Hāṭera Pattana Śrī Śacīnandana

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hāṭera pattana śrī-śacīnandana karala pā-iyā sukha hāṭera ṭhākura nitā-i sundara khaṅḍila jībera dukha
Translation

Śacī's son joyfully established this marketplace. Handsome Lord Nitāi, the marketplace-master, broke into pieces the sufferings of every soul.

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dekha hāṭha manohara raṅga narahari dāsa hāṭhera biśwāsa śrīnibāsa āra saṅga
Translation

Look at the beautiful marketplace! There Narahari dāsa is the treasurer. Śrīnivāsa Acārya is his associate.

āra adbhuta ṭhākura adwaita munasi hāṭera mājha haridāsa ādi phire hāṭa sadhi rāmānanda satyarāja
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Wonderful Lord Advaita is the secretary of the marketplace. Haridāsa, Rāmānanda, Satyarāja, and others are peddlers who circulate through the marketplace.

karatāla yata bādya bāje kata mṛdaṅga kāhāra ḍhola hāṭa kalayaba nṛtya gīta saba ghana ghana haribola
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How many karatālas, mṛdaṅgas, ḍholas, and other musical instruments are played? Sweet music fills the marketplace. There are singing and dancing, and loud calls of "Haribol!"
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premera pasāra laiyā gadādhara saṅge pasārira-gaṅa rāya rāmānanda murāri mukunda bāsudeba sulocana
sanātana rūpa paṅḍita swarūpa dāmodara yāra nāma basu rāmānanda sena śibānanda bakreśwara guṅa-dhāma
paṅḍita śaṅkara āra kāśīśvara mukunda mādhava dāsa raghunātha adi guṅera abadhi pūrala manera āsa
Translation

Gadādhara sets out his wares of ecstatic spiritual love. His associates, the other merchants, are Rāmānanda Rāya, Murāri, Mukunda, Vāsudeva, Sulocana, Sanātana Gosvāmī, Rūpa Gosvāmī, Paṅḍita Svarūpa Dāmodara, Rāmānanda Vasu, Śivānanda Sena, saintly Vakreśvara, Śaṅkara Paṅḍita, Kāśīśvara, Mukunda, Mādhava dāsa, Raghunātha dāsa, and many others. They are all supremely virtuous. They satisfy the heart's desire.

kata nāma niba pasāri e saba pasāra la-iyā kāche pasāra bhūṣaṅa pulaka rodana mahā-bhāba ādi āche
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Howe many names can I write? All these merchants spread out their goods. They spread out various ornaments, like weeping, standing up of the body's hairs, and other symptoms of ecstatic spiritual love.

hāṭera hāṭuyā bhakata nāṭuyā pasāri mahimā jāni dainya dāna diyā se prema āniyā sadā kare biki kini
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There are merchants selling goods from stalls, and there are devotee dancers dancing. Paying the price of humbleness, the customers buy the goods of ecstatic spiritual love. The buying and selling continues without stop.

hāṭera koṭāla ṭhākura gopāla dāna-ghāṭi gopīnātha hāṭera pālana śrī-raghunandana karena sundara sātha
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Gopāla Ṭhākura is the marketplace-watchman. Gopīnātha is the collector of payments. Śrī Raghunandana is the worker for marketplace-maintenance. He keeps the marketplace beautiful.

dibā rāti nā-i bājāra sadā-i ye yāya se prema pāya premera pasāra karala bithāra śacīra dulāla rāya
Translation

Day or night make no difference. This marketplace is always open. Here the customers always came and purchase the wares of ecstatic spiritual love. Śacī's dear son personally spreads out the wares of ecstatic spiritual love.

bhāṅgila ākāla mātila kāṅgāla khā-iyā bharala peṭa dekhiyā śamana karaye bhābana badana kariyā heṭa
Translation

In this marketplace all troubles are broken into pieces. Even the poor beggars are joyful. Eating, they fill their bellies. Gazing at this marketplace, Yāmarāja becomes rapt in thought. Humbly he lowers his head.

jarā mṛtyu nā-i ānanda sadā-i śoka-bhaya nāhi haya āśā-jhuli kari śekhara bhikhārī bājāre māgiya khāya
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In this marketpladce there is no old-age and no death. In this marketplace spiritual bliss is alsways manifest. Here there is neither grief nor fear. In this marketplace the beggar Śekhara Rāya bows, begs some food, and eats.

Frequently asked

Who wrote Hāṭera Pattana Śrī Śacīnandana?

Hāṭera Pattana Śrī Śacīnandana was composed by Śekhara dāsa. It appears in Songs of the Gaudiya Vaishnava Acaryas.

What is the meaning of Hāṭera Pattana Śrī Śacīnandana?

Śacī's son joyfully established this marketplace. Handsome Lord Nitāi, the marketplace-master, broke into pieces the sufferings of every soul.

How many verses does Hāṭera Pattana Śrī Śacīnandana have?

Hāṭera Pattana Śrī Śacīnandana has 13 verses.