Text 54] The Glories of Haridasa Thakura 233
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TIARAS Ble’ Seq SAUACA |
‘al ata, al ata’ afer’ Sez ATATSITA 1 eo I
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.
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FACATA SS FTR,— ‘Al AVA, Sl TT |
TACHA SAT CHA, ATA CAS ANT Ui 28 I
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
