Kirtan Guide
Bhajahu̐ Re Mana
- bhajahu̐ re mana śrī-nanda-nandana
- abhaya-charaṇāravinda re
- durlabha mānava janama sat-saṅge
- taraha e bhava-sindhu re
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O mind, serve the son of Nanda’s lotus feet, which make one fearless. Having attained this rare human birth, cross over the ocean of material existence by associating with sādhus.
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2
- śīta ātapa vāta variṣaṇa
- e dina yāminī jāgi re
- viphale sevinu kṛpaṇa durajana
- chapala sukha-lava lāgi’ re
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Day and night I remain awake, suffering from the heat and the cold, the wind and the rain. For a moment of flickering happiness I have uselessly served wicked and miserly men.
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3
- e dhana, yauvana, putra, parijana
- ithe ki āchhe paratīti re
- kamala-dala-jala jīvana ṭalamala
- (ei āchhe ei nāi jīvana ṭalamala)
- bhajahu̐ hari-pada niti re
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What is there in having wealth, youth, sons, and family? Life is tottering like water on a lotus petal (it is here, and then it is gone). O mind, serve the Lord’s feet.
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4
- śravaṇa, kīrtana, smaraṇa, vandana
- pāda-sevana, dāsya re
- pūjana, sakhī-jana, ātma-nivedana
- govinda-dāsa-abhilāṣa re
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Govinda Dās desires to engage in the nine practices of devotion: hearing about, glorifying, remembering, praying to, attending to, serving, worshipping, befriending, and surrendering to the Lord.