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Dekha Dekha Jiba Gauranga Candera Lila

Bhajan | Ramananda Raya

Verses

Verse 1

dekha dekha jība gaurāṅga cāndera līlā

lākhe lākhe gopī nimikhe bhulā-iyā ki lāgi sannyāsī haila

Verse 2

pīta-basana chāḍi ḍorā-kaupina pari

bākuyā karilā daṇḍa

kālindīra tīre sukha parihari

sindu-tīre paracaṇḍa

Verse 3

rāma abatāre dhanuka dhariyā

gokule pūrila baṁśī

ebe jība lāgi karuṇā dhariyā

daṇḍa dhariyā sannyāsī

Verse 4

dhari naba-daṇḍa la-iyā karaṅga

sindhu-tīre kaila thānā

rāmānanda kaya sannyāsīra beśa naya

pāṣaṇḍa-dalana bīrabānā

Translation

Verse 1

O spirit-souls, look! Look at Lord Gaurāṅgacandra's pastimes! Why, in the blinking of an eye forgetting millions and millions of gopīs, has He now become a sannyāsī?

Verse 2

Rejecting His yellow garments, now He wears a sannyasi's garments. Now He carries a daṇḍa. Turning away from His blissful pastimes on the Yamunā's banks, now He stays by the seaside.

Verse 3

When He descended as Rāmacandra to this world, He carried a bow. When He stayed in Gokula He filled the flute with melodies. Now, out of compassion for the fallen souls, He carries a daṇḍa. Now He is a sannyāsī.

Verse 4

Carrying a waterpot and a new daṇḍa, He stays by the seaside. Rāmānanda says: If He had not accepted a sannyāsī's garments He would have been a heroic warrior, a warrior who ripped the blasphemers into shreds.

TraditionBhajan
ComposerRamananda Raya
SourceSongs of the Gaudiya Vaishnava Acaryas
LanguagesEnglish, Hindi
Verses4 verses

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