods; nindati—defeats; vindan—enjoying; madhurima-s€ram—the essence of

sweetness.

 

3) O San€tana! Your lotus feet surpass even the nectar of the gods. Finding

in this lotus flower of Your feet the essence of sweetness which is endowed

with truly wonderful mellows, I pray that today the bee of my mind may

eternally reside there.