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SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI : SRI VAISHNAV VANDANA
krpa kara vaisnava thakura
sambandha janiya, bhajite bhajite,
abhimana hau dura [1]
Please be merciful, Vaishnav Thakur! May my ego go away by always worshipping
you in full knowledge of the relationship.
‘ami ta vaisnava’, e buddhi haile,
amani na ha’ba ami
pratisthasa asi’, hrdaya dusibe,
haiba nirayagami [2]
If I think, ‘I am a Vaishnav’, I will never stop desiring honour – my heart
will become polluted with the desire for prestige, and I will end up in
hell.
tomara kinkara, apane janiba,
‘guru’-abhimana tyaji’
tomara uchchhista, pada-jala-renu,
sada niskapate bhaji [3]
May I consider myself your servant and give up the ego of a guru. May
I always earnestly worship the remnants of your food, your foot dust and the
water that has washed your feet.
nije srestha jani’, uchchhistadi dane,
habe abhimana-bhara
tai sisya tava, thakiya sarvada,
na laiba puja ka’ra [4]
If I believe, ‘I am the greatest’, I will start giving others my food
remnants and other things, getting weighed down by ego. So, I pray to always
remain your disciple and not accept worship from anyone.
amani manada, haile kirtane,
adhikara dibe tumi
tomara charane, niskapate ami,
kandiya lutiba bhumi [5]
If I become free from the desire for honour and learn to give honour to
others, you will give me the right to chant your kirtan. Rolling on
the ground, I shall earnestly cry at your holy feet.
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