hari he! bhajane utsāha

U3

হরি হে!

ভজনে উৎসাহ, ভক্তিতে বিশ্বাস,

প্রেমলাভে ধৈর্যধন

ভক্তিঅনুকূল, কর্মপ্রবর্তন,

অসৎসঙ্গ বিসর্জন ১

hari he!

bhajane utsāha, bhaktite biśbāsa,

premalābhe dhairya-dhana

bhakti-anukūla, karma-prabartana,

asatsaṅga bisarjana 1

hariHari; heO; bhajane(śravaṇ-kīrtanādi bhaktyanuṣṭhāne) in loving service (for the devotional practices of hearing, chanting and so on); utsāhaenthusiasm; bhaktite(bhakti-siddhānte) in devotion (in the conclusive truths of devotion); biśbāsa(āsthā) faith (acting according to); premalābhe(kṛṣṇa prīti) divine love (loving attachment to Kṛṣṇa) + in attaining; dhairyapatience; dhanathe asset; bhaktidevotion; anukūlafavorable; karmaactivities; prabartana(pravṛtta haoyā) bringing into use (to be engaged in); asatsaṅgabad, ill, mundane + association; bisarjanagiving up, renouncing, abandonment

O Hari! Enthusiasm in bhajana, faith in the process of bhakti, the asset of patience in attaining the goal of prema, the initiation of works favorable to bhakti, the abandonment of ill association...

ভক্তিসদাচার, এই ছয় গুণ,

নহিল আমার নাথ

কেমনে ভজিব, তোমার চরণ,

ছাḓইয়া মায়ার সাথ ২

bhakti-sadācāra, ei chaya guṇa,

nahila āmāra nātha

kemane bhajiba, tomāra caraṇa,

chāḓiyā māyāra sātha 2

bhaktidevotion; sadācāragood behavior, virtuous practice enjoined by the scriptures; eithese; chayasix; guṇaqualities; nahilaI have not; āmāramine; nāthaO Lord; kemanehow; bhajibaI will serve; tomāraYour; caraṇafeet; chāḓiyāhaving given up; māyāraillusion’s; sātha(saṅga GM) company

...and good behavior favorable to bhakti—I have never had any of these six qualities. O Lord, how will I serve Your lotus feet and give up my affiliation with māyā?

গর্হিত আচারে, রহিলাম মজিঽ,

না করিনু সাধুসঙ্গ

লঽয়ে সাধুবেশ, আনে উপদেশি,

এ বḓঅ মায়ার রঙ্গ ৩

garhita ācāre, rahilāma maji’,

nā karinu sādhusaṅga

la’ye sādhu-beśa, āne upadeśi,

e baḓa māyāra raṅga 3

garhita(nindita) utterly condemned, abominable, vile (despicable); ācāre(karme) in conduct (in activities); rahilāmaI remained; maji’having been immersed; not; karinuI have done; sādhusaṅgasaints + association; la’yehaving taken; sādhusaints; beśagarb; āne(anyake GM) to others; upadeśi(upadeś kôri GM) I instruct; ethis; baḓabig; māyāramāyā’s; raṅga(vicitra khelā) joke, fun (strange play)

I remain immersed in vile behavior, and I have never kept the company of saints. Yet taking the garb of a saint, I instruct others! This is māyā’s big joke.

এ হেন দশায়, অহৈতুকী ক্ড়্পা,

তোমার পাইব, হরি

শ্রীগুরুআশ্রয়ে, ডাকিব তোমায়,

কবে বা মিনতি করিঽ ৪

e hena daśāya, ahaitukī kṛpā,

tomāra pāiba, hari

śrīguru-āśraye, ḍākiba tomāya,

kabe bā minati kari’ 4

ethis; henasuch; daśāyain condition; ahaitukīcauseless; kṛpāgrace; tomāraYour; pāibaI shall receive; hariO Hari; śrīguruspiritual master; āśrayein the shelter; ḍākibaI will call out; tomāyato You; kabewhen; [used to emphasize a question]; minati kari’having humbly prayed, earnestly request, supplicated

In such a condition, I shall receive Your causeless grace, O Hari. When, in the shelter of śrī guru, will I call out to You in supplication?

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