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Well it looks like another Ekadasi is upon us and it’s time to post another song.

This paksa [lunar "week"], the song is a kirtana taken from the 108 CD Holyname. That’s not the first place it ever appeared, but it’s the first place I heard it. Oddly enough, I can’t find it on any officially released ISKCON record or cassette. I’m sure it was officially released, but I can’t find it.

It’s by Yamuna Devi, the same devotee who did the cookbooks. In this, she sounds like Grace Slick, from Jefferson Airplane. I actually thought it was at first. The 108 CD gave no mention to the song at all, so I had no idea what to think. But one day, I was at Visok’s apartment at New Vrndavana and he was playing this song. But he didn’t get it from the 108 CD, he had it in his huge collection of devotional music. He told me that it was Yamuna. Having listened to some of her other kirtanas, as well as her Govindam Prayers, I am pretty sure this is her.

Though this kirtana is a rocking musical event, there is a wonderful beauty to it. As we say, you can really feel the bhakti [devotion] here. It’s dripping with it.

So sit back, grab some buckwheat cakes, tapioca puffy things and a plate of Gaurangas, have a good listen and enjoy! Haribol!

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