Text 54] The Glories of Haridasa Thakura 233

TEXT 53

TIARAS Ble’ Seq SAUACA |
‘Ql Ata, Al at’ afer’ SCR AMSA | co 1

yavana-sakalera ‘mukti’ habe andyadse
‘ha rama, ha rama’ bali’ kahe namabhase

SYNONYMS

yavana-sakalera—of all the yavanas; mukti—liberation; habe—there will be;
anayase—very easily; ha rama ha rama—O Lord Rama, O Lord Rama; bali’—say-
ing; kahe—they say; ndma-adbhase—almost chanting the holy name of the Lord
without offenses.

TRANSLATION

“Because the yavanas are accustomed to saying, ‘ha rama, ha rama’ [O Lord
Ramacandral, they will very easily be delivered by this namabhasa.

TEXT 54

FACATA SSH FES,— ‘Sl AVG, Sl ATA’ |
AaLAA SAT CHA, AU CHS aA | c8

maha-preme bhakta kahe, — ‘ha rama, ha rama‘
yavanera bhagya dekha, laya sei ndma

SYNONYMS

mahd-preme—in great ecstatic love; bhakta kahe—a devotee says; ha rama ha
rama—O Lord Ramacandra, O Lord Ramacandra; yavanera—of the yavanas;
bhagya—fortune; dekha—just see; laya sei nama—they are also chanting the
same holy name.

TRANSLATION

“A devotee in advanced ecstatic love exclaims, ‘O my Lord Ramacandra! O
my Lord Ramacandra!’ But the yavanas also chant, ‘ha rama, ha rama!’ Just see
their good fortune!”

PURPORT

\f a child touches fire, the fire will burn him, and if an elderly man touches fire, it
will burn him also. Haridasa Thakura says that a great devotee of the Lord ex-
claims, “ha rama, ha rama,” but although yavanas do not know the transcendental
