RARE: Shrinath Maharaja Mahadji Shinde's Abhanga on Bhagwan Shri Krishna 👑 "Eat your food Gopala, my dear child." Maharaja Mahadji Shinde composed various Abhangas on Bhagwan Shri Krishna. This is one of his RAREST surviving compositions, a must read for all Hindus.
The Abhanga's theme is the call by Mata Yashodha to make her hyperactive Bhagwan Shri Krishna Avatar stop His games & eat food. But God never stops His Play. BEGIN: "Jo Jo Jo Jo re, Nija Bālā, sundara tū ghana Nīlā ।
Bāhya vṛttī te Gopālā, aṃbarī lāvī ḍolā ॥ Dhruvapada ॥
... Ekaṭi Tuzha vāchuni mana karmenā ।
Bahutā khelavisī, āpaṇa taisāchī khelasī ॥
Kāhī nā Tū shramasī, itarā shramavisī ।
Par aisī, svastha kāṃ nijasī ॥
Nitya apachala Tū āhesī, akhanḍa krīḍasī ॥1॥
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... Aisī Yashodā vadatase, Krishṇa manā hāse ।
Mhaṇe upadasha karītase, Dharma neṇe taise ॥
He tava maja mārjī vasatase ।
Mājhā mīcha ase mādhava ॥
Mī avaghā vilasatase, duje kāhī nase ॥2॥
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... Jo Jo Jo Jo re Mādhavā, soḍī yā lāghavā ।
Kitī khelasī avaghā vela Tū Mādhavā? ।।
Varṇī tava guṇa Sukumārā, svarūpi Nīja Kumārā ।
Majalā lājavile lāvaṇye, neṇe vidhī Sukumārā || 3 || — Shrinath Maharaja Madhavrao "Nanasaheb" Shinde 👑
ORIGINAL 📜 जो जो जो जो रे, निज बाळा, सुंदर तू घन नीळा ।
बाह्य वृत्ती ते गोपाळा, अंबरी लावी डोळां ॥धृ.॥ "एकटि तुज वांचुनि मन करमेना ।
बहुता खेळविसी, आपण तैसाची खेळसी ॥
काहीं ना तू श्रमसी, इतरा श्रमविसी ।
परि ऐसी, स्वस्थ कां निजसीं ॥
नित्य अपचळ तू आहेसी, अखंड क्रीडसी ॥१॥
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... ऐसी यशोदा वदतसे, कृष्ण मना हांसे ।
म्हणे उपदंश करीतसे, धर्म नेणे तैसे ॥
हे तव मज मार्जी वसतसे ।
माझा मीच असे माधव ॥
मी अवघा विलसतसे, दुजे काही नसे ॥२॥
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... जो जो जो जो रे माधवा, सोडी या लाघवा ।
किती खेळसी अवघा वेळ तू माधवा ।।
वर्णी तव गुण सुकुमारा, स्वरूपि नीज कुमारा ।
मजला लाजविले लावण्ये, नेणे विधी सुकुमारा ||३|| — By the Great Maratha Shrinath Maharaja Mahadji Shinde, the Patil of Hindustan 📜
Abhanga revolves around Mata Yashodha trying to convince her child Shri Krishna to pause his nonstop play and eat his meal. The allegory here is this nonstop play is very functioning of universe, which never stops. This shows profound mind of composer Maharaja Mahadji Shinde.