śuna he rasika jana

K40The Wonderful Qualities of Śrī Kṛṣṇa

শুন, হে রসিক জন, ক্ড়্ষ্ণগণ অগণন,

অনন্ত কহিতে নাহি পারে

ক্ড়্ষ্ণ জগতের গুরু, ক্ড়্ষ্ণ বাঞ্ছাকল্পতরু,

নাবিক সে ভবপারাবারে ১

śuna, he rasika jana, kṛṣṇagaṇa agaṇana,

ananta kahite nāhi pāre

kṛṣṇa jagatera guru, kṛṣṇa bāñchākalpataru,

nābika se bhaba-pārābāre 1

śunalisten; heO; rasika janathose who relish rasa; kṛṣṇagaṇathe qualities of Śrī Kṛṣṇa; agaṇanainnumerable; anantaLord Ananta; kahiteto speak; nāhi pārecannot; kṛṣṇaŚrī Kṛṣṇa; jagateraof the universe; guruthe spiritual master; kṛṣṇaŚrī Kṛṣṇa; bāñchākalpataruwish-fulfilling desire-tree; nābikathe navigator; sehe; bhabamaterial existence; pārābāreacross the ocean

Listen, O those who relish nectarean mellows, the transcendental qualities of Śrī Kṛṣṇa are innumerable. Even Lord Ananta [who has millions of hoods and mouths] cannot describe them all. Kṛṣṇa is the spiritual master of the entire universe, He is a wish-fulfilling desire-tree, and He is the navigator, guiding us across the ocean of material existence.

হ্ড়্দয়পীḓইত যাঽর, ক্ড়্ষ্ণচিকিৎসক তাঽর,

ভবরোগ নাশিতে চতুর

ক্ড়্ষ্ণ বহির্মুখজনে, প্রেমাম্ড়্তবিতরণে,

ক্রমে লয় নিজ অন্তঃপুর ২

hṛdaya-pīḓita yā’ra, kṛṣṇa-cikitsaka tā’ra,

bhaba-roga nāśite catura

kṛṣṇa bahirmukha-jane, premāmṛta-bitaraṇe,

krame laya nija antaḥpura 2

hṛdayahearts; pīḓitainjured, afflicted, ill; yā’rawhose; kṛṣṇaŚrī Kṛṣṇa; cikitsakadoctor; tā’raof them; bhabaof material existence; rogathe disease; nāśiteat destroying; caturaexpert; kṛṣṇa bahirmukhaaverse to Śrī Kṛṣṇa; janeto people; premāmṛtadivine love + nectar; bitaraṇeHe distributes; kramegradually; layatakes; nijaHis own; antaḥpuraconfidential realm, internal abode

For those whose hearts are ill, Kṛṣṇa is the doctor; He is expert at destroying the disease of material existence. By distributing the nectar of prema to all those who are averse to Him, He gradually takes them to His own confidential realm.

কর্মবন্ধজ্ঞানবন্ধ, আবেশে মানব অন্ধ,

তাঽরে ক্ড়্ষ্ণ করুণাসাগর

পাদপদ্মমধু দিয়া, অন্ধভাব ঘুচাইয়া,

চরণে করেন অনুচর ৩

karmabandha-jñānabandha-, ābeśe mānaba andha,

tā’re kṛṣṇa karuṇā-sāgara

pādapadma-madhu diyā, andhabhāba ghucāiyā,

caraṇe karena anucara 3

karmabandhathe bindings of frutive activities; jñānabandhathe bindings of dry knowledge; ābeśeby absorption; mānabahuman beings; andhablind; tā’reto them; kṛṣṇaKṛṣṇa; karuṇāof mercy; sāgaraan ocean; pādapadmafeet + lotus; madhuhoney; diyāgiving; andhabhābablindness; ghucāiyāremoving; caraṇeof the feet; karenaHe makes; anucaraa servant

Human beings are blinded by their absorption in the bindings of karma and jñāna, but Kṛṣṇa, who is an ocean of mercy, removes their blindness by granting them the honey of His lotus feet. In this way, He makes them servants of those lotus feet.

বিধিমার্গরতজনে, স্বাধীনতা রত্নদানে,

রাগমার্গে করান প্রবেশ

রাগবশবর্তী হঽয়ে, পারকীয়ভাবাশ্রয়ে,

লভে জীব ক্ড়্ষ্ণপ্রেমাবেশ ৪

bidhimārgarata-jane, sbādhīnatā ratnadāne,

rāgamārge karāna prabeśa

rāga-baśabartī ha’ye, pārakīya-bhābāśraye,

labhe jība kṛṣṇapremābeśa 4

bidhimārgarataregulative principles + the path + devoted to; janeto people; sbādhīnatāindependence; ratnadānethe jewel + by awarding; rāgamārgeof spontaneous attachment + on the path; karānaHe causes; prabeśaenterance; rāgaby spontaneous attachment; baśabartīunder the control; ha’yebeing; pārakīyaparamour; bhābāśrayelove + in the shelter; labheattains; jībathe soul; kṛṣṇapremābeśalove for Kṛṣṇa + rapture

By granting the jewel of independence to those following vidhi-mārga, the path of regulative principles, He allows them to enter rāga-mārga, the path of spontaneous loving attachment. Being controlled by such attachment and taking shelter of parakīya-bhāva (paramour love), the jīva attains ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa.

প্রেমাম্ড়্তবারিধারা, সদা পানরত তাংঽরা,

ক্ড়্ষ্ণ তাংহাদের বন্ধু, পতি

সেইসব ব্রজজন, সুকল্যাণনিকেতন,

দীন হীন বিনোদের গতি ৫

premāmṛta-bāridhārā, sadā pānarata tā̃’rā,

kṛṣṇa tā̃hādera bandhu, pati

seisaba brajajana, sukalyāṇa-niketana,

dīna hīna binodera gati 5

premāmṛtaof divine love + the nectar; bāridhārāa shower or stream or torrent of rain; sadāalways; pānaratain drinking + engaged; tā̃’rāthey all; kṛṣṇaŚrī Kṛṣṇa; tā̃hāderatheir; bandhufriend; patimaster; seisabathese + all; brajajanaresidents of Vraja; sukalyāṇaof auspiciousness; niketanaabodes; dīnapoor; hīnafallen; binoderaof Bhaktivinoda; gatithe refuge

Such devotees are always engaged in drinking from the stream of the nectar of prema, for Kṛṣṇa is their friend and master. These residents of Vraja, who are abodes of auspiciousness, are the refuge of the poor and fallen Bhaktivinoda.

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