11.24.08
Radha Krishna Bol Bol
Radha Krishna bol bol.
By Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur
From Gitavali (Nagara Kirtan)
(1)
‘rādhā-kṛṣṇa’ bol bol bolo re sobāi
(ei) śikṣā diyā, sab nadīyā
phirche nece’ gaura-nitāi
(haribol! Bolo krishna, bolo re sobai)
(miche) māyār bośe, jāccho bhese’,
khāccho hābuḍubu, bhāi
Radha Krishna chant now, chant the holy names
This was the preaching and the teaching
Of Gaura Nitai when they came
(Haribol! Call out Krishna, chant the holy name!)
Maya’s great waves have swept you away
Up and down again and again.
(2)
(jīv) kṛṣṇa-dās, e biśwās,
korle to’ ār duḥkho nāi
(kṛṣṇa) bolbe jabe, pulak ha’be
jhorbe āńkhi, boli tāi
Our faith strong that we belong
to Krishna, will destroy all pain.
With tearful eyes, our hairs will rise,
when calling out Lord Krishna’s name.
(3)
(’rādhā) kṛṣṇa’ bolo, sańge calo,
ei-mātra bhikhā cāi
(jāy) sakal’ bipod bhaktivinod
bole, jakhon o-nām gāi
My humble plea, with Vaishnavas be,
And chant Radha Krishna’s names.
Says Bhaktivinod, all dangers go,
When those names he does proclaim.
Krishna Dharma said,
November 24, 2008 at 7:33 am
Purport
By Srila Prabhupada
‘Radha-krsna’ bolo bolo bolo re sobai. This is a song sung by Thakura Bhaktivinode. It is said that Lord Caitanya and Nityananda, They are walking through the streets of the of Nadiya town chanting this instruction, addressing everyone. They say, “You all people, please chant Radha-Krsna or Hare Krsna.” ‘Radha-krsna’ bolo bolo bolo re sobai. “Every one of you, simply chant Radha-Krsna or Hare Krsna.” This is the instruction. Ei sikha diya. Lord Caitanya and Nityananda, both together, while walking and dancing through the street, He was instructing that “All of you simply say Radha-Krsna.” Ei sikha diya, sab nadiya, phirche (abhay?) gaura-nitai. Phirche, phirche means walking. All over the town Nadiya They were teaching this. Ei sikha diya, sab nadiya, phirche (abhay?) gaura-nitai. Then he says, (keno?) mayar bose, jaccho bhese’, “Why you are being washed away on the waves of this maya, material nescience?” Khaccho habudubu, bhai. “And whole day and night you are merged into full of anxieties, simply. Just like a man, when he is put into the water, sometimes drowning, sometimes coming up, but he is struggling very hard. Similarly, in the ocean of maya, why you are so much struggling? Sometimes being drowned, sometimes coming up, sometimes feeling happiness, sometimes no happiness. Actually, there is no happiness. In the water, if you are put into the water, and if you are sometimes drowned and sometimes come out, that does not mean happiness. To come out for the temporary time, for the time being, and again being drowned up, that is not happiness.” So Caitanya Mahaprabhu is instructing that “Why you are troubling so much,” mayar bose, “under the spell of maya?” Then what is to be done? He says that jiv krsna-das, e visvas, “Simply just believe it that you are servant of God, you are servant of Krsna.” Jiv krsna-das, e visvas, korle to’ ar duhkha nai: “As soon as you come to this point that you are servant of God or servant of Krsna, immediately all your troubles become ceased. There is no more trouble.” So this instruction is given by Lord Caitanya walking over the streets. Jiv krsna-das, e visvas, korle to’ ar duhkha nai. Then Bhaktivinode Thakura gives his own personal experience. He says, jay sakal vipod, “I become released from all kinds of dangers.” Gai bhaktivinod. Bhaktivinode Thakura, he is acarya, he is experienced, he says that “Whenever I chant Radha-Krsna or Hare Krsna, I become freed from all kinds of dangers.” Jay sakal vipod. Jakhon ami o-nam gai, “Whenever I chant this Holy Name, Hare Krsna or Radha-Krsna, immediately all my dangers are over.” ‘Radha-krsna’ bolo, sange calo. So Lord Caitanya therefore says that “I am walking on the street and begging from you. What is that begging? That you simply chant. This is my request, begging.” ‘Radha-krsna’ bolo, sange calo. “And just follow Me.” ‘Radha-krsna’ bolo, sange calo, ei-matra bhiksa cai, “I am simply asking you for this contribution, that you chant Hare Krsna and follow Me so that your struggle for existence in this material ocean will cease.”
Krishna Dharma said,
November 24, 2008 at 7:49 am
This is a cheerful chanting song by the Thakur, which he wrote to a popular tune of the time. I have kept the lyrics to fit with that tune and its variants, although, following the Thakur’s mood, we could try to fit these songs to more contemporary tunes, in which case the lyrics could be re-jigged as required.