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 Malayalam Lyrics ॥
ഷഡ്ഗോസ്വാംയഷ്ടകം
കൃഷ്ണോത്കീര്‍തനഗാനനര്‍തനപരൌ പ്രേമാമൃതാംഭോനിധീ
ധീരാധീരജനപ്രിയൌ പ്രിയകരൌ നിര്‍മത്സരൌ പൂജിതൌ ।
ശ്രീചൈതന്യകൃപാഭരൌ ഭുവി ഭുവോ ഭാരാവഹന്താരകൌ
വന്ദേ രൂപസനാതനൌ രഘുയുഗൌ ശ്രീജീവഗോപാലകൌ ॥ 1 ॥
നാനാശാസ്ത്രവിചാരണൈകനിപുണൌ സദ്ധര്‍മസംസ്ഥാപകൌ
ലോകാനാം ഹിതകാരിണൌ ത്രിഭുവനേ മാന്യൌ ശരണ്യാകരൌ ।
രാധാകൃഷ്ണപദാരവിന്ദഭജനാനന്ദേന മത്താലികൌ
വന്ദേ രൂപസനാതനൌ രഘുയുഗൌ ശ്രീജീവഗോപാലകൌ ॥ 2 ॥
ശ്രീഗൌരാങ്ഗഗുണാനുവര്‍ണനവിധൌ ശ്രദ്ധാസമൃദ്ധ്യന്വിതൌ
പാപോത്താപനികൃന്തനൌ തനുഭൃതാം ഗോവിന്ദഗാനാമൃതൈഃ ।
ആനന്ദാംബുധിവര്‍ധനൈകനിപുണൌ കൈവല്യനിസ്താരകൌ
വന്ദേ രൂപസനാതനൌ രഘുയുഗൌ ശ്രീജീവഗോപാലകൌ ॥ 3 ॥
ത്യക്ത്വാ തൂര്‍ണമശേഷമണ്ഡലപതിശ്രേണീം സദാ തുച്ഛവത്
ഭൂത്വാ ദീനഗണേശകൌ കരുണയാ കൌപീനകന്ഥാശ്രിതൌ ।
ഗോപീഭാവരസാമൃതാബ്ധിലഹരീകല്ലോലമഗ്നൌ മുഹു-
ര്‍വന്ദേ രൂപസനാതനൌ രഘുയുഗൌ ശ്രീജീവഗോപാലകൌ ॥ 4 ॥
കൂജത്കോകിലഹംസസാരസഗണാകീര്‍ണേ മയൂരാകുലേ
നാനാരത്നനിബദ്ധമൂലവിടപശ്രീയുക്തവൃന്ദാവനേ ।
രാധാകൃഷ്ണമഹര്‍നിശം പ്രഭജതൌ ജീവാര്‍ഥദൌ യൌ മുദാ
വന്ദേ രൂപസനാതനൌ രഘുയുഗൌ ശ്രീജീവഗോപാലകൌ ॥ 5 ॥
സങ്ഖ്യാപൂര്‍വകനാമഗാനനതിഭിഃ കാലാവസാനീകൃതൌ
നിദ്രാഹാരവിഹാരകാദിവിജിതൌ ചാത്യന്തദീനൌ ച യൌ ।
രാധാകൃഷ്ണഗുണസ്മൃതേര്‍മധുരിമാഽഽനന്ദേന സമ്മോഹിതൌ
വന്ദേ രൂപസനാതനൌ രഘുയുഗൌ ശ്രീജീവഗോപാലകൌ ॥ 6 ॥
രാധാകുണ്ഡതടേ കലിന്ദതനയാതീരേ ച വംശീവടേ
പ്രേമോന്‍മാദവശാദശേഷദശയാ ഗ്രസ്തൌ പ്രമത്തൌ സദാ ।
ഗായന്തൌ ച കദാ ഹരേര്‍ഗുണവരം ഭാവാഭിഭൂതൌ മുദാ
വന്ദേ രൂപസനാതനൌ രഘുയുഗൌ ശ്രീജീവഗോപാലകൌ ॥ 7 ॥
ഹേ രാധേ വ്രജദേവീകേ ച ലലിതേ ഹേ നന്ദസൂനോ കുതഃ
ശ്രീഗോവര്‍ധനകല്‍പപാദപതലേ കാലിന്ദീവനേ കുതഃ ।
ഘോഷന്താവിതി സര്‍വതോ വ്രജപുരേ ഖേദൈര്‍മഹാവിഹ്വലൌ
വന്ദേ രൂപസനാതനൌ രഘുയുഗൌ ശ്രീജീവഗോപാലകൌ ॥ 8 ॥
ഇതി ശ്രീശ്രീനിവാസാചാര്യവിരചിതം ഷഡ്ഗോസ്വാംയഷ്ടകം സമ്പൂര്‍ണം ।
॥ 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 ॥