Mon Ekbaar Hori Bolo... Songs dear to Sri Ramakrishna

Sri Ramakrishna loved songs. There probably was no normal day when he did not sing some songs. His conversations with devotees were interspersed with songs that drove home the point of discussion and intensified the spiritual mood of the gathering. Sri Ramakrishner Priyo Sangeet is a collection of songs that were sung by Sri Ramakrishna or sung in his presence by others. In this section we serialise these songs giving the English and Devanagari transliteration of the Bengali song, along with its English translation.

Song 8

मोन एक्बार् होरि बलो होरि बलो होरि बलो । होरि होरि होरि बोले भबोशिन्धु पारे चलो || जले होरि, स्थले होरि, चन्द्रे होरि, शुर्जे होरि, अनोले आनिले होरि, होरिमय् ए भुमन्डलो ॥

mon ekbaar Hori bolo Hori bolo Hori bolo Hori Hori Hori bole bhoboshindhu paare cholo Jole Hori, shola Hori, chondre Hori, shurje Hori, Onole onile Hori, Horicon e bhumondolo.

Chant, O mind, the name of Hari, Sing aloud the name of Hari, Praise Lord Hari's name! And praising Hari's name, Omind, Cross the ocean of this world. Hari dwells in earth, in water, Hari dwells in fire and air; In sun and moon He dwells. Hari's ever living presence Fills the boundless universe.

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