Radha Krsna Prana Mora | Hemangi | Thursday Night Kirtan | November 13th, 2025

rādhā-kṛṣṇa prāṇa mora jugala-kiśora
jīvane maraṇe gati āro nāhi mora

The divine couple, Sri Sri Radha and Krsna, is my life and soul. In life or death I have no other refuge but Them.

kālindīra kūle keli-kadambera vana
ratana-bedīra upara bosābo du'jana

In a forest of small kadamba trees on the bank of the Yamuna, I will seat the divine couple on a throne made of brilliant jewels.

śyāma-gaurī-ańge dibo (cūwā) candanera gandha
cāmara ḍhulābo kabe heri mukha-candra

I will anoint Their dark and fair forms with sandalwood paste scented with cuya, and I will fan Them with a camara whisk. Oh, when will I behold Their moonlike faces?

gāthiyā mālatīr mālā dibo dohāra gale
adhare tuliyā dibo karpūra-tāmbūle

After stringing together garlands of malati flowers I will place them around Their necks, and I will offer tambula scented with camphor to Their lotus mouths.

lalitā viśākhā-ādi jata sakhī-bṛnda
ājñāya koribo sebā caraṇāravinda

With the permission of all the sakhis, headed by Lalita and Visakha, I will serve the lotus feet of Radha and Krsna.

śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-prabhur dāser anudāsa
sevā abhilāṣa kore narottama-dāsa

Narottama dasa, the servant of the servant of Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu, longs for this service to the divine couple.

hare krsna hare krsna
krsna krsna hare hare
hare rama hare rama
rama rama hare hare

The Hare Krsna mantra is known as the mahamantra (greatest of sound vibrations). The mahamantra is chanted requesting Hara (Lord Krsna’s supreme pleasure energy, personified by Srimati Radharani) and the Supreme Lord himself (Krsna - the all attractive one and Rama - the reservoir of pleasure) an opportunity to serve Them (kksongs)

harer nama harer nama
harer namaiva kevalam
kalau nasty eva nasty eva
nasty eva gatir anyatha

In this age of quarrel and hypocrisy, the only means of deliverance is the chanting of the holy names of the Lord. There is no other way. There is no other way. There is no other way (Chaitanya Charitamrta Madhya 6.242)

Although Kali-yuga is an ocean of faults, there is still one good quality about this age: Simply by chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, one can become free from material bondage and be promoted to the transcendental kingdom (Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.51)

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