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Kabe Tava Karuna Prakase

Bhajan | Bhaktivinoda Thakura

Verses

Verse 1

gurudev!

kabe tava karunā-prakāśe

śrī-gaurāṅga-līlā, hoya nitya-tattwa,

ei dṛḍha viśvāse

`hari hari’ boli’, godruma-kānane,

bhromibo darśana-āśe

Verse 2

nitāi, gaurāṅga, adwaita, śrīvāsa,

gadādhara,—pañca-jana

kṛṣṇa-nāma-rase, bhāsā’be jagat,

kori’ mahā-saṅkīrtana

Verse 3

nartana-vilāsa, mṛdaṅga-vādana,

śunibo āpana-kāne

dekhiyā dekhiyā, se līlā-mādhurī,

bhāsibo premera bane

Verse 4

nā dekhi’ ābāra, se līlā-ratana,

kāṅdi hā gaurāṅga! boli’

āmāre viṣayī, pāgala boliyā,

aṅgete dibeka dhūli

Translation

Verse 1

O Gurudev! When, by the manifestation of your mercy, will I have firm faith in the eternal truth of Śrī Gaurāṅga’s Pastimes, and wander amid the forest of Śrī Godrumdwīp calling out, “Hari!” “Hari!” in hope of beholding those Pastimes before me?

Verse 2

Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu, Śrī Advaita Prabhu, Śrī Śrīvās Ṭhākur, and Śrī Gadādhar Paṇḍit— these five great personages will inundate the world with the rasa of Kṛṣṇa’s Name by performing mahāsaṅkīrtan.

Verse 3

I will hear with my own ears the sounds of the mṛdaṅga and the movements of Their dancing. Beholding the sweet beauty of such Pastimes, I will float in a flood of prema.

Verse 4

Again, not seeing those jewel-like Pastimes before me, I will cry, calling out, “O Gaurāṅga!” Considering me a madman, materialists will kick dust upon my body. Thus ends the section on Bhajana-Lālasā.

TraditionBhajan
ComposerBhaktivinoda Thakura
SourceSaranagati
LanguagesEnglish, Hindi
Verses4 verses

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