(1)
mana re, tumi baḍa, sandigdha-antara
āsiyācha e saṁsāre, baddha haye jaḍādhāre
jaḍāsakta ha’le nirantara
O mind, you are full of doubt. Having come into this world, you have become bound in material existence and are constantly attached to matter.
(2)
bhuliyā svakīya dhāma, sevī jaḍa-gata kāma
jaḍa vinā nā dekha āra
tomāra tumi-tva jinni, ācchādita ha’ye tini
lupta-prāya dehera bhitara
Forgetting your own spiritual abode, you serve material desires. You see nothing beyond matter. Your true identity is covered and almost lost within the body.
(3)
tumi ta’ jaḍa-jñāna, sadā karitecha dhyāna
tāhe sṛṣṭi kara’ carācara
ei duḥkha kahiba kā’re, nitya-pati parihari’
tuccha-tattve karile nirbhara
You are always absorbed in material knowledge, thinking in terms of the creation of the moving and non-moving. To whom shall I speak of this suffering? Having abandoned your eternal master, you have taken shelter of insignificant truths.
(4)
nāhi dekha ātma-tattva, chāḍi dile śuddha-sattva
ātma ha’te nile avasara
ātma āche ki nā āche, sandeha tomāra kāche
krame krame pāile ādara
You do not see the truth of the ātmā; you have abandoned pure existence. You have taken leave of the ātmā. Whether the ātmā exists or not has become your object of doubt, and gradually you have begun to accept such thinking.
(5)
ei rūpe krame krame, paḍiyā jaḍera bhrame
āpana āpani ha’le para
ebe kathā rākhaha mora, nā hao ātma-cora
sādhu-saṅga kara’ atahpara
In this way, gradually falling into the illusion of matter, you have become estranged from your own self. Now heed my words – do not become a thief of the ātmā. Henceforth, associate with sādhus.
(6)
vaiṣṇavera kṛpā-bale, sandeha yāibe cale
tumi punaḥ haibe tomāra
pābe vṛndāvana-dhāma, sevibe śrī-rādhā-śyāma
pulakāśru-maya kalevara
By the power of the Vaiṣṇavas’ mercy, all doubts will depart. You will again become yourself. You will attain Vṛndāvana-dhāma and serve Śrī Rādhā-Śyāma, your body filled with tears of ecstasy and horripilation.
(7)
bhaktivinodera dhana,* rādhā-kṛṣṇa śrī-caraṇa
tāhe rati rahu nirantara
The treasure of Bhaktivinoda is the divine feet of Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. May attachment to Them remain forever.
*Translator’s Note: In the earlier version, it is written:
kedārera nitya-dhana, rādhā-kṛṣṇa śrī-caraṇa
anya nahi jāne se pāmara
The eternal treasure of Kedāra is the divine feet of Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. That lowly fellow knows nothing else.