(Kesi-ghata, Vrindavan, Mathura, India)
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A song by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura
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bandhu-sange yadi tava ranga parihasa, thake abhilasa (thake abhilasa)
tabe mora katha rakha, jeyo nako jeyo nako,
mathuraya kesi-tirtha-ghatera sakasa
If you want to enjoy laughing and joking with friends and family, if this is really your desire, then listen to me. Don’t go, don’t go to Mathura (Vrndavana) to Kesi-ghata.
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govinda vigraha dhari’, tathaya achena hari,
nayane vankima-drsti, mukhe manda-hasa
kiva tri-bhangama thama, varna samujjvala syama,
nava-kisalaya sobha sri ange prakasa
There Sri Hari has taken the form of Govinda, who gives pleasure to all, whose crooked glance is quite captivating, whose mouth is gently smiling, who is standing in His tribanga pose, whose complexion is a very effulgent syama color, and whose limbs are attractive like tender new leaves.
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adhare vamsi-ti ta’ra, anarthera muladhara,
sikhi-cudakeo bhai koro na visvasa
se murti nayane here, keha nahi ghare phire,
samsari gṛhira je go hoya sarva-nasa
(tai mora mane bada trasa)
ghatibe vipada bhari, jeyo nako he samsari,
mathuraya kesi-tirtha-ghatera sakasa
The sound of His vamsi [flute] enthroned upon His lips is the root cause of madness. Brother, have no faith in that person who wears a crest of peacock feathers. If you see that form, you will not be able to return home again. Your family life will be destroyed. (This is my great fear!) There will be great danger if you go there. If you want to enjoy family life, don’t go to Mathura near Kesi-ghata.
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