Lālasā-mayī ('gaurāṅga' bolite habe)

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

This song was sung by Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura, a great devotee and ācārya in the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava-sampradāya, the disciplic succession coming down from Lord Caitanya. Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura has written many songs which are recognized as authority by all Vaiṣṇavas. He has sung these songs in simple Bengali language, but the purport—the deep meaning of his songs—is very significant.

In this song he says, 'gaurāṅga' bolite ha'be pulaka śarīra. One has attained the perfection of chanting when as soon as he chants the name of Lord Gaurāṅga, who initiated this saṅkīrtana movement, at once there is shivering in his body. This is not to be imitated, but Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura is asking, "When will that opportune moment come to us when there will be shivering of the body as soon as we chant Lord Gaurāṅga's name?" And after the shivering: 'hari hari' bolite nayane ba 'be nīra: "while chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, there willbe tears in the eyes."

Then he says, āra kabe nitāi-cāṅdera koruṇā hoibe. We are all asking about the mercy of Lord Nityānanda. Nityānanda is supposed to be the original spiritual master, so we have to approach Gaurāṅga, Lord Caitanya, through the mercy of Lord Nityānanda. What is the symptom of a person who has achieved the causeless mercy of Lord Nityānanda? Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says that the symptom of one who has actually received the causeless mercy of Lord Nityānanda is that he has no more material desire. Āra kabe nitāi-cāndera koruṇā hoibe soṁsāra-vāsanā mora kabe tuccha ha'be. Soṁsāra-vāsanā means desire for material enjoyment, and Narottama dāsa wonders when it will become very insignificant. Of course, as long as we have bodies we have to accept so many material things, but not in the spirit of enjoyment, but only to keep body and soul together.

Narottama dāsa says further, rūpa-raghunātha-pade hoibe ākuti: "When shall I be very much eager to study the books left by the six Gosvāmīs?" Ākuti means eagerness. Because Rūpa Gosvāmī is the father of devotional service, he has written a book called Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu in which there are nice directions on devotional service. These topics are also dealt with in Caitanya-caritāmṛta and other books, and we have given the summary of those directions in our book, Teachings of Lord Caitanya. One has to learn of the conjugal loving affairs of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa through the teachings of these six Gosvāmīs. Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura directs us not to try to understand the conjugal love of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa by our own endeavor. We should try to understand this yugala-pīriti, conjugal love, under the direction of the Gosvāmīs.

As long as the mind is too much absorbed in the materialistic thought, one cannot enter into the kingdom of Vṛndāvana. But Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says, viṣaya chāḍiyā kabe śuddha habe mana kabe hāma herabo śrī-vṛndābana: "When the mind is completely purified, being freed from material anxieties and desires, then I shall be able to understand Vṛndāvana and the conjugal love of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, and then my spiritual life will be successful."