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Ke Go A I Gaura Barana Banka Bhuru Banka Nayana

Bhajan | Kanu Dasa

Verses

Verse 1

ke go a-i gaura-baraṇa bāṅkā bhuru bāṅkā nayana

cina cina cina yena kari

e-i nā se nandera gopāla yaśodāra jībana dulāla

ā-ila kari gopīra mana-curi

Verse 2

śire chila mohana cūḍā ebe māthā kaila neḍā

kaupina parila dhaḍā chāḍi

gopī-mana mohanera tāre mohana-baṁśī chila kare

ebe se ha-ila daṇḍa-dhārī

Verse 3

nīpa-taru-mūle giyā adhare muralī laiya

rādhā-nāma karita sādhana

ebe suradhunī-tīre bāhu duṭī ucca ka're

sadā-i karaye saṅkīrtana

Verse 4

nabīna nāgara sāje gopī-saha kuṇja-mājhe

karita ye bibidha bilāsa

ebe pāriṣada saṅge nāma yāce dīna-beśe

se-i e-i kahe kānu-dāsa

Translation

Verse 1

Look! Look! Look! Who is this person with a fair complexion, with curved eyebrows and eyes with crooked glances? He cannot be Nanda's gopa son. He cannot be Yaśodā's beloved son. He cannot be the boy that robbed the gopīs of their hearts.

Verse 2

In the past His hair was glorious. Now His head is shaved. Now He wears a kaupīna and a sannyāsī's garments. In the past He charmed the gopīs' hearts. In the past He played charming melodies on his flute. Now He carries a sannyāsī's daṇḍa.

Verse 3

In the past He sat under a kadamba tree, placed the flute to His lips, and played melodies that were actually songs chanting Śrī Rādhā's name. Now He stands by the Gaṅgā's banks, raises His arms, and always sings in saṅkīrtana.

Verse 4

In the past He was the teenage hero of amorous pastimes. In the past He enjoyed many pastimes with the gopīs in the middle of the forest. Now He wears the garments of a sannyāsī. Accompanied by His companions, He begs everyone to accept the chanting of Lord Kṛṣṇa's holy names. Kānu dāsa speaks these words.

TraditionBhajan
ComposerKanu Dasa
SourceSongs of the Gaudiya Vaishnava Acaryas
LanguagesEnglish, Hindi
Verses4 verses

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