এমন শচীর নন্দন বিনে
‘প্রেমঽ বলিঽ নাম, অতি অদ্ভুত,
শ্রুত হইত কাঽর কাণে ১
emana śacīra nandana bine
‘prema’ bali’ nāma, ati adbhuta,
śruta ha·ita kā’ra kāṇe 1
emana — like, such; śacīra — Śacī’s; nandana — son; bine — except, without, but; prema’ — divine love; bali’ — called; nāma — name; ati — extremely; adbhuta — wonderful; śruta — heard; ha·ita — would have; kā’ra — who; kāṇe — in the ears
Except for the son of Mother Śacī… …who could have heard about that extraordinarily wonderful thing called prema?
শ্রীক্ড়্ষ্ণনামের, স্বগুণ মহিমা,
কেবা জানাইত আর ?
ব্ড়্ন্দাবিপিনের, মহা মধুরিমা,
প্রবেশ হইত কাঽর ২
śrīkṛṣṇanāmera, sbaguṇa mahimā,
kebā jānāita āra ?
bṛndā-bipinera, mahā madhurimā,
prabeśa ha·ita kā’ra 2
śrīkṛṣṇanāmera — Śrī Kṛṣṇa + of the names; sbaguṇa — His own + qualities; mahimā — glories; kebā — who; jānāita — would have announced, informed, made known; āra — else; bṛndā — Vṛndā-devī; bipinera — of the forests (Śrī Vṛndāvana); mahā — supreme; madhurimā — sweetness; prabeśa ha·ita — would have entered; kā’ra — who
…who could have announced the glorious qualities of the holy names of Śrī Kṛṣṇa? …who could have entered into the supreme sweetness of the forests of Vṛndā-devī?
কেবা জানাইত, রাধার মাধুর্য,
রসয়শ চমৎকার ?
তাঽর অনুভব, সাত্ত্বিক বিকার,
গোচর ছিল বা কাঽর ৩
kebā jānāita, rādhāra mādhurya,
rasa-yaśa camatkāra ?
tā’ra anubhaba, sāttbika bikāra,
gocara chila bā kā’ra 3
kebā — who; jānāita — would have explained; rādhāra — Rādhā’s; mādhurya — sweetness; rasa — transcendental mellows; yaśa — glories; camatkāra — wondrous; tā’ra — Her; anubhaba — knowledge, realization percepting, feeling; sāttbika — ecstatic; bikāra — tranformations*; gocara — perceive; chila — was there; bā — [used to emphasize a question]; kā’ra — who
…who could have told us about the wondrous glories of the exceedingly sweet transcendental mellows that Śrī Rādhā experiences? …who could have understood what she experienced or Her ecstatic bodily transformations?
ব্রজে যেবিলাস, রাসমহারাস,
প্রেম পরকীয় তত্ত্ব
গোপীর মহিমা, ব্যভিচারী সীমা,
কাঽর অবগতি ছিল এত ৪
braje ye-bilāsa, rāsa-mahārāsa,
prema parakīya tattba
gopīra mahimā, byabhicārī sīmā,
kā’ra abagati chila eta 4
braje — of Vraja; ye — those; bilāsa — amorous pastimes; rāsa mahārāsa — the great rāsa dance; prema — love; parakīya — paramour; tattba — fundamental truths; gopīra — of the gopīs; mahimā — the glories; byabhicārī — transitory spiritual emotions; sīmā — limits; kā’ra — who; abagati — thoroughly understood; chila — was; eta — this
…who could have thoroughly understood the amorous pastimes of Vraja, the great rāsa-līlā, the fundamental truths of paramour love (parakīya-prema), the glories of the gopīs, and the limits of spiritual emotions?
ধন্য কলি ধন্য, নিতাই চৈতন্য,
পরম করুণা করিঽ
বিধিঅগোচর, যে প্রেমবিকার,
প্রকাশে জগতভরিঽ ৫
dhanya kali dhanya, nitāi caitanya,
parama karuṇā kari’
bidhi-agocara, ye prema-bikāra,
prakāśe jagata-bhari’ 5
dhanya — blessed; kali — age of Kali; dhanya — fortunate; nitāi caitanya — Śrī Nitāi and Śrī Caitanya; parama — greatest; karuṇā — mercy; kari’ — having done; bidhi — the creator (Lord Brahmā); agocara — beyond the comprehension; ye — They; prema — divine love; bikāra — transformations; prakāśe — they reveal; jagata — world; bhari’ — having filled
By bestowing the greatest mercy, Śrī Nitāi and Śrī Caitanya have made this blessed age of Kali supremely glorious. They have filled the world with revelations of prema and its transformations, which are beyond the comprehension of even Lord Brahmā.
উত্তম অধম, কিছু না বাছিল,
যাচিয়া দিলেক কোল
কহে প্রেমানন্দে, এমন গৌরাঙ্গে,
অন্তরে ধরিয়া দোল ৬
uttama adhama, kichu nā bāchila,
yāciyā dileka kola
kahe premānande, emana gaurāṅge,
antare dhariyā dola 6
uttama — the elevated; adhama — the fallen; kichu nā — never; bāchila — discriminated; yāciyā — freely; dileka kola — embraced; kahe — says; premānande — Premānanda dāsa; emana — that; gaurāṅge — Gaurāṅga; antare — in the heart; dhariyā — holding; dola — swing
Without discriminating between the elevated and the fallen, They freely embraced everyone. Premānanda says, “Hold that Gaurāṅga within your heart!”