bāra bāra palāya teṅho nīlādri yāite
pitā tāṅre bāndhi' rākhe āni' patha haite

 bāra bāra - again and again; palāya - leaves home; teṅho - he; nīlādri yāite - to go to Jagannātha Purī; pitā - his father; tāṅre - him; bāndhi' - binding; rākhe - keeps; āni' - bringing back; patha haite - from the road.


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Raghunātha dāsa used to run away from home again and again to go to Jagannātha Purī, but his father kept binding him and bringing him back.

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