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Hatera Pattana Sri Sacinandana

Bhajan | Sekhara Dasa

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Verse 1

hāṭera pattana śrī-śacīnandana

karala pā-iyā sukha

hāṭera ṭhākura nitā-i sundara

khaṅḍila jībera dukha

Verse 2

dekha hāṭha manohara raṅga

narahari dāsa hāṭhera biśwāsa

śrīnibāsa āra saṅga

Verse 3

āra adbhuta ṭhākura adwaita

munasi hāṭera mājha

haridāsa ādi phire hāṭa sadhi

rāmānanda satyarāja

Verse 4

karatāla yata bādya bāje kata

mṛdaṅga kāhāra ḍhola

hāṭa kalayaba nṛtya gīta saba

ghana ghana haribola

Verse 5

premera pasāra laiyā gadādhara

saṅge pasārira-gaṅa

rāya rāmānanda murāri mukunda

bāsudeba sulocana

Verse 6

sanātana rūpa paṅḍita swarūpa

dāmodara yāra nāma

basu rāmānanda sena śibānanda

bakreśwara guṅa-dhāma

Verse 7

paṅḍita śaṅkara āra kāśīśvara

mukunda mādhava dāsa

raghunātha adi guṅera abadhi

pūrala manera āsa

Verse 8

kata nāma niba pasāri e saba

pasāra la-iyā kāche

pasāra bhūṣaṅa pulaka rodana

mahā-bhāba ādi āche

Verse 9

hāṭera hāṭuyā bhakata nāṭuyā

pasāri mahimā jāni

dainya dāna diyā se prema āniyā

sadā kare biki kini

Verse 10

hāṭera koṭāla ṭhākura gopāla

dāna-ghāṭi gopīnātha

hāṭera pālana śrī-raghunandana

karena sundara sātha

Verse 11

dibā rāti nā-i bājāra sadā-i

ye yāya se prema pāya

premera pasāra karala bithāra

śacīra dulāla rāya

Verse 12

bhāṅgila ākāla mātila kāṅgāla

khā-iyā bharala peṭa

dekhiyā śamana karaye bhābana

badana kariyā heṭa

Verse 13

jarā mṛtyu nā-i ānanda sadā-i

śoka-bhaya nāhi haya

āśā-jhuli kari śekhara bhikhārī

bājāre māgiya khāya

Translation

Verse 1

Śacī's son joyfully established this marketplace. Handsome Lord Nitāi, the marketplace-master, broke into pieces the sufferings of every soul.

Verse 2

Look at the beautiful marketplace! There Narahari dāsa is the treasurer. Śrīnivāsa Acārya is his associate.

Verse 3

Wonderful Lord Advaita is the secretary of the marketplace. Haridāsa, Rāmānanda, Satyarāja, and others are peddlers who circulate through the marketplace.

Verse 4

How many karatālas, mṛdaṅgas, ḍholas, and other musical instruments are played? Sweet music fills the marketplace. There are singing and dancing, and loud calls of "Haribol!" 5-

Verse 5

Gadadhara, having laid out the wares of love, is accompanied by a band of fellow shopkeepers: Raya Ramananda, Murari, Mukunda, Vasudeva and Sulocana.

Verse 6

Sanatana, Rupa, Pandita, Svarupa Damodara, Basu Ramananda, Sena Sivananda and Vakresvara, an abode of virtues.

Verse 7

Gadādhara sets out his wares of ecstatic spiritual love. His associates, the other merchants, are Rāmānanda Rāya, Murāri, Mukunda, Vāsudeva, Sulocana, Sanātana Gosvāmī, Rūpa Gosvāmī, Paṅḍita Svarūpa Dāmodara, Rāmānanda Vasu, Śivānanda Sena, saintly Vakreśvara, Śaṅkara Paṅḍita, Kāśīśvara, Mukunda, Mādhava dāsa, Raghunātha dāsa, and many others. They are all supremely virtuous. They satisfy the heart's desire.

Verse 8

Howe many names can I write? All these merchants spread out their goods. They spread out various ornaments, like weeping, standing up of the body's hairs, and other symptoms of ecstatic spiritual love.

Verse 9

There are merchants selling goods from stalls, and there are devotee dancers dancing. Paying the price of humbleness, the customers buy the goods of ecstatic spiritual love. The buying and selling continues without stop.

Verse 10

Gopāla Ṭhākura is the marketplace-watchman. Gopīnātha is the collector of payments. Śrī Raghunandana is the worker for marketplace-maintenance. He keeps the marketplace beautiful.

Verse 11

Day or night make no difference. This marketplace is always open. Here the customers always came and purchase the wares of ecstatic spiritual love. Śacī's dear son personally spreads out the wares of ecstatic spiritual love.

Verse 12

In this marketplace all troubles are broken into pieces. Even the poor beggars are joyful. Eating, they fill their bellies. Gazing at this marketplace, Yāmarāja becomes rapt in thought. Humbly he lowers his head.

Verse 13

In this marketpladce there is no old-age and no death. In this marketplace spiritual bliss is alsways manifest. Here there is neither grief nor fear. In this marketplace the beggar Śekhara Rāya bows, begs some food, and eats.

TraditionBhajan
ComposerSekhara Dasa
SourceSongs of the Gaudiya Vaishnava Acaryas
LanguagesEnglish, Hindi
Verses13 verses

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