Gītā-mālā

(1)
pūrṇa-cid-ānanda tumi
tomāra cit-kaṇa āmi
svabhāvataḥ āmi tuyā dāsa
parama svatantra tumi

“You are full eternity, consciousness, and bliss, and I am but a tiny particle of consciousness emanating from You. By my very nature I am Your servant. You alone are supremely independent.”

(2)
tuyā paratantra āmi
tuyā pada chāḍi’ sarva-nāśa
svatantra hañā yakhana
māyā prati kainu mana

“I am completely dependent upon You, and by turning away from Your lotus feet I have brought ruin upon myself. When I desired independence, I turned my mind toward māyā.”

(3)
sva-svabhāva chāḍila āmāya
prapañce māyāra bandhe
paḍinu karmera dhande
karma-cakre āmāre phele

“Then my true nature abandoned me. Bound by māyā within this material world, I fell into the entanglement of karma and was cast into the revolving wheel of action and reaction.”

(4)
māyā tava icchā-mate
bāndhe more e jagate
adṛṣṭa nirbandha lauha-kare
sei to nirbandha more

“According to Your will, māyā binds me within this world. Fastened by the iron chains of destiny, I remain constrained by that fate.”

(5)
āne śrīvāsera ghare
putra-rūpe mālinī-jaṭhare
se nirbandha punarāya
more ebe laiyā yāya

“By that destiny I came to the house of Śrīvāsa and entered the womb of Mālinī as her son. Now that same destiny carries me away once again.”

(6)
āmi to thākite nāri āra
tava icchā su-prabala
mora icchā su-durbala
āmi jīva akiñcana chāra

“I can remain here no longer. Your will is all-powerful, while my own will is weak and insignificant. I am but a helpless and insignificant jīva.”

(7)
yathāya pāṭhāo tumi
avaśya yāiba āmi
kara keba putra pati pitā
jaḍera sambandha saba

“Wherever You send me, there I must certainly go – whether to become someone’s son, husband, or father. All such bodily relationships are material.”

(8)
tāhā nāhi satya-lava
tumi jīvera nitya pālayitā
sañyoge viyoge yini
sukha-duḥkha mane gaṇi

“They possess not even a fragment of eternal reality. You alone are the jīva’s eternal maintainer and protector. One who measures happiness and distress according to worldly union and separation…”

(9)
tava pade chāḍena āśraya
māyāra gardabha hañā
mājena saṁsāra laiyā
bhaktivinodera sei bhaya

“…and thus neglects the shelter of Your lotus feet becomes a beast of burden for māyā, carrying the weight of worldly existence”. This is the fear that fills the heart of Bhaktivinoda.