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bara bara palaya tenho niladri yaite

pita tanre bandhi’ rakhe ani’ patha haite

SYNONYMS

bara bara—again and again; palaya—leaves home; tenho—he; niladri yaite—to go to Jagannatha Puri; pita—his father; tanre—him; bandhi’-binding; rakhe—keeps; ani’-bringing back; patha haite—from the road.

Raghunatha dasa used to run away from home again and again to go to Jagannatha Puri, but his father kept binding him and bringing him back.