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While in Seattle in the fall of 1968, Śrīla Prabhupāda introduced for the first time this song to be sung …

GAURA-ĀRATI by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura

(1) jaya jaya gorācānder ārotik śobhā jāhnavī-taṭa-vane jaga-mana-lobhā

(2) dakhiṇe nitāicānd, bāme gadādhara nikaṭe adwaita, śrīnivāsa chatra-dhara

(3) bosiyāche gorācānd ratna-siṁhāsane ārati koren brahmā-ādi deva-gaṇe

(4) narahari-ādi kori’ cāmara ḍhulāya sañjaya-mukunda-bāsu-ghoṣ-ādi gāya

(5) śaṅkha bāje ghaṇṭā bāje bāje karatāla madhura mṛdaṅga bāje parama rasāla

(6) bahu-koti candra jini’ vadana ujjvala gala-deśe bana-mālā kore jhalamala

(7) śiva-śuka-nārada preme gada-gada bhakativinoda dekhe gorāra sampada

(1)

All glories, all glories to the beautiful ārati ceremony of Lord Caitanya! This Gaura-ārati is taking place in a grove …

(2)

On Lord Caitanya’s right side is Lord Nityānanda, and on His left is Śrī Gadādhara. Nearby stands Śrī Advaita, and …

(3)

Lord Caitanya has sat down on a jeweled throne, and the demigods, headed by Lord Brahmā, perform the ārati ceremony.

(4)

Narahari Sarakāra and other associates of Lord Caitanya fan Him with cāmaras, and devotees headed by Sañjaya Paṇḍita, Mukunda Datta, …

(5)

Conchshells, bells, and karatālas resound, and the mṛdaṅgas play very sweetly. This kīrtana music is supremely sweet and relishable to …