Nityananda Gauranga Nama Chintamani Verses 1-50

The Divine Wish-Fulfilling Touchstones of the Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga

Translated and Compiled By His Holiness
Bhaktiratna Sadhu Swami Gaurangapada

gauranga nama cintamani, chaitanya rasa vigraha; nitya shuddha purna mukta nama nami abhinna. (1)

gauranga nama cintamani, chaitanya rasa vigraha; nitya suddha purna mukta nama nami abhinna.(1)

"The Holy Names of Lord Nityananda and Lord Gauranga are the most precious and valuable touchstones fulfilling the desires of all living entities in the material and spiritual worlds. The Nityananda and Gauranga Mantrarajas are the transcendental and unlimited storehouses of pure divine mellows and are the only means to revive the consciousness of the spiritually dead and violently offensive materialistic civilization. The Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga are eternally pure and completely free of any material contamination because They are non-different from the Supreme Personalities of Godhead Their Lordships Shri Shri Nityananda Gauranga Themselves, Who are none other than Their Lordships Shri Shri Balarama Krishna."

deha dehi vibhaga kabhi nama me nahi haya, jo gauranga vo hi nama eka hi tattva haya.(2)

"There is never any division or difference between the Holy Names of Nityananda-Gauranga and the bearers of the Names Their Lordships Shri Shri Nityananda Gauranga on the spiritual platform. The Supreme Personalities Nityananda-Gauranga are completely present in Their Holy Names. It means that Their Names and They are one. There is nothing in Them which is not present in Their Holy Names and vice versa. They and Their Holy Names Nityananda-Gauranga are the same undivided Absolute Truth."

nitai gauranga rupa nama, sarvada abheda; nama rupa eka hi vastu, nahi haya viccheda.(3)

"The transcendental golden bodily forms of Their Lordships Shri Shri Nityananda Gauranga are eternally non-different and identical to Their respective Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga. The Holy Names and Forms of Nityananda-Gauranga are the One Supreme Non-Dual Truth and thus can never ever be separated or disunited from One Another."

nitai gauranga nama smare rupa a jaya sange, hridaya me nama rupa nace vividha range.(4)

"As one devotedly meditates on the Nityananda and Gauranga Mantrarajas, the golden forms of Their Lordships Shri Shri Nityananda Gauranga will instantly appear in front of one's spiritual eyes in one's heart. As the Holy Names and the Forms of Their Lordships merge and become one while chanting, the Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga will begin dancing on the tongue and simultaneously the Forms of Their Lordships Shri Shri Nityananda Gauranga will begin dancing in one's heart drowning one in a bottomless pool of bliss and ecstasy."

saba ko chodake gauranga nama, jo kare bhajana, kali me maha bhagyavana, vo hi mahajana.(5)

saba ko chodake gauranga nama, jo kare bhajana; kali me maha bhagyavana, vo hi mahajana.(5)

“That most auspicious person who gives up everything else and exclusively and constantly takes shelter of chanting and worshiping the Holy Names of Nityananda, Gauranga and Hare Krishna in Kali Yuga is the most fortunate soul and is known as “mahajana” which means the most elevated personality.”

sarva veda usaki jihva pe nace gaya, sakala bhakti siddhanta katha me paya.(6)

“All the unlimited Vedic scriptures sing and dance on the tongue of one who simply vibrates the Nityananda and Gauranga Mantrarajas. All the essential philosophical truths of the Vedas manifest in the speech and words of this person who chants the Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga.”

kali ka agamana dekha jiva ki durdasha; krishna ne jnana karma yoga me choda bharosa.(7)

kali ka agamana dekha jiva ki durdasa; krishna ne jnana karma yoga me choda bharosa.(7)

“Seeing the arrival of the most dark and inauspicious age of Kali Yuga and the resultant miserable and pitiful condition of the fallen souls in Kali Yuga, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Gauranga-Krishna Himself gave up all confidence in the secondary processes and paths of speculative knowledge (gyana), fruitive activities (karma), mystic yoga etc. for delivering His own parts and parcels.”

gaurakrishna ne jivoke mangala ki cinta kari, nitai gauranga nama lekara svayam avatari.(8)

“Thus seriously contemplating the auspiciousness and deliverance of all His parts and parcels, the conditioned souls of Kali Yuga, the Supreme Lord Gauranga-Krishna Himself descended from His spiritual world with His full potencies and in the form of His most complete incarnation on the 18th of February 1486 in Shri Navadvipa Dhama (130 kms north of Kolkata, West Bengal, India), accompanied by His most merciful Holy Names of Nityananda, Gauranga and Hare Krishna, and freely distributed them to one and all, thus enabling all the souls in this universe to join Him in His sankirtana and rasa-lila pastimes in the spiritual world of Goloka-Navadvipa-Vrindavana-Puri.”

bhakti ke gauna patha se shraddha na upajaya, kali me nitai gauranga nama sara haya.(9)

bhakti ke gauna patha se sraddha na upajaya, kali me nitai gauranga nama sara haya.(9)

“In Kali Yuga, it is impossible to arouse the faith of the ill-fated materialistic people in spiritual life by the help of the weakened secondary processes like speculative knowledge, fruitive activities, performance of occupational duties and mystic yoga systems. The only essence and powerful means in Kali Yuga to awaken that dormant and covered faith of the soul in God is to chant the Holy Names of Nityananda, Gauranga and Hare Krishna constantly.”

varnashrama dharma aura sankhya yoga jnana, kali jiva ko tarane me nahi balavana.(10)

varnasrama dharma aura sankhya yoga jnana, kali jiva ko tarane me nahi balavana. (10)

“The four statuses (ashrams) of celibate life (brahmachari), married life (grihastha), retired life (vanaprastha) and renounced life (sannyasa) and the four classes (varnas) of educated class (brahmana), administrative class (kshatriya), mercantile class (vaishya) and labor class (shudra) and also the process of speculative analysis of matter, are no longer powerful enough to spiritually uplift any soul in Kali Yuga because of the extreme degradation of consciousness.”

nitai gauranga nama smarana nama sankirtana, ye hi matra dharma kali me jiva kare palana.(11)

“The constant uttering, hearing, chanting, japa, kirtana, singing, remembrance and meditation of the Holy Names of Nityananda, Gauranga and Hare Krishna are the only capable means to remove all the sins and offenses of the souls of Kali Yuga and thus this is the only required and essential spiritual occupational duty (dharma) of all the living entities in the universe in this age.”

yuga dharma pravartaka shri gauranga shyama, nityananda gauranga hare krishna nama.(12)

yuga dharma pravartaka shri gauranga syama, nityananda gauranga hare krishna nama.(12)

“The Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Gauranga-Shyama is the original source and pioneer of the establishment of the Yuga Dharma (religion for this age) of Kali Yuga which is the congregational chanting of His own Holy Names of the Nityananda and Gauranga Mantrarajas and the Hare Krishna Mahamantra.”

nityananda mantraraja panca akshara nama, gauranga mantraraja chatura akshara nama.(13)

"The Nityananda Mantraraja is the most Holy Purifying Mantra comprising of five Sanskrit Syllables (ni-tya-a-na-nda) and two Holy Names (nitya + ananda) of God. The Gauranga Mantraraja is the most Divine Sweet Mantra comprising of four Sanskrit Syllables (gau-ra-a-nga) and two Divine Names of God (gaura + anga or radha + krishna or hare + krishna).”

nityananda mantraraja haladhara balarama, gauranga mantraraja gaura gopala nama.(14)

“The five-syllable Nityananda Mantraraja is the most Holy Mantra in Kali Yuga of none other than the Supreme Personality of Servitor Godhead Lord Haladhara Balarama and is thus also known as the Haladhara Balarama Mantraraja. The four-syllable Gauranga Mantraraja is the most Divine Mantra in Kali Yuga of none other than the Supreme Personality of Served Godhead Lord Gauranga Krishna and thus also known as the Gaura Gopala Mantraraja or the Radha Krishna Yugala Mantraraja.”

panca tattva rupa me gauranga suvyakta, rupa svarupa avatara shakti bhakta.(15)

panca tattva rupa me gauranga suvyakta, rupa svarupa avatara sakti bhakta.(15)

“I offer my most humble obeisances to the Supreme Absolute Truth Lord Gauranga-Krishna Who has most magnanimously appeared in this Kali Yuga in His five supremely munificent features of the Pancha Tattva: the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Gauranga Mahaprabhu [Bhakta-Rupa and the combined form of Their Lordships Radha-Krishna]; the Supreme Personality of Servitor Godhead Lord Nityananda Prabhu [Bhakta-Svarupa and Lord Balarama Himself]; the Supreme Lord Advaita Acharya [Bhakta-Avatara and the combined form of Lord Sadashiva and Lord Mahavishnu]; Shri Gadadhara Pandita [Bhakta-Shakti and Shrimati Radha Herself]; and the commander-in-chief of all the devotees Shrila Shrivasa Thakura [Bhakta-Senapati and Shrila Narada himself]. Under the leadership of Shrila Shrivasa Thakura, the Pancha Tattva is constantly served by millions of Associates of Their Lordships Nityananda-Gauranga through the congregational chanting of the Nityananda and Gauranga Mantrarajas and the Hare Krishna Mahamantra.”

shri krishna chaitanya prabhu nityananda, shri advaita gadadhara shrivasadi gaura bhakta vrinda.(16)

“The most merciful Pancha Tattva Mantra to be chanted before chanting the Hare Krishna Mahamantra in japa or kirtana is as follows: “shri krishna chaitanya prabhu nityananda, shri advaita gadadhara shrivasadi gaura bhakta vrinda.”

hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare, hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare.(17)

“The Hare Krishna Mahamantra is the most powerful and sweet thirty-two syllable and sixteen Holy Name Mantra as follows: ‘Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare’."

upaya aura upeya sadhana aura sadhya, dono hai gauranga nama parama aradhya.(18)

“The greatest benefit derived from the chanting of the Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga in Kali Yuga is the most merciful fact that the spiritual means which is the chanting of the Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga and the spiritual goal which is the achievement of the direct audience and pure love of Their Lordships Shri Shri Nityananda Gauranga, are one and the same. Since there is no difference between the means and goal or the process and the destination in this most powerful spiritual process of chanting Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga, this chanting is infinitely more superior and worshipable than the other secondary processes to bhakti like yoga, gyana or karma where the means and the goal are different thus making it very difficult to achieve any significant success through them.”

gauranga nama tattva sarva sadhana sara, jo ye jane acarya pandita pracara.(19)

“The philosophical essence of all Holy Books is to constantly chant the offenseless and pure Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga in Kali Yuga which is the condensed and distilled confidential conclusion and summit of all spiritual paths. One who simply knows, understands, assimilates, develops strong faith and practices and preaches this conclusion and spiritual principle is known as “acharya” or the learned spiritual leader of the whole world.”

nitai gauranga nama me jo bhakta asakta, sada maya para vo bhakta sarvottama.(20)

"The devotee who is firmly and irrevocably attached and intoxicated like a honey bee to the supreme divine nectar of chanting the Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga is always above the influence of the all-pervading illusory energy of Lord Gauranga-Krishna in this material world known as Mahamaya and is thus the topmost of all the devotees of the Lord.”

yuga dharma kali yuga ka gaura nama kirtana, mukhya patha ye hi hai mile prema dhana.(21)

"The foremost spiritual path of Kali Yuga is the congregational chanting of the most merciful Holy Names of Lord Hari: Nityananda and Gauranga. This is the Yuga Dharma of Kali Yuga which grants one and all with the supreme benediction of pure love for Lord Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the qualification to chant the Hare Krishna Mahamantra offenselessly."

karmi jnani papi gaura bahirmukha, kabhi nahi asvade gaura nama sukha.(22)

"The grossly materialistic sense enjoyers, the mental speculators, and the crass sinners are eternally averse to Lord Gauranga-Krishna. Thus they are never able to relish even a tiny drop of the unsurpassable ambrosial nectar of the Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga."

bhakti unmukhi jo sukriti pradhana, sadhu sanga me kare gaura nama pana.(23)

"Those fortunate souls who have awakened their natural spontaneous love for Lord Gauranga-Krishna due to their countless pious deeds in their previous lives, savor and drink the nectarian beverage of the Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga in the association of faithful devotees of Their Lordships Nityananda Gauranga."

shraddhavana jo gaura bhakta sanga kare, nama me ruci jiva pe daya bhakti patha dhare.(24)

sraddhavana jo gaura bhakta sanga kare, nama me ruci jiva pe daya bhakti patha dhare.(24)

"That true and faithful devotee who associates with the most magnanimous devotees of Their Lordships Nityananda and Gauranga develops spiritual taste in the chanting of the Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga. Thus great compassion is awakened in his or her heart for the fallen conditioned souls which impels him or her to profusely distribute the very Holy Names which he or she is chanting and in this way bring many souls to the path of pure devotional service or bhakti-yoga and rescue them from the cycle of birth and death."

daya ke sagara nitai gaura nama ishvara, karmi jnani bahirmukha uddhara tatpara.(25)

daya ke sagara nitai gaura nama isvara, karmi jnani bahirmukha uddhara tatpara.(25)

"The Nityananda and Gauranga Name Incarnations of God are causelessly and extremely merciful oceans, Who are always extremely anxious to deliver the sense-gratifiers, inquisitive people and all those who are in gross ignorance about the Supreme Lord Gauranga-Krishna."

karma patha jnana patha me pathika jo jana, unake uddhara hetu gaura nama ka yatana.(26)

"The munificient Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga relentlessly strive to rescue, uplift and deliver those misguided souls who are struggling in the dualities of material sense enjoyment and speculative knowledge."

karmi varnashrama me raha kara sadhu sanga paya, nitai gaura namashraya shuddha bhakti paya.(27)

karmi varnasrama me raha kara sadhu sanga paya nitai gaura namasraya suddha bhakti paya.(27)

"The common materialistic people do not have to radically change their external situation in life. They have to just seek out the association of bonafide devotees of Their Lordships Nityananda Gauranga and in such pure association they should take full shelter of the Holy Names of Nityananda, Gauranga and Hare Krishna and thus attain pure unalloyed devotional service to Lord Gauranga-Krishna."

gaura dasa jiva maya me kare durasha, gaura nama rasa tyage tuccha rasa asha.(28)

gaura dasa jiva maya me kare durasa, gaura nama rasa tyage tuccha rasa asa.(28)

"The soul which is originally Gauranga dasa, the eternal servant of Lord Gauranga becomes entangled in evil and vicious desires. Thus haplessly the soul rejects the nectarian mellows of chanting of the supreme Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga and instead embraces the poison of the insignificant mellow of sense enjoyment."

lekina nitai jane jiva ka sumangala, bhukti chudava kara de gaura nama phala.(29)

"But Lord Nityananda Prabhu, Who is the predominant well-wisher of all souls in creation, is incessantly active in awarding all auspiciousness to the souls. Instead of just letting the souls sink in the poisonous pit of sense-gratification, He forcibly pulls them out by giving them the most confidential nectar of the Holy Name of Lord Gauranga."

nitai gauranga prabhu kripa ke hi bala, nitai gaura nama me shraddha paya atala.(30)

nitai gauranga prabhu kripa ke hi bala, nitai gaura nama me sraddha paya atala.(30)

"The question may arise: 'How does the staunch and unflinching faith in the chanting of the Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga develop?' The answer is that no one will ever develop even a tiny drop of faith in the Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga unless they have achieved the direct causeless mercy of Their Lordships Nityananda and Gauranga."

jnana yoga marga me sadhya sadhana bhinna, nitai gaura nama haya sadhya aura sadhana.(31)

"The spiritual means and goal in the paths of ashtanga yoga(mystic yoga meditation) and gyana (speculative knowledge) are totally different, hence the goal is achieved only after extreme hardships of which also there is no guarantee of success. In striking contrast is the effortless and sublime process of chanting the Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga which is most easy and simple because the Holy Names Themselves are the means in the stage of practice and the goal in the stage of perfection."

sadhya sadhana antaraya nama me anta, anayase jiva paya vraja vaikuntha.(32)

"The divergence in the practice and the goal of the practice is not existent in the chanting of the Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga like it is in other systems of spiritualism. In other words, chanting the Mantrarajas is the means as well as the end. Thus, it becomes effortless and as easy as pie to attain the spiritual abode of Navadvipa, Puri and Vrindavana simply by chanting the Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga."

mai to adhama ati vishayo me duba, na bhaja nitai nama mai hua mudha.(33)

"I am the most fallen abominable wretch who is wrapped up in lusty and wicked desires. Over and above that, I have proved that I am the biggest fool in creation by not taking shelter of the Holy Name of Lord Nityananda which is the only promising hope for the fallen conditioned souls."

dhana mana kula shila se nama nahi mile, nitai kripa se gaura nama yavana uddhare.(34)

dhana mana kula sila se nama nahi mile, nitai kripa se gaura nama yavana uddhare.(34)

"One cannot achieve the mercy of the Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga either by taking birth in an aristocratic family or by acquiring wealth and fame or by becoming a poet and philosopher. It is only by the causeless mercy of Lord Nityananda Prabhu that even an outcaste or sinner can be delivered by attaining taste for chanting the Holy Name of Gauranga Mahaprabhu."

ananya bhajana me shraddha atishaya, vo hi sada nitai gaura nama kare ashraya.(35)

ananya bhajana me sraddha atisaya, vo hi sada nitai gaura nama kare asraya.(35)

"The Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga cannot be approached and vibrated by persons who have a poor fund of spiritual piety from their past lives. Only those elevated souls who have irrevocable faith in pure unalloyed devotional service can take whole-hearted shelter of the chanting of the Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga."

nitai gaura nama tattva sarva sadhana sara, acarana kare jo mahamaya para.(36)

"The topmost philosophical truth of the glories of chanting the Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga is the quintessence of all spiritual practices. One who imbibes the spiritual principle of chanting the offenseless Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga remains unfailingly aloof from the influence of the illusory material energy."

nitai gaura nama mahima ananta apara, nirantara shravana se shraddha ka sara.(37)

nitai gaura nama mahima ananta apara, nirantara sravana se sraddha ka sara.(37)

"The infinite glories of the Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga are boundless and ineffable. Without constantly and daily hearing the divine glories of These Holy Names, no one can ever chant the Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga with proper faith and conviction."

kali yuga me jo mukha se bole eka bara, nitai gaura nama vahi pujya shreshtha sara.(38)

kali yuga me jo mukha se bole eka bara, nitai gaura nama vahi pujya sreshtha sara.(38)

"In Kali Yuga, those (kanishtha bhaktas) who even once utter the Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga from their mouths are superior to everyone else and have to be respected and adored in society by one and all."

nitai gaura nama mukha se nirantara gana, vo vaishnava shreshtha bhajo vo carana.(39)

nitai gaura nama mukha se nirantara gana, vo vaishnava sreshtha bhajo vo carana.(39)

"Those rare and advanced devotees (madhyama bhaktas) who ceaselessly chant and sing the Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga after understanding Their glories are even higher than those who chant sometimes and thus their lotus feet should be reverentially worshiped by the whole of humanity."

jinake darshana se mukha se nikale gauranga nama, unako jano kali yuga me vaishnava pradhana.(40)

jinake darsana se mukha se nikale gauranga nama, unako jano kali yuga me vaishnava pradhana.(40)

"The ultimate and the topmost devotee (uttama bhakta) who purifies the entire Kali Yuga is the one simply on seeing whom others start chanting and singing the Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga."

kali yuga mein sadhu sanga, ho gaya dushita, dharmadhvaji prabalya, sanga nahi ucita.(41)

"In Kali Yuga even the most crucial limb of devotional service which is sadhu sanga i.e. association with devotees, has become contaminated, diluted and unfavourable due to the widespread presence of hypocritical and deceitful people in the garb of devotees."

nitai gauranga nama, sadhu guru vaishnava, kali yuga mein saba kucha nama hi bandhava.(42)

"So is there no hope in Kali Yuga because of the very rare availability of proper association of devotees? Yes surely there is hope, because the most magnanimous offenseless Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga are always accessible to one and all and have become the spiritual masters, intimate friends, well-wishers, pure devotees and exclusive shelters of the offensive fallen conditioned souls."

nitai gauranga nama, haya mukhya patha, aparadha vimukta jiva paya prema dhana.(43)

"The most principal means to achieve the supreme treasure of pure love of Krishna for the souls of Kali Yuga, is the chanting of the Holy Names of Nityananda, Gauranga and Hare Krishna, which can be performed offenselessly by even the most offensive and degraded souls "

nitai gauranga nama cintamani chinmaya, jo gauranga vo hi nama anadi advaya.(44)

"The transcendental wish-fulfilling touchstones, the Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga, are supremely conscious, alive and cognizant. The eternal and non-dual Absolute Truth of Gauranga's Holy Name is none other than Lord Gauranga Himself."

chaitanya vigraha nama nitya mukta tattva, nama nami bhinna nahi nitya shuddha sattva.(45)

chaitanya vigraha nama nitya mukta tattva, nama nami bhinna nahi nitya suddha sattva.(45)

"The Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga are the supreme sentient personifications of the spiritual truth and are eternally liberated and situated in pure goodness, untainted by material contamination. Thus These Holy Names and Their Lordships Shri Shri Nityananda Gauranga Themselves are totally non-different from each other."

gaura nama akarshaye sarva vishvagata jana, vo hi nitya dharmagata sarvopari dhana.(46)

gaura nama akarshaye sarva visvagata jana, vo hi nitya dharmagata sarvopari dhana.(46)

"The Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga attract all the living entities in the universe because They are the only true eternal and topmost religion, yoga and treasure in creation."

nityananda gauranga nama sarvopari, aparadha vinasha haya, atishaya bhari.(47)

"The Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga are the topmost Holy Names in creation in the past, present and future because the most heinous, irrevocable and unforgivable offenses and sins are destroyed from the root by chanting These Holy Names."

artha dhana moksha kami ko kare pradana, shuddha bhakta ko gaura nama prema dana.(48)

artha dhana moksha kami ko kare pradana, suddha bhakta ko gaura nama prema dana.(48)

"The Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga award the fruits of religiosity, wealth, sense-gratification and liberation to the materially motivated fruitive chanters. Whereas They reward the unalloyed pure devotees with pure love for Lord Krishna, the ultimate goal of all endeavours."

gaura vastu haya cara dharma paricita, nama rupa guna lila anadi vihita.(49)

"The Supreme Absolute Truth Lord Gauranga is characterised by four eternal identifications. They are the Holy Name, the Holy Form, the Holy Qualities and the Divine Pastimes which reveal the Lord to His devotees."

sandhini shakti se caro ka paricaya, nitya siddha rupa me nama hai chinmaya.(50)

"The Holy Name, Form, Qualities and Pastimes are direct manifestations of the eternal sandhini spiritual potency of Lord Gauranga Krishna. Thus They are eternally perfect and They manifest from the transcendental Holy Name of the Lord which is the beginning of all realization."