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SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI : SRIMAN MAHAPRABHU VANDANA
avatara sara, gora avatara,
kena na bhajili tanre,
kari’ nire vasa, gela na piyasa,
apana karama phere [1]
Gora avatar is the best of avatars. Why haven’t you worshipped
Him? Although you live right in water, your thirst does not go away – you
have got yourself in a scrape due to your own actions.
kantakera taru, sadai sevili (mana),
amrta pa’bara ase
prema-kalpa-taru, sri-gauranga amara,
tahare bhavili vise [2]
(Dear mind,) hoping to get nectar, you have been chewing thorny wood,
mistaking the blood in your mouth for nectar. My Sri Gauranga is a
wish-fulfilling tree of divine love, but you thought that He was poison.
saurabhera ase, palasa sukili (mana),
nasate pasila kita
‘iksu-danda’ bhavi’, katha chusili (mana),
kemane paibi mitha [3]
(Dear mind,) seeking pleasant fragrance, you have been smelling the odourless
palash flower and only insects have entered your nose. (O mind,) you
have been sucking dry wood, thinking it was sugar cane. How can you feel any
sweet taste like that?
‘hara’ baliya, galaya parili (mana),
samana kinkara sapa
‘sitala’ baliya, aguna pohali (mana),
paili bajara-tapa [4]
(Dear mind,) taking it for a necklace, you have been wearing a serpent,
death’s servant, around your neck. (Dear mind,) thinking it would cool you,
you have embraced fire and received deep burns.
samsara bhajili, sri-gauranga bhulili,
na sunili sadhura katha
iha-parakala, dukala khoyali (mana),
khaili apana matha [5]
Worshipping your material life, you forgot Sri Gauranga and never listened to
sadhus’ words. (O mind,) you have wasted both this and next life – you
have been simply ‘eating’ your own head (ruining your own life).
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