Saranagati, Song 2

By Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur

(1) Forgetting You and coming to the material world, I have undergone all sorts of suffering. Now I have come before Your feet and will express my tale of distress.

(2) While I was bound in the terrible confines of my mother's womb, You once revealed Yourself to me, O Lord! Yet since then You have deprived this poor servant.

(3) At that moment I thought I would engage in Your service after taking birth. Yet when I was born, I fell into maya's trap, and not a trace of such consciousness remained.

(4) As a son of adoring parents, I spent my time in their laps, smiling and laughing. Because of my mother and father's af- fection, I forgot You and took pleasure in family life (material existence).

(5) Day by day I grew into a young boy and played with other young boys. Later on my intellect developed, and I studied my lessons day in and day out.

(6) Then on the strength of my learning, I travelled from place to place, earned money, and maintained my family with undivided attention. I forgot You, O Lord!

(7) Now aged,Bhakti Vinod cries in great distress, "Notserving You, I have passed my days in vain. What will be my fate now?"

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