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Bhaba Sagara Bara Duratara Duragraha

Bhajan | Ghanasyama Dasa

Verses

Verse 1

bhaba sāgara bara duratara duragraha

duranta gati su-bithāra

nimagana jagata patita saba ākula

ko-i nā pā-ola pāra

Verse 2

jaya jaya nitā-i gaura abatāra

hari-nāma prabala taraṇī abalambaye

karuṇāya karala uddhāra

Verse 3

aja bhaba adi byāsa śuka nārada

anta nā pāya-i yān3ra

aichana prema patita jane bitara-i

ko achu karuṇā apāra

Verse 4

hena abatāra āra kiye hoyaba

rasika bhakata-gaṇa mela

dīna ghanayśāma son3ari bhela jara jara

hṛdi māhā rahi gela śela

Translation

Verse 1

The ocean of repeated birth and death is horrible and wide. The people of the world were drowning in it. The fallen souls were distraught. No one could swim to the shore.

Verse 2

Glory glory to Lord Gaura and Lord Nitāi who descended to this world! Kindly picking up the drowning souls They placed them in the strong boat of Lord Kṛṣṇa's holy names and delivered them.

Verse 3

Even Brahmā Śiva Vyāsa Śukadeva Nārada and all the demigods and sages could not find that ocean's shore. To the fallen people Lord Gaura and Lord Nitāi gave the gift of ecstatic spiritual love. Who has limitless mercy like Them?

Verse 4

Will there ever be another avatāra like Them? They were surrounded by a host of rasika devotees. Remembering Them poor Ghanaśyāma is overcome. He feels as if a javelin is pushed into his heart.

TraditionBhajan
ComposerGhanasyama Dasa
SourceSongs of the Gaudiya Vaishnava Acaryas
LanguagesEnglish, Hindi
Verses4 verses

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