(1)
ore mana, bhāla nāhi lāge ei saṁsāra
janma-maraṇa-yarā, ye saṁsāre āche bhara
tāhāte kibā āche sāra
O mind, this material world does not appeal to me. It is filled with birth, death, and old age. What essence or real value is there in it?
(2)
dhana-jana-parivāra, keha nāhe kabhu kāra
kāle mitra, akāle apara
yāhā rākhibāre cāi, tāhā nāhi thāke bhāi
anitya sakala vinaśvara
No one ever truly belongs to wealth, family, or followers. In favourable times they appear as friends, but in adversity they become strangers. O brother, what one wishes to keep does not remain. Everything is temporary and ultimately destroyed.
(3)
āyu ati alpa dina, krame tāhā haya kṣīṇa
śamanera nikaṭa darśana
roga-śoka anivārya, citta kare chāra-khāra
bāndhava-viyoga durghaṭana
Life is extremely short, and gradually it becomes exhausted. One sees death approaching. Disease and lamentation are unavoidable, and the mind is broken apart. Separation from relatives and friends becomes inevitable.
(4)
bhāla kari’ dekha bhāi, amiśra ānanda nāi
ye āche se duḥkhera kāraṇa
se sukhera tare tabe, kena māyā-dāsa ha’be
harāibe paramārtha-dhana
O brother, carefully consider this – there is no pure material happiness. Whatever happiness exists is also the cause of suffering. Why then become a servant of illusion for such fleeting joy and lose the true wealth of spiritual life?
(5)
itihāsa-ālocane bheve, dekho nija mane
kata āsurika durāśaya
indriya-tarpaṇa-sāra, kari’ kata durācāra
śeṣe labhe maraṇa niścaya
Reflect in your heart upon the histories described in the Purāṇas – how many demoniac persons committed terrible acts to satisfy their senses. In the end they all met certain death.
(6)
maraṇa-samaye tāra, upāya ha’ye hāra
anutāpa-anale jvalila
kukkurādi paśu-prāya, jīvana kāṭāya hāya
paramārtha kabhu nā cintila
At the time of death all his plans are defeated. He burns in the fire of remorse, lamenting, “Alas, I lived like a dog or an animal and never thought of the supreme goal.”
(7)
emana viṣaye mana, kena thāka acetana
chāḍa chāḍa viṣayera āśā
śrī-guru-caraṇāśraya, kara sabe bhava-jaya
e dāsera sei ta’ āśā
O mind, why remain unconscious in such sense enjoyment? Give up all desires for material objects. Take shelter of the feet of Śrī Guru and conquer the entire material existence. This servant places his hope in that alone.