Glory to Vṛndāvana

[Long mystical instrumental opening — harp, bowed strings, distant bells]

[Female voice enters alone]

Glory to Rādhā, glory to Kṛṣṇa,
Glory to Vṛndāvana.
Glory to Śyāma’s sacred forest,
Glory to Vṛndāvana.

[Soft female choir answers]

Glory to Rādhā, glory to Kṛṣṇa,
Glory to Vṛndāvana.

[Slow flute response]

Glory to Śrī Govinda,
Glory to Gopīnātha,
Glory to Madana-mohana,
Beloved of Vṛndāvana.

[Instrumental space — harp and low strings]

Glory to Rādhā-kuṇḍa,
Glory to Śyāma-kuṇḍa,
Glory to Govardhana,
Sacred hill of Vṛndāvana.

[Choir enters in distant open harmony]

Glory to Yamunā’s waters,
Glory to her gentle shore,
Glory to the groves where Rādhā
Meets her Kṛṣṇa evermore.

[Long bowed-string interlude]

Glory to Lalitā,
Glory to Viśākhā,
Glory to all the loving sakhīs
Serving Rādhā and her Śyāma.

[Female lead rises, still gentle]

Glory to Nanda Mahārāja,
Glory to Mother Yaśodā,
Glory to all the cowherd people
Dwelling there in Vraja.

[Instrumental expansion — medieval flute, harp, strings]

Glory to the cows of Vraja,
Glory to the forest ways,
Glory to the peacocks calling
Through the mist of dawning day.

[Choir grows wider]

Glory to Rādhā, glory to Kṛṣṇa,
Glory to Vṛndāvana.
Glory to every sacred grove
Of beautiful Vṛndāvana.

[Long instrumental ascent]

[Lead and choir together]

Jaya Rādhā, jaya Kṛṣṇa,
Jaya Vṛndāvana.
Jaya Rādhā, jaya Kṛṣṇa,
Jaya Vṛndāvana.

[Music falls back]

[Female voice almost alone]

Glory to Rādhā.
Glory to Kṛṣṇa.
Glory to Vṛndāvana.

[Long fading harp and distant choir]