(1)
śarīrera sukhe mana deha jalāñjali
e deha tomāra naya, barābara e śatru haya*
siddha-deha-sādhana-samaye
sarvadā ihāra bale rahiyācha bali
kintu nāhi jāna mana, e śarīra acetana
paḍe raye jīvana-visarjane
O mind, offer this body’s pleasures as libations of water. This body is not yours – rather it is always your enemy. At the time of striving for your perfected spiritual body, you are constantly controlled by force of this body. But you do not understand, O mind – this body is unconscious matter. When life departs, it simply collapses and remains inert.
*The earlier version reads, varañca e śatru haya, paḍe raya jīvana-vilaye – “Rather, this body becomes an enemy; when life departs, it simply lies there.”
(2)
dehera saundarya-bala nāhe ciradina
ataeva tāhā la’ye, nā thāka garvita ha’ye
tomā’ prati ei anunaya
śuddha-jīva siddha-dehe sadāi navīna
jaḍībhūta deha-yoga, jīvanera karma-bhoga
jīvera jaḍāśraya patana*
The beauty and strength of the body do not last forever. Therefore do not become proud of it. This is my humble appeal to you: the pure soul in his perfected form is eternally fresh and youthful. But when he becomes associated with a material body, his life becomes subject to karmic enjoyment and suffering. Thus the jīva falls under the shelter of matter.
*The older edition reads, jīvera patana yadāśraya – “The basis of the jīva’s downfall.”
(3)
e paryanta e dehete jīvera saṅgati
cakṣu karṇa nāsā jihvā, tvak-ādira jaḍa-spṛhā
jīve la’ye kare ṭānāṭāni
dekha dekha bhayaṅkara jīvera durgati
jīva cāya kṛṣṇa bhaji, deha jaḍe yāya majiyā
śeṣe jīva pasare āpani
So long as the jīva remains in this body, he is associated with it through the material senses – eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin, and so on – and thus develops material desires. These senses drag the jīva in many directions. Behold his terrible condition! The jīva desires to worship Kṛṣṇa, but being immersed in the material body, he ultimately forgets his true self.
(4)
āra kena jīva jaḍe karibe samara
jaḍa deha visarjana, śuddha-jīva-prabodhana
sahaja-samādhi-yoge sādha
krame krame jaḍa-sattā ha’be avasara
siddha-deha anugata, kara deha jaḍāśrita
paramārtha nā haibe vādha
Why should the jīva struggle with matter? Renounce identification with the material body and awaken the pure jīva. Through the practice of natural samādhi, this is accomplished. Gradually the influence of material existence will disappear. Realise your perfected spiritual identity. Then dependence on the material body will cease, and the supreme goal of life will no longer be obstructed.