Kirtan Guide

Tumi sarveśvareśvara

by Śrīla Bhakti Vinod Ṭhākur
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    • tumi sarveśvareśvara, vrajendra-kumāra!
    • tomāra ichāya viśve sṛjana saṁhāra
    • O youthful son of the King of Vraja, You are the Lord of all lords. According to Your will, creation and destruction take place in the universe.

  • 2
    • tava ichā-mato brahmā korena sṛjana
    • tava ichā-mato viṣṇu korena pālana
    • According to Your desire Lord Brahmā creates and according to Your desire Lord Viṣṇu maintains.

  • 3
    • tava ichā-mate śiva korena saṁhāra
    • tava ichā-mate māyā sṛje kārāgāra
    • According to Your will Lord Śiva destroys, according to Your will Māyā constructs the prison house of this world.

  • 4
    • tava ichā-mate jīver janama-maraṇa
    • samṛddhi-nipāta duḥkha sukha-saṅghaṭana
    • According to Your will the living beings take birth and die, and according to Your will they meet with prosperity and ruin, happiness and sorrow.

  • 5
    • miche māyā-baddha jīva āśā-pāśe phire
    • tava ichā vinā kichu korite nā pāre
    • The tiny soul bound up by Māyā vainly struggles in the fetters of worldly desire. Without Your sanction the soul is unable to do anything.

  • 6
    • tumi to’ rakṣaka āro pālaka āmāra
    • tomāra charaṇa vinā āśā nāhi āra
    • You are my only protector and maintainer. Except for Your lotus feet there is no other hope for me.

  • 7
    • nija-bala-cheṣṭa-prati bharasā chāḍiyā
    • tomāra ichāya āchi nirbhara koriyā
    • No longer confident of my own strength and endeavour, I have become solely dependent on Your will.

  • 8
    • bhakativinoda ati dīna akiñchana
    • tomāra ichāya tā’ra jīvana maraṇa
    • Bhakti Vinod is most poor, and his pride has been leveled. Now in accordance with Your will he lives and dies.