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Hatera Pattana Sri Sacinandana

Bhajan

Hatera Pattana Sri Sacinandana

Sekhara Dasa

Songs of the Gaudiya Vaishnava Acaryas

13 verses · Lyrics only · English, Hindi

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Hatera Pattana Sri Sacinandana

Sekhara Dasa

Verse 1

hāṭera pattana śrī-śacīnandana karala pā-iyā sukha hāṭera ṭhākura nitā-i sundara khaṅḍila jībera dukha

Śacī's son joyfully established this marketplace. Handsome Lord Nitāi, the marketplace-master, broke into pieces the sufferings of every soul.

Verse 2

dekha hāṭha manohara raṅga narahari dāsa hāṭhera biśwāsa śrīnibāsa āra saṅga

Look at the beautiful marketplace! There Narahari dāsa is the treasurer. Śrīnivāsa Acārya is his associate.

Verse 3

āra adbhuta ṭhākura adwaita munasi hāṭera mājha haridāsa ādi phire hāṭa sadhi rāmānanda satyarāja

Wonderful Lord Advaita is the secretary of the marketplace. Haridāsa, Rāmānanda, Satyarāja, and others are peddlers who circulate through the marketplace.

Verse 4

karatāla yata bādya bāje kata mṛdaṅga kāhāra ḍhola hāṭa kalayaba nṛtya gīta saba ghana ghana haribola

How many karatālas, mṛdaṅgas, ḍholas, and other musical instruments are played? Sweet music fills the marketplace. There are singing and dancing, and loud calls of "Haribol!" 5-

Verse 5

premera pasāra laiyā gadādhara saṅge pasārira-gaṅa rāya rāmānanda murāri mukunda bāsudeba sulocana

Gadadhara, having laid out the wares of love, is accompanied by a band of fellow shopkeepers: Raya Ramananda, Murari, Mukunda, Vasudeva and Sulocana.

Verse 6

sanātana rūpa paṅḍita swarūpa dāmodara yāra nāma basu rāmānanda sena śibānanda bakreśwara guṅa-dhāma

Sanatana, Rupa, Pandita, Svarupa Damodara, Basu Ramananda, Sena Sivananda and Vakresvara, an abode of virtues.

Verse 7

paṅḍita śaṅkara āra kāśīśvara mukunda mādhava dāsa raghunātha adi guṅera abadhi pūrala manera āsa

Gadādhara sets out his wares of ecstatic spiritual love. His associates, the other merchants, are Rāmānanda Rāya, Murāri, Mukunda, Vāsudeva, Sulocana, Sanātana Gosvāmī, Rūpa Gosvāmī, Paṅḍita Svarūpa Dāmodara, Rāmānanda Vasu, Śivānanda Sena, saintly Vakreśvara, Śaṅkara Paṅḍita, Kāśīśvara, Mukunda, Mādhava dāsa, Raghunātha dāsa, and many others. They are all supremely virtuous. They satisfy the heart's desire.

Verse 8

kata nāma niba pasāri e saba pasāra la-iyā kāche pasāra bhūṣaṅa pulaka rodana mahā-bhāba ādi āche

Howe many names can I write? All these merchants spread out their goods. They spread out various ornaments, like weeping, standing up of the body's hairs, and other symptoms of ecstatic spiritual love.

Verse 9

hāṭera hāṭuyā bhakata nāṭuyā pasāri mahimā jāni dainya dāna diyā se prema āniyā sadā kare biki kini

There are merchants selling goods from stalls, and there are devotee dancers dancing. Paying the price of humbleness, the customers buy the goods of ecstatic spiritual love. The buying and selling continues without stop.

Verse 10

hāṭera koṭāla ṭhākura gopāla dāna-ghāṭi gopīnātha hāṭera pālana śrī-raghunandana karena sundara sātha

Gopāla Ṭhākura is the marketplace-watchman. Gopīnātha is the collector of payments. Śrī Raghunandana is the worker for marketplace-maintenance. He keeps the marketplace beautiful.

Verse 11

dibā rāti nā-i bājāra sadā-i ye yāya se prema pāya premera pasāra karala bithāra śacīra dulāla rāya

Day or night make no difference. This marketplace is always open. Here the customers always came and purchase the wares of ecstatic spiritual love. Śacī's dear son personally spreads out the wares of ecstatic spiritual love.

Verse 12

bhāṅgila ākāla mātila kāṅgāla khā-iyā bharala peṭa dekhiyā śamana karaye bhābana badana kariyā heṭa

In this marketplace all troubles are broken into pieces. Even the poor beggars are joyful. Eating, they fill their bellies. Gazing at this marketplace, Yāmarāja becomes rapt in thought. Humbly he lowers his head.

Verse 13

jarā mṛtyu nā-i ānanda sadā-i śoka-bhaya nāhi haya āśā-jhuli kari śekhara bhikhārī bājāre māgiya khāya

In this marketpladce there is no old-age and no death. In this marketplace spiritual bliss is alsways manifest. Here there is neither grief nor fear. In this marketplace the beggar Śekhara Rāya bows, begs some food, and eats.

About this bhajan

Composer
Sekhara Dasa
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13 verses · Lyrics only · English, Hindi