Text 146] The Lord’s Dancing at Ratha-yatra 189

na gani dpana-duhkha, dekhi’ vrajesvari-mukha,
vraja-janera hrdaya vidare
kiba mara’ vraja-vasi, kiba jiyao vraje asi’,

kena jiyao duhkha sahaibare?

SYNONYMS

na gani—| do not care; dpana-duhkha—My personal unhappiness; dekhi’—
seeing; vrajesvari-mukha—the face of mother Yasoda; vraja-janera—of all the in-
habitants of Vrndavana; hrdaya vidare—the hearts break; kiba—whether; mdra’
vraja-vasi—You want to kill the inhabitants of Vrndavana; kiba—or; jiyao—You
want to keep their lives; vraje asi’—coming in Vrndavana; kena—why; jiyao—
You let them live; duhkha sahdibare—just to cause to suffer unhappiness.

TRANSLATION

“41 do not care for My personal unhappiness, but when | see the morose
face of Your mother Yasoda and the hearts of all the inhabitants of Vrndavana
breaking because of You, | wonder whether You want to kill them all. Is it that
You want to enliven them by coming there? Why is it You are simply keeping
them alive in a state of suffering?

TEXT 146

COlANA CA BD CM, BI AF, AD crt,
era FE athe Sta |

arefy aifecs ica, cura al cHfacet Aca,
aracead fe cq Bry i ssw i

tomara ye anya vesa, anya sanga, anya desa,
vraja-jane kabhu nahi bhaya
vraja-bhami chadite ndare, toma na dekhile mare,

vraja-janera ki habe upaya

SYNONYMS

tomara—Your; ye—that; anya vesa—different dress; anya sariga—other asso-
ciates; anya desa—other countries; vraja-jane—to the inhabitants of Vrndavana;
kabhu—at any time; nahi—does not; bhaya—appeal; vraja-bhami—the land of
Vindavana; chadite ndre—they do not like to leave; toma—You; né—not:
dekhile—seeing; mare—they die; vraja-janera—of the inhabitants of Vrndavana;
ki—what; habe—will be; upaya—means.
