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dekha dekha jība gaurāṅga cāndera līlā lākhe lākhe gopī nimikhe bhulā-iyā ki lāgi sannyāsī haila

O spirit-souls, look! Look at Lord Gaurāṅgacandra's pastimes! Why, in the blinking of an eye forgetting millions and millions of gopīs, has He now become a sannyāsī?

pīta-basana chāḍi ḍorā-kaupina pari bākuyā karilā daṇḍa kālindīra tīre sukha parihari sindu-tīre paracaṇḍa

Rejecting His yellow garments, now He wears a sannyasi's garments. Now He carries a daṇḍa. Turning away from His blissful pastimes on the Yamunā's banks, now He stays by the seaside.

rāma abatāre dhanuka dhariyā gokule pūrila baṁśī ebe jība lāgi karuṇā dhariyā daṇḍa dhariyā sannyāsī

When He descended as Rāmacandra to this world, He carried a bow. When He stayed in Gokula He filled the flute with melodies. Now, out of compassion for the fallen souls, He carries a daṇḍa. Now He is a sannyāsī.

dhari naba-daṇḍa la-iyā karaṅga sindhu-tīre kaila thānā rāmānanda kaya sannyāsīra beśa naya pāṣaṇḍa-dalana bīrabānā

Carrying a waterpot and a new daṇḍa, He stays by the seaside. Rāmānanda says: If He had not accepted a sannyāsī's garments He would have been a heroic warrior, a warrior who ripped the blasphemers into shreds.