Hari Hari Gora Kena Kande
Bhajan | Traditional
Verse 1
hari hari gorā kena kānde
nā jāni ṭhekila pahuṁ kara prema-phānde
Verse 2
tejiyā kālindī-tīra kadamba bilāsa
ebe sindhu-tīre kena kibā abhilāṣa
Verse 3
ye karila śata koṭi gopī saṅge rāsa
ebe se kāndaye kena kariyā sannyāsa
Verse 4
ye āṅkhi bhaṅgīte kata anaṅga mūrache
ebe kata jala-dhārā bahiyā paḍiche
Verse 5
ye mohana cūḍā-phānde jagata mohita
se mastaka keśa-śūnya ati biparīta
Verse 6
pīta-bāsa chāḍi kena aruṇa basana
kāla-rūpa chāḍi kene gaura baraṇa
Verse 7
kahe balarāma dāsa nā jāni kāraṇa
tāhāra kāraṇa kibā yāhāra baraṇa
Verse 1
Alas! Alas! Why does Lord Gaura weep? I do not know. The Lord is now caught in a trap of the ecstasy of spiritual love.
Verse 2
Why did He wish to leave His pastimes in the kadamba grove by the Yamunā’s banks and come to the ocean’s shore?
Verse 3
Why did He who enjoyed the rāsa dance with hunderds and millions of gopīs accept sannyāsa? Why does He now weep?
Verse 4
Why does He whose crooked glances where more enchanting than how many Kāmadevas now weep, how many flooding rivers of tears flowing from His eyes?
Verse 5
Why did He whose graceful hair was a trap that charmed all the worlds shave the hair of His head?
Verse 6
Why did He leave behind His yellow garments and accept the saffron garments of a sannyāsī? Why did He leave behind His dark complexion and suddenly become fair?
Verse 7
Balarāma dāsa says: I do not know the reason why He has done these things. What is the reason He has a fair complexion?
Verse 1
hari hari gorā kena kānde
nā jāni ṭhekila pahuṁ kara prema-phānde
Verse 2
tejiyā kālindī-tīra kadamba bilāsa
ebe sindhu-tīre kena kibā abhilāṣa
Verse 3
ye karila śata koṭi gopī saṅge rāsa
ebe se kāndaye kena kariyā sannyāsa
Verse 4
ye āṅkhi bhaṅgīte kata anaṅga mūrache
ebe kata jala-dhārā bahiyā paḍiche
Verse 5
ye mohana cūḍā-phānde jagata mohita
se mastaka keśa-śūnya ati biparīta
Verse 6
pīta-bāsa chāḍi kena aruṇa basana
kāla-rūpa chāḍi kene gaura baraṇa
Verse 7
kahe balarāma dāsa nā jāni kāraṇa
tāhāra kāraṇa kibā yāhāra baraṇa
Verse 1
Alas! Alas! Why does Lord Gaura weep? I do not know. The Lord is now caught in a trap of the ecstasy of spiritual love.
Verse 2
Why did He wish to leave His pastimes in the kadamba grove by the Yamunā’s banks and come to the ocean’s shore?
Verse 3
Why did He who enjoyed the rāsa dance with hunderds and millions of gopīs accept sannyāsa? Why does He now weep?
Verse 4
Why does He whose crooked glances where more enchanting than how many Kāmadevas now weep, how many flooding rivers of tears flowing from His eyes?
Verse 5
Why did He whose graceful hair was a trap that charmed all the worlds shave the hair of His head?
Verse 6
Why did He leave behind His yellow garments and accept the saffron garments of a sannyāsī? Why did He leave behind His dark complexion and suddenly become fair?
Verse 7
Balarāma dāsa says: I do not know the reason why He has done these things. What is the reason He has a fair complexion?
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