Mandira Bahira Kathina Kapata
Bhajan | Govinda Dasa Kaviraja
Verse 1
mandira bahira kathina kapata
cala-ite sankila pankila bata
Verse 2
tamhi ati duratara badara dola
bari ki bara-i nila nicola
Verse 3
sundari kaiche kayabi abhisara
hari raha manasa suradhuni para
Verse 4
ghana ghana jhana jhana bajara nipata
suna-ite srabane marame jari ja;ta
Verse 5
dasa disa damini daha-i bithara
hera-ite ucaka-i locana-bhara
Verse 6
ithe yadi sundari tejabi geha
premaka lagi upekhabi deha
Verse 7
gobinda-dasa kaha ithe ki bicara
chutala bana kiye yatane nibara
Verse 1
Outside the house the door is stiff and hard; the path to walk on is muddy and treacherous.
Verse 2
On top of that, thick clouds swell far across the sky; will the rain drench her dark-blue cloak that hides her?
Verse 3
How will the beautiful one make her journey to meet him? Stay on the far bank of the heavenly river, Hari, and keep her in your thoughts.
Verse 4
Again and again, with a crashing sound, thunderbolts fall; hearing it, her heart burns and is scorched within.
Verse 5
In all ten directions the lightning spreads and blazes; seeing it, her eyes are startled upward in fear.
Verse 6
Yet if the beautiful one leaves her home for this, for the sake of love she will disregard even her own body.
Verse 7
Govinda Dasa says: what further thought remains in this? Once she has set out, who can restrain her, however carefully?
Verse 1
mandira bahira kathina kapata
cala-ite sankila pankila bata
Verse 2
tamhi ati duratara badara dola
bari ki bara-i nila nicola
Verse 3
sundari kaiche kayabi abhisara
hari raha manasa suradhuni para
Verse 4
ghana ghana jhana jhana bajara nipata
suna-ite srabane marame jari ja;ta
Verse 5
dasa disa damini daha-i bithara
hera-ite ucaka-i locana-bhara
Verse 6
ithe yadi sundari tejabi geha
premaka lagi upekhabi deha
Verse 7
gobinda-dasa kaha ithe ki bicara
chutala bana kiye yatane nibara
Verse 1
Outside the house the door is stiff and hard; the path to walk on is muddy and treacherous.
Verse 2
On top of that, thick clouds swell far across the sky; will the rain drench her dark-blue cloak that hides her?
Verse 3
How will the beautiful one make her journey to meet him? Stay on the far bank of the heavenly river, Hari, and keep her in your thoughts.
Verse 4
Again and again, with a crashing sound, thunderbolts fall; hearing it, her heart burns and is scorched within.
Verse 5
In all ten directions the lightning spreads and blazes; seeing it, her eyes are startled upward in fear.
Verse 6
Yet if the beautiful one leaves her home for this, for the sake of love she will disregard even her own body.
Verse 7
Govinda Dasa says: what further thought remains in this? Once she has set out, who can restrain her, however carefully?
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