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 Sanskrit Lyrics ॥
षड्गोस्वाम्यष्टकम्
कृष्णोत्कीर्तनगाननर्तनपरौ प्रेमामृताम्भोनिधी
धीराधीरजनप्रियौ प्रियकरौ निर्मत्सरौ पूजितौ ।
श्रीचैतन्यकृपाभरौ भुवि भुवो भारावहन्तारकौ
वन्दे रूपसनातनौ रघुयुगौ श्रीजीवगोपालकौ ॥ १ ॥
नानाशास्त्रविचारणैकनिपुणौ सद्धर्मसंस्थापकौ
लोकानां हितकारिणौ त्रिभुवने मान्यौ शरण्याकरौ ।
राधाकृष्णपदारविन्दभजनानन्देन मत्तालिकौ
वन्दे रूपसनातनौ रघुयुगौ श्रीजीवगोपालकौ ॥ २ ॥
श्रीगौराङ्गगुणानुवर्णनविधौ श्रद्धासमृद्ध्यन्वितौ
पापोत्तापनिकृन्तनौ तनुभृतां गोविन्दगानामृतैः ।
आनन्दाम्बुधिवर्धनैकनिपुणौ कैवल्यनिस्तारकौ
वन्दे रूपसनातनौ रघुयुगौ श्रीजीवगोपालकौ ॥ ३ ॥
त्यक्त्वा तूर्णमशेषमण्डलपतिश्रेणीं सदा तुच्छवत्
भूत्वा दीनगणेशकौ करुणया कौपीनकन्थाश्रितौ ।
गोपीभावरसामृताब्धिलहरीकल्लोलमग्नौ मुहु-
र्वन्दे रूपसनातनौ रघुयुगौ श्रीजीवगोपालकौ ॥ ४ ॥
कूजत्कोकिलहंससारसगणाकीर्णे मयूराकुले
नानारत्ननिबद्धमूलविटपश्रीयुक्तवृन्दावने ।
राधाकृष्णमहर्निशं प्रभजतौ जीवार्थदौ यौ मुदा
वन्दे रूपसनातनौ रघुयुगौ श्रीजीवगोपालकौ ॥ ५ ॥
सङ्ख्यापूर्वकनामगाननतिभिः कालावसानीकृतौ
निद्राहारविहारकादिविजितौ चात्यन्तदीनौ च यौ ।
राधाकृष्णगुणस्मृतेर्मधुरिमाऽऽनन्देन सम्मोहितौ
वन्दे रूपसनातनौ रघुयुगौ श्रीजीवगोपालकौ ॥ ६ ॥
राधाकुण्डतटे कलिन्दतनयातीरे च वंशीवटे
प्रेमोन्मादवशादशेषदशया ग्रस्तौ प्रमत्तौ सदा ।
गायन्तौ च कदा हरेर्गुणवरं भावाभिभूतौ मुदा
वन्दे रूपसनातनौ रघुयुगौ श्रीजीवगोपालकौ ॥ ७ ॥
हे राधे व्रजदेवीके च ललिते हे नन्दसूनो कुतः
श्रीगोवर्धनकल्पपादपतले कालिन्दीवने कुतः ।
घोषन्ताविति सर्वतो व्रजपुरे खेदैर्महाविह्वलौ
वन्दे रूपसनातनौ रघुयुगौ श्रीजीवगोपालकौ ॥ ८ ॥
इति श्रीश्रीनिवासाचार्यविरचितं षड्गोस्वाम्यष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ।
॥ 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 ॥