Yata Yata Abatāra Sāra
Bhāṭiyāri-rāga
He is the best of all avatāras. This I say of my Lord Gaura-avatāra.
The treasure of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s holy name and love for Lord Kṛṣṇa—a treasure even the demigod Brahmā finds difficult to attain—Lord Gaura gives to everyone, even to the caṇḍālas. He fills the world with that treasure.
He plunges even the mlecchas, blapshemers, and others like them into a flood of the nectar of ecstatic spiritual love. He makes everyone in the world dance and sing.
He makes even the birds, beasts, tigers, deer, and fish dance, sing, laugh, and weep in kīrtana.
He plunges the heavenly, middle, and lower worlds in the nectar of ecstatic love. Only Balarāma dāsa is not plunged. Only he is cheated.
About Yata Yata Abatāra Sāra
A blunt claim: whatever incarnations there are, this one is their very essence (sara) — Chaitanya set above the avatara list itself rather than compared to any single one of them.
Frequently asked
Who wrote Yata Yata Abatāra Sāra?
Yata Yata Abatāra Sāra was composed by Balarāma dāsa. It appears in Songs of the Gaudiya Vaishnava Acaryas.
What is the meaning of Yata Yata Abatāra Sāra?
He is the best of all avatāras. This I say of my Lord Gaura-avatāra.
How many verses does Yata Yata Abatāra Sāra have?
Yata Yata Abatāra Sāra has 5 verses.
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