Goloka Chāḍiya Prabhu Kena Bā Abanī

Why did the Supreme Lord leave Goloka? Why did He change His dark form into a form with a fair complexion?

Why, leaving behind His pastimes of joking and laughter, does the Lord now weep? I do not know. Why and for whom did Lord Gaura set His trap of ecstatic spiritual love?

One moment He calls out "Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa!" and weeps. The next moment He calls out, "Sakhī! Sakhī!"

One moment He calls out, "Mathurā! Mathurā!" Another moment He calls out, "Akrūra!" He is distraught.

Moment after moment He calls out, "Wretched moon! Wretched sandal paste!" He rolls in the dust. Surrounded by His companions, He weeps.

"Although they have been burned into ashes, the saintly gopīs do not give up their lives!", He says. Filled with distress, He rolls on the ground.

Gadādhara weeps. He hugs the master of his life. Rāmānanda Rāya weeps. He is tossed to and fro by ecstatic spiritual love.

Svarūpa Dāmodara and Rūpa Gosvāmī also weep. Remembering these pastimes, but not understanding anything of them, Nayanānanda dāsa also weeps.