Srinivas Acharya wrote this song “Krishnotkirtana gana nartana parau premamritambho nidhi” (Eight prayers to six gosvamis). The official name of this song is Sri Sri Sad Goswamy Ashtakam. In this song, Srinivas Acharya sings the glory of the Six Gosvamis, namely Sri Rupa Gosvami, Sri Sanatana Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami, Sri Jiva Gosvami and Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami.
Shad Goswamy Ashtakam Lyrics in Tamil:
ஷட்³கோ³ஸ்வாம்யஷ்டகம்
க்ருʼஷ்ணோத்கீர்தநகா³நநர்தநபரௌ ப்ரேமாம்ருʼதாம்போ⁴நிதீ⁴
தீ⁴ராதீ⁴ரஜநப்ரியௌ ப்ரியகரௌ நிர்மத்ஸரௌ பூஜிதௌ ।
ஶ்ரீசைதந்யக்ருʼபாப⁴ரௌ பு⁴வி பு⁴வோ பா⁴ராவஹந்தாரகௌ
வந்தே³ ரூபஸநாதநௌ ரகு⁴யுகௌ³ ஶ்ரீஜீவகோ³பாலகௌ || 1 ||
நாநாஶாஸ்த்ரவிசாரணைகநிபுணௌ ஸத்³த⁴ர்மஸம்ஸ்தா²பகௌ
லோகாநாம் ஹிதகாரிணௌ த்ரிபு⁴வநே மாந்யௌ ஶரண்யாகரௌ ।
ராதா⁴க்ருʼஷ்ணபதா³ரவிந்த³ப⁴ஜநாநந்தே³ந மத்தாலிகௌ
வந்தே³ ரூபஸநாதநௌ ரகு⁴யுகௌ³ ஶ்ரீஜீவகோ³பாலகௌ || 2 ||
ஶ்ரீகௌ³ராங்க³கு³ணாநுவர்ணநவிதௌ⁴ ஶ்ரத்³தா⁴ஸம்ருʼத்³த்⁴யந்விதௌ
பாபோத்தாபநிக்ருʼந்தநௌ தநுப்⁴ருʼதாம் கோ³விந்த³கா³நாம்ருʼதை: ।
ஆநந்தா³ம்பு³தி⁴வர்த⁴நைகநிபுணௌ கைவல்யநிஸ்தாரகௌ
வந்தே³ ரூபஸநாதநௌ ரகு⁴யுகௌ³ ஶ்ரீஜீவகோ³பாலகௌ || 3 ||
த்யக்த்வா தூர்ணமஶேஷமண்ட³லபதிஶ்ரேணீம் ஸதா³ துச்ச²வத்
பூ⁴த்வா தீ³நக³ணேஶகௌ கருணயா கௌபீநகந்தா²ஶ்ரிதௌ ।
கோ³பீபா⁴வரஸாம்ருʼதாப்³தி⁴லஹரீகல்லோலமக்³நௌ முஹு-
ர்வந்தே³ ரூபஸநாதநௌ ரகு⁴யுகௌ³ ஶ்ரீஜீவகோ³பாலகௌ || 4 ||
கூஜத்கோகிலஹம்ஸஸாரஸக³ணாகீர்ணே மயூராகுலே
நாநாரத்நநிப³த்³த⁴மூலவிடபஶ்ரீயுக்தவ்ருʼந்தா³வநே ।
ராதா⁴க்ருʼஷ்ணமஹர்நிஶம் ப்ரப⁴ஜதௌ ஜீவார்த²தௌ³ யௌ முதா³
வந்தே³ ரூபஸநாதநௌ ரகு⁴யுகௌ³ ஶ்ரீஜீவகோ³பாலகௌ || 5 ||
ஸங்க்²யாபூர்வகநாமகா³நநதிபி:⁴ காலாவஸாநீக்ருʼதௌ
நித்³ராஹாரவிஹாரகாதி³விஜிதௌ சாத்யந்ததீ³நௌ ச யௌ ।
ராதா⁴க்ருʼஷ்ணகு³ணஸ்ம்ருʼதேர்மது⁴ரிமாঽঽநந்தே³ந ஸம்மோஹிதௌ
வந்தே³ ரூபஸநாதநௌ ரகு⁴யுகௌ³ ஶ்ரீஜீவகோ³பாலகௌ || 6 ||
ராதா⁴குண்ட³தடே கலிந்த³தநயாதீரே ச வம்ஶீவடே
ப்ரேமோந்மாத³வஶாத³ஶேஷத³ஶயா க்³ரஸ்தௌ ப்ரமத்தௌ ஸதா³ ।
கா³யந்தௌ ச கதா³ ஹரேர்கு³ணவரம் பா⁴வாபி⁴பூ⁴தௌ முதா³
வந்தே³ ரூபஸநாதநௌ ரகு⁴யுகௌ³ ஶ்ரீஜீவகோ³பாலகௌ || 7 ||
ஹே ராதே⁴ வ்ரஜதே³வீகே ச லலிதே ஹே நந்த³ஸூநோ குத:
ஶ்ரீகோ³வர்த⁴நகல்பபாத³பதலே காலிந்தீ³வநே குத: ।
கோ⁴ஷந்தாவிதி ஸர்வதோ வ்ரஜபுரே கே²தை³ர்மஹாவிஹ்வலௌ
வந்தே³ ரூபஸநாதநௌ ரகு⁴யுகௌ³ ஶ்ரீஜீவகோ³பாலகௌ || 8 ||
இதி ஶ்ரீஶ்ரீநிவாஸாசார்யவிரசிதம் ஷட்³கோ³ஸ்வாம்யஷ்டகம் ஸம்பூர்ணம் ।
Shad Goswamy Ashtakam Meaning:
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosvamis, namely Sri Rupa Gosvami, Sri Sanatana Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, Sri Jiva Gosvami, and Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, who are always engaged in chanting the holy name of Krishna and dancing. They are just like the ocean of love of God, and they are popular both with the gentle and with the ruffians, because they are not envious of anyone. Whatever they do, they are all-pleasing to everyone, and they are fully blessed by Lord Caitanya. Thus they are engaged in missionary activities meant to deliver all the conditioned souls in the material universe. || 1 ||
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosvamis, namely Sri Rupa Gosvami, Sri Sanatana Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, Sri Jiva Gosvami, and Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, who are very expert in scrutinizingly studying all the revealed scriptures with the aim of establishing eternal religious principles for the benefit of all human beings. Thus they are honored all over the three worlds and they are worth taking shelter of because they are absorbed in the mood of the gopis and are engaged in the transcendental loving service of Radha and Krishna. || 2 ||
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosvamis, namely Sri Rupa Gosvami, Sri Sanatana Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, Sri Jiva Gosvami, and Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, who are very much enriched in understanding of Lord Caitanya and who are thus expert in narrating His transcendental qualities. They can purify all conditioned souls from the reactions of their sinful activities by pouring upon them transcendental songs about Govinda. As such, they are very expert in increasing the limits of the ocean of transcendental bliss, and they are the saviors of the living entities from he devouring mouth of liberation. || 3 ||
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosvamis, namely Sri Rupa Gosvami, Sri Sanatana Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, Sri Jiva Gosvami, and Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, who kicked off all association of aristocracy as insignificant. In order to deliver the poor conditioned souls, they accepted loincloths, treating themselves as mendicants, but they are always merged in the ecstatic ocean of the gopis’ love for Krishna and bathe always and repeatedly in the waves of that ocean. || 4 ||
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosvamis, namely Sri Rupa Gosvami, Sri Sanatana Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, Sri Jiva Gosvami, and Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, who were always engaged in worshiping Radha-Krishna in the transcendental land of Vrindavana where there are beautiful trees full of fruits and flowers which have under their roots all valuable jewels. The Gosvamis are perfectly competent to bestow upon the living entities the greatest boon of the goal of life. || 5 ||
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosvamis, namely Sri Rupa Gosvami, Sri Sanatana Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, Sri Jiva Gosvami, and Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, who were engaged in chanting the holy names of the Lord and bowing down in a scheduled measurement. In this way they utilized their valuable lives and in executing these devotional activities they conquered over eating and sleeping and were always meek and humble enchanted by remembering the transcendental qualities of the Lord. || 6 ||
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosvamis, namely Sri Rupa Gosvami, Sri Sanatana Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, Sri Jiva Gosvami, and Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, who were sometimes on the bank of the Radha-kunda lake or the shores of the Yamuna and sometimes at Vamsivata. There they appeared just like madmen in the full ecstasy of love for Krishna, exhibiting different transcendental symptoms in their bodies, and they were merged in the ecstasy of Krishna consciousness. || 7 ||
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosvamis, namely Sri Rupa Gosvami, Sri Sanatana Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, Sri Jiva Gosvami, and Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, who were chanting very loudly everywhere in Vrindavana, shouting, “Queen of Vrindavana, Radharani! O Lalita! O son of Nanda Maharaja! Where are you all now? Are you just on the hill of Govardhana, or are you under the trees on the bank of the Yamuna? Where are you?” These were their moods in executing Krishna consciousness. || 8 ||