Mama Mana
Mandire
“In the Temple of My Heart”
(refrain) mama mana mandire raha nisi-din
krishna murari sri krishna murari
(1)
bhakti priti mala candan
tumi nio he nio cita-nandan
(2)
jivana marana tava puja nivedan
sundara he mana-hari
(3)
eso nanda-kumar ar nanda-kumar
habe prema-pradipe arati tomar
(4)
nayana jamuna jhare anibar
tomara virahe giridhari
(5)
bandana gane tava bajuk jivana
krishna murari sri krishna murari
“In the Temple of My Heart”
(refrain) mama mana mandire raha nisi-din
krishna murari sri krishna murari
(1)
bhakti priti mala candan
tumi nio he nio cita-nandan
(2)
jivana marana tava puja nivedan
sundara he mana-hari
(3)
eso nanda-kumar ar nanda-kumar
habe prema-pradipe arati tomar
(4)
nayana jamuna jhare anibar
tomara virahe giridhari
(5)
bandana gane tava bajuk jivana
krishna murari sri krishna murari
Translation:
(refrain) Please abide in the temple of my heart both day and night, O Krishna Murari, O Sri Krishna Murari!
1) Devotion, love, flower garlands, and sandalwood—please accept, O please accept them, Delighter of the Heart!
2) In life or in death I worship You with these offerings, Beautiful One, O Enchanter of the Heart!
3) Come, Son of Nanda, and then O Son of Nanda I will offer Your arati ceremony with the lamplight of my love.
4) The waters of the Yamuna river cascade incessantly from my eyes in Your separation, O Holder of
Govardhana Hill!
5) May I pass my life absorbed only in songs of Your praise, O Krishna Murari, Sri Krishna Murari!
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