śrīrādhākṛṣṇa-padakamale mana

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শ্রীরাধাক্ড়্ষ্ণপদকমলে মন

কেমনে লভিবে চরম শরণ ১

śrīrādhākṛṣṇa-padakamale mana

kemane labhibe carama śaraṇa 1

śrīrādhākṛṣṇaŚrī Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa; padakamaleat the lotus feet; manaO mind; kemanehow; labhibeyou will obtain; caramaultimately; śaraṇashelter

O mind, how will you ultimately take shelter at the lotus feet of Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa?

চিরদিন করিয়া ওচরণআশ

আছে হে বসিয়া এ অধম দাস ২

ciradina kariyā o-caraṇa-āśa

āche he basiyā e adhama dāsa 2

ciradina(bahu kāl) many days, long time; kariyāhaving had; othose; caraṇafeet; āśathe desire; āchepresent here; heoh; basiyāhaving waited; ethis; adhamawretched; dāsaservant

Having had the desire to take shelter of those lotus feet since time immemorial, this wretched servant simply is waiting.

হে রাধে, হে ক্ড়্ষ্ণচন্দ্র ভক্তপ্রাণ

পামরে যুগলভক্তি করঽ দান ৩

he rādhe, he kṛṣṇacandra bhaktaprāṇa

pāmare yugala-bhakti kara’ dāna 3

he rādheO Rādhe; he kṛṣṇacandraO moon-like Kṛṣṇa; bhaktaprāṇadevotees + life, soul; pāmareto this sinner; yugala[You] two lovers; bhaktidevotion; kara’ dānabestow

O Rādhe, O Kṛṣṇa-candra, life and soul of the devotees! Please bestow upon this most sinful person bhakti to both of You.

ভক্তিহীন বলিঽ না করঽ উপেক্ষা

মূর্খজনে দেহঽ জ্ঞানসুশিক্ষা ৪

bhaktihīna bali’ nā kara’ upekṣā

mūrkhajane deha’ jñāna-suśikṣā 4

bhaktihīnadevotion + devoid; bali’having said; not; kara’do; upekṣāneglect; mūrkhajaneto this ignorant person; deha’give; jñānaspiritual knowledge; suśikṣāauspicious instructions

Please do not neglect me, saying that I am devoid of bhakti. Instead, give this ignorant person your auspicious instructions on spiritual knowledge.

বিষয়পিপাসাপ্রপীḓইত দাসে

দেহঽ অধিকার যুগলবিলাসে ৫

biṣaya-pipāsā-prapīḓita dāse

deha’ adhikāra yugala-bilāse 5

biṣayamaterial enjoyment; pipāsāa thirst; prapīḓitaafflicted; dāseto this servant; deha’give; adhikāraqualification; yugala[You] two lovers; bilāsein amorous pastimes

Please give this servant, who is afflicted by the thirst for material enjoyment, the qualification to serve in Your amorous pastimes.

চঞ্চল জীবন, স্রোত প্রবাহিয়া,

কালের সাগরে ধায়

গেল যে দিবস, না আসিবে আর,

এবে ক্ড়্ষ্ণ কি উপায় ৬

cañcala jībana-, srota prabāhiyā,

kālera sāgare dhāya

gela ye dibasa, nā āsibe āra,

ebe kṛṣṇa ki upāya 6

cañcalarestless; jībanalife; srotacurrent, stream; prabāhiyāhaving flowed; kāleraof time [death]; sāgareinto the ocean; dhāyaruns; gelagone; yethese; dibasadays; not; āsibewill come; āraagain; ebenow; kṛṣṇaKṛṣṇa; kiwhat; upāyaremedy, means to relieve or help

This restless current of life flows, running into the ocean of time [death]. The days that have gone will not come again. Alas, Kṛṣṇa, what am I to do now?

তুমি পতিতজনের বন্ধু

জানি হে তোমারে নাথ, তুমি তঽ করুণাজলসিন্ধু ৭

tumi patitajanera bandhu

jāni he tomāre nātha, tumi ta’ karuṇā-jalasindhu 7

tumiYou; patitajaneraof the fallen; bandhufriends; jāniI know; heoh; tomāreto You; nāthaO Masters; tumiYou; ta’indeed; karuṇākindness, compassion; jalasindhuwater + ocean

You are the friends of the fallen. I know who You are, my Masters! You are indeed the very ocean of kindness.

আমি ভাগ্যহীন, অতি অর্বাচীন,

না জানি ভকতিলেশ

নিজগুণে নাথ, করঽ আত্মসাৎ,

ঘুচাইয়া ভবক্লেশ ৮

āmi bhāgyahīna, ati arbācīna,

nā jāni bhakati-leśa

nija-guṇe nātha, kara’ ātmasāt,

ghucāiyā bhaba-kleśa 8

āmiI; bhāgyahīnafortune + devoid; atiexceedingly; arbācīnafoolish; not; jāniI have knowledge; bhakatidevotion; leśaiota; nijaYour own; guṇequalities; nāthaO Masters; kara’ ātmasātappropriate [me] to Your own use; ghucāiyāhaving vanquished; bhabamaterial; kleśasufferings

I am unfortunate and exceedingly foolish. I do not understand even an iota of bhakti. O my Masters, by virtue of Your greatness, take my soul and make me Your own, thereby vanquishing my material sufferings.

সিদ্ধদেহ দিয়া, ব্ড়্ন্দাবনমাঝে,

সেবাম্ড়্ত করঽ দান

পিয়াইয়া প্রেম, মত্ত করিঽ মোরে,

শুন নিজ গুণগান ৯

siddha-deha diyā, bṛndābana-mājhe,

sebāmṛta kara’ dāna

piyāiyā prema, matta kari’ more,

śuna nija guṇagāna 9

siddha dehaperfected spiritual body; diyāhaving given; bṛndābanaVṛndāvana; mājhewithin; sebāmṛtaservice + nectar; kara’ dānabestow in charity; piyāiyāhaving made drink; prematranscendental love; matta kari’having intoxicated; moreto me; śunalisten (imperative); nijaYour own; guṇagānaqualities + songs

Give me a perfected spiritual body within the transcendental abode of Vṛndāvana and bestow upon me in charity the nectar of service to You. After making me drink prema and thus become spiritually intoxicated, hear me sing Your glories.

যুগলসেবায়, শ্রীরাসমণ্ডলে,

নিয়ুক্ত করঽ আমায়

ললিতা সখীর, অয়োগ্যা কিঙ্করী,

বিনোদ ধরিছে পায় ১০

yugala-sebāya, śrīrāsamaṇḍale,

niyukta kara’ āmāya

lalitā sakhīra, ayogyā kiṅkarī,

binoda dhariche pāya 10

yugala[You] two lovers; sebāyain service; śrīrāsamaṇḍalein the arena of the rāsa dance; niyukta kara’engage; āmāyame; lalitā sakhīraof Śrī Lalitā Sakhī; ayogyāunworthly; kiṅkarīmainservant; binodaBhaktivinoda; dharicheholds; pāya[Your] feet

Please engage me in service to You in the arena of the rāsa dance. This unworthy maidservant of Śrī Lalitā Sakhī, Bhaktivinoda, beseeches You by clasping Your lotus feet.

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