Kirtan Guide
Avatāra Sāra
- avatāra sāra gorā avatāra
- keno nā bhajili tā̐re
- kori nīre vāsa gelo nā piyāsa
- āpana karama phere
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The incarnation of Śrī Gaura is the most excellent of all incarnations. Why haven’t I worshipped Him? It is as if I was surrounded by water but denied myself a drink, returning to my own fruitive activity.
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2
- kaṇṭa-kera taru sadāi sebili (mana)
- amṛta pā’bāra āśe
- prema-kalpataru śrī gaurāṅga āmāra
- tāhāre bhabili biṣe
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I chewed the thorns of the tree of worldly life and considered the blood that flowed through my mouth to be nectar. When offered the fruits of the wish-fulfilling tree of ecstatic love of Lord Gaurāṅga, I rejected them, thinking them to be poison.
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3
- saura-bhera āśe palāśa śuṅkili (mana)
- nāsāte paśilo kīṭa
- ‘ikṣu-daṇḍa’ bhāvi’ kāṭha chuṣili (mana)
- kemone pāibi miṭha
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Desirous of smelling a sweet scent, I sniffed at what I thought to be a fragrant flower. Alas, that flower was odourless like the palāśa flower and instead an insect flew up my nose and bit me. Thinking material life to be sweet like sugarcane, I tried to taste its nectar. Instead, it was like chewing dry wood. In this way all my attempts at enjoyment were false.
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4
- ‘hāra’ boliyā golāya parili (mana)
- śamana kiṅkora sāpa
- ‘śītala’ boliyā āguna pohāli (mana)
- pāili bajara-tāpa
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Admitting defeat, wasted and worn out, I await the snake of death. Declaring it to be cool and soothing, I have embraced the fire of material life, only to suffer intense misery, as if struck by lightning.
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5
- saṁsāra bhajili śrī-gaurāṅga bhulili
- nā śunili sādhura kathā
- iha-parakāla dukāla khoyāli (mana)
- khāili āpana māthā
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Worshipping my family and my material life, I forgot Lord Gaurāṅga and didn’t listen to the instructions of the saints. Now in my final days, I realise I have died twice, for not only am I leaving this mortal body, but I am also dead while living, having wasted my life in material indulgence.