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Goracandera Ajna Peye Grha Basi Gana

Bhajan | Bhaktivinoda Thakura

Verses

Verse 1

gorācandera ajña peye gṛha-bāsi-gaṇa

mṛta suta aṅganete āna tata-khaṇa

Verse 2

kali-mala-hari gorā jijñāse takhana

śrībāse chāḍiyā śiśu jāo ki kāraṇa

Verse 3

mṛta-śiśu-mukhe jība kore nibedana

loka-śikha lāgi prabhu taba ācaraṇa

Verse 4

tumi to' parama-tattwa ananta adwaya

para śakti tomāra abhinna tattwa hoya

Verse 5

sei parā śakti tridhā hoiyā prokāśa

taba icchā-mata koraya tomāra bilāsa

Verse 6

cic-chakti-swarūpe nitya-līlā prokāśiyā

tomāre ānanda dena hlādinī hoiyā

Verse 7

jība-śakti hana taba cit-kiraṇa-caye

taṭastha-swabhābe jība-gaṇe prakaṭaye

Verse 8

māyā-śakti ho'ye kore prapañca sṛjana

bahirmukha jībe tāhe koroya bandhana

Verse 9

bhakatibinoda bole aparādha-phale

bahirmukha ho'ye āchi prapañca-kabale

Translation

Verse 1

On Lord Caitanya's order, the people of the house at once brought the dead son into the courtyard.

Verse 2

Then Lord Caitanya, the purifier of the Kali-yuga, asked, "Child, why did you leave Śrīvāsa and go away?"

Verse 3

Speaking through the dead boy;s mouth, the spirit soul said, "Lord, You act to teach the world.

Verse 4

["You are the limitless, non-dual Supreme Truth. Your spiritual potency is not different from You.

Verse 5

"Your spiritual potency manifests in three ways. By Your wish it helps with Your pastimes.

Verse 6

"Your spiritual potency manifests Your eternal pastimes. Becoming Your hlādinī śakti (pleasure potency), Your spiritual potency gives You bliss.

Verse 7

"Becoming the jīva-śakti (potency of individual souls), Your spiritual potency manifests the multitude of individual souls, who are tiny particles of spiritual effulgence on the border (taṭastha) of matter and spirit.

Verse 8

"Becoming the māyā-śakti (material potency), Your spiritual potency creates the material world, where she imprisons the rebellious souls who have turned their faces away from You."

Verse 9

Bhaktivinoda says: Because of my offenses, I turned my face away from Lord Kṛṣṇa. That is why I was devoured by the material potency.

TraditionBhajan
ComposerBhaktivinoda Thakura
SourceGitamala
LanguagesEnglish, Hindi
Verses9 verses

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