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Song Name: Purabe Bandhala Cuda Ebe Kesa Hina
Official Name: None
Author: Balarama Dasa
Book Name: None
Language: Bengali
LYRICS:
(1)
purabe bandhala cuda ebe
kesa-hina
nata-bara-besa chadi parila
kaupina
(2)
gabhi dohana bhanda chila
bama kare
karanga dharila gora se-i
anusare
(3)
tretaya dharila dhanu
dvaparete bamsi
kali-yuge danda dhari
ha-ila sannyasi
(4)
balarama kahe suna
nadiya-nibasi
balarama abadhuta kana-i
sannyasi
TRANSLATION
1) Formerly His hair was
bound in a topknot. Now He has no hair. Rejecting His colorful garments of a
dancing actor, now He wears a sannyasi’s kaupina.
2) Formerly He carried a
pot for milking cows. Now He carries a sannyasi’s waterpot. Now His complexion
is fair.
3) In Treta-yuga He carried
an archer’s bow (in the form of Sri Rama). In Dvapara-yuga He carried a flute
(Sri Krsna). In Kali-yuga He carries a danda (Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu). Now He
is a sannyasi.
4) Balarama dasa says: O
residents of Nadiya, please hear. Balarama has become an avadhuta, and Krsna
has become a sannyasi.
REMARKS/EXTRA INFORMATION:
This
is to be sung in Raga Gandhara.