Song 13

(Dhanaśī rāga)

Refrain: O! O! He who has a wonderful golden form dances in Nadīyā.

1. Forgetting Himself, Lord Gaura manifested the ecstasy of spiritual love. In this way He enjoyed pastimes in Navadvīpa.

2. Although He is supremely independent, He agrees to be controlled by His devotees. Very humble, He begs His devotees for the gift of ecstatic spiritual love.

3. The people of this world cannot understand the ways of His pastimes. Only His personal associates understand His intentions.

4. Understanding His intentions, Śrīvāsa, Haridāsa, Murāri, and Mukunda sang. They were overcome with the bliss of spiritual love.

5. Overcome with bliss, the Lord’s personal aasociates sang and danced. Then Avadhūta Lord Nityānanda Rāya arrived.

6. Someone said: "Avadhūta Lord Nityānanda has come!" There were greetings of "Jaya! Jaya!" Everyone joyfully sang auspicious songs.

7. Lord Nityānanda walked slowly like an intoxicated person. But when He heard the sounds of "Hari! Hari!", His heart was overcome.

8. He stopped. He became unsteady. His too feet walked and then stopped. He looked in the four directions.

9. From head to foot the hairs of His body stood erect, hairs that defeated the glory of the kadamba flower’s filaments.

10. He tilted His neck. With two reddish eyes He intently looked about. Then He became wild. He screamed and He ran.

11. He ran to the hundreds and hundreds of devotees. Overcome with bliss, He ran to Lord Gaura Rāya.

12. Seeing Lord Nityānanda, Lord Gaurāṅga tightly embraced Him. They were both overcome with spiritual love.

13. From Their eyes tears of spiritual love and bliss flowed. Overcome with bliss, Their bodies trembled.

14. They blissfuly danced with Their associates. They were like Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma surrounded by the cowherd boys.

15. When the dancing came to an end, Lord Gaura announced: "Now please wash Lord Nityānanda’s feet.

16. "On your heads accept the water that has washed Lord Nityānanda’s feet. Then you will be tossed by waves of spiritual bliss and love."

17. Hearign Lord Gaura’s command, everyone felt their hearts become filled with bliss.

18. They said: "We accept the Lord’s command. On our heads we will place the water that has washed Lord Nityānanda’s feet."

19. Hearing Lord Gaura’s command, Lord Nityānanda wept in ecstatic love. Tears fell from His reddish eyes.

20. He joyfully embraced everyone. Everyone was tossed by blissful waves in the ocean of spiritual love.

21. Overcome with spiritual love, everyone wept. They held Lord Nityānanda’s feet to their hearts.

22. There was an endless festival of spiritual love. Within their hearts everyone was effulgent with love. Outwardly on their bodies were the various symptoms of ecstatic love.

23. Seeing this, Lord Gaura was pleased at heart. Smiling, He watched.

24. Surrounding Him on four sides, the devotees spoke many prayers. At that moment Haridāsa suddenly arrived.

25. A glistening jewel necklace rested on his neck, and anklets of gold and jewels rested on his reddish feet.

26. The hairs of his body stood erect. His eyes were filled with tears. His body trembled in ecstatic love. He roared in ecstasy.

27. Ṝe danced ecstatically before the Lord. The whole world could not contain the bliss and love he felt.

28. To Lord Gaura Haridāsa offered pādya, arghya, and ācamana. Then Lord Gaura asked him to accept some food.

29. At that moment Advaita Acārya suddenly arrived. Approaching Lord Gaura, Ṝe offered respectful obeisances.

30. Lord Gaura picked Him up and then offered obeisances to Him. Everyone stood respectfully and then bowed down to offer respects.

31. Manifesting the form of Lord Brahmā, Haridāsa danced and danced. Then he fell like a stick before Lord Gaura’s feet.

32. With his four mouths he loudly recited many prayers from the Vedas. Saying, "Be as you were before", Lord Gaura picked him up and embraced him.

33. Manifesting his form as Haridāsa again, he wept, laughed, and danced. He floated in a limitless ocean of spiritual bliss and love, an ocean that had no horizon.

34. Respectfully placing Lord Gaura’s command on his head, Advaita Acārya Gosāī also honored prasādam.

35. Accompanied by all His associates, Lord Gaura sat down in a private room. He gently smiled.

36. To His associates Lord Gaura talked about Himself. He told them of His plan to save the world.

37. Lord Gaura said: "I will taste the sweet nectar of ecstatic love. I will destroy irreligion. I will establish the true religion. I will manifest the nāmasa ṅkīrtana movement of chanting the Lord’s holy names.

38. "In country after country, in home after home, I will manifest the ecstasies of Vraja: the dāsya, sakhya, vātsalya, and śṛṅgāra rasas.

39. "I will enjoy the great treasure of love for Śrī Śrī Rādha.-Kṛṣṇa. I will enjoy it Myself and I will distribute it to the three worlds. I will make everyone enjoy it.

40. "I will give that treasure of ecstatic spiritual love to the devotees and demons, to the caṇḍālas, yavanas, fools, women, and children.

41. "The bliss of Vṛndāvana I will bring to Nadīyā. In country after country I will make every person taste that bliss."

42. In this one book I will tell these wonderful narrations, the narrations of Lord Gaura’s pastimes in Nadīyā.

43. Gadādhara and Naraharī sat at Lord Gaura’s two sides, and Śrī Raghunandna happily sat at the Lord’s feet.

44. Lord Advaita Acārya and Lord Nityānanda Rāya sang songs glorifying Lord Gaura.

45. Murāri, Mukunda Datta, Śrīvāsa, Haridāsa, and the other devotees were all the abodes of ecstatic spiritual love.

46. Śuklāmbara, Vakreśvara, Śrīmān, Sañjaya, Śrīdhara Paṇḍita, and many others were all great souls.

47. Who has the power to glorify all the great souls properly? They accompanied Lord Gaura when He descended to this earth.

48. With a joyful heart Locana dāsa declares: Nothing is equal to Lord Gaura’s pastimes in Nadīyā.