kabe gaura-bane

D2Siddhi-lālasā

কবে গৌরবনে, সুরধুনীতটে,

‘হা রাধে, হা ক্ড়্ষ্ণঽ বলে

কান্দিয়া বেḓআঽব, দেহসুখ ছাḓইঽ,

নানা লতাতরুতলে ১

kabe gaura-bane, suradhunī-taṭe,

‘hā rādhe, hā kṛṣṇa’ bale

kā̃diyā beḓā’ba, deha-sukha chāḓi’,

nānā latā-tarutale 1

kabewhen; gaura banein the forest of Gaura (Śrī Navadvīpa-dhāma); suradhunīthe Suradhunī River (Gaṅgā); taṭeon the banks; hā rādhe“Hā Rādhe”; hā kṛṣṇa’“Hā Kṛṣṇa”; balehaving called; kā̃diyāhaving cried; beḓā’baI will wander; dehabodily; sukhapleasure; chāḓi’having given up; nānāvarious; latāvines; tarutaletrees + at the foot

Oh, when, giving up all bodily pleasures, will I wander under various trees and vines on the banks of the Suradhunī [Gaṅgā] in Gaura-vana [Śrī Navadvīpa-dhāma], weeping and calling out, “Hā Rādhe! Hā Kṛṣṇa!”?

শ্বপচগ্ঢ়েতে, মাগিয়া খাইব,

পিব সরস্বতীজল

পুলিনে পুলিনে, গḓআগḓই দিব,

করিঽ ক্ড়্ষ্ণকোলাহল ২

śbapaca-gṛhete, māgiyā khāiba,

piba sarasbatī-jala

puline puline, gaḓāgaḓi diba,

kari’ kṛṣṇa-kolāhala 2

śbapacauntouchables; gṛhetefrom the homes; māgiyāhaving begged; khāibaI shall eat; pibaI shall drink; sarasbatīSarasvatī River; jalawater; puline pulinefrom river bank to river bank; gaḓāgaḓi dibaI shall roll; kari’ kṛṣṇa kolāhalahaving loudly called “Kṛṣṇa”

I shall eat by begging from the homes of the untouchables and drink water from the Sarasvatī River. I shall roll on the ground on the river’s bank, loudly calling out Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s names.

ধামবাসিজনে, প্রণতি করিয়া,

মাগিব ক্ড়্পার লেশ

বৈষ্ণবচরণ, রেণু গায় মাখিঽ,

ধরিঽ অবধূতবেশ ৩

dhāmabāsi-jane, praṇati kariyā,

māgiba kṛpāra leśa

baiṣṇaba-caraṇa, reṇu gāya mākhi’,

dhari’ abadhūta-beśa 3

dhāmabāsi janeto the residents of the holy abode; praṇati kariyāhaving offered obesances; māgibaI shall beg; kṛpāraof mercy; leśaa speck; baiṣṇabathe Vaiṣṇavas; caraṇafeet; reṇudust; gāyabody; mākhi’having smeared; dhari’having worn; abadhūtaa person neglected by soceity; beśacloth, dress

Offering my obeisances to all the dhāma-vāsīs, I shall beg a drop of mercy from them. Smearing the dust of the lotus feet of the Vaiṣṇavas upon my body, I shall don the cloth of an avadhūta.

গৌḓঅব্রজজনে, ভেদ না দেখিব,

হইব বরজবাসী

ধামের স্বরূপ, স্ফুরিবে নয়নে,

হইব রাধার দাসী ৪

gauḓa-braja-jane, bheda nā dekhiba,

ha·iba barajabāsī

dhāmera sbarūpa, sphuribe nayane,

ha·iba rādhāra dāsī 4

gauḓa braja janeto the people of Gauḓa and Vraja; bhedadifference; not; dekhibaI shall see; ha·ibaI will become; barajabāsīa resident of Vraja; dhāmeraof the holy abode; sbarūpathe form; sphuribewill appear; nayanebefore eyes; ha·ibaI shall become; rādhāraof Śrī Rādhā; dāsīa maidservant

I shall see no distinction between the residents of Gauḓa and those of Vraja, and will thus become a true vrajavāsī myself. The transcendental form of the dhāma will appear to my vision, and I shall become a maidservant of Śrī Rādhā.

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