Kirtan Guide

Aruṇodoya-kīrtan

Part 2
by Śrīla Bhakti Vinod Ṭhākur
    1
    • jīv jāgo, jīv jāgo, gaurāchā̐da bole
    • kota nidrā jāo māyā-piśāchīra kole
    • Lord Gaurāṅga calls, “Wake up, sleeping souls! Wake up, sleeping souls! You have slept so long in the lap of the witch Māyā.”

  • 2
    • bhajibo boliyā ese saṁsāra-bhitore
    • bhuliyā rohile tumi avidyāra bhore
    • “You came into this world saying, ‘O my Lord, I will certainly worship You’, but having forgotten this promise, you have remained in great ignorance.”

  • 3
    • tomāre loite āmi hoinu avatāra
    • āmi vinā bandhu āra ke āche tomāra
    • “I have descended just to save you. Other than Myself, who else is your friend?”

  • 4
    • enechi auṣadhi māyā nāśibāro lāgi’
    • hari-nāma mahā-mantra lao tumi māgi’
    • “I have brought the medicine for destroying the illusion of māyā. Now pray for this Hari-nāma-mahāmantra and take it.”

  • 5
    • bhakativinoda prabhura-charaṇe poḍiyā
    • sei hari-nāma-mantra loilo māgiyā
    • Ṭhākur Bhakti Vinod fell at the lotus feet of Lord Gaurāṅga, and after begging for the Holy Name he received that mahāmantra.