bhajahu̐ re mana
By Śrī Govinda Dāsa Kavirāja
ভজহুঁ রে মন শ্রীনন্দ-নন্দন
অভয়-চরণারবিন্দ রে ।
দুলহ মানুষ- জনম সতসঙ্গে
তরহ এ ভবসিন্ধু রে ॥১॥
bhajahu̐ re mana śrī-nanda-nandana
abhaya-caraṇāravinda re |
dulaha mānuṣa- janama sata-saṅge
taraha e bhava-sindhu re |1||
O mind, serve the beautiful Son of Nanda, re! He whose lotus feet are [the source of] fearlessness, re! Human birth is rare to attain. In the association of the sat, cross over the ocean of material existence, re!
শীত আতপ বাত বরিখণ
এ দিন যামিনী জাগি রে ।
বিফলে সেবিলুঁ কৃপণ দুরজন
চপল সুখ-লব লাগি’ রে ॥২॥
śīta ātapa vāta varikhaṇa
e dina yāminī jāgi re |
viphale sevilu̐ kṛpaṇa durajana
capala sukha-lava lāgi’ re |2||
Cold, heat, wind, and rain—[constantly troubled by them] I remain awake these days and nights, re! Uselessly I have served misers and wicked persons for a trace of transitory pleasure, re!
এ ধন যৌবন পুত্র পরিজন
ইথে কি আছে পরতীতি রে ।
কমল-দল-জল জীবন টলমল
ভজহুঁ হরিপদ নিতি রে ॥৩॥
e dhana, yauvana, putra, parijana
ithe ki āchhe paratīti re |
kamala-dala-jala jīvana ṭalamala
bhajahu̐ hari-pada niti re |3||
This wealth, youth, sons, companions—what certainty is there in these? Re! Life is tottering like [a drop of] water on a lotus petal. Always worship Hari’s feet, re!
শ্রবণ কীর্ত্তন স্মরণ বন্দন
পাদ-সেবন দাস্য রে ।
পূজন সখিজন আত্মনিবেদন
গোবিন্দদাস-অভিলাষ রে ॥৪॥
śravaṇa, kīrtana, smaraṇa, vandana
pāda-sevana, dāsya re |
pūjana, sakhi-jana, ātma-nivedana
govinda-dāsa-abhilāṣa re |4||
Hearing, praising, remembering, bowing, attending the feet, and serving, re! Worshiping, being a friend, and offering the self are the desire of Govinda Dāsa, re!
Commentary: A variant form of this verse given in Hare Kṛṣṇa Mukhopādhyāya’s Vaiṣṇava-padāvalī is as follows:
śravaṇa, kīrtana, smaraṇa, vandana
pāda-sevana-dāsi re |
pūjana, sakhi-jana, ātma-nivedana
govinda-dāsa abhilāṣi re |4||
“Hearing, praising, remembering, bowing, attending the feet, being a dāsī, re! Worshiping, being a follower of the sakhīs, and offering the self—Govinda Dāsa is a desirer [of this], re!”
Another variant listed in Pada-kalpa-taru is as follows:
śravaṇa, kīrtana, smaraṇa, vandana
pāda-sevana-dāsi re |
ātma-nivedana pūjaye gopī-jana,
govinda-dāsa abhilāsya re |4||
““Hearing, praising, remembering, bowing, attending the feet, being a dāsī, re! Offering the self and worshipping the gopīs is the desire of Govinda Dāsa, re!”
Meter
Laghu-tripadī
Source
Pada-kalpa-taru: 4.36.48 (3032)