কবে হঽবে হেন দশা মোর
ত্যজিঽ জḓঅআশা, বিবিধ বন্ধন,
ছাḓইব সংসারঘোর ১
kabe ha’be hena daśā mora
tyaji’ jaḓa-āśā, bibidha bandhana,
chāḓiba saṁsāra-ghora 1
kabe — when; ha’be — will be; hena — such; daśā — condition; mora — mine; tyaji’ — having renounced; jaḓa — mundane; āśā — desires; bibidha — varieties; bandhana — bondage; chāḓiba — I shall relinquish; saṁsāra — material existence; ghora — dreadful
When will such a condition be mine? Upon renouncing my mundane desires and all varieties of bondage, I shall relinquish this dreadful material existence.
ব্ড়্ন্দাবনাভেদে, নবদ্বীপধামে,
বান্ধিব কুটীরখানি
শচীর নন্দন, চরণ আশ্রয়,
করিব সম্বন্ধ মানিঽ ২
bṛndābanābhede, nabadbīpa-dhāme,
bā̃dhiba kuṭīrakhāni
śacīra nandana-, caraṇa āśraya,
kariba sambandha māni’ 2
bṛndābanābhede — Śrī Vṛndāvana + non-different from; nabadbīpa dhāme — in Śrī Navadvīpa-dhāma; bā̃dhiba — I shall construct; kuṭīrakhāni — small hut + a; śacīra — Mother Śacī’s; nandana — son; caraṇa — feet; āśraya — shelter; kariba — (goes with the following word, māni’) I shall do; sambandha — relationship; māni’ — having recognized
I shall construct a small hut in Śrī Navadvīpa-dhāma, which is non-different from Śrī Vṛndāvana. Recognizing my relationship with Śrī Śacī-nandana, I shall take shelter of His lotus feet.
জাহ্নবীপুলিনে, চিন্ময়কাননে,
বসিয়া বিজনস্থলে
ক্ড়্ষ্ণনামাম্ড়্ত, নিরন্তর পিব,
ডাকিব ‘গৌরাঙ্গঽ বঽলে ৩
jāhnabī-puline, cinmaya-kānane,
basiyā bijana-sthale
kṛṣṇanāmāmṛta, nirantara piba,
ḍākiba ‘gaurāṅga’ ba’le 3
jāhnabī — Jāhnavī River; puline — on the bank; cinmaya — transcendental; kānane — in the forest; basiyā — having sat; bijana — solitary; sthale — in a place; kṛṣṇanāmāmṛta — the names of Kṛṣṇa + the nectar; nirantara — continously; piba — I shall drink; ḍākiba — I shall call out; gaurāṅga’ — “Gaurāṅga”; ba’le — having chanted
Sitting in a solitary place within a transcendental forest on the bank of the Jāhnavī River (Gaṅgā), I shall continuously drink the nectar of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s name. Chanting the name of Gaurāṅga, I shall call out:
হাগৌরনিতাই, তোরা দুঽটী ভাই,
পতিতজনের বন্ধু
অধম পতিত, আমি হে দুর্জন,
হও মোরে ক্ড়্পাসিন্ধু ৪
hā-gaura-nitāi, torā du’ṭī bhāi,
patitajanera bandhu
adhama patita, āmi he durjana,
hao more kṛpāsindhu 4
hā gaura nitāi — O Gaura-Nitāi; torā — You (plural); du’ṭī — two; bhāi — brothers; patitajanera — fallen + of people; bandhu — the friends; adhama — low; patita — fallen; āmi — I; he — oh; durjana — wicked; hao — be (imperative); more — to me; kṛpāsindhu — an ocean of mercy
“O Gaura-Nitāi! Both of You brothers are the friends of all fallen souls! I am the lowest of the low and very sinful, so please be an ocean of mercy to me.”
কান্দিতে কান্দিতে, ষোলক্রোশধাম,
জাহ্নবী উভয়কূলে
ভ্রমিতে ভ্রমিতে, কভু ভাগ্যফলে,
দেখি কিছু তরুমূলে ৫
kā̃dite kā̃dite, ṣolakrośa-dhāma,
jāhnabī ubhaya-kūle
bhramite bhramite, kabhu bhāgyaphale,
dekhi kichu tarumūle 5
kā̃dite kā̃dite — crying and crying; ṣolakrośa — sixteen + krośas (1 krośa = around 2 square miles); dhāma — the holy abode; jāhnabī — the Jāhnavī River (Gaṅga); ubhaya — both; kūle — by banks; bhramite bhramite — wandering and wandering; kabhu — some; bhāgyaphale — good fortune + by fruit; dekhi — I see; kichu — some; tarumūle — tree + by the foot
Weeping and weeping as I wander about the sixteen krośas (thirty-two square miles) of the dhāma, by both the Jāhnavī’s (Gaṅga’s) banks, I shall by some good fortune behold a vision beneath a tree.
হা হা মনোহর, কি দেখিনু আমি,
বলিয়া মূর্চ্ছিত হঽব
সম্বিৎ পাইয়া, কান্দিব গোপনে,
স্মরিঽ দুংহু ক্ড়্পালব ৬
hā hā manohara, ki dekhinu āmi,
baliyā mūrcchita ha’ba
sambit pāiyā, kā̃diba gopane,
smari’ dũhu kṛpā-laba 6
hā hā manohara — O enchanter of my mind; ki — what; dekhinu — have seen; āmi — I; baliyā — having said; mūrcchita ha’ba — I shall faint; sambit — consciousness; pāiyā — having regained; kā̃diba — I shall cry; gopane — in secret; smari’ — having remembered; dũhu — [of] the two; kṛpā — mercy; laba — speck
“O Manohara (enchanter of my mind), what have I seen today?” Saying this, I shall faint. After regaining consciousness, I shall weep in secret, remembering that drop of Śrī Śrī Gaura-Nitāi’s mercy.