emana śacīra nandana bine

GH37The Wonderful Qualities of Śrī Gaurāṅga

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

emanalike, such; śacīraŚacī’s; nandanason; bineexcept, without, but; prema’divine love; bali’called; nāmaname; atiextremely; adbhutawonderful; śrutaheard; ha·itawould have; kā’rawho; kāṇein 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

śrīkṛṣṇanāmeraŚrī Kṛṣṇa + of the names; sbaguṇaHis own + qualities; mahimāglories; kebāwho; jānāitawould have announced, informed, made known; āraelse; bṛndāVṛndā-devī; bipineraof the forests (Śrī Vṛndāvana); mahāsupreme; madhurimāsweetness; prabeśa ha·itawould have entered; kā’rawho

…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

kebāwho; jānāitawould have explained; rādhāraRādhā’s; mādhuryasweetness; rasatranscendental mellows; yaśaglories; camatkārawondrous; tā’raHer; anubhabaknowledge, realization percepting, feeling; sāttbikaecstatic; bikāratranformations*; gocaraperceive; chilawas there; [used to emphasize a question]; kā’rawho

…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

brajeof Vraja; yethose; bilāsaamorous pastimes; rāsa mahārāsathe great rāsa dance; premalove; parakīyaparamour; tattbafundamental truths; gopīraof the gopīs; mahimāthe glories; byabhicārītransitory spiritual emotions; sīmālimits; kā’rawho; abagatithoroughly understood; chilawas; etathis

…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

dhanyablessed; kaliage of Kali; dhanyafortunate; nitāi caitanyaŚrī Nitāi and Śrī Caitanya; paramagreatest; karuṇāmercy; kari’having done; bidhithe creator (Lord Brahmā); agocarabeyond the comprehension; yeThey; premadivine love; bikāratransformations; prakāśethey reveal; jagataworld; 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

uttamathe elevated; adhamathe fallen; kichu nānever; bāchiladiscriminated; yāciyāfreely; dileka kolaembraced; kahesays; premānandePremānanda dāsa; emanathat; gaurāṅgeGaurāṅga; antarein the heart; dhariyāholding; dolaswing

Without discriminating between the elevated and the fallen, They freely embraced everyone. Premānanda says, “Hold that Gaurāṅga within your heart!”

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