Topic: Śaraṇāgati

Śaraṇāgati (Surrendered to the Lord's Shelter) Second Principle of Surrender: Ātma-Nivedana (Dedication of the Self) - Song 2 (1) (prāneśwar!) kohobuṅ ki sarama ki bāt aichana pāp nāhi,  jo hāma nā koraluṅ, sahasra sahasra beri nāth 1) O Lord of my life! How shall I tell You of my shameful story? There is no sin which I have not committed thousands of times and more, O Lord.* (2) sohi karama-phala,  bhave moke peśa-i, dokha deobo āb kāhi takhonaka parinām,  kachu nā bicāraluṅ, āb pachu taraite cāhi 2) My life in this world has only Read More...

Śaraṇāgati (Surrendered to the Lord's Shelter) Second Principle of Surrender: Ātma-Nivedana (Dedication of the Self) - Song 1 (1) nā koroluṅ karama,  geyāna nāhi bhelo, nā sevilun caraṇa tohār jaḍa-sukhe mātiyā,  āpanaku vañca-i, pekhahuṅ caudiśa āndhiyār 1) I have not performed any good works. I have not amassed any transcendental knowledge. I have never worshiped Your feet. Being intoxicated by sensual pleasures, I have simply cheated myself. Now I see only darkness in all directions.* (2) tuhuṅ nātha! karunā-nidān tuwā pada-paṅkaje,  ātma samarpiluṅ, more kṛpā korobi vidhān 2) You, O Lord, are the fountainhead Read More...

Śaraṇāgati (Surrendered to the Lord's Shelter) First Principle of Surrender: Dainya (humility) - Song 7 (1) (prabhu he!) emona durmati,  saṁsāra bhitore, poḍiyā āchinu āmi tava nija-jana,  kono mahājane, pāṭhāiyā dile tumi 1) O Lord! With such a wicked mind as this I have fallen into the material world, but You have sent one of Your pure and elevated devotees to rescue me. (2) doyā kori' more,  patita dekhiyā, kohilo āmāre giyā ohe dīna-jana,  śuno bhālo kathā, ullasita ha'be hiyā 2) He saw me so fallen and wretched, took pity, and came to me Read More...

Śaraṇāgati (Surrendered to the Lord's Shelter) First Principle of Surrender: Dainya (humility) - Song 6 (1) (prabhu he!) tuwā pade e minati mor tuwā pada-pallava,  tyajato maru-mana, viṣama viṣaye bhelo bhor 1) O Lord! I offer this humble prayer at Your feet. I gave up the shelter of Your feet, which are soft as newly-grown leaves, and now my mind has become dried up like a desert, being scorched by the fire of absorption in horrible worldliness. (2) uṭhayite tākata,  puna nāhi milo-i, anudina korohuṅ hutāś dīna-jana-nātha,  tuhuṅ kahāyasi, tumāri caraṇa mama āś 2) Read More...

Śaraṇāgati (Surrendered to the Lord's Shelter) First Principle of Surrender: Dainya (humility) - Song 5 (1) (prabhu he!) śuno mor duḥkher kāhinī viṣaya-halāhala,  sudhā-bhāne piyaluṅ, āb avasāna dinamaṇi 1) O Lord! Please hear the story of my sadness. I drank the deadly poison of worldliness, pretending it was nectar, and now the sun is setting on the horizon of my life. (2) khelā-rase śaiśava,  poḍhaite kaiśora, gowāoluṅ, nā bhelo vivek bhoga-baśe yauvane,  ghara pāti' bosiluṅ, suta-mita bāḍhalo anek 2) I spent my childhood in play, my youth in academic pursuit, and in me there Read More...

Śaraṇāgati (Surrendered to the Lord's Shelter) First Principle of Surrender: Dainya (humility) - Song 4 (1)āmāra jīvana,  sadā pāpe rata,nāhiko punyera leṣaparere udvega,  diyāchi je koto,diyāchi jīvere kleśa1) My life is ever given to sin; in it there is not a particle of good. I have caused others great anxiety, and have troubled all souls.*(2)nija sukha lāgi',  pāpe nāhi ḍori,doyā-hīna swārtha-paropara-sukhe duḥkhī,  sadā mithya-bhāṣī,para-duḥkha sukha-karo2) For the sake of my own enjoyment I have never hesitated to perform sinful acts. Devoid of all compassion, I am concerned only with my selfish interests. Perpetually speaking lies, Read More...

Śaraṇāgati (Surrendered to the Lord's Shelter) First Principle of Surrender: Dainya (humility) - Song 3 (1)jauvane jakhona,  dhana-upārjane,hoinu vipula kāmīdharama smariyā,  gṛhinīra kara,dhorinu takhona āmi1) When I was young, I felt a boundless ambition for earning money. At that time, bearing in mind the codes of religion, I accepted the hand of a wife.*(2)saṁsāra pātā'ye,  tāhāra sahita,kāla-khoy koinu kotobahu suta-sutā,  janama lobhilo,marame hoinu hato2) Along with her I set up a household and therein wasted so much of my time. Many sons and daughters were born, and my spirit was totally crushed.(3)saṁsārera bhāra,  bāḍe dine Read More...

Śaraṇāgati (Surrendered to the Lord's Shelter) First Principle of Surrender: Dainya (humility) - Song 2 (1)vidyāra vilāse, kāṭāinu kāla,parama sāhase āmitomāra caraṇa, nā bhajinu kabhu,ekhona śaraṇa tumi1) With great enthusiasm I spent my time in the pleasures of mundane learning, and never worshiped Your lotus feet, O Lord. Now You are my only shelter.(2)poḍite poḍite, bharasā bārilo,jñāne gati habe māni'se āśā biphala, se jñāna durbala,se jñāna ajñāna jāni2) Reading on and on, my hopes grew and grew, for I considered the aquisition of material knowledge to be life's true goal. How fruitless those hopes turned Read More...

Śaraṇāgati (Surrendered to the Lord's Shelter) First Principle of Surrender: Dainya (humility) - Song 1 (1)bhuliyā tomāre, saṁsāre āsiyā,peye nānā-vidha byathātomāra caraṇe,  āsiyāchi āmi,bolibo duḥkhera kathā1) O Lord, I forgot You and came to this material world, where I have experienced a host of pains and sorrows. Now I approach Your lotus feet and submit my tale of woe.(2)jananī-jaṭhare,  chilāma jakhona,biṣama bandhana-pāśeeka-bāra prabhu!  dekhā diyā more,vañcile e dīna dāse2) While still bound up tightly in the unbearable confines of my mother's womb, O Lord, You once revealed Yourself before me. Appearing only briefly, You then Read More...

Śaraṇāgati (Surrendered to the Lord's Shelter) Introductory Song (1)śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu jīve doyā kori'swa-pārṣada swīya dhāma saha avatari'1) Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Prabhu descended from the eternal spiritual world along with His personal associates and divine abode, incarnating in this temporary material world out of compassion for the fallen souls.(2)atyanta durlabha prema koribāre dānaśikhāya śaraṇāgati bhakatera prāna2) In order to freely distribute the gift of ecstatic love of God, which is very difficult to obtain, He taught the path of śaraṇāgati, devotional surrender to the Supreme Lord. This śaraṇāgati is the very life of the true devotees.(3-4)dainya, Read More...