hari he! prapañce paḓiyā

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হরি হে!

প্রপঞ্চে পḓইয়া, অগতি হইয়া,

না দেখিঽ উপায় আর

অগতির গতি, চরণে শরণ,

তোমায় করিনু সার ১

hari he!

prapañce paḓiyā, agati ha·iyā,

nā dekhi’ upāya āra

agatira gati, caraṇe śaraṇa,

tomāya karinu sāra 1

hariHari; heO; prapañce(pāñch bhautika jagate) in illusion, māyā, worldly life (in the material world of five elements [namely, earth, water, fire, air and either]); paḓiyāhaving fallen; agati(asatkṛta) helpless (neglected, ignored); ha·iyāhaving become; not; dekhi’having seen; upāyameans to relieve or help, solace; āraother; agatirafor the helpless; gatiresort; caraṇeof feet; śaraṇashelter; tomāyato You; karinuI have made; sāraessence, sole object

O Hari! Having fallen into the material world of five elements and become helpless, I see no solace other than the shelter of Your feet, for You are the resort of the helpless. I have made You my all in all.

করম গেয়ান, কিছু নাহি মোর,

সাধনভজন নাই

তুমি ক্ড়্পাময়, আমি তঽ কাঙ্গাল,

অহৈতুকী ক্ড়্পা চাই ২

karama geyāna, kichu nāhi mora,

sādhana-bhajana nāi

tumi kṛpāmaya, āmi ta’ kāṅgāla,

ahaitukī kṛpā cāi 2

karamagood works; geyāna(jñān) knowledge; kichuany; nāhinot; moramine (I have); sādhanareligious regulation; bhajanadevotional service; nāinot; tumiYou; kṛpāmayamerciful, benevolent; āmiI; ta’indeed; kāṅgāla(ati dīn) poor, destitute, a beggar (extremely fallen); ahaitukī(yogyatā apekṣā nā kôriyā) (hetu bā konô prakār abhisandhi rahitā GM) causeless (having not cared for worthiness or eligibility) (without cause or any kind of motive); kṛpāmercy; cāiI want

Good works and wisdom—I possess neither. Nor can I perform sādhana-bhajana. You are benevolent, and I am lowly; therefore, I seek Your causeless grace.

বাক্যমনোবেগ, ক্রোধজিহ্বাবেগ,

উদরৌপস্থবেগ

মিলিয়া এ সব, সংসারে ভাসায়ে,

দিতেছে পরমোদ্বেগ ৩

bākya-manobega, krodha-jihbā-bega,

udara-upastha-bega

miliyā e saba, saṁsāre bhāsāye,

diteche paramodbega 3

bākyaspeech; manobegamind + urge, impetus; krodhaanger; jihbātongue; begaurge; udarastomach; upasthagenitals; begaurge; miliyāhaving assembled; ethese; sabaall; saṁsārein worldly life; bhāsāyethey set adrift; ditechethey are giving; paramodbega(ḍāruṇ) of the highest degree, greatest, worst (intense, severe, terrible) + (duḥkha) anxiety (distress)

The urges of speech, the mind, anger, the tongue, the belly, and the genitals, having assembled together, have set me adrift in the ocean of worldly life and are causing me excruciating anxiety.

অনেক যতনে, সেসব দমনে,

ছাḓইয়াছি আশা আমি

অনাথের নাথ, ডাকি তব নাম,

এখন ভরসা তুমি ৪

aneka yatane, se-saba damane,

chāḓiyāchi āśā āmi

anāthera nātha, ḍāki taba nāma,

ekhana bharasā tumi 4

anekavery much; yatanelaboriously; sethese [urges]; sabaall; damanein subduing; chāḓiyāchiI have given up; āśāhope; āmiI; anātheraof the shelterless; nāthaO Lord; ḍākiI call; tabaYour; nāmaname; ekhananow; bharasāhope; tumiYou

In trying to diligently subdue these urges, I have simply abandoned hope. O Lord of the shelterless, I call Your name, for now You are my only hope.

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