Bhajan 8 - Yan Kali Rupa Sarira Na Dharata - Sri Madhava Dasa, Page 32 - English song book

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Bhajan: Yan Kali Rupa Sharira Na Dharata
Author: Shri Madhava dasa
Langauge: Bangla

yan kali rupa sharira na dharata
tan vraja-prema-mahanidhi kutharika, kon kapata ughadata (1)

yan =If, kali=Kali-yuga, rupa = Srila Rupa Goswami, sharira=body, na=not, dharata=take, tan =then, vraja-prema, maha=great, nidhi=treasure, kutharika=chamber, kon=who, kapata=door, ughadata=open (1)

If Rupa Gosvami had not appeared in Kali-yuga, who would have opened the great store-house of vraja-prema and distributed its contents freely?


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nira-kshira-hamsana, pana-vidhayana, kon prithak kari payata
ko saba tyaji, bhaji’ vrindavana, ko saba grantha viracita (2)

nira=water, kshira=milk, hamsana=swan, pana=drink, vidhayana=cause to happen, kon=who, prithak=separate, kari=by, payata=make us taste, ko=who, saba=all, tyaji=abandon, give up, bhaji’=did bhajan, ko=who, saba=all, grantha=vaisnava literatures, viracita=compose(2)

Just as a swan separates milk from water, who could have separated the rasas to make us taste them? Abandoning everything, who performed bhajana in Vrindavana and composed all rasika literatures.


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jaba pitu vana-phula, phalata nana-vidha, manoraji aravinda
so madhukara vinu, pana kon janata, vidyamana kari bandha (3)

jaba=when, pitu=yellow, vana=forest, -phula=flower, phalata=fruits, nana=various, vidha=kinds, manoraji =that attracts the mind, aravinda=lotus, so =he, madhukara = honey bee, vinu=without, pana=drink, kon=who, janata=would know, understand, vidyamana=other people existing, kari=to do, bandha=is closed (3)

When the yellow forest flowers blossom and fruits ripen, he lived like a bee taking the nectar from lotuses - who could have understood the nectar he was collecting?


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ko janata, mathura vrindavana, ko janata vraja-nita
ko janata, radha-madhava-rati, ko janata soi prita (4)

ko= who, janata= would know, radha-madhava-rati=deep attachment to the lotus feet of Radha_Madhava, soi=to them, prita=love

Who could have understood Krishna’s lilas in Mathura and Vrndavana? How could we have known the sweet vraja-lilas and the love between Radha-Madhava?


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jakara carane, prasade sakala jana, gai gaoyai sukha paota
carana-kamale, sharanagata madho, tava mahima ura lagata (5)

jakara =whose, carane=at the feet, prasade=by the mercy, sakala=all, jana=living beings, gai=sing, gaoyai=make others sing, sukha=bliss, paota=get, obtain, carana=feet,-kamale=lotus, sharana=surrender, agata=come (take), madho=author, tava=your, mahima=glories, ura=chest (heart), lagata=embrace (5)

By the mercy of his lotus feet, all can sing about and attain such divine bliss. This surrendered Madhava dasa is always praying to embrace Rupa’s glories to his heart.


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