(1)
mana, tare bali e vāratā
apakka vayase hāya, vañcita vañcaka pāya
vikāile nija-svatantratā
O mind, I speak this message to you – in your immature stage of life, alas, you were cheated by cheaters, and you have sold away your own independence to them.
(2)
sampradāye doṣa-buddhi, jāni’ tumi ātma-śuddhi
karibāre haile sāvadhāna
na nile tilaka-mālā, tyajile dīkṣāra jvālā
nije karile navīna-vidhāna
Thinking the sampradāya to be faulty, you have become intent on purifying yourself in your own way. You no longer accept tilaka and mālā, and you have rejected the fire of initiation, instead establishing your own new system of conduct.
(3)
pūrva-mate tāli diyā, nija-mata pracāriyā
nije avatāra buddhi dhari’
vratācāra nā mānile, pūrva-patha jale dile
mahājane bhrama-dṛṣṭi kari’
Rejecting the previous conclusions, you propagate your own opinion, even considering yourself an avatāra. Not following the rules of regulated practice, you have thrown away the former path, and you view the mahājanas as mistaken.
(4)
phoṅṭā dīkṣā mālā dhari’, dhūrta kare su-cāturī
tāi tāhe tomāra virāga
mahājana-pathe doṣa, dekhiyā tomāra roṣa
patha prati chāḍa anurāga
Seeing deceitful cleverness in those who wear beads and tilaka and accept formal initiation, you have developed aversion toward them. Finding fault in the path of the mahājanas, you have become angry and have abandoned your affection for that path.
(5)
ekhana dekha bhāi, svarṇa chāḍi’ loile chāi
ihakāla paraloka yāya
kapaṭa balila sabe, bhakti yā pele kabe
dehānte vā ki ha’be upāya
See now, O brother – abandoning gold, you have taken only ashes. Both this life and the next are being lost. You say everyone is a cheater, but when will you engage in bhakti? At the time of death, what will be your recourse?