Bhajan 14 - ‘Radha-Krishna’ Bal Bal

[Center for Bhakti Studies]

Bhajan: ‘Radha-Krishna’ Bal Bal
Language: Bangla
Author: Shrila Bhaktivinoda Thakura
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‘radha-krishna’ bal bal bala re sabai
(ei) shiksha diya, saba nadiya, phirche nece’ gaura-nitai
(miche) mayara vashe, jaccha bhese’, khaccha habudubu, bhai (1)

‘radha-krishna’ bal, bal=say, chant, repeatedly, bala re sabai (all)= urging all to participate
(ei)=this, shiksha=education, instruction, diya=by giving, saba=all, nadiya=Navadvip, phirche=roaming around, nece=dancing’, gaura-nitai
(miche)=wrongly, Mayara=under Maya’s, vashe=control, jaccha Bhese'=floating away, khaccha Habudubu = often drowning, often surfacing from under, struggling to survive, bhai=brother (1)

Everyone, chant, chant, chant “Radha-Krishna.” Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu are dancing, roaming throughout Navadvipa and instructing all.
O brothers! All of you chant this holy name of Radha-Krishna. You have uselessly come under the control of maya, sometimes floating and sometimes drowning in the ocean of material happiness and distress.

(jiva) krishna-dasa, e vishvasa, karle to’ ara duhkha nai
(krishna) balbe jabe, pulaka ha’be, jharbe akhi, bali tai (2)

(jiva) krishna-dasa = servant of Krishna, e vishvasa=this faith, karle=accept as Truth, to'=then, ara=no more, duhkha=sorrows, nai=exist
(krishna) balbe=say, utter, chant, jabe=when, pulaka=shiver in ecstasy, ha’be=will happen, jharbe=(waves of tears) will flow down, akhi=eyes, bali=(I, meaning author) say, Tai=this (2)

But if you have faith that the jiva is a servant of Krishna, you will have no more sorrows.
When you utter krishna-nama, your body will shiver in ecstasy and waves of tears will flow from your eyes.

(radha) krishna bala, sange cala, ei-matra bhiksha cai
(jaya) sakala vipada, bhaktivinoda balena, jakhana o-nama gai (3)

(radha) krishna bala=say, chant, sange=Gaur-Nitai's association, cala=be in, ei=this,-matra=only, bhiksha=beg, donation, cai=want
(jaya) = fly away, vanishes, sakala=all, vipada=dangers, problems, bhaktivinoda balena=Bhaktivinoda Thakur says, jakhana=when, o-nama=this Krishna name, gai=sing, chant (3)

I beg of you to be in the association of Gaur-Nitai. Bhaktivinoda Thakur says all dangers fly away when we sing Krishna's name.