Go see Him my friend! He'll show you the way.

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Dear Mahamantra Prabhu,

 

Nice to hear from you.

 

> Bilvamangala Thakura verse (from where?)

 

No idea, couldn't find it.

 

> agre dIrghataro 'yam arjuna-tarus tasyAgrato vartmanI

> sA ghoSaM samupaiti tat parisare deze kalindAtmajA |

> tasyAs tIra-tamAla-kAnana-tale cakraM gavAM cArayan

> gopaH krIDati *darzayiSyati sakhe* panthANam avyAhatam ||

 

vartmanI with long final "i" is rather unusual. Could it be a typo?

 

> 'Just up ahead there is a tall Arjuna tree; further ahead of that

> there is a path. It goes up to a village of cowherds, who live in the

> Land on the banks of the Yamunaa. On those banks of the Yamunaa beneath a

> grove of Tamala trees, a gopa boy plays while herding a circle group of

> cows. If you Go see Him my friend, He'll show you the way!

>

> doesn't darzayiSyati sakhe mean (if you go see, my friend)? Comments oh

> revered Sanskrit pandita(s) ?

 

darzayiSyati means "he will show." It is formed from the root driz-, which

means "to see", but this is a causative form. Causing to see means to show.

It is causative future, and therefore it should mean "he will show". As far

as the rest of the last line goes, literally: "The cowherd plays. He shall

show, O friend, the unimpeded path."

 

I am not sure how exactly "unimpeded" should be taken. Perhaps in the sense

of "the sure path"? Or "the unfailing path"?

 

The "if you go see Him", may be implied, but it is not mentioned in the

verse.

 

To me it sounds more like a prophecy. The speaker knows exactly what is

going to happen: Just follow this path over there, and the cowherd shall

show you the real path! In other words, the speaker takes a humble position,

pretending that he can only show some dust road. But he promises that at the

end of the dust road there will be somebody who will show ....

 

Your servant

Ekanath dasa