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 Kannada Lyrics ॥
ಷಡ್ಗೋಸ್ವಾಮ್ಯಷ್ಟಕಮ್
ಕೃಷ್ಣೋತ್ಕೀರ್ತನಗಾನನರ್ತನಪರೌ ಪ್ರೇಮಾಮೃತಾಮ್ಭೋನಿಧೀ
ಧೀರಾಧೀರಜನಪ್ರಿಯೌ ಪ್ರಿಯಕರೌ ನಿರ್ಮತ್ಸರೌ ಪೂಜಿತೌ ।
ಶ್ರೀಚೈತನ್ಯಕೃಪಾಭರೌ ಭುವಿ ಭುವೋ ಭಾರಾವಹನ್ತಾರಕೌ
ವನ್ದೇ ರೂಪಸನಾತನೌ ರಘುಯುಗೌ ಶ್ರೀಜೀವಗೋಪಾಲಕೌ ॥ 1 ॥
ನಾನಾಶಾಸ್ತ್ರವಿಚಾರಣೈಕನಿಪುಣೌ ಸದ್ಧರ್ಮಸಂಸ್ಥಾಪಕೌ
ಲೋಕಾನಾಂ ಹಿತಕಾರಿಣೌ ತ್ರಿಭುವನೇ ಮಾನ್ಯೌ ಶರಣ್ಯಾಕರೌ ।
ರಾಧಾಕೃಷ್ಣಪದಾರವಿನ್ದಭಜನಾನನ್ದೇನ ಮತ್ತಾಲಿಕೌ
ವನ್ದೇ ರೂಪಸನಾತನೌ ರಘುಯುಗೌ ಶ್ರೀಜೀವಗೋಪಾಲಕೌ ॥ 2 ॥
ಶ್ರೀಗೌರಾಂಗಗುಣಾನುವರ್ಣನವಿಧೌ ಶ್ರದ್ಧಾಸಮೃದ್ಧ್ಯನ್ವಿತೌ
ಪಾಪೋತ್ತಾಪನಿಕೃನ್ತನೌ ತನುಭೃತಾಂ ಗೋವಿನ್ದಗಾನಾಮೃತೈಃ ।
ಆನನ್ದಾಮ್ಬುಧಿವರ್ಧನೈಕನಿಪುಣೌ ಕೈವಲ್ಯನಿಸ್ತಾರಕೌ
ವನ್ದೇ ರೂಪಸನಾತನೌ ರಘುಯುಗೌ ಶ್ರೀಜೀವಗೋಪಾಲಕೌ ॥ 3 ॥
ತ್ಯಕ್ತ್ವಾ ತೂರ್ಣಮಶೇಷಮಂಡಲಪತಿಶ್ರೇಣೀಂ ಸದಾ ತುಚ್ಛವತ್
ಭೂತ್ವಾ ದೀನಗಣೇಶಕೌ ಕರುಣಯಾ ಕೌಪೀನಕನ್ಥಾಶ್ರಿತೌ ।
ಗೋಪೀಭಾವರಸಾಮೃತಾಬ್ಧಿಲಹರೀಕಲ್ಲೋಲಮಗ್ನೌ ಮುಹು-
ರ್ವನ್ದೇ ರೂಪಸನಾತನೌ ರಘುಯುಗೌ ಶ್ರೀಜೀವಗೋಪಾಲಕೌ ॥ 4 ॥
ಕೂಜತ್ಕೋಕಿಲಹಂಸಸಾರಸಗಣಾಕೀರ್ಣೇ ಮಯೂರಾಕುಲೇ
ನಾನಾರತ್ನನಿಬದ್ಧಮೂಲವಿಟಪಶ್ರೀಯುಕ್ತವೃನ್ದಾವನೇ ।
ರಾಧಾಕೃಷ್ಣಮಹರ್ನಿಶಂ ಪ್ರಭಜತೌ ಜೀವಾರ್ಥದೌ ಯೌ ಮುದಾ
ವನ್ದೇ ರೂಪಸನಾತನೌ ರಘುಯುಗೌ ಶ್ರೀಜೀವಗೋಪಾಲಕೌ ॥ 5 ॥
ಸಂಖ್ಯಾಪೂರ್ವಕನಾಮಗಾನನತಿಭಿಃ ಕಾಲಾವಸಾನೀಕೃತೌ
ನಿದ್ರಾಹಾರವಿಹಾರಕಾದಿವಿಜಿತೌ ಚಾತ್ಯನ್ತದೀನೌ ಚ ಯೌ ।
ರಾಧಾಕೃಷ್ಣಗುಣಸ್ಮೃತೇರ್ಮಧುರಿಮಾಽಽನನ್ದೇನ ಸಮ್ಮೋಹಿತೌ
ವನ್ದೇ ರೂಪಸನಾತನೌ ರಘುಯುಗೌ ಶ್ರೀಜೀವಗೋಪಾಲಕೌ ॥ 6 ॥
ರಾಧಾಕುಂಡತಟೇ ಕಲಿನ್ದತನಯಾತೀರೇ ಚ ವಂಶೀವಟೇ
ಪ್ರೇಮೋನ್ಮಾದವಶಾದಶೇಷದಶಯಾ ಗ್ರಸ್ತೌ ಪ್ರಮತ್ತೌ ಸದಾ ।
ಗಾಯನ್ತೌ ಚ ಕದಾ ಹರೇರ್ಗುಣವರಂ ಭಾವಾಭಿಭೂತೌ ಮುದಾ
ವನ್ದೇ ರೂಪಸನಾತನೌ ರಘುಯುಗೌ ಶ್ರೀಜೀವಗೋಪಾಲಕೌ ॥ 7 ॥
ಹೇ ರಾಧೇ ವ್ರಜದೇವೀಕೇ ಚ ಲಲಿತೇ ಹೇ ನನ್ದಸೂನೋ ಕುತಃ
ಶ್ರೀಗೋವರ್ಧನಕಲ್ಪಪಾದಪತಲೇ ಕಾಲಿನ್ದೀವನೇ ಕುತಃ ।
ಘೋಷನ್ತಾವಿತಿ ಸರ್ವತೋ ವ್ರಜಪುರೇ ಖೇದೈರ್ಮಹಾವಿಹ್ವಲೌ
ವನ್ದೇ ರೂಪಸನಾತನೌ ರಘುಯುಗೌ ಶ್ರೀಜೀವಗೋಪಾಲಕೌ ॥ 8 ॥
ಇತಿ ಶ್ರೀಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸಾಚಾರ್ಯವಿರಚಿತಂ ಷಡ್ಗೋಸ್ವಾಮ್ಯಷ್ಟಕಂ ಸಮ್ಪೂರ್ಣಮ್ ।
॥ 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 ॥