INDEX OF SONGS AND HYMNS

(References are for the most part to complete songs and hymns. Of those that have nowhere been given in their entirety, the most complete example is listed. Songs and hymns of which less than three lines have been given are omitted from this index.)

A hundred times each hour, in and out of the room she goes, 763

All creation is the sport of my mad Mother Kāli, 619

All things are possible, O Mother, through Thy grace, 929

Am I in need of fruit?, 91

As is a man’s meditation, so is his feeling of love, 108

Awake, Mother! Awake! How long Thou hast been asleep, 182

Be drunk, O mind, be drunk with the Wine of Heavenly Bliss!, 510

Behold, my Gorā is dancing! With the devotees, 498

Behold my Mother playing with Śiva, lost in an ecstasy of joy!, 494

Behold my vīnā, my dearly beloved, 871

Behold, there Rādhā stands by Krishna, 448

Behold, the two brothers have come, who weep while chanting Hari’s name, 254

Behold the waves of Gorā’s ecstatic love, 501

Blest indeed is the earth! Gorā is born in Nadiā!, 551

Can everyone have the vision of Rādhā? Can everyone taste her love?, 608

Can everyone have the vision of Śyāmā? Is Kāli’s treasure for everyone?, 474

Chant, O mind, the name of Hari, 754

Cherish my precious Mother Śyāmā, 315

Come! Come, Mother! Doll of my soul! My heart’s Delight!, 775

Come, let me braid your hair, 490

Come, let us go for a walk, O mind, to Kāli, the Wish-fulfilling Tree, 139

Come one and all! Take Rādhā’s love!, 728

Crazy is my Father, crazy is my Mother, 961

Cry to your Mother Śyāmā with a real cry, O mind!, 83

Dear friend, my religion and piety have come to an end, 873

Dive deep, O mind, dive deep in the Ocean of God’s Beauty, 153

Drinking the Bliss of Hari from the cup of prema, 1000

Drop a morsel of food, I pray, into my begging-bowl, 553

Dwell, O Lord, O Lover of bhakti, 159

Dwell, O mind, within yourself, 235

Even before I saw the light of this world, my sins from previous births, 1001

Fasten your mind, O man, on the Primal Purusha, 574

First I heard His magic flute from the kadamba grove, 764

Gaur and Nitāi, ye blessed brothers!, 339

Glory to Gorā, the Source of Bliss!, 552

Gorā bestows the Nectar of prema, 442

Gorā gazes at Vrindāvan and tears stream from his eyes, 540

Hail to Thee, our God and Lord! Hail, Giver of every blessing!, 999

Hallowed be Brahman, the Absolute, the Infinite, the Fathomless!, 881

Here vanish my fear and my delusion, my piety, rituals, and good works, 882

High in the heaven of the Mother’s feet, my mind was soaring like a kite, 193

Hold me fast, O Nitāi! I feel as if I shall pass away!, 927

Hold not, hold not the chariot’s wheels!, 207

How are you trying, O my mind, to know the nature of God?, 107

How many are the boats, O mind, 818

How shall I call on Thee, O Lord, with such a stained and worldly mind?,522

How shall I open my heart, O friend?, 512

How strange, O friend, are the rules of life and death!, 945

I am consumed with false desires and wrapped in the sleep of lust, 1004

I am without the least benefit of prayer and austerity, O Lord!, 352

I drink no ordinary wine, but Wine of Everlasting Bliss, 95

If at the last my life-breath leaves me as I repeat the name of Kāli, 619

If only I can pass away repeating Durgā’s name, 88

I have joined my heart to Thee: all that exists art Thou, 794

I have laboured day and night, 526

I have made Thee, O Lord, the Polestar of my life, 808

I have not found my Krishna, O friend! How cheerless my home without Him!, 304

I have securely blocked the way by which the King of Death will come, 251

I have surrendered my soul at the fearless feet of the Mother, 302

In dense darkness, O Mother, Thy formless beauty sparkles, 692

In scorn says the woman of Mathurā, 447

In the world’s busy market-place, O Śyāmā, Thou art flying kites, 136

In Wisdom’s firmament the moon of Love is rising full, 122

I salute the Eternal Teacher, who is the Embodiment of the Bliss of Brahman, 995

I see the picture of Him whom I beheld on the Jamunā’s bank, 765

I shall become a yogi and dwell in Love’s mountain cave, 409

I shall put on the ochre robe and earrings made of conch-shell, 353

Is Kāli, my Mother, really black?, 136

Is Mother merely a simple woman, born as others are born?, 473

Is Mother only Śiva’s wife? To Her must needs bow down, 474

Jagāi! Mādhāi! Oh, come and dance, 556

Just now I saw a youthful cowherd, 94

Let us go back once more, O mind, to our own abode!, 984

Listen! The flute has sounded in yonder wood, 140

Lord, Thou hast lifted all my sorrow with the vision of Thy face, 736

Lord, Thou hast taken me from home and made me captive with Thy love, 394

Meditate, O my mind, on the Lord Hari, 924

Meditate on Him, the Perfect, the Embodiment of Bliss, 968

Meditate on the Lord, the Slayer of hell’s dire woes, 681

Mother, am I Thine eight-months child? Thy red eyes cannot frighten me!, 263

Mother! Mother! My boat is sinking, here in the ocean of this world, 155

Mother, this is the grief that sorely grieves my heart, 137

Mother, Thou art our sole Redeemer, 223

My Gorā, my treasure, the jewel among men, 763

My mind is overwhelmed with wonder, 302

My two eyes sank in the sea of Gorā’s heavenly beauty, 825

O Father of the Universe, upon Thy lofty throne, 877

O friend, I am dying! Surely I die, 446

O gracious Lord, if like a bee, 897

O Great God! O Thou Auspicious One, with the moon shining in Thy crest!, 713

O Hari, how shall we know You now?, 808

Oh, no one at all has found out who He is, 826

Oh, what a vision I have beheld in Keshab Bhārati’s hut!, 309

Oh, when will dawn for me that day of blessedness, 120

Oh, when will dawn the blessed day, 315, 805 (variant)

O Kāli, my Mother full of Bliss! Enchantress of the almighty Śiva!, 223

O Keśava, bestow Thy grace, 551

O King of Kings, reveal Thyself to me!, 198

O Krishna! Beloved! You are mine, 945

O Krishna! Krishna! Mighty Yogi! Thou art the Primal Supreme Purusha, 837

O Lord, Destroyer of my shame! Who but Thyself can save, 394

O Lord, I am Thy servant, I am Thy servant! Thy servant am I!, 998

O Lord, must all my days pass by so utterly in vain?, 508

O mādhavi, give me back my Sweet One!, 740

O man, abandon your delusion! Cast aside your wicked counsels!, 1004

O man, if you would live in bliss, repeat Lord Hari’s name, 1010

Om. I am neither mind, intelligence, ego, nor chitta, 389

Om. I bow to Thee, the Everlasting Cause of the world, 517

O mind, you do not know how to farm!, 251

O Mother, all is done after Thine own sweet will, 818

O Mother, dance about Thy devotees!, 632

O Mother, ever blissful as Thou art, 213

O Mother, for Yaśodā Thou wouldst dance, when she called Thee her precious “Blue Jewel”, 495

O Mother, how deep is Thy love for men!, 589

O Mother, I have no one else to blame, 203

O Mother, I hide myself in Thy loving bosom, 394

O Mother, make me mad with Thy love!, 399

O Mother, Saviour of the helpless, Thou the Slayer of sin!, 872

O Mother Śyāmā, full of the waves of drunkenness divine!, 808

O Mother, Thou my Inner Guide, ever awake within my heart!, 590

O Mother, what a machine is this that Thou hast made!, 193

O Mother, who has offered these red hibiscus flowers at Thy feet?, 873

O my flute, sing Hari’s name!, 575

O my lute of a single string!, 694

Once for all, this time, I have thoroughly understood, 474

O Śyāmā, my only hope is in Thy hallowed name!, 998

O Śyāmā, Thou who dost sit upon a corpse!, 929

O tongue, always repeat the name of Mother Durgā!, 495

Out of my deep affliction rescue me, O Redeemer!, 301

Outwardly he appears as Śiva’s devotee, 184

O vinā, sing Lord Hari’s name!, 508

Proclaim the glory of God’s name as long as life remains in you, 887

Rādhā and Krishna are joined at last in the Nidhu Grove of Vrindāvan, 212

Rādhā has every right to say it, 527

Remember this, O mind! Nobody is your own, 316

Repeat, O mind, my Mother Durgā’s hallowed name!, 569

Roaming ever in the grove of Vedānta, 967

Seeking a shelter at Thy feet, 394

Sing, O bird that nestles deep within my heart!, 160

Śiva, Thy ready thunderbolt rules over meadows, hills, and sky!, 773

Sleep no more! How long will you lie, 554

Stay your steps, O wandering monk!, 513

Surely Gaurānga is lost in a state of blissful ecstasy, 303

Svāhā, Vashat, and Svadhā art Thou; Thou the inner Self of the mantra, 616

Sweet is Thy Name, O Refuge of the humble!, 526

Taking the name of Kāli, dive deep down, O mind, 124

Tell me, friend, how far is the grove, 179

Tell me, my Umā, how have you fared, alone in the Stranger’s house?, 529

Tell Me, where is My blessed Vrindāvan?, 552

Tell us, O Rādhā of comely face! Tell us what it is that ails you, 764

The beauty of Gaurānga’s face, 212

The black bee of my mind is drawn in sheer delight, 193

The dark cloud of the summer storm fades into nothingness, 205

There is none higher than the Guru, none better than the Guru, 996

There Śiva dances, striking both His cheeks; and they resound, Ba-ba-bom!, 977

The twice-born worships the Deity in fire, 388

This time I shall devour Thee utterly, Mother Kāli!, 564

This universe, wondrous and infinite, 774

This very world is a mansion of mirth, 478

This world, O Mother, is Thy madhouse! What can I say of all Thy virtues?, 516

Thou art my All in All, O Lord!—the Life of my life, the Essence of essence, 207

Though I am never loath to grant salvation, 228

Thou it is that dancest, Lord, and Thou that singest the song, 395

Thou must save me, sweetest Mother! Unto Thee I come for refuge, 342

Thrice blessed is this day of joy!, 186

Thy body gleams like liquid moonlight, 553

Thy name, I have heard, O Consort of Śiva, is the destroyer of our fear, 261

To arms! To arms, O man! Death storms your house in battle array!, 209

Unsteady is water on the lotus petal, 945

Upon the Sea of Blissful Awareness waves of ecstatic love arise, 398

Upon the tray of the sky blaze bright, 199

Victory to Gorā, Sachi’s son!, 753

We are afraid to speak, and yet we are afraid to keep still, 95

We are born, O Lord, in the dust of earth, 997

We moan for rest, alas! but rest can never find, 871

We worship the Brahman-Consciousness in the Lotus of the Heart, 179

What a delirious fever is this that I suffer from!, 203

What matchless beauty! What a bewitching Face I behold!, 898

What need is there of penance if God is worshipped with love?, 388

When I behold Thy peerless face, beaming with love, O Lord, 774

When such delusion veils the world, through Mahāmāyā’s spell, 155

Where are you seeking Me, My servant? I am very close to you, 999

Where is a friend like Thee, O Essence of Mercy?, 199

Where is Krishna? Where is my Krishna?, 555

Who are they that walk along, chanting Hari’s name?, 755

Who art Thou, Gaur of the golden hue, 728

Who has brought Gaur to Nadiā, 510

Who is there that can understand what Mother Kāli is?, 106

Who is the Sorcerer that dwells in the kadamba grove?, 764

Who is the Woman yonder who lights the field of battle?, 259

Who is this terrible Woman, dark as the sky at midnight?, 240

Who is this Woman with the thick black hair, 928

Why do my neighbours raise such a scandal?, 303

Why has My body turned so golden? It is not time for this to be, 302

Why, O mind, do you never call on Him, 773

Why should I go to Gangā or Gayā, to Kāśi, Kānchi, or Prabhās, 147

With beaming face chant the sweet name of God, 120

You have set up no image here, 125