Narada Muni Bajaye Vina

Translation:

(1) When the great soul Narada Muni plays his stringed vina, the holy name of Radhika-ramana descends
and immediately appears amidst the kirtana of the Lord’s devotees.

(2) Like a monsoon cloud, the holy name showers pure nectar into their ears. Due to great ecstasy, all the
devotees enthusiastically dance to their heart’s content.

(3) All the inhabitants of the universe become maddened upon entering these intoxicating showers of
divine sweetness. Some people cry, some dance, and others become fully intoxicated within their minds.

(4) Five-faced Lord Siva embraces Narada Muni and repeatedly shouts in ecstasy, while Lord Brahma dances
very ecstatically and exclaims, “All of you chant ‘Haribol! Haribol!’”

(5) In supreme happiness, thousand-faced Ananta Sesha sings and calls out, “Hari! Hari!” By the influence of
the transcendental vibration of the holy name, the whole universe becomes mad with ecstasy as everyone
relishes the mellows of the holy name.

(6) The holy name of Sri Krishna has fulfilled all my desires by thus manifesting on everyone’s
tongue. Bhakativinoda, the humble servant of the Lord, therefore prays at the feet of Sri Rupa Goswami that
the chanting of harinama may always continue in this way.

Purport
by His Divine Grace
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

This is a song sung by Bhaktivinoda Thakura. The purport of this song is that the great soul Narada Muni
is playing on his stringed instrument, called the vina, and vibrating Radhika-ramana, one of Krishna’s names. So,
as soon as he plucks the strings and chants, all the devotees immediately respond to him, and it becomes a
very beautiful vibration. Amiya-dhara, barishe ghana. As the singing goes on with the stringed instrument,
it appears that there is a shower of nectar, and all the devotees then dance in ecstasy to the fullest extent of
their satisfaction. Then, as they dance, it appears that they become intoxicated by drinking the beverage
called madhuri pura. And as one becomes almost mad by drinking, similarly, all the devotees became mad
in ecstasy. And some of them are crying, and some of them are dancing, and some of them, although they
cannot dance publicly, are dancing within their hearts. Then Lord Siva embraces Narada Muni and begins to
dance and cry out in ecstasy, and when Lord Brahma sees Lord Siva dancing with Narada Muni, he joins in
and says, “All of you kindly chant ‘Haribol! Haribol!’” Then gradually the king of heaven, Indra, also joins in
with great satisfaction and begins to dance and to chant “Hari hari bol!”
In this way, by the influence of the transcendental vibration of the holy name of God, the whole universe
becomes ecstatic, and Bhaktivinoda Thakura says, “When the whole universe becomes ecstatic in this way,
my desires are satisfied, and I therefore pray unto the lotus feet of Rupa Gosvami that the chanting of
harinama may go on nicely like this.”

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