Mandira Bahira Kathina Kapata
Song 58
mandira bāhira kaṭhina kapāṭa
cala-ite śaṅkila paṅkila bāṭa
She departs from the house and the locked gate. Frightened, she flees on the muddy pathway.
taṁhi ati dūratara bādara dola bari ki bāra-i nīla nicola
A ferocious rainstorm blows with great winds. How can her black cloak keep out the torrents of rain?
sundarī kaiche kayabi abhisāra
hari raha mānasa suradhunī pāra
How will this beautiful girl meet with Krsna? He is on the Manasa-ganga's farther shore.
ghana ghana jhana jhana bajara nipāta
śuna-ite śrabaṇe marame jari jā;
ta
" Jhanajhana!" Thunderbolts fall again and again. Hearing the thunder, she feels her ears and heart filled with flames of pain.
daśa diśa dāminī daha-i bithāra
hera-ite ucaka-i locana-bhāra
Flames of lightning flash in the ten directions. Watching, she fills her upraised wide-open eyes.
ithe yadi sundari tejabi geha premaka lāgi upekhabi deha
O beautiful girl, if you leave your home for love's sake, then for love's sake you should give up all worry for your own body.
gobinda-dāsa kaha ithe ki bicāra
chūṭala bāṇa kiye yatane nibāra
Govinda dasa says: How can worry stop her now? When shot from the bow, how can an arrow be stopped?
Translation
She departs from the house and the locked gate. Frightened, she flees on the muddy pathway.
A ferocious rainstorm blows with great winds. How can her black cloak keep out the torrents of rain?
How will this beautiful girl meet with Krsna? He is on the Manasa-ganga's farther shore.
" Jhanajhana!" Thunderbolts fall again and again. Hearing the thunder, she feels her ears and heart filled with flames of pain.
Flames of lightning flash in the ten directions. Watching, she fills her upraised wide-open eyes.
O beautiful girl, if you leave your home for love's sake, then for love's sake you should give up all worry for your own body.
Govinda dasa says: How can worry stop her now? When shot from the bow, how can an arrow be stopped?
Notes
This song is sung in Raga Bhupali.