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By Srila Govinda Das Kaviraj
| bhajahu re mana sri-nanda-nandana |
| abhaya-charanaravinda re |
| durlabha manava janama sat-sange |
| taraha e bhava-sindhu re [1] |
O mind, serve the son of Nanda's lotus feet, which make one fearless. Having
attained this rare human birth, cross over the ocean of material existence by
associating with sadhus.
| sita atapa vata varisana |
| e dina yamini jagi re |
| viphale sevinu krpana durajana |
| chapala sukha-lava lagi' re [2] |
Day and night I remain awake, suffering from the heat and the cold, the wind
and the rain. For a moment of flickering happiness I have uselessly served
wicked and miserly men.
| e dhana, yauvana, putra, parijana |
| ithe ki achhe paratiti re |
| kamala-dala-jala jivana talamala |
| (ei achhe ei nai jivana talamala) |
| bhajahu hari-pada niti re [3] |
What is there in having wealth, youth, sons, and family? Life is tottering
like water on a lotus petal (it is here, and then it is gone). O mind, serve
the Lord's feet.
| sravana, kirtana, smarana, vandana |
| pada-sevana, dasya re |
| pujana, sakhi-jana, atma-nivedana |
| govinda-dasa-abhila sare [4] |
Govinda Das desires to engage in the nine practices of devotion: hearing
about, glorifying, remembering, praying to, attending to, serving,
worshipping, befriending, and surrendering to the Lord.
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