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AṄGA-UPĀṄGA-ASTRA-PĀRṢADA-SAṄGE

Archive footage of Śrī Hari-nām-saṅkīrtan

With Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj

Mahāmantra and Aṅga-upāṅga-astra-pārṣada-saṅge sung by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj on the occasion of Śrī Akṣaya Tṛtīya, 8 May 1989 in Kolkata, India.

Aṅga-upāṅga-astra-pārṣada-saṅge is found in Śrīla Bhakti Vinod Ṭhākur’s Gītāvalī (Śrī Nagara-kīrtana, 6.1–2):

অঙ্গ-উপাঙ্গ-অস্ত্র-পার্ষদ-সঙ্গে ।
নাছই ভাব-মূরতি গোরা রঙ্গে ॥

aṅga-upāṅga-astra-pārṣada-saṅge
nācha-i bhāva-mūrati gorā raṅge [1]

saṅge–In the company [of His] aṅga–expansions, upāṅga–subexpansions, astra–weapon, [and] pārṣada–associates, gorā–Gorā, mūrati–the embodiment bhāva–of divine love, nācha-i–dances raṅge–in ecstasy. [1]

In the company of His expansions (Nityānanda Prabhu and Advaita Āchārya), subexpansions (Śrīvās Ṭhākur and others devotees), weapon (Śrī Hari-nām), and associates (Gadādhar Paṇḍit and other intimate companions), Gorā, the embodiment of divine love, dances in ecstasy.

গাওত কলি-যুগ-পাবন-নাম ।
ভ্রমই শচী-সুত নদীয়া-ধাম ॥

gāota kali-yuga-pāvana-nāma
bhrama-i śachī-suta nadīyā-dhāma [2]

gāota–Singing nāma–the Name [which is] pāvana–the purifier yuga–of the Age kali–of Kali, suta–the son śachī–of Śachī bhrama-i–roams [throughout] dhāma–the abode nadīyā–of Nadia. [2]

Singing the Name which purifies the Age of Kali, the son of Śachī roams throughout the abode of Nadia.