bhāba nā bhāba nā, mana, tumi ati duṣṭa

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ভাব না ভাব না, মন, তুমি অতি দুষ্ট

(বিষয়বিষে আছ হে)

কামক্রোধলোভমোহমদাদিআবিষ্ট ১

bhāba nā bhāba nā, mana, tumi ati duṣṭa

(biṣaya-biṣe ācha he)

kāma-krodha-lobha-moha-madādi-ābiṣṭa 1

bhābathink, consider, reflect (imperative); [request or insistence] please; bhābathink, consider, reflect (imperative); [request or insistence] please; manaO mind; tumiyou; ativery; duṣṭawicked; (biṣayasense enjoyment; biṣein poison; āchayou are; he)oh; kāmalust; krodhaanger; lobhagreed; mohaillusion; madādiintoxication + etc., and so on; ābiṣṭathoroughly engrossed or absorbed (in), rapt in, possessed (by), overwhelmed (with)

O mind, realize, just realize that you are very wicked! (You are in the poison of sense enjoyment.) You are absorbed in lust, anger, greed, illusion, intoxication, and so on.

(রিপুর বশে আছ হে)

অসদ্বার্তাভুক্তিমুক্তিপিপাসাআক্ড়্ষ্ট

(অসৎকথা ভাল লাগে হে)

প্রতিষ্ঠাশাকুটিনাটি শঠতাদিপিষ্ট ২

(ripura baśe ācha he)

asadbārtā-bhukti-mukti-pipāsā-ākṛṣṭa

(asatkathā bhāla lāge he)

pratiṣṭhāśā-kuṭināṭi śaṭhatādi-piṣṭa 2

(ripuraof enemies; baśeunder control, subdued; āchayou are; he)oh.; asadbārtāmundane + talk; bhuktisense enjoy; muktiliberation; pipāsāthirst (fig.) eager desire; ākṛṣṭaattracted, enticed, drawn, pulled; (asatkathāmundane + talk; bhāla lāgeyou like (lit. lāge – strikes bhālô – good); he)oh; pratiṣṭhāśāfame + desire; kuṭināṭiduplicity; śaṭhatādicheating + etc.; piṣṭapressed, squeezed, crushed, pulverized

(You are under the control of these enemies.) You are drawn by your thirst for mundane talk, sense enjoyment, and liberation. (Mundane talk is very palatable to you.) You are oppressed by the desire for fame, duplicity, cheating, and so on.

(সরল তঽ হঽলে না হে)

ঘিরেছে তোমারে, ভাই, এ সব অরিষ্ট

(এ সব তঽ শত্রু হে)

এ সব না ছেḓএঽ কিসে পাঽবে রাধাক্ড়্ষ্ণ ৩

(sarala ta’ ha’le nā he)

ghireche tomāre, bhāi, e saba ariṣṭa

(e saba ta’ śatru he)

e saba nā cheḓe’ kise pā’be rādhākṛṣṇa 3

(saralahonest, candid, simple; ta’indeed; ha’lebecome; not; he)oh.; ghirechesurrounding; tomāreto you; bhāiO brother; ethese; sabaall; ariṣṭacalamities, inauspicious obstacles, misfortune; (ethese; sabaall; ta’indeed; śatruenemies; he)oh; ethese; sabaall; not; cheḓe’having given up; kisehow; pā’bewill you attain; rādhākṛṣṇaRādhā and Kṛṣṇa

(You have not become honest.) O my brother, all these calamities have surrounded you. (They are all enemies.) Without giving them up, how will you attain Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa?

(যতনে ছাḓঅ, ছাḓঅ হে)

সাধুসঙ্গ বিনা আর কোথা তব ইষ্ট ?

(সাধুসঙ্গ কর হে)

বৈষ্ণবচরণে মজ, ঘুচিবে অনিষ্ট ৪

(yatane chāḓa, chāḓa he)

sādhusaṅga binā āra kothā taba iṣṭa ?

(sādhusaṅga kara he)

baiṣṇaba-caraṇe maja, ghucibe aniṣṭa 4

(yatanewith great endeavor, effort; chāḓagive up; chāḓagive up; he)oh.; sādhusaṅgasaints + association; bināwithout; āraelse; kothāwhere; tabayour; iṣṭawelfare, benefit, desired object; (sādhusaṅgasaints + associate; karado; he)oh; baiṣṇabaVaiṣṇavas; caraṇeat feet; majaabsorb, lose yourself (in); ghucibewill be removed; aniṣṭaharm, evils, undesirable

(Try to give them up. Just leave them!) By not associating with sādhus, what do you expect to achieve? (Associate with the sādhus!) Absorb yourself in the lotus feet of the Vaiṣṇavas, for by doing so, your evils will be removed.

(একবার ভেবে দেখ হে)

(শ্রীল ভক্তিবিনোদ ঠাকুর)

শ্রীনামমহিমা

(ekabāra bhebe dekha he)

(śrīla bhaktibinoda ṭhākura)

śrīnāma-mahimā

(ekabāraone + time; bhebehaving thought; dekhasee; he)oh

(Think about this, just once.)

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