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Chapter 28: Song Practice (XIII)

 

The last song of our study should be the most ecstatic song. Originally written for his Nama Hatta programs, Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s “Boro Sukher Khabor Gai” is a very simple song, musically. Only challenge is the spacing of some words, as well as sustains on some of the syllables towards the end of the asthayi. There is only an asthayi that repeats every verse.

 

FORM A: (Asthayi)

 

X

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

S

S

S

S

R

P

P

P

bo

ro

su

kher

kha

bor

gai

i

X

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

 

m

m

m

P

g

g

R

S

 

bo

ro

sukh

er

kha

bor

ga

i

X

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

 

n

n

n

S’

D

D

P

m

 

su

ra

bhi

kun

je

te

na

ma

X

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

R

m

P

D

P

-

-

-

hat

a

khu

le

che

e

e

e

X

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

 

P

P

D

n

-

-

-

 

kho

da

ni

ta

a

a

i

X

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

 

P

m

g

R

g

R

S

 

kho

da

ni

ta

a

a

i

 

(1)

boro sukher khabor gāi

surabhi-kuñjete nāmer hāṭ khule’che (khoda nitāi)

 

(2)

boro mojār kathā tāy

śraddhā-mūlye śuddha-nāma sei hāṭete bikāy

 

(3)

jata bhakta-bṛnda basi’

adhikārī dekhe’ nāma becche daro kasi’

 

(4)

jadi nāma kinbe, bhāi

āmār sańge calo, mahājaner kāche jāi

 

(5)

tumi kinbe kṛṣṇa-nāma

dasturi loibo āmi, pūrṇa ha’be kāma

 

(6)

boro doyāl nityānanda

śraddhā-mātra lo’ye den parama-ānanda

 

(7)

ek-bār dekhle cakṣe jal

‘gaura’ bole’ nitāi den sakala sambal

 

(8)

den śuddha kṛṣṇa-śikṣā

jāti, dhana, vidyā, bala nā kore apekṣā

 

(9)

amani chāḍe māyā-jāl

gṛhe thāko, bane thāko, nā thāke jañjāl

 

(10)

ār nāiko kalir bhoy

ācaṇḍāle den nāma nitāi doyāmoy

 

(11)

bhaktivinoda ḍāki’ koy

nitāi-caraṇa binā ār nāhi āśroy