yāmuna-tīra-vana-cārī
yamuna-tira-vana-cari
[synonyms]
Sri Radha-Madhava have their loving pastimes in the groves (kunja) of Vrndavana. Gopi-jana-vallabha means "one who attracts and reciprocates loving pastimes with the gopis. Giri-vara-dhari is Krsna's name in the pastime of lifting Govardhana Hill. Yasoda-nandana is the son of Yasoda ("nanda" means son and is also the name of Krsna's father, so Krsna is also Nanda-nandana). Braja-jana-ranjana means the attractive darling of the inhabitants of Vrndavana. He is always playing in the groves (vana) of the bank (tira) of the Yamuna River. Therefore Krsna is also known as Yamuna-tira-vana-cari.
(Srila Prabhupada is very fond of this song and sings it just before his lectures. In Allahabad and Gorakhpur Srila Prabhupada fell into a trance after singing the first two lines, and after some time he came back into external consciousness and said, "Now just chant Hare Krsna." Srila Prabhupada said that this song is "a picture of Vrndavana. Everything is there-Srimati Radharani, Vrndavana, Govardhana, Yasoda, and all the cowherd boys.")
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