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Ye Jana Gaurāṅga Bhajite Cāya

Suha-i-rāga

The Acaryas Songs Glorifying Lord Gauranga and Govinda
4 verses

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ye jana gaurāṅga bhajite cāya se śaraṇa la-uka nitā-i-cāndera aruṇa du-khāni pāya

Translation

Anyone who yearns to worship Lord Gaurāṅga must first take shelter of Lord Nitāicandra’s reddish feet.

2

nitā-i-cāndere ye jana bhaje saṁsāra-tāpera śire pada dhari amiyā sāgare māje

Translation

Any person suffering in this world of birth and death who worships Lord Nitāicandra and places on his head Nitāicandra’s feet finds himself plunged in an ocean of nectar.

3

nitā-i yāhā yāhā rahiyā brahmāra durlabha prema sudhā-nidhi mānasa bhariyā piye

Translation

Anyone who takes shelter of Lord Nitāi finds his heart flooded with with a nectar ocean of ecstatic spiritual love, an ocean the demigod Brahmā finds only with great difficulty. That person tastes the nectar of that ocean.

4

ye nitā-i baliyā kānde jñāna dāsa kahe gaura-pada se-i hiyāra mājhare bāndhe

Translation

Jṇāna dasa says: Anyone who calls out, “Nitāi!” and weeps keeps Lord Gaura’s feet always within his heart.

About Ye Jana Gaurāṅga Bhajite Cāya

"Whoever wishes to worship Gauranga [must first take shelter of Nitai]" — reflects the well-known Gaudiya teaching that approach to Chaitanya passes through Nityananda's mercy, the point this chapter's essay makes about his role as gateway.

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Anyone who yearns to worship Lord Gaurāṅga must first take shelter of Lord Nitāicandra’s reddish feet.

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Ye Jana Gaurāṅga Bhajite Cāya has 4 verses.

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