অনাদি করমফলে, পḓইঽ ভবার্ণবজলে,
তরিবারে না দেখিঽ উপায়
এ বিষয়হলাহলে, দিবানিশি হিয়া জ্বলে,
মন কভু সুখ নাহি পায় ১
anādi karama-phale, paḓi’ bhabārṇaba-jale,
taribāre nā dekhi’ upāya
e biṣaya-halāhale, dibā-niśi hiyā jbale,
mana kabhu sukha nāhi pāya 1
anādi — having no beginning; karama — actions; phale — in consequence; paḓi’ — having fallen; bhabārṇaba — material existence + ocean; jale — into the waters; taribāre — for deliverance; nā — not; dekhi’ — I see; upāya — means; e — this; biṣaya — worldly pleasure; halāhale — by deadly poison; dibā — day; niśi — night; hiyā — heart; jbale — burns, blazes; mana — mind; kabhu — ever; sukha — comfort, happiness; nāhi — not; pāya — gets, receives
In consequence to my actions since time immemorial, I have plunged into the ocean of material existence and see no means of deliverance. Due to the poison of worldly pleasures, my heart blazes day and night and my mind never receives any comfort.
আশাপাশ শতশত, ক্লেশ দেয় অবিরত,
প্রব্ড়্ত্তিঊর্মির তাহে খেলা
কামক্রোধ আদি ছয়, বাটপাḓএ দেয় ভয়,
অবসান হৈল আসিঽ বেলা ২
āśā-pāśa śataśata, kleśa deya abirata,
prabṛtti-ūrmira tāhe khelā
kāma-krodha ādi chaya, bāṭapāḓe deya bhaya,
abasāna haila āsi’ belā 2
āśā — desires; pāśa — bonds; śataśata — hundreds and hundreds; kleśa — trouble, sorrow, misery, pain; deya — gives; abirata — constantly; prabṛtti — (saṁsār-sukha-prāpak ceṣṭā) engagement (endeavors for worldly happiness); ūrmira — (ḍheu) of the waves; tāhe — in that; khelā — play; kāma — lust; krodha — anger; ādi — and so on; chaya — six; bāṭapāḓe — from the highwaymen, robbers, swindlers; deya — they give; bhaya — fear; abasāna — end, death; haila — happens; āsi’ — having come; belā — time
The bonds of hundreds upon hundreds of desires constantly give me pain—such is the play of the waves of the ocean of worldly life. The six rogues, headed by lust and anger, dispense fear as the end draws near.
জ্ঞানকর্মঠগ দুই, মোরে প্রতারিয়া লই,
অবশেষে ফেলে সিন্ধুজলে
এ হেন সময়ে বন্ধু, তুমি ক্ড়্ষ্ণ ক্ড়্পাসিন্ধু,
ক্ড়্পা করিঽ তোল মোরে বলে ৩
jñāna-karma-ṭhaga dui, more pratāriyā la·i,
abaśeṣe phele sindhu-jale
e hena samaye bandhu, tumi kṛṣṇa kṛpāsindhu,
kṛpā kari’ tola more bale 3
jñāna — knowledge; karma — mundane fruitive activities; ṭhaga — thugs; dui — two; more — to me; pratāriyā — having cheated; la·i — having taken; abaśeṣe — in the end, finally; phele — throw; sindhu — ocean; jale — in the waters; e — this; hena — such; samaye — in time; bandhu — friend; tumi — You; kṛṣṇa — Kṛṣṇa; kṛpāsindhu — mercy + ocean; kṛpā kari’ — kindly, mercifully; tola — lift; more — to me; bale — by strength
Having cheated me, the two thugs of jñāna and karma finally throw me into that ocean’s waters. This is a critical time, O Kṛṣṇa, my dear friend. Kindly lift me from those waters with Your strength, for You are an ocean of compassion.
পতিত কিঙ্করে ধরিঽ, পাদপদ্মধূলি করিঽ,
দেহ ভক্তিবিনোদে আশ্রয়
অমি তব নিত্যদাস, ভুলিয়া মায়ার পাশ,
বদ্ধ হঽয়ে আছি দয়াময় ৪
patita kiṅkare dhari’, pādapadmadhūli kari’,
deha bhaktibinode āśraya
ami taba nityadāsa, bhuliyā māyāra pāśa,
baddha ha’ye āchi dayāmaya 4
patita — fallen; kiṅkare — to servant; dhari’ — having caught, taken by the hand; pādapadmadhūli — feet + lotus + dust; kari’ — having made; deha — give; bhaktibinode — to Bhaktivinoda; āśraya — shelter; ami — I; taba — Your; nityadāsa — eternal + servant; bhuliyā — having forgotten; māyāra — of illusion; pāśa — trap, snare, bondage; baddha — bound; ha’ye — having become; āchi — I am; dayāmaya — O merciful one
Taking this fallen servant and making him a particle of dust at Your lotus feet, give this Bhaktivinoda sanctuary. O merciful Lord, I am actually Your eternal servant, but having forgotten this, I remain bound by the trap of māyā.