Manah-siksa Devi Dasi - NAMES UNLIMITED

1) OCEAN OF JOY (Kimdal)

Krishna´s holy Name
cleanses the mirror of the heart
Extinguishes forever
the fire of misery
That great conflagration
in the forest of birth and death

As the evening lotus blooms
in the moon’s cooling rays
The heart begins to blossom
in the nectar of the Name

And at last the soul awakens
to its real inner treasure
A life of unconditional surrender
for Krishna´s sweetest pleasure

Again and again
the soul dives and surfaces
Tasting the nectar
in the ever-increasing ocean
of ecstatic joy

All phases of the self we may conceive
are fully satisfied
Purified and finally conquered
Finally conquered
by the all-auspicious influence
of Krishna’s holy Name

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA
KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE
HARE RAMA HARE RAMA
RAMA RAMA HARE HARE

2) DIVINE SOUND (Kimdal)

Oh my Lord, Your holy Name
bestows auspiciousness upon all
and You have unlimited Names
by which You reveal Yourself

In Your many holy Names
You have kindly invested
all Your transcendental potencies
and in chanting these Names
there are no strict rules
concerning time or place

Out of Your causeless mercy
You have descended
in the form of divine sound

But it is my great misfortune
that I do not have
I don’t have any love for Your Names
for Your holy Names

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA
KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE
HARE RAMA HARE RAMA
RAMA RAMA HARE HARE

3) GOLDEN INSTRUCTION (Kimdal)

One who is humbler
than a blade of grass
and more forbearing than a tree
One who gives all honour to others
without desiring it for himself
can always chant
Krishna’s holy Names

4) HIGHER DESIRE (Kimdal)

Oh Lord!
I don’t want to enjoy the wealth
which comes from following
my prescribed duties
I have no attraction for popularity
or followers
The comforts one may have
of a physical relationship
or sweet poetry
do not interest me

Beautiful ladies’ company
I don’t desire
nor do I aspire for liberation
Oh, Lord of the Universe!
All I want to do is to serve You
birth after birth
I pray that I may serve You
unmotivated
Birth after birth
Oh, Lord of the Universe!

5) INVOCATION (Kimdal)

Oh, Maharaja Nanda’s son!
I’m Your eternal servant
Yet, by my own karma
I have fallen down
into this dreadful ocean
of birth and death

Under these adverse circumstances
I invoke Your grace and I pray:
Please pick me up, please save me
Maharaja Nanda’s son!
Consider me a speck of dust
at Your lotus feet

6) WHEN (Kimdal)

Oh Lord, my Lord
when will my eyes be filled with tears
that incessantly flow
while chanting Your Holy Name?
When will my trembling voice
be suffocated in ecstasy
and the hairs of my body stand on end
while chanting Your holy Name?

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA
KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE
HARE RAMA HARE RAMA
RAMA RAMA HARE HARE

7) WITHOUT YOU (Kimdal)

Govinda, Govinda!
Without You
the world seems empty
Govinda, Govinda!
Without You
the world seems void...
Tears are flooding my eyes
Flooding like rain
of a cloudburst
A moment seems like forever
Without you

8) NOW AND FOREVER (Kimdal)

Krishna may embrace me in love
or trample me under His feet
He may even break my heart
by being indifferent to me
Let that seducer do whatever He likes
He will always be my only Lord
He will be the Lord of my life
Now and forever

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA
KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE
HARE RAMA HARE RAMA
RAMA RAMA HARE HARE

9) Bonus track: Mick Arrow - SISTER OCEAN (Arrow)

Sister Ocean, Mind the Treetops
Sight the Island, Taste the River
Smell the Fire, Touch the Heart
Hear the Wave, Family Evening
Sister Midnight, Brother Dawn
Dad the Morning, Son the Day
Friend the Sunshine, Mother Earth
Kid the Star, Father Stone
Love the Moon, Uncle Wood
Peel the Apple, Offer Love
Air the Sky, Guard the Person
Kalpa-vriksha, Sweet Child of mine
Pick the Flower, Offer Love

Crack the Cover, Be the Juice
Hit the Ego, Dive the Ocean
Sweet ocean of prema
Divine love
Maha-mantra, Hare Krishna

OmniRasa NU07
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