Kirtan Guide
page 228

Śrī Śikṣāṣṭakam

Song 7a
by Śrīla Bhakti Vinod Ṭhākur

    • The seventh verse of the Śrī Śikṣāṣṭakam is as follows:

    • yugāyitaṁ nimeṣeṇa
    • chakṣuṣā prāvṛṣāyitaṁ
    • śūnyāyitaṁ jagat sarvaṁ
    • govinda-viraheṇa me

    • “Oh Govinda! Without You, the world is empty. Tears are flooding my eyes like rain, and a moment seems like forever.”

  • 1
    • gāite gāite nāma ki dośā hoilo
    • ‘kṛṣṇa-nitya-dāsa mui’ hṛdoye sphurilo

    • Chanting the Name again and again, what was my condition? Within my heart I realised, “I am an eternal servant of Krishna.”

  • 2
    • jānilām māyā-pāśe e jaḍa-jagate
    • govinda-virahe duḥkha pāi nānā-mate

    • I realised that I was bound by Māyā’s ropes, in this dull mundane universe, and I simply experience misery in various ways due to separation from Lord Govinda.

  • 3
    • āro je saṁsāra mora nāhi lāge bhālo
    • kā̐hā jāi kṛṣṇa heri e chintā biśālo

    • And I don’t much like this world of birth and death. Where shall I go to see Krishna? This was my biggest worry.

  • 4
    • kā̐dite kā̐dite mora ā̐khi-boriṣoya
    • barṣā-dhārā heno chakṣe hoilo udoya

    • I began weeping and weeping; my tears fell. Torrents of rain poured from my eyes just like the rains of the monsoon season.

  • 5
    • nimeṣa hoilo mora śata-juga-sam
    • govinda-viraha āra sohite akṣam

    • Now, a moment for me is like a hundred ages. I cannot bear this separation from Lord Govinda.

  • 6
    • śūnya dharā-tala,    chaudike dekhiye,
    • parāṇa udāsa hoya
    • ki kori, ki kori,    sthira nāhi hoya,
    • jīvana nāhiko roya

    • The world is empty; as I survey the four directions, the entire surface of the world is void. My life is empty, my mind is listless; I am indifferent and apathetic towards everything. Depressed, melancholy and forlorn, my life has no meaning now. What do I do now? I cannot remain steady. I can no longer maintain my life.

  • 7
    • vraja-vāsi-gaṇa    mora prāṇa rākho
    • dekhāo śrī-rādhā-nāthe
    • bhakativinoda-    minati māniyā,
    • laohe tāhāre sāthe

    • Oh residents of Vṛndāvan; save my life and show me Rādhānāth, the Lord of Śrī Rādhā. Considering this humble prayer of Bhakti Vinod, please give him Your association and take him with You.

  • 8
    • śrī kṛṣṇa-viraha āro sohite nā pāri
    • parāṇa chāḍite āro din dui chāri

    • I am unable to further tolerate this separation from my Lord Krishna and am ready to give up my life in two days or four.

6. Aparādha-phole mama 7b. Gāite ‘govinda’–nām