Kirtan Guide
Ṭhākura-vaiṣṇava-pada
- ṭhākura-vaiṣṇava-pada avanīra susampada
- śuna bhāi! hañā eka mana
- āśraya la-iyā bhaje tāre kṛṣṇa nāhi tyaje
- āra saba mare akāraṇa
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The worshippable Vaiṣṇavas’ feet are the greatest treasure in the world. O brother, listen attentively: take shelter of the Vaiṣṇavas and serve. Kṛṣṇa does not reject one who does so. All others die in vain.
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2
- vaiṣṇava-charaṇa-jala prema-bhakti dite bala
- āra keha nahe balavanta
- vaiṣṇava-charaṇa-renu mastake bhūṣaṇa vinu
- āra nāhi bhūṣaṇera anta
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The Vaiṣṇavas’ foot-water has the power to give one premabhakti. Nothing else has such power. I wear no ornament on my head other than the Vaiṣṇavas’ footdust.
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3
- tīrtha-jala-pavitra-guṇe likhiyāchhe purāṇe
- se saba bhaktira pravañchana
- vaiṣṇavera pādadoka sama nahe ei saba
- yāte haya vāñchhita pūraṇa
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The purifying power of water at places of pilgrimage has been described in the Purāṇas. Such statements are a devotional trick. Water from pilgrimage sites is never equal to the Vaiṣṇavas’ foot-water, which fulfils all of one’s desires.
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4
- vaiṣṇava-saṅgete mana ānandita anukṣaṇa
- sadā haya kṛṣṇa-parasaṅga
- dīna narottama kā̐nde hiyā dhairya nāhi bāndhe
- mora daśā kena ha-ila bhaṅga
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My mind is always joyful in the company of the Vaiṣṇavas, where discussion of Kṛṣṇa is always happening. Humble Narottam cries, “My heart has no patience. Why has my condition changed? (Why have I lost the Vaiṣṇavas’ association?)”