Hari Bole Modera Gaura Elo
AI-drafted translation — pending review
Calling out "Hari!", our Gaura has come!
He has come, moon-like Gauranga, overflowing and staggering with love; together with Nitai and Advaita, he has entered Godruma.
Intoxicated with the mellow of sankirtana, he distributed the holy name; arriving at the very marketplace of the name, he flooded the whole world with love.
Today the sorrow of Godruma's residents has gone far away; coming together with his host of devotees, he has awakened the marketplace of the name.
Wandering through Nadia, Gaura has come to the marketplace of the name; Gaura has come to that marketplace, and Nitai too has come there with him.
Intoxicated Nitai dances on the field of Godruma; Nitai maddens the whole world with the wrestling-bout of divine love.
Go and see for yourself! Advaita and the host of devotees dance at landing after landing along the riverbank; the formidable Kali flees, falling into utter confusion.
With what joy have the living beings been flooded, afloat in the dance of Gaurachandra! Seeing and hearing it, the very hearts of the faithless blasphemers burst with envy.
About Hari Bole Modera Gaura Elo
A joyful Bengali kirtan by Bhaktivinoda Thakura celebrating Mahaprabhu's arrival, with Nitai and Advaita, in Godrumadvipa — one of the nine islands of Navadvipa central to Bhaktivinoda's own bhajana life at Surabhi-kunja. The song pictures the holy name itself as a marketplace Gaura has come to open, and closes with envious blasphemers whose hearts 'burst' at the sight of the ecstatic dancing, a stock but pointed image running through Bhaktivinoda's nama-sankirtana songs.
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Hari Bole Modera Gaura Elo was composed by Bhaktivinoda Thakura.
What is the meaning of Hari Bole Modera Gaura Elo?
Calling out "Hari!", our Gaura has come!
How many verses does Hari Bole Modera Gaura Elo have?
Hari Bole Modera Gaura Elo has 8 verses.
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