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Gāite Gāite Nāma Ki Daśā Hoilo

Instruction & Guidance (Upadeśa)

दिखाएँ

टेक्स्ट

1

gāite gāite nāma ki daśā hoilo kṛṣṇa-nitya-dāsa mui hṛdoye sphurilo

अर्थ

What became of me, as I chanted and chanted the holy name? In my heart I realized, "I am an eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa."

2

jānilāṅ māyā-pāśe e jaḍa-jagate gobinda-birohe duḥkha pāi nānā-mate

अर्थ

I realized that, caught in Māyā's trap in this dead material world, and separated from Kṛṣṇa, I was suffering in many different ways.

3

āra je soṁsāra mora nāhi lāge bhālo kāṅhā jāi kṛṣṇa heri - e cintā biśālo

अर्थ

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

अर्थ

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

5

nimeṣe hoilo mora śata-juga-sama gobinda-biroha āra sahite akhama

अर्थ

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)

6

śūnya-dharā-tala caudike dekhiye parāṇa udāsa hoya ki kori ki kori sthira nāhi hoya jībana nāhika roya

अर्थ

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.

7

braja-bāsi-gaṇa mora prāṇa rākha dekhāo śrī-rādhā-nāthe bhakatibinoda- minati māniyā lāohe tāhāre sāthe

अर्थ

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.

8

śrī-kṛṣṇa-biroha āra sahite nā pāri parāṇa chārḍite āra dina dui cāri

अर्थ

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

10

dekhiyā jugala-dhana asthira hoilo mana jñāna hārā hoinu takhona kata-khaṇa nāhi jāni jñāna-lābha hoilo māni āra nāhi bhelo daraśana

अर्थ

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)

11

sakhi go kemate dharibo parāṇa nimeṣa hoilo jugera samāna

अर्थ

O sakhīs, how will I maintain my life? Every moment has become like a yuga! (Daśakuśī)

12

śrabaṇera dhārā āṅkhi-bariṣoya śūnya bhelo dharā-tala gobinda-birohe prāṇa nāhi rohe kemone bāñcibo bolo

13

bhakatibinoda asthira hoiya punaḥ nāmāśroya kori' ḍāke rādhā-nātha diyā darśana prāṇa rakho nahe mari

अर्थ

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!"