Part Three
Ucchvāsa (Divine Ecstasy)
Chapter Two
Prārthanā Lalasāmayī (Prayers Filled With Longing)
Song 1
(1)
kabe mora śubha-dina haibe udaya
vṛndāvana-dhāma mama haibe āśraya
When will my auspicious day arise? When will I take shelter of the abode of Vṛndāvana?
(2)
ghucibe saṁsāra-jvālā viṣaya-vāsanā
vaiṣṇave saṁsarge mora pūribe kāmanā
When will the burning of material existence and material desires be extinguished? When will my desires be fulfilled through association with the Vaiṣṇavas?
(3)
dhulāya dhūsara ha’ye hari-saṅkīrtane
matta ha’ye paḍe rava vaiṣṇava-caraṇe
When, becoming covered with dust in hari-saṅkīrtana, will I become intoxicated and fall at the feet of the Vaiṣṇavas?
(4)
kabe śrī-yamunā-tīre kadamba-kānane
heriba yugala-rūpa hṛdaya-nayane
When will I behold, with the eyes of my heart, the form of the Divine Couple on the bank of the Yamunā in a kadamba grove?
(5)
kabe sakhī kṛpā kari’ yugala-sevāya
niyukta karibe more rākhi’ nija pāya
When will a sakhī mercifully engage me in the service of the Divine Couple, keeping me under her shelter?
(6)
kabe vā yugala-līlā kari’ darśana
premānanda-bhare āmi ha’ba acetana
When will I behold the pastimes of the Divine Couple and become unconscious, overwhelmed by blissful prema?
(7)
kata-kṣaṇa acetana paḍiyā raviba
āpana śarīra āmi kabe pāśariba
How long will I remain unconscious? When will I forget my own body?
(8)
uṭhiyā smariba punaḥ acetana-kāle
yā dekhinu kṛṣṇa-līlā bhāsi’ aṅkhi-jale
Rising again from that unconscious state, when will I remember the kṛṣṇa-līlā I beheld and float in tears from my eyes?
(9)
kākuti minati kari’ vaiṣṇava-sadane
baliba bhakti-bindu deha’ ei durjane
When, with humble supplication, will I say in the assembly of Vaiṣṇavas, “Please give a drop of bhakti to this wretched person”?
(10)
śrī-anaṅga-mañjarīra caraṇa śaraṇa
ei bhaktivinoda āśā kare anukṣaṇa*
Bhaktivinoda constantly longs to take shelter of the feet of Śrī Anaṅga Mañjarī.
*Translator’s Note: The earlier version of this verse reads:
śrī-anaṅga-mañjarīra caraṇa śaraṇa
e dīna kedāra āśā kare anukṣaṇa
This fallen Kedāra constantly longs to take shelter of the feet of Śrī Anaṅga Mañjarī.
