dīkṣā-guru kṛpā kari’ mantra-upadeśa
kariyā dekhāna kṛṣṇa-tattvera nirdeśa
śikṣā-guru-vṛnda kṛpā kariyā apāra
sādhake śikhāna sādhanera aṅga-sāra
śikṣā-guru-gaṇa-pāde kariyā praṇati
upadeśa-mālā bali’ nija-manaḥ prati
The dīkṣā-guru, by his mercy, gives mantra instruction and reveals the truth concerning Śrī Kṛṣṇa. With boundless mercy, the many śikṣā-gurus instruct the practitioner in the essential limbs of sādhana-bhakti. Offering obeisances at the feet of all śikṣā-gurus, I shall speak to my own mind this garland of instructions.
(1)
mana re, kena miche bhajicha asāra?
bhūta-maya e saṁsāra, jīvera pakhe chāra
amaṅgala-samudra apāra
O mind, why do you uselessly worship what is worthless? This world, composed of material elements, is like straw for the jīva – an endless ocean of inauspiciousness.
(2)
bhūtātīta śuddha-jīva, nirāñjana sadā-śiva*
māyātīta premera ādhāra
tava śuddha-sattva tāi, e jaḍa-jagate bhāi
keno mugdha hao bāra bāra
The pure jīva is beyond the material elements, spotless, ever-auspicious, and the support of prema. O brothers, your true nature is pure existence – why are you repeatedly bewildered by this material world?
*pāśa-baddho bhavej-jīvaḥ pāśa-muktaḥ sadā-śiva
The Tantras say: One who is bound by fetters is a jīva; one freed from those fetters is sadā-śiva. (eternally auspicious).
(3)
phire dekha eka-bāra, ātma amṛtera dhāra
tā’te buddhi ucita tomāra
tumi ātma-rūpī ha’ye, śrī-caitanya-samāśraye
vṛndāvane thāko anivāra
Just once look again: the soul is a stream of nectar. This is the proper understanding for you. Realizing yourself as spirit-soul, take shelter of Śrī Caitanya and reside always in Vṛndāvana.
(4)
nitya-kāla sakhī-saṅge, parānanda-sevā-raṅge
yugala-bhajana kara sāra
e hena yugala-dhana, chāḍe yei mūrkha-jana
tāra gati nāhi dekhi āra
Always, in the company of the sakhīs, joyfully engaged in the service of transcendental bliss, make worship of the Divine Couple your essence. One who abandons this treasure of the Divine Couple is such a foolish person – I see no other destination for him.