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Mrta Sisu Lo'ye Tabe Bhakata Batsala

Bhajan | Bhaktivinoda Thakura

Verses

Verse 1

mṛta śiśu lo'ye tabe bhakata-batsala

bhakata-saṅgete gāya śrī-nāma-maṅgala

Verse 2

gāite gāite gelā jāhnabīra tīre

balake satkāra koilo jāhnabīra nīre

Verse 3

jāhnabī bolena mama saubhāgya apāra

saphala hoilo brata chilo je āmāra

Verse 4

mṛta śiśu dena gorā jāhnabīra jale

uṭhali jāhnabī debī śiśu loya kole

Verse 5

uṭhaliyā sparśa gorā-caraṇa-kamala

śiśu kole preme debī hoya ṭalamala

Verse 6

jāhnabīra bhāba dekhi' jata bhakta-gaṇa

śrī-nāma-maṅgala-dhwani kore anukhaṇa

Verse 7

swarge hoite debe kore puṣpa-bariṣaṇa

bimāna saṅkula tabe chailo gagana

Verse 8

ei rūpe nānā-bhābe hoiyā magana

satkāra koriyā snāna koilo sarba-jana

Verse 9

parama ānande sabe gelo nija ghare

bhakatibinoda māje gorā-bhāba-bhare

Translation

Verse 1

Then Lord Caitanya, who dearly loves His devotees, personally carried the dead boy. Accompanied by the devotees, He sang the auspicious holy names.

Verse 2

Singing and singing, they came to the Gaṅgā's bank. In the Gaṅgā's water the last rites were performed for the boy.

Verse 3

Goddess Gaṅgā said, "My good fortune has no end. The vows I performed in the past have now borne their fruit."

Verse 4

Lord Caitanya placed the dead boy in the Gaṅgā's water. Holding the dead boy, Goddess Gaṅgā rose from the water.

Verse 5

Emerging from the water, the goddess touched Lord Caitanya's feet. Holding the boy, she trembled with ecstatic love.

Verse 6

Seeing Goddess Gaṅgā's ecstatic love, the devotees made an auspicious sound of the holy names moment after moment.

Verse 7

Arriving from Svargaloka, the demigods showered flowers. The sky was filled with their celestial airplanes.

Verse 8

Everyone was plunged in different kinds of ecstatic love. After observing the funeral, everyone bathed.

Verse 9

They all very joyfully returned to their homes. Bhaktivinoda is now plunged in the ecstasy of love for Lord Caitanya.

TraditionBhajan
ComposerBhaktivinoda Thakura
SourceGitamala
LanguagesEnglish, Hindi
Verses9 verses

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