Goloka Chadiya Prabhu Kena Ba Abani

goloka chāḍiya prabhu kena bā abanī kāla-rūpa kena haila gorā-baraṇa-khani

Why did the Supreme Lord leave Goloka? Why did He change His dark form into a form with a fair complexion?

hāsa bilāsa chāḍi kena pahuṁ kānde nā jāni ṭhekila gorā kāra prema-phānde

Why, leaving behind His pastimes of joking and laughter, does the Lord now weep? I do not know. Why and for whom did Lord Gaura set His trap of ecstatic spiritual love?

kṣaṇe kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa bali kānde ghana-ghana khaṇe sakhī sakhī bali karaye rodana

One moment He calls out "Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa!" and weeps. The next moment He calls out, "Sakhī! Sakhī!"

mathurā mathurā bali karaye bilāpa kṣaṇe bā akrūra bali kare anutāpa

One moment He calls out, "Mathurā! Mathurā!" Another moment He calls out, "Akrūra!" He is distraught.

kṣaṇe kṣaṇe bale chiye cānda candana dhūlāya loṭāye kānde yata nija-jana

Moment after moment He calls out, "Wretched moon! Wretched sandal paste!" He rolls in the dust. Surrounded by His companions, He weeps.

chāra parāṇa kulabatīra nā yāya kahite ākula pahuṁ dhūlāya loṭāya

"Although they have been burned into ashes, the saintly gopīs do not give up their lives!", He says. Filled with distress, He rolls on the ground.

gadādhara kānde prāṇa-nātha laiyā kole rāya rāmānanda kānde praṇaya bikale

Gadādhara weeps. He hugs the master of his life. Rāmānanda Rāya weeps. He is tossed to and fro by ecstatic spiritual love.

svarūpa śrī-rūpa kānde soṅari bilāsa nā bujhiyā kānde nayanānanda dāsa

Svarūpa Dāmodara and Rūpa Gosvāmī also weep. Remembering these pastimes, but not understanding anything of them, Nayanānanda dāsa also weeps.