I have offered everything at Your feet and taken shelter in Your home. You
are my Master; please consider me Your dog.
badhiya nikate,
amare palibe,
rahiba tomara dvare
pratipa-janere,
asite na diba,
rakhiba gadera pare [2]
You will tie me up nearby and maintain me. I will remain at Your doorstep.
I will not allow any inimical persons to enter; I will keep them on the far
side of Your moat.
tava nija-jana,
prasada seviya,
uchchhista rakhibe yaha
amara bhojana,
parama-anande,
prati-dina habe taha [3]
Whatever remnants Your devotees leave behind after honouring Your prasad
I will eat every day with great joy.
basiya suiya,
tomara charana
chintiba satata ami
nachite nachite,
nikate yaiba,
yakhana dakibe tumi [4]
While sitting up or lying down, I will always think of Your feet. I will come
to You whenever You call me, dancing all the way.
nijera posana,
kabhu na bhaviba,
rahiba bhavera bhare
bhakati-vinoda,
tomare palaka,
baliya varana kare [5]
I will never think about my own maintenance; I will always remain within the
shelter of loving attachment for You. Bhakti Vinod embraces You as his
maintainer.
'The Lord has at last given us a tongue, and by the mercy of the Lord,
Gurudev we have got this Hare Krishna maha-mantra. With this mouth you
say, 'You are a disciple of another sannyasi, I do not like you,' but
this is not the courtesy, this is not our religion.'