ভজহুং রে মন, শ্রীনন্দনন্দন,
অভয় চরণারবিন্দ রে
দুর্ল্লভ মানব, জনম সৎসঙ্গে,
তরহ এ ভবসিন্ধু রে ১
bhajahũ re mana, śrīnandanandana,
abhaya caraṇārabinda re
durllabha mānaba-, janama satsaṅge,
taraha e bhabasindhu re 1
bhajahũ — worship; re — O; mana — mind; śrīnandanandana — the son of Nanda Mahārāja; abhaya — fearless; caraṇārabinda — feet + lotus; re — oh; durllabha — rare; mānaba — human; janama — birth; satsaṅge — saintly + by association; taraha — cross over; e — this; bhabasindhu — material existence + ocean; re — oh
O mind, worship the lotus feet of Śrī Nanda-nandana, which bring fearlessness. This human birth is very rare, so take the association of saintly persons and cross over this ocean of material existence.
শীতআতপ, বাতবরিষণ,
এ দিন যামিনী জাগিঽ রে
বিফলে সেবিনু, ক্ড়্পণ দুরজন,
চপল সুখলব লাগিঽ রে ২
śīta-ātapa, bāta-bariṣaṇa,
e dina yāminī jāgi’ re
biphale sebinu, kṛpaṇa durajana,
capala sukha-laba lāgi’ re 2
śīta — cold; ātapa — heat; bāta — wind; bariṣaṇa — rain; e — this; dina — day; yāminī — night; jāgi’ — having remained awake; re — oh; biphale — uselessly; sebinu — I have served; kṛpaṇa — miserly; durajana — wicked men; capala — momentary; sukha — happiness; laba — fraction; lāgi’ — for; re — oh
Suffering the pains of the cold, heat, wind, and rain, I remain sleepless day and night. I have uselessly served miserly and wicked men for a fraction of momentary happiness.
এ ধন, যৌবন, পুত্রপরিজন,
ইথে কি আছে পরতীতি রে
কমলদলজল, জীবন টলমল,
ভজহুং হরিপদ নিতি রে ৩
e dhana, yaubana, putra-parijana,
ithe ki āche paratīti re
kamaladala-jala, jībana ṭalamala,
bhajahũ haripada niti re 3
e — this; dhana — wealth; yaubana — youth; putra — sons; parijana — relatives; ithe — in these; ki — what; āche — is there; paratīti — (viśvās) assurance; re — oh; kamaladala — of a lotus + on the petal; jala — water; jībana — life; ṭalamala — tottering; bhajahũ — worship; haripada — the feet of Śrī Hari; niti — (nitya) always; re — oh
Wealth, youth, sons, and relatives—what assurance do they hold? This life is tottering like a drop of water on a lotus petal, so always serve and worship the feet of Śrī Hari.
শ্রবণ, কীর্তন, স্মরণ, বন্দন,
পাদসেবন, দাস্য রে
পূজন, সখীজন, আত্মনিবেদন,
গোবিন্দদাস অভিলাষ রে ৪
śrabaṇa, kīrtana, smaraṇa, bandana,
pādasebana, dāsya re
pūjana, sakhījana, ātmanibedana,
gobindadāsa abhilāṣa re 4
śrabaṇa — hearing; kīrtana — chanting; smaraṇa — remembering; bandana — offering prayers; pādasebana — serving the feet; dāsya — servitude; re — oh; pūjana — worshiping; sakhījana — serving as a friend; ātmanibedana — offering one’s self; gobindadāsa — Govinda dāsa; abhilāṣa — aspiration; re — oh
Hearing, chanting, remembering, offering prayers, serving His lotus feet, engaging as a servant, worshiping, serving Him as a friend, and completely offering Him one’s very self—these nine limbs of bhakti are Govinda dāsa’s cherished aspiration.