(1) Forgetting You and coming to the material world, I have undergone all
sorts of suffering. Now I have come before Your feet and will express my tale
of distress.
janani-jathare,
chhilama yakhana,
visama bandhana-pase
eka-bara prabhu!
dekha diya more,
vanchile e dina dase [2]
(2) While I was bound in the terrible confines of my mother's womb, You once
revealed Yourself to me, O Lord! Yet since then You have deprived this poor
servant.
takhana bhavinu,
janama paiya,
kariba bhajana tava
janama ha-ila,
padi' maya-jale,
na ha-ila jnana-lava [3]
(3) At that moment I thought I would engage in Your service after taking
birth. Yet when I was born, I fell into maya's trap, and not a trace of such
consciousness remained.
adarera chhele,
svajanera kole,
hasiya katanu kala
janaka-janani-
snehete bhuliya,
samsara lagila bhala [4]
(4) As a son of adoring parents, I spent my time in their laps, smiling and
laughing. Because of my mother and father's af- fection, I forgot You and
took pleasure in family life (material existence).
krame dina dina,
balaka ha-iya,
khelinu balaka saha
ara kichhu-dine,
jnana upajila,
patha padi ahar-ahah [5]
(5) Day by day I grew into a young boy and played with other young boys.
Later on my intellect developed, and I studied my lessons day in and day out.
vidyara gaurave,
bhrami' dese dese,
dhana uparjana kari'
svajana-palana,
kari eka-mane,
bhulinu tomare hari! [6]
(6) Then on the strength of my learning, I travelled from place to place,
earned money, and maintained my family with undivided attention. I forgot
You, O Lord!
varddhakye ekhana,
bhakati-vinoda,
kadiya katara ati
na bhajiya tore,
dina vrtha-gela,
ekhana ki ha'be gati? [7]
(7) Now aged,Bhakti Vinod cries in great distress, "Notserving You, I have
passed my days in vain. What will be my fate now?"
Kaliya-daman Lila, Saubhari Muni, Sudama Vipra, the sun, a vessel, a drum, a pig,
and a drop of water—all these are woven together to guide us towards perfect
devotion.