Ke Jabi Ke Jabi Bhai Bhava Sindhu Para
Śrī-rāga
Who will cross? O my brothers, who will cross this ocean of birth and death?
My Lord Gaurāṅga is accepting everyone at His boat-landing. Everyone, including even the fools, the blind, and the deaf have come there to make the crossing.
The ferry-boat is Lord Kṛṣṇa's holy names. The boat-captain is the spiritual master. The oars in the outstretched hands are saṅkīrtana.
The favorable breeze is ecstatic love for Lord Kṛṣṇa. Now every fallen soul has crossed to the farther shore of the ocean. Only Locana dāsa, by his own fault, is left behind.
About Ke Jabi Ke Jabi Bhai Bhava Sindhu Para
Opens with a call-and-response cry — "who will go, who will go, O brother, across the ocean of existence?" — an exhortation to cross bhava-sindhu, echoing the ferry imagery found elsewhere in this anthology's more didactic verses.
Frequently asked
Who wrote Ke Jabi Ke Jabi Bhai Bhava Sindhu Para?
Ke Jabi Ke Jabi Bhai Bhava Sindhu Para was composed by Locana Dasa Thakura. It appears in Songs of the Gaudiya Vaishnava Acaryas.
What is the meaning of Ke Jabi Ke Jabi Bhai Bhava Sindhu Para?
Who will cross? O my brothers, who will cross this ocean of birth and death?
How many verses does Ke Jabi Ke Jabi Bhai Bhava Sindhu Para have?
Ke Jabi Ke Jabi Bhai Bhava Sindhu Para has 4 verses.
Can I download Ke Jabi Ke Jabi Bhai Bhava Sindhu Para as a PPT or PDF?
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