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|keywords=Prabhat Samgiita,Prabhata Samgiita,Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar,Anandamurti,Ananda Marga,contemplation
|description=Song by Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar
}}{{Infobox Prabhat Samgiita
| title= Ogo bandhu balite paro
| image = [[File:PrabhatSamgiita trilokesh.png|100px]]
| original_title_lang = bn
| song number = [[List of songs of Prabhat Samgiita|0022]]
| date= 1982 September 26
| place = Madhumanika, Deoghar
| theme = Contemplation
| lyrics = Bengali
| music = Original melody, [[:wikipedia:Keherwa|Kaharva]]
| audio = {{#widget:Audio|url=https://sarkarverse.org/PS/1-999-f/__22%20OGO%20BANDHU%20BOLITE%20PA%27RO.mp3}}
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'''''Ogo bandhu balite paro''''' is the [[List of songs of Prabhat Samgiita|22<sup>nd</sup> song]] of [[Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar|Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar's]] [[Prabhat Samgiita]].<ref name="PSV1">{{cite book|last=Sarkar|first=Prabhat Ranjan|title=Prabhat Samgiita Songs 1-100|edition=3rd|publisher=[[AmRevolution, Inc.]]|others=Translated by [[Abhidevananda|Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta]]|location=Tel Aviv|year=2019|ASIN=B082RDDH81|ISBN=9781386726890}}</ref><ref name="PS1">{{cite book|last=Sarkar|first=Prabhat Ranjan|title=Prabhat Samgiita Volume 1|publisher=Ananda Marga Publications|editor=Acarya Vijayananda Avadhuta|location=Kolkata|year=1993|ISBN=81-7252-041-7}}</ref><ref name="PRS Vol1">{{cite book|last=Sarkar|first=Prabhat Ranjan|title=Prabhat Samgiita Volume 1|edition=2nd|location=Kolkata|year=1994|publisher=Ananda Marga Publications|editor=Acarya Vijayananda Avadhuta|language=Bengali|isbn=81-7252-082-4}}</ref>

== Lyrics ==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Roman script{{#tag:ref|For details on the notation, see [[Roman Bengali transliteration]].|group="nb"}}
! Bengali script
! Translation
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|<poem>
Ogo bandhu balite páro
Sárá din dhare tumi kii karo

Jáhá kichu áse jáhá kichu jáy
Tomár carańtale sab kichu hay
Tomár maner májhe sab kichu lekhá áche
Eta kathá mane rekhe tumi kii karo

Jata kichu sukh jata madhuratá
Jata kichu duhkha jata virúpatá
Eta niye liilákhelá kii kare karo
Balo tomár gopan kathá kii áche áro
</poem>
| <poem>
ওগো বন্ধু বলিতে পারো
সারা দিন ধরে' তুমি কী করো

যাহা কিছু আসে যাহা কিছু যায়
তোমার চরণতলে সব কিছু হয়
তোমার মনের মাঝে সব কিছু লেখা আছে
এত কথা মনে রেখে' তুমি কী করো

যত কিছু সুখ যত মধুরতা 
যত কিছু দুঃখ যত বিরূপতা 
এত নিয়ে লীলাখেলা কী করে' করো
বলো তোমার গোপন কথা কী আছে আরো
</poem>
| <poem>
Oh my abiding Friend, can You say...
How do You accommodate an entire day?

Whatever comes, whatever leaves,
It all occurs beneath Your feet...
Writ in Your mind is everything;
How do You recall so very many stories?

All of the happiness and all of the sweetness,
All of the sorrow and all of the discontent...
Bearing so much divine sport, how do you manage it?
There must be something more; tell me Your secret.
</poem>
|}

== Purport ==
This is how Sarkar himself described the meaning of the song—<ref name="PSL">[[Songs 1-999|Prabhat Samgiita lyrics from Prabhatasamgiita.net]]</ref>
<blockquote>We human beings remain preoccupied with worldly activities. Buying, selling, bathing, eating – in these, we keep ourselves engaged. Oh [[Parama Purusa|Paramapuruśa]], what do You do all day? Please tell me in what kind of activity You keep Yourself busy. Yours is the macrocosm. All the thoughts, all the ideas of the universe are all within Your mind. In that cosmic  macrocosm, I fail to understand what You do and how You can manage with so many thoughts and so many feelings, with all the joys and sweetness, with all the sorrows and miseries of all the creatures. If I were in Your situation I would become mad. What do You do with all Your ideas and expressions? And not only that, there have been certain polarizations regarding Your thoughts and expressions, ideas and activities. Some people are Your ardent supporters, some are against You; some dearly love You, and some are vehemently opposed to You. With all Your supporters and opponents, how do You continue playing Your ''liila''? It is something wonderfully strange. As much as I have understood, I still have become confused. Now the question arises – I want to know from You very secretly – besides all these, have You got any other personal secret with You? Please tell me. I want to say something to You. Be with me and hear me. When due to sorrow I am unable to say anything, hear me also then. While on the journey of my life, when I feel tired, at that time also be with me, inspire me and remove my afflictions.</blockquote>

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== Musical notations ==
* [[Portal:Prabhat_Samgiita#Earliest notations (Sargam)|Original Sargam notation, if available on Sarkarverse]]

== Recordings ==
* {{PSmp3|https://sarkarverse.org/PS/1-999-f/__22%20OGO%20BANDHU%20BOLITE%20PA%27RO.mp3}}

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{{Succession box
 | title  = [[Prabhat Samgiita]]
 | years  = 1982
 | with   = Ogo bandhu balite paro
 | before = [[Tumi alojhalamal purnimadiip]]
 | after  = [[Nutaner alok ogo]]
}}
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[[Category:Songs of Prabhat Samgiita]]
[[Category:Songs given in 1982]]