So Bahu Ballabha Sahaje-i Bhora
AI-drafted translation — pending review
He, my greatly beloved, is by nature so heedless — how then will he ever come to know my pain?
I wish to go to him, yet my resolve breaks down; I cannot bear these surging waves of separation.
O sakhi, why has Kana ignored me so? I do not know — my mind, all afire, feels ready to leave me.
Among all the sakhis, you are the wisest one — what clever counsel could I possibly teach you?
Knowing my such deep longing, for this very reason I have offered my life at your feet.
Now you devise some plan, so that my union with Kanu may come free of all obstruction.
If, while still living, I am able to meet Kana, then, says Govinda dasa, I shall forever sing your praises.
About So Bahu Ballabha Sahaje-i Bhora
A dialogue pada in which the heroine confides in her wise sakhi that Krishna, careless by nature, may never learn of her suffering, and that she cannot bear the waves of separation crashing over her. Rather than resolving into pure lament, Govinda dasa Kaviraja lets the heroine turn practical, asking her confidante to devise "some plan" for an unhindered union, a small piece of the go-between (duti) convention embedded within an otherwise interior song.
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Who wrote So Bahu Ballabha Sahaje-i Bhora?
So Bahu Ballabha Sahaje-i Bhora was composed by Govinda Dasa Kaviraja.
What is the meaning of So Bahu Ballabha Sahaje-i Bhora?
He, my greatly beloved, is by nature so heedless — how then will he ever come to know my pain?
How many verses does So Bahu Ballabha Sahaje-i Bhora have?
So Bahu Ballabha Sahaje-i Bhora has 7 verses.
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