Chaitanya Mangala
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This page relates Song 4 of the Balya-lila of the Adi-khanda of the Chaitanya Mangala by Locana Dasa Thakura (1520 A.D.) translated into English. This book contains songs narrating the activities (pastimes) of Lord Chaitanya and represents a Sanskrit biography written as a narrative poem which can be sung in various ragas.
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Song 4
Refrain: "O moon! Moon, moon up in the sky. Come down. I’ll wash away your spots and make you a wonderful ornament on Gaura’s cheeks. "O! O! O, my golden son Nimāi! You cry a great complaint. One thing You demand. Your demands are sweeter than nectar.
121. "Nimāi’s father will come with bananas and milk. Look, father will come. O bad boy, stop complaining. Close Your eyes.
122. "O boy whose face is a golden lotus, O boy whose eyes are red lotuses, O boy whose half-closed eyes are glistening stars. Your eyes are two black bees swimming in an ocean of sweet honey."
123. After preparing the soft bed with cotton quilts, Śacī, holding her son in her arms, lay on her side and slept.
124. From one breast He drank with His mouth while the other He grasped with His fingers. Locana dāsa says: The crest jewel of all the demigods acted like a small boy.
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Black bee, Crest-jewel, Sweet nectar, Small boy, Sweeter than nectar, Half-closed eyes, Glistening stars, Sweet honey, Close your eyes, The crest-jewel.
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Golden lotus, Red lotuses, Soft bed.