bṛndābanaVṛndāvana;cintāmaṇicintamani;citspiritual;ānandabliss;ratnajewels;khaniabode;cinmoyaspiritual;apūrbawonderful and unprecedented;daraśanasight;tahithere;mājhein the midst;camatkārawonderful;kṛṣṇaKṛṣṇa;-banaspati-sārathe best of trees;nīlamaṇisapphire;tamālatamal;jemonalike
Translation
Vṛndāvana is made of cintāamaṇi jewels. It is filled with the jewels of spiritual bliss. Everything there is spiritual. It is very wonderful to see. In the middle of that abode is wonderful Kṛṣṇa, who is like a glorious sapphire tamāla tree.
tahethere;ekaone;swarṇamoyīgolden;latāvine;sarba-dhāma-jayīmost glorious;uṭhiyāchegrows;parama-pābanīmost pure;hlādinī-śaktirapleasure potency;sārabest;mahā-bhābagreat ecstasy;nāmaname;jāraof whom;tribhūbana-mohanathe persopn who charms the three worlds;mohinīcharms
Translation
On that tree grows a most effulgent and pure golden vine, a vine that is the Lord's hlādinī śakti (pleasure potency), a vine that bears the name "Mahā-bhāva" (greatest ecstasy of love), a vinethat charms the person who charms the three worlds.
rādhā-nāmeby the name Rādhā;paricitaknown;tuṣiyāpleasing;gobinda-citaKṛṣṇa's heart;birājayeis gracefully present;parama ānandewith great bliss;seithis;latāof the vine;patrathe leaves;phulaand flowers;lalitādi-sakhīthe friends beginning with Lalitā;kulamultitudes;sabeall;mili'meeting;bṛkheon thetree;dṛḍhafirm;bandheembrace
Translation
Also known by the name "Rādhā", that vine joyfully pleases Lord Kṛṣṇa's heart. That vine's flowers and leaves, which are Lalitā and the other gopīs, all tightly embrace that tree.
bhakatibinodaBhaktivinoda;milanameeting;doṅhāraof Themboth;nānot;cāhedesires;kakhonaat any time;bināwithout;kichusomething;āraother
Translation
Bhaktivinoda desires to meet that divine couple. He does not desire anything else.
About Birajara Pare Śuddha Parabyoma Dhāma
Locates Radharani beyond the Viraja river, birajara pare, in the pure spiritual sky, suddha parabyoma dhama — a single image condensing the Gaudiya cosmology of a spiritual world existing entirely beyond material creation.
Birajara Pare Śuddha Parabyoma Dhāma was composed by Bhaktivinoda Thakura. It appears in Gitavali.
What is the meaning of Birajara Pare Śuddha Parabyoma Dhāma?
On the farther shore of the Virajā River is the pure spiritual sky, and above that sky is the world named Śrī Gokula Vṛndāvana.
How many verses does Birajara Pare Śuddha Parabyoma Dhāma have?
Birajara Pare Śuddha Parabyoma Dhāma has 7 verses.
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