bhaja bhaja hari, mana dṛḓha kari’

MS35

ভজ ভজ হরি, মন দ্ড়্ḓহ করিঽ,

মুখে বোল তাংঽর নাম

ব্রজেন্দ্রনন্দন, গোপীপ্রাণধন,

ভুবনমোহন শ্যাম ১

bhaja bhaja hari, mana dṛḓha kari’,

mukhe bola tā̃’ra nāma

brajendranandana, gopī-prāṇadhana,

bhubanamohana śyāma 1

bhaja bhajaworship, just worship; hariŚrī Hari; manathe mind; dṛḓha kari’having steadied; mukhewith the lips; bolachant; tā̃’raHis; nāmaname; brajendranandanathe son of the king of Vraja; gopīof the gopīs; prāṇadhanaof the life + the treasure; bhubanamohanathe universe + enchants; śyāmadark-complexioned one

Making your mind steady, worship Śrī Hari, and with your lips, chant His holy names: Vrajendra-nandana (son of the king of Vraja), Gopī-prāṇa-dhana (treasure of the life of the gopīs), and Śyāma (dark-complexioned one), whose beauty enchants the entire universe.

কখন মরিবে, কেমনে তরিবে,

বিষম শমন ডাকে

যাংহার প্রতাপে, ভুবন কাম্পয়ে,

না জানি মর বিপাকে ২

kakhana maribe, kemane taribe,

biṣama śamana ḍāke

yā̃hāra pratāpe, bhubana kā̃paye,

nā jāni mara bipāke 2

kakhanawhen; maribeyou will die; kemanehow; taribeyou will be delivered; biṣamafearsome; śamanalord of death; ḍākecalls; yā̃hārawhose; pratāpeby power, domineering influence; bhubanathe universe; kā̃payequakes; not; jāniI know; maramy; bipākepredicament

When will you die? How will you be delivered? The fearsome lord of death, at whose power the universe quakes, is calling. You do not realize the mortal danger.

কুলধন পাইয়া, উনমত হৈয়া,

আপনাকে জান বḓঅ

শমনের দূতে, ধরিঽ পায়ে হাতে,

বান্ধিয়া করিবে জḓঅ ৩

kula-dhana pāiyā, unamata haiyā,

āpanāke jāna baḓa

śamanera dūte, dhari’ pāye hāte,

bā̃dhiyā karibe jaḓa 3

kulanoble birth, aristacracy; dhanawealth; pāiyāhaving attained; unamataintoxicated; haiyāhaving become; āpanāketo yourself; jānayou think; baḓagreat; śamaneraof the lord of death; dūteby the messengers; dhari’having clutched; pāyeby feet; hāteby hands; bā̃dhiyāhaving bound; karibethey will render; jaḓainert

Intoxicated by your high birth and wealth, you think yourself very great. Yet the messengers of the lord of death will render you inert by capturing you and binding your hands and feet.

কিবা যতি, সতী, কিবা নীচ জাতি,

যেই হরি নাহি ভজে

তবে জনমিয়া, ভ্রমিয়া ভ্রমিয়া,

রৌরবনরকে মজে ৪

kibā yati, satī, kibā nīca jāti,

yei hari nāhi bhaje

tabe janamiyā, bhramiyā bhramiyā,

rauraba-narake maje 4

kibāwhether; yatirenounced; satīchaste; kibāwhether; nīcalow; jāticaste; yeihe who; hariŚrī Hari; nāhinot; bhajeworships; tabethen; janamiyāhaving taken birth; bhramiyā bhramiyāwondering and wondering; raurabaRaurava; narakein the hell; majedrowns

Whether one is renounced, chaste, or low-caste, if he does not worship Śrī Hari, then he will take birth, wander within the material world, and drown in the hell known as Raurava.

এ দাস লোচন, ভাবে অনুক্ষণ,

ব্ড়্থাই জনম গেল

হরি না ভজিনু, বিষয়ে মজিনু,

হ্ড়্দয়ে রহল শেল ৫

e dāsa locana, bhābe anukṣaṇa,

bṛthāi janama gela

hari nā bhajinu, biṣaye majinu,

hṛdaye rahala śela 5

ethis; dāsa locanaLocana dāsa; bhābecontemplates; anukṣaṇaalways; bṛthāiin vain; janamabirth; gelapassed; hariŚrī Hari; not; bhajinuI have worshipped; biṣayein sense enjoyment; majinuI have absorbed; hṛdayein heart; rahalapierces; śelaa spear

This Locana dāsa always contemplates how his life has passed in vain. I have not worshiped Śrī Hari; rather I have absorbed myself in sense enjoyment, and thus a spear pierces my heart.

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