Kirtan Guide
Emona Gaurāṅga bine nāhi āra
- emona gaurāṅga bine nāhi āra
- heno avatāra hobe ki hoyeche
- heno prema parachāra
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No one is like Lord Gaurāṅga! Will there ever be an incarnation like Him, an incarnation that preached ecstatic love of Godhead as He did?
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- duramati ati patita pāṣaṇḍī
- prāṇe nā mārilo kore
- harināma diye hṛdoya śodhilo
- jachi giyā ghore ghore
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He did not kill the fallen wicked-hearted blasphemers. Instead He went from house to house visiting them. He begged them to chant Lord Krishna’s Holy Names. He gave them the Holy Names and purified their hearts.
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- bhava biriñchira vāñchito je prema
- jagata phelilo ḍhāli
- kāṅgāle pāiyā khā-ilo nāchiye
- bājāiye karatāli
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To the world He freely gave the rare gift of ecstatic love of Godhead, a gift even Brahmā and Shiva attain only with great difficulty. Attaining that gift, the poor people of this world danced and clapped their hands.
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- hāsiye kā̐diye preme gaḍāgaḍi
- pulake byāpilo aṅga
- chaṇḍāle brāhmaṇe kore kolākuli
- kobe bā chilo e raṅga
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They laughed and wept. Overcome with ecstasy, they rolled on the ground. The hairs of their bodies stood erect. The brāhmaṇs and chaṇḍāls embraced. There was great bliss.
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- ḍākiye hā̐kiye khol karatāle
- gāiye dhāiye phire
- dekhiyā śamana tarāsa pāiye
- kapāṭa hānilo dvāre
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Loudly they called out the Holy Names playing the mṛdaṅga and karatāls. They sang, ran, and danced in a circle. Seeing all this, peaceful composure became afraid, fled, and knocked on people’s doors.
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- e tina bhuvana ānande bhorilo
- uṭhilo maṅgala sora
- kohe premānanda emona gaurāṅga
- rati nā janmilo mora
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An auspicious tumult arose. The three worlds were filled with bliss. Premānanda says: “Alas! Attachment for Lord Gaurāṅga did not arise in me.”