Krpa kara Vaisnav Thakura
By Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur
krpa kara vaisnava thakura
sambandha janiya bhajite bhajite
abhimana hau dura
"O Vaishnav Thakur! Please be merciful! Knowing the true relationship I will
worship You and my ego will go far away."
'ami ta vaisnava' e buddhi haile
amani na ha'ba ami
pratisthasa asi' hrdaya dusibe
haiba nirayagami
"If I think, 'I am a Vaishnav,' then I will never stop expecting honour from
others (I will never become void of the desire for honour)—my heart will
become polluted by the desire for fame and I will end up in hell."
tomara kinkara apane janiba
'guru'-abhimana tyaji'
tomara uchchhista pada-jala-renu
sada niskapate bhaji
"I will consider myself Your servant and give up the ego of a guru. I will
always earnestly take Your remnants, Your foot dust, 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
"If I, loving myself more than anyone else, bestow my remnants, etc. on
others, then I will become filled with ego. Therefore, I will always remain
Your disciple, I will not take worship from anyone."
amani manada haile kirtane
adhikara dibe tumi
tomara charane niskapate ami
kandiya lutiba bhumi
"When I become free from the desire for honour and be able to give honour to
others, you will give me the right to chant Your kirtan. I will earnestly
roll on the ground and cry at Your holy feet."
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