Song Name: Kesava Tuwa Jagata
Vicitra
Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Book Name: Saranagati (Section: Bhakti Pratikula
Bhava Varjanangikara Song 1)
(1)
keśava! tuwā jagata vicitra
karama-vipāke, bhava-vana bhrama-i,
pekhaluń rańga bahu citra
(2)
tuwā pada-vismṛti, ā-mara jantranā,
kleśa-dahane dohi’ jāi
kapila, patashjali, gautama, kanabhojī,
jaimini, bauddha āowe dhāi’
(3)
tab koi nija-mate, bhukti, mukti yācato,
pāta-i nānā-vidha phāńd
so-sabu—vashcaka, tuwā bhakti bahir-mukha,
ghaṭāowe viṣama paramād
(4)
vaimukha-vashcane, bhaṭa so-sabu,
niramilo vividha pasār
danḍavat dūrato, bhakativinoda bhelo,
bhakata-caraṇa kori’ sār
Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Book Name: Saranagati (Section: Bhakti Pratikula
Bhava Varjanangikara Song 1)
(1)
keśava! tuwā jagata vicitra
karama-vipāke, bhava-vana bhrama-i,
pekhaluń rańga bahu citra
(2)
tuwā pada-vismṛti, ā-mara jantranā,
kleśa-dahane dohi’ jāi
kapila, patashjali, gautama, kanabhojī,
jaimini, bauddha āowe dhāi’
(3)
tab koi nija-mate, bhukti, mukti yācato,
pāta-i nānā-vidha phāńd
so-sabu—vashcaka, tuwā bhakti bahir-mukha,
ghaṭāowe viṣama paramād
(4)
vaimukha-vashcane, bhaṭa so-sabu,
niramilo vividha pasār
danḍavat dūrato, bhakativinoda bhelo,
bhakata-caraṇa kori’ sār
TRANSLATION
1) This material creation of Yours, O Kesava, is most strange. I have roamed throughout the
forest of this universe in consequence of my selfish acts, and I have beheld many strange and
curious sights.
2) Forgetfulness of Your lotus feet has brought on anguish and grief. As I burn in this fire of misery,
my would-be saviors — Kapila, Patanjali, Gautama, Kanada, Jaimini, and Buddha — come running to
my aid.
3) Each expounds his particular view, dangling various pleasures and liberation as bait in their
philosophical traps. They are all cheaters, averse to Your devotional service and thus fatally dangerous.
4) They are magnates of karma, jnana, and yoga who specialize in opinions and proofs for cheating
the materially inclined. Bhaktivinoda, considering refuge at the feet of the Vaisnavas as essential, pays
his respects to these cheating philosophers from afar.
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