THE GAURA MOON

The Poet Jnana Das

The regal jewel of Lord Gauranga was manifest in this world within the ocean of Sachi’s womb. Gazing at the splendor of this jewel, the people of the world yearned to attain it, and the great sins quickly hid.

Come and gaze at the moon of LordGaura! In the presence of the moon of LordGauranga’s face, of what use is the moon in the sky? Gazing at the moon of Lord Gauranga’s face, the sky’s embarrassed moon wept.

Anyone who drinks the nectar of that moon finds his hunger flees far away. The sky’smoon says: The very name of this moon is nectar. Anyone who drinks that nectar finds the hungers of this world of birth and death flee far away. That person becomes free from old age and death.

On the nectar moon of Lord Gaura’s face flows a nectar river of Lord Hari’s holy names. Jnana Das has taken some sips from that river. To dispel the fears of this world of birth and death, beat the big drum of Lord Gaura’s holyname. Yamaraja’s servants will be cheated of their due.

Bibliography
— Jagadbandhu Bhadra (editor). Gaura-pada-tara ginī. SriGauranga Press. Calcutta. 1931. Bengali.
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