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 Gujarati Lyrics ॥
ષડ્ગોસ્વામ્યષ્ટકમ્
કૃષ્ણોત્કીર્તનગાનનર્તનપરૌ પ્રેમામૃતામ્ભોનિધી
ધીરાધીરજનપ્રિયૌ પ્રિયકરૌ નિર્મત્સરૌ પૂજિતૌ ।
શ્રીચૈતન્યકૃપાભરૌ ભુવિ ભુવો ભારાવહન્તારકૌ
વન્દે રૂપસનાતનૌ રઘુયુગૌ શ્રીજીવગોપાલકૌ ॥ ૧ ॥
નાનાશાસ્ત્રવિચારણૈકનિપુણૌ સદ્ધર્મસંસ્થાપકૌ
લોકાનાં હિતકારિણૌ ત્રિભુવને માન્યૌ શરણ્યાકરૌ ।
રાધાકૃષ્ણપદારવિન્દભજનાનન્દેન મત્તાલિકૌ
વન્દે રૂપસનાતનૌ રઘુયુગૌ શ્રીજીવગોપાલકૌ ॥ ૨ ॥
શ્રીગૌરાઙ્ગગુણાનુવર્ણનવિધૌ શ્રદ્ધાસમૃદ્ધ્યન્વિતૌ
પાપોત્તાપનિકૃન્તનૌ તનુભૃતાં ગોવિન્દગાનામૃતૈઃ ।
આનન્દામ્બુધિવર્ધનૈકનિપુણૌ કૈવલ્યનિસ્તારકૌ
વન્દે રૂપસનાતનૌ રઘુયુગૌ શ્રીજીવગોપાલકૌ ॥ ૩ ॥
ત્યક્ત્વા તૂર્ણમશેષમણ્ડલપતિશ્રેણીં સદા તુચ્છવત્
ભૂત્વા દીનગણેશકૌ કરુણયા કૌપીનકન્થાશ્રિતૌ ।
ગોપીભાવરસામૃતાબ્ધિલહરીકલ્લોલમગ્નૌ મુહુ-
ર્વન્દે રૂપસનાતનૌ રઘુયુગૌ શ્રીજીવગોપાલકૌ ॥ ૪ ॥
કૂજત્કોકિલહંસસારસગણાકીર્ણે મયૂરાકુલે
નાનારત્નનિબદ્ધમૂલવિટપશ્રીયુક્તવૃન્દાવને ।
રાધાકૃષ્ણમહર્નિશં પ્રભજતૌ જીવાર્થદૌ યૌ મુદા
વન્દે રૂપસનાતનૌ રઘુયુગૌ શ્રીજીવગોપાલકૌ ॥ ૫ ॥
સઙ્ખ્યાપૂર્વકનામગાનનતિભિઃ કાલાવસાનીકૃતૌ
નિદ્રાહારવિહારકાદિવિજિતૌ ચાત્યન્તદીનૌ ચ યૌ ।
રાધાકૃષ્ણગુણસ્મૃતેર્મધુરિમાઽઽનન્દેન સમ્મોહિતૌ
વન્દે રૂપસનાતનૌ રઘુયુગૌ શ્રીજીવગોપાલકૌ ॥ ૬ ॥
રાધાકુણ્ડતટે કલિન્દતનયાતીરે ચ વંશીવટે
પ્રેમોન્માદવશાદશેષદશયા ગ્રસ્તૌ પ્રમત્તૌ સદા ।
ગાયન્તૌ ચ કદા હરેર્ગુણવરં ભાવાભિભૂતૌ મુદા
વન્દે રૂપસનાતનૌ રઘુયુગૌ શ્રીજીવગોપાલકૌ ॥ ૭ ॥
હે રાધે વ્રજદેવીકે ચ લલિતે હે નન્દસૂનો કુતઃ
શ્રીગોવર્ધનકલ્પપાદપતલે કાલિન્દીવને કુતઃ ।
ઘોષન્તાવિતિ સર્વતો વ્રજપુરે ખેદૈર્મહાવિહ્વલૌ
વન્દે રૂપસનાતનૌ રઘુયુગૌ શ્રીજીવગોપાલકૌ ॥ ૮ ॥
ઇતિ શ્રીશ્રીનિવાસાચાર્યવિરચિતં ષડ્ગોસ્વામ્યષ્ટકં સમ્પૂર્ણમ્ ।
॥ 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 ॥