Payonidhi das:
\nToday on the 1 of October I missed the Bhagavatam class from LA, I found the link sometime back here on dandavats. com under Live events. However the devotee that gave class was singing some bhajans of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura. And the question at the end was :How many songs did Bhaktivinoda Thakura write? No one offered an answer. Actually Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura wrote 3 books that are all songs , Gitavali- where most of the bhajans we sing from him is from. He laos wrote Saranagati, and Gitamala ,he also wrote Baul Sanget (the song of the madman) and D\u00e4l\u00e4ler Git\u00e4\u2014\u201cThe Song of the Broker\u201d
\n That song there is very famous:
\n(1)
\nboro sukher khabor g\u00e4i
\nsurabhi-ku\u00efjete n\u00e4mer h\u00e4\u00f6 khule\u2019che \/ khoda nit\u00e4i
\n.
\n1) I am singing news of the greatest happiness! At the place known as Surabhi Ku\u00efja
\nin Sri Navadv\u00e9pa, the Marketplace of the Holy Name has now been opened\u2014and Lord
\nNity\u00e4nanda Himself is the Proprietor.
\n(2)
\nboro moj\u00e4r kath\u00e4 t\u00e4y
\nSraddh\u00e4-m\u00fclye Suddha-n\u00e4ma sei h\u00e4\u00f6ete bik\u00e4y<\/p>\n
2) Such wonderful things are going on in that blissful marketplace! Sri Nity\u00e4nanda
\nPrabhu is selling the pure Holy Name wholesale, merely for the price of one\u2019s faith.
\n(3)
\njata bhakta-b\u00e5nda basi\u2019
\nadhik\u00e4r\u00e9 dekhe\u2019 n\u00e4ma becche daro kasi\u2019<\/p>\n
3) Seeing the assembly of devotees eagerly waiting to purchase the Name, Lord
\nNity\u00e4nanda first examines each of them to test their qualification; then He sells
\nthem the Name by bargaining for His price accordingly.
\n(4)
\njadi n\u00e4ma kinbe, bh\u00e4i
\n\u00e4m\u00e4r sa\u00ecge calo, mah\u00e4janer k\u00e4che j\u00e4i<\/p>\n
4) O my dear friends! If you really want to buy this pure Holy Name, then just come
\nalong with me, for I am now going to meet with this Nity\u00e4nanda Mah\u00e4jana.
\n(5)
\ntumi kinbe k\u00e5\u00f1\u00eba-n\u00e4ma
\ndasturi loibo \u00e4mi, p\u00fcr\u00eba ha\u2019be k\u00e4ma
\n5) Thus, you will finally be able to acquire the pure Holy Name. I will also take my
\ndue commission, and in this way all three of us will fulfill our desires.
\n(6)
\nboro doy\u00e4l nity\u00e4nanda
\n\u00e7raddh\u00e4-m\u00e4tra lo\u2019ye den parama-\u00e4nanda<\/p>\n
6) Sri Nity\u00e4nanda Prabhu is so extraordinarily merciful\u2014accepting only one\u2019s faith
\nin the Holy Name, He bestows the topmost divine bliss.
\n(7)
\nek-b\u00e4r dekhle cak\u00f1e jal
\n\u2018gaura\u2019 bole\u2019 nit\u00e4i den sakala sambal<\/p>\n
7) When Nit\u00e4i sees a tear welling in someone\u2019s eye upon chanting the name of
\n\u201cGaura!\u201d He instantly gives His support to that person; indeed, He bestows all
\ndivine opulences.
\n(8)
\nden \u00e7uddha k\u00e5\u00f1\u00eba-Sik\u00f1\u00e4
\nj\u00e4ti, dhana, vidy\u00e4, bala n\u00e4 kore apek\u00f1\u00e4
\n8) He gives that person genuine realization of the pure teachings of Sri Krsna as
\nfound in the Bhagavad-g\u00e9t\u00e4 and Srimad-Bh\u00e4gavatam. While displaying all this
\ninconceivable mercy, He pays no attention to one\u2019s caste, material wealth, mundane
\nknowledge, or physical ability.
\n(9)
\namani ch\u00e4\u00f2e m\u00e4y\u00e4-j\u00e4l
\ng\u00e5he th\u00e4ko, bane th\u00e4ko, n\u00e4 th\u00e4ke ja\u00efj\u00e4l
\n9) Now, dear friends, please reject all of m\u00e4y\u00e4\u2019s entangling snares. If you are a
\nhouseholder, then just remain at your home; if you are renounced, then just live in
\nthe forest. Either way, nothing more will trouble you.
\n(10)
\n\u00e4r n\u00e4iko kalir bhoy
\n\u00e4cand\u00f2\u00e4le den n\u00e4ma nit\u00e4i doy\u00e4moy
\n.
\n10) We no longer need to fear the terrible Age of Quarrel, for the most merciful
\nLord Nity\u00e4nanda gives the Holy Name to anyone and everyone\u2014even to the lowest among
\nmen.
\n(11)
\nbhaktivinoda d\u00e4ki\u2019 koy
\nnit\u00e4i-carana bin\u00e4 \u00e4r n\u00e4hi \u00e4sroy
\n11) Bhaktivinoda loudly calls out and proclaims to all, \u201cOTHER THAN THE LOTUS FEET
\nOF LORD NITY\u00c4NANDA, THERE IS NO SHELTER!\u201d<\/p>\n
your servant
\nPayonidhi das<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Payonidhi das: Actually Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura wrote 3 books that are all songs , Gitavali- where most of the bhajans we sing from him is from. He laos wrote Saranagati, and Gitamala ,he also wrote Baul Sanget (the song of the madman) and D\u00e4l\u00e4ler Git\u00e4\u2014\u201cThe Song of the Broker\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-message-board"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6506\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}