Bhajan 6 - Bhajahu Re Mana - Shrila Govinda dasa Kaviraja

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Bhajan: Bhajahu Re Mana
Author: Shrila Govinda dasa Kaviraja
Language: Bangla

bhajahu re mana, shri nanda-nandana,
abhaya-caranaravinda re
durlabha manava-janama sat-sange,
taraha e bhava-sindhu re (1)

bhajahu =just worship ,re=o! mana=mind, shri nanda-nandana=the son of nanda, abhaya=fearless, -carana=feet, aravinda=lotus, re=o! durlabha =rare, manava=human, janama=birth, sat=good, sange=association, taraha=cross, deliver, e=this, bhava=material world, -sindhu=ocean, re=o! (1)

O mind, serve the lotus feet of Nanda-nandana, which bring fearlessness. This human birth is very rare. Take the association of sadhus and cross over this ocean of birth and death.


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shita atapa, vata varishana,
e dina yamini jagi’ re
viphale sevinu, kripana durajana,
capala sukha-lava lagi’ re (2)

śīta=the cold; ātapa=the heat; vāta=the wind; bariṣaṇa=the rain; e=this; dina=the day; yāminī=the night; jāgi=I remain sleepless; re–O!; biphale–uselessly, fail; sevinu–I have served; kṛpaṇa = miserly men , durajana–wicked men; capala–flickering, momentarily; sukha=happiness, lava=obtain, lāgi' –for the purpose of; re–O!

Day and night I remain without sleep, suffering the pains of heat and cold, wind and rain. In vain, simply for some insignificant, flickering happiness which can be lost at any moment, I have uselessly served wicked and miserly people (thieves interested only in their own happiness, opposed to my doing bhakti).


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e dhana, yauvana, putra, parijana,
ithe ki ache paratiti re
kamala-dala-jala, jivana talamala,
bhajahu hari-pada niti re (3)

e–this; dhana–wealth; yauvana–youth; putra–sons; parijana–family members; ithe–in these; ki āche–what is in it?; paratīti–understanding; re–O!; kamala=lotus's, dala– petal; jala–water; jīvana–this life; ṭalamala–is tottering; bhajahu–you should always worship; hari=Lord Hari, pada= feet, nīti–always uninterruptedly; re–O!

Wealth, youth, sons, and relatives - what real happiness do they hold? This life is flickering, like a drop of water tottering on the leaf of a lotus flower - at any moment it can fall off. (Similarly, there is no guarantee when this life will end.) Therefore, always serve the lotus feet of Shri Hari.


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shravana, kirtana, smarana, vandana,
pada-sevana, dasya re
pujana, sakhi-jana, atma-nivedana,
govinda-dasa-abhilasa re (4)

śravaṇa–hearing the glories of Lord Hari; kīrtana–chanting those glories; smaraṇa–constantly remembering Him; vandana–offering prayers to Him; pāda-sevana–serving the Lord's lotus feet, or using our feet to visit Lord's places; dāsya–serving the Supreme Lord as a servant; re–O!; pūjana–worshiping Him with flowers and incense and so forth; sakhī-jana–serving Him as a friend; ātma-nivedana–and completely offering the Lord one's very self; govinda-dāsa-abhilāṣa–(these nine processes of devotion are) the desire and great longing of Govinda dāsa (the author); re–O!

Deep in Govinda dasa’s heart is the keen desire to engage in the practice of the nine processes of bhakti - hearing, chanting, remembering, offering prayers, serving His lotus feet, engaging as servant, worshiping, serving as a friend, and completely offering one’s very self.


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