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SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI : SRIMAN MAHAPRABHU VANDANA
yadi gaura na ha’ta, tabe ki haita,
kemane dharitam de
radhara mahima, prema-rasa-sima,
jagate janata ke? [1]
If Gaura had not come, what would have happened? How would we have lived? Who
would have revealed to the world Radha’s glory and the acme of Her ecstatic
divine love?
madhura vrnda, vipina-madhuri,
pravesa chaturi sara
varaja-yuvati, bhavera bhakati,
sakati haita kara? [2]
Who would have had the great expertise required to enter into the sweet
forests of Vrindavan? Who would have shown the power of Vraja gopis’
ecstatic devotion?
gao punah punah, gaurangera guna,
sarala kariya mana
e bhava-sagare, emana dayala,
na dekhiye eka-jana [3]
Sing Gauranga’s glories again and again. Try to be simple-hearted. In the
ocean of this material world, no one has ever seen anyone as merciful.
(ami) gauranga baliya, na genu galiya,
kemane dharinu de
vasura-hiya, pasana diya,
(vidhi) kemane gadiyachhe [4]
But when I take Gauranga’s Name, nothing melts in me! How can I live like
this?! How is it that Providence has made Vasu’s heart out of stone?
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