Kirtan Guide
Svarūpodbodhana
Awakening the True Self
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- āmi guru-dāsa—nahi anya
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I am a servant of Guru—nothing else.
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1
- āmi kariba bhramana chaudda-bhuvana
- svarūpe sabāya kari’ udbodhana
- hāte la’ye yāba premera niśāna
- dharāba svarūpa chihna
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I will travel throughout the fourteen worlds awakening everyone to their true self. I will go with the banner of divine love in hand and cause everyone to recognise the sign of the true self.
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2
- āmi chhāḍāba sakale sarva-dharma
- kariba chūrṇa jñāna o karma
- rachiba viśāla bhakati-harmya
- guru-dāsa nahi anya
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I will induce everyone to abandon all religions. I will demolish the pursuits of liberation and worldly enjoyment. I will construct a grand palace of devotion. I am a servant of Guru—nothing else.
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3
- āmi bhāṅgiba chhanda lāgāba dhanda
- vāchālera mukha kariba banda
- mṛtyure dhari dāniba śanda
- nāhi kapaṭatā dainya
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I will break the customs, bemuse everyone, shut the mouths of the garrulous, hold back death, and distribute good fortune to all. I will do so humbly, without deceit.
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4
- sei mahābhāratera mahān parva
- yāhāra prakāśe hayechhe kharva
- dekhāba tā̐hāra asīma garva
- kaitave kari khinna
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I will show the unlimited glory of He whose manifestation brought the great portion of the Mahābhārata to an end, and efface all duplicity.
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5
- āmi bājāba jagate vijaya-ḍaṅkā
- ghuchāba sakala dvandva-śaṅkā
- bahāba viśve bhakati-gaṅgā
- tuṣi’ hari labhi puṇya
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I will sound the kettle-drums of victory throughout the world, dispel all quarrel and fear, and cause the Ganges of pure devotion to flow throughout the universe. Satisfying the Lord in this way, I will attain good fortune.
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6
- āmi āryānārya mlechchha sabāya
- lāgāiba ba’le kṛṣṇa-sevāya
- chaḍāiba sabe golokera nā’ya
- pṛthvī kariba śūṇya
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I will forcibly engage all—the noble, the ignoble, and the barbarous—in Kṛṣṇa’s service. I will board them all in the boat to Goloka and empty the earth.
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7
- āmi chālāba sakale guru-pada bale
- vādāma tuliba hari-bola bale
- mahāmāyā-vinī chhalanā chhalile
- kariba chinna-bhinna
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I will guide them all by the power of my Guru’s feet. I will hoist the boat’s sails by the power of chanting ‘Hari’. If Mahāmāyā presents any illusion, I shall cut it asunder.
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8
- āmi chinmaya-dhāme chālāiba tarī
- chatur-bhuja habe yata nara-nārī
- sthāvara jaṅgama sabe labhi hari
- habe deva deva mānya
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I will drive the boat to the spiritual world, and all the men and women will become four-armed. All moving and inert beings will attain Hari and become worshippable to the demigods.
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9
- sabe eka parichaye dibe parichaya
- labhibe svarūpa amṛta-maya
- pūjibe śrī-hari dibe jaya jaya
- nehāri’ ha-iba dhanya
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Everyone will identify with the same identity, realise their immortal self, worship Śrī Hari, and call out, ‘Jay! Jay!’ Seeing this, I will be satisfied.
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- āmi guru-dāsa nahi anya
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I am a servant of Guru—nothing else.