hari ba’le modera gaura elo

NK33Śrī Nagara-kīrtana (Ājñā-ṭahala – Carrying Out the Command)

হরি বঽলে মোদের গৌর এলো ধ্রু

hari ba’le modera gaura elo dhru

hari‘Hari’; ba’lehaving chanted; moderaour; gauraGaura; elocame

Our Śrī Gaurahari came chanting, “Hari! Hari!”

এল রে গৌরাঙ্গচান্দ প্রেমে এলোথেলো

নিতাইঅদ্বৈতসঙ্গে গোদ্রুমে পশিল ১

ela re gaurāṅgacā̃da preme elo-thelo

nitāi-adbaita-saṅge godrume paśila 1

elacame; reoh; gaurāṅgacā̃dathe moon-like Gaurāṅga; premein love; elo thelodisheveled; nitāiNitāi; adbaitaAdvaita Ācārya; saṅgewith; godrumein Godruma; paśilaentered

Śrī Gaurāṅga-cā̃da came looking greatly disheveled, as if mad, due to prema. Along with Nityānanda Prabhu and Advaita Ācārya, He entered the land of Godruma.

সঙ্কীর্তনরসে মেতে নাম বিলাইল

নামের হাটে এসে প্রেমে জগৎ ভাসাইল ২

saṅkīrtana-rase mete nāma bilāila

nāmera hāṭe ese preme jagat bhāsāila 2

saṅkīrtanacongregation chanting; rasein the nectar; meteintoxicated; nāmathe holy name; bilāiladistributed; nāmeraof the holy name; hāṭeat the marketplace; esehaving come; premein divine love; jagatthe world; bhāsāilainundated

Intoxicated by saṅkīrtana-rasa, He freely distributed the holy name to everyone. He arrived at the marketplace of the holy name and inundated the entire universe with prema.

গোদ্রুমবাসীর আজ দুঃখ দূরে গেল

ভক্তব্ড়্ন্দসঙ্গে আসিঽ হাট জাগাইল ৩

godrumabāsīra āja duḥkha dūre gela

bhaktabṛnda-saṅge āsi’ hāṭa jāgāila 3

godrumabāsīraof the residents of Godruma; ājatoday; duḥkhamiseries; dūrefar away; gelagone; bhaktabṛndadevotees + multitude; saṅgewith; āsi’having come; hāṭamarketplace; jāgāilaopened (lit. caused the awakening)

Today, all miseries of the residents of Godruma have gone away because Śrī Gaurāṅga, having come with all His devotees, opened the marketplace of the holy name.

নদীয়া ভ্রমিতে গোরা এল নামের হাটে

গৌর এল হাটে, সঙ্গে নিতাই এল হাটে ৪

nadīyā bhramite gorā ela nāmera hāṭe

gaura ela hāṭe, saṅge nitāi ela hāṭe 4

nadīyāNadīyā; bhramitewandering; gorāGaura; elacame; nāmeraof the holy name; hāṭein the marketplace; gauraGaura; elacame; hāṭein the marketplace; saṅgeaccompanied by; nitāiNitāi; elacame; hāṭein the marketplace

Wandering all over the land of Nadīyā, Śrī Gaurāṅga came to the marketplace of the holy name. Śrī Gaura came to the marketplace along with Nitāi.

নাচে মাতোয়ারা নিতাই গোদ্রুমের মাঠে

জগৎ মাতায় নিতাই প্রেমের মালসাটে ৫

nāce mātoyārā nitāi godrumera māṭhe

jagat mātāya nitāi premera mālasāṭe 5

nācedances; mātoyārāmaddened; nitāiNitāi; godrumeraof Godruma; māṭhein the fields; jagatthe universe; mātāyaoverwhelms; nitāiNitāi; premeraof love

Maddened with ecstasy, Nitāi dances in the fields of Godruma. Due to prema, Nitāi moves His powerful arms like a challenging wrestler and thus overwhelms the universe in rapture.

(তোরা দেখে যারে)

অদ্বৈতাদি ভক্তব্ড়্ন্দ নাচে ঘাটে ঘাটে

পলায় দুরন্ত কলি পḓইয়া বিভ্রাটে ৬

(torā dekhe yāre)

adbaitādi bhaktabṛnda nāce ghāṭe ghāṭe

palāya duranta kali paḓiyā bibhrāṭe 6

(torāall of you; dekhehaving seen; yāre)go + oh; adbaitādiAdvaita Ācārya + and so on; bhaktabṛndadevotees + multitude; nācedances; ghāṭe ghāṭefrom ghāṭa to ghāṭa (a ghāṭa is a platform with stairs leading to a river or pond used for bathing, washing cloth etc.); palāyaflees, escapes; durantapowerful, ferocious; kaliKali Mahārāja; paḓiyāhaving fallen; bibhrāṭein danger, difficulty, trouble, turmoil

All of you come and see! The Vaiṣṇavas, headed by Advaita Ācārya, are dancing along the banks of the Gaṅgā, going from one ghāṭa to the next. At such a sight, the wicked personality Kali falls into great distress and runs for his life.

কি সুখে ভাসিল জীব গোরাচান্দের নাটে

দেখিয়া শুনিয়া পাষণ্ডীর বুক ফাটে ৭

ki sukhe bhāsila jība gorācā̃dera nāṭe

dekhiyā śuniyā pāṣaṇḍīra buka phāṭe 7

kiwhat; sukhein happiness; bhāsilafloated; jībasouls; gorācā̃derathe moon-like Gaura’s; nāṭeby dancing; dekhiyāhaving seen; śuniyāhaving heard; pāṣaṇḍīraatheists’; bukachest (fig.) heart; phāṭebreaks, splits, explodes, bursts

Oh, in what indescribable happiness did all the jīvas float while Śrī Gaura-candra was dancing! By seeing and hearing such pastimes, the hearts of the atheists shatter.

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