Gāite Gāite Nāma Ki Daśā Hoilo

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gāite gāite nāma ki daśā hoilo kṛṣṇa-nitya-dāsa mui hṛdoye sphurilo gāite gāite - singing and singing; nāma - the holy name; ki - what?; daśā - condition; hoilaḥ - is; kṛṣṇa-nityadāsa - the eternal servant ofLord k; mui - I; hṛdoye - in the heart; sphurilaḥ - manifested. What became of me, as I chanted and chanted the holy name? In my heart I realized, "I am an eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa."

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jānilāṅ māyā-pāśe e jaḍa-jagate gobinda-birohe duḥkha pāi nānā-mate jānilān - I understood; māyā-pāśe - in the ropes of Maya; e - this; jaḍa - dead and inert; jagate - material world;gobinda - from Lord Kṛṣṇa; birohe - separation; duḥkha - suffering; pāi - I attain; nānā-mate - in various ways. I realized that, caught in Māyā's trap in this dead material world, and separated from Kṛṣṇa, I was suffering in many different ways.

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āra je soṁsāra mora nāhi lāge bhālo kāṅhā jāi kṛṣṇa heri - e cintā biśālo āra - or; je - who; soṁsāra - material world; mora - ofme; nāhi - not; lāge - I attain; bhālaḥ - good;kāṅhā - where?; jāi - I go; kṛṣṇa - Kṛṣṇa; heri - see; e - this; cintā - anxiety; biśālaḥ - great. I did not think anything in this world was good. Where will I go to see Kṛṣṇa?" That was my constant thought.

4

kāndite kāndite āṅkhi-bariśoya barṣā-dhārā heno cakhe hoilo udoya

Word for word

kāndite weeping; kāndite and weeping; āṅkhi eyes; bariśoya shower; barṣā-dhārā torrential rains; henaḥ like that; cakhe in the eyes; hoilaḥ was; udoya arisal

Translation

I wept and wept. A great monsoon of tears rose in my eyes.

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nimeṣe hoilo mora śata-juga-sama gobinda-biroha āra sahite akhama nimeṣe - moment; hoilaḥ - was; mora - of me; śata-jugasama - like a hundred yugas; gobinda-biroha - in separation fom Kṛṣṇa;āra - or; sahite - to tolerat; akhama - unable. My Lord Govinda, because of separation from You, I consider even a moment a great millenium.* I have no power to bear being separated from You. (Daśakuśī)

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śūnya-dharā-tala caudike dekhiye parāṇa udāsa hoya ki kori ki kori sthira nāhi hoya jībana nāhika roya śūnya-dharā-tala - a desert; caudike - fourteen; dekhiye - seeing; parāṇa - life; udāsa - indifferent;hoya - is; ki - what?; kori - I do; sthira - steady; nāhi - not;hoya - am; jībana - life; nāhika - not; roya - stays. Seeing the fourteen worlds are like a great desert, I no longer wish to maintain my life. What will I do? What will I do? I am not peaceful. My life will not stay.

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braja-bāsi-gaṇa mora prāṇa rākha dekhāo śrī-rādhā-nāthe bhakatibinoda- minati māniyā lāohe tāhāre sāthe braja-bāsi-gaṇa - O residents of Vraja; mora - my; prāṇa - life; rākha - save; dekhāaḥ - show; śrī- rādhā-nāthe - the Lord of Rādhā; bhakatibinoda- - of Bhaktivinoda; minati - the prayer; māniyā - considering; lāohe - accept; tāhāre - his; sāthe - company. O residents of Vraja, please save my life. Please show me Rādhā's master. Please grant Bhaktivinoda's prayer. Please accept him in your company.

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śrī-kṛṣṇa-biroha āra sahite nā pāri parāṇa chārḍite āra dina dui cāri śrī-kṛṣṇa-biroha - separation from Lord Kṛṣṇa; āra - or; sahite - to tolerate; nā - not; pāri - I am able;parāṇa - life; chārḍite - to leave; āra - and; dina - days; dui - two; cāri - or four. I have no power to bear this separation from Lord Kṛṣṇa. In two or four days I will give up this life. (Daśakuśī) Text 9 gāite gobinda-nāma upajilo bhāba-grāma dekhilāṅ jamunāra kūle bṛṣabhānu-sutā-saṅge śyāma-naṭa-bara-raṅge bāṁśarī bājāya nīpa-mūle gāite - sing; gobinda-nāma - Lord Kṛṣṇa's names; upajilaḥ - wasborn; bhāba-grāma - ecstasies; dekhilān - I saw; jamunāra - of the Yamuna; kūle - on the bank; bṛṣabhānu-sutā- saṅge - with Rādhā; śyāma - dark; naṭa-bara-raṅge - best of dancers; bāṁśarī - flute; bājāya - plays; nīpa-mūle - under a kadamba tree. As I chanted Lord Kṛṣṇa's names, ecstasy rose in my heart. Then I saw dark Lord Kṛṣṇa, the best of dancers. Rādhā at HJis side, He played a flute under a kadamba tree by the Yamunā's bank.

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dekhiyā jugala-dhana asthira hoilo mana jñāna hārā hoinu takhona kata-khaṇa nāhi jāni jñāna-lābha hoilo māni āra nāhi bhelo daraśana dekhiyā - seeing; jugala-dhana - the gloriosu divine couple; asthira - unsteady; hoilaḥ - became; mana - heart; jñāna - knowledge; hārā - removal; hoinu - i was; takhona - then; kata-khaṇa - in a moment;nāhi - nothing; jāni - I knew; jñāna-lābha - attainment of consciousness; hoilaḥ - was; māni - I think; āra - or; nāhi - not;bhelaḥ - gone; daraśana - sight. As I gazed at the glorious divine couple, my heart became unsteady. Then I lost consciousness. How long was I unconscious? I don't know. When I became conscious again, the vision had gone. (Jāmbphi Lophā)

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sakhi go kemate dharibo parāṇa nimeṣa hoilo jugera samāna sakhi gaḥ - O gopī; kemate - how?; dharibaḥ - I willmaintain; parāṇa - life; nimeṣa - a momnet; hoilaḥ - was; jugera - of ayuga; samāna - like. O sakhīs, how will I maintain my life? Every moment has become like a yuga! (Daśakuśī)

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śrabaṇera dhārā āṅkhi-bariṣoya śūnya bhelo dharā-tala gobinda-birohe prāṇa nāhi rohe kemone bāñcibo bolo śrabaṇera - of Sravanma; dhārā - floods; āṅkhi- bariṣoya - rain from the eyes; śūnya - desert; bhelaḥ - gone; dharā-tala - the earth; gobinda-birohe - separation from Kṛṣṇa; prāṇa - life; nāhi - not; rohe - maintain; kemone - how?; bāñcibo+ will stay alive; bolaḥ - please tell. The desert is now gone. The monsoon from my eyes floods the earth like the floods in the month of Śrāvaṇa.

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bhakatibinoda asthira hoiya punaḥ nāmāśroya kori' ḍāke rādhā-nātha diyā darśana prāṇa rakho nahe mari bhakatibinoda - Bhaktivinoda; asthira - unsteady; hoiya - being; punaḥ - again; nāmāśroya - shelter of the holyname; kori' - doing; ḍāke - calls out; rādhā-nātha - O master of Rādhā; diyā - to be guven; darśana - sight; prāṇa - life; rakhaḥ - pleasesave; nahe - not; mari - I die. Becoming unsteady, Bhaktivinoda again takes shelter of the holy name. He calls out, "O master of Rādhā! Please show Yourself to me! Please save my life, so I will not die!"