(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.
janani-jathare,
chhilama yakhana,
visama bandhana-pase
eka-bara prabhu!
dekha diya more,
vanchile e dina dase [2]
(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.
takhana bhavinu,
janama paiya,
kariba bhajana tava
janama ha-ila,
padi' maya-jale,
na ha-ila jnana-lava [3]
(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.
adarera chhele,
svajanera kole,
hasiya katanu kala
janaka-janani-
snehete bhuliya,
samsara lagila bhala [4]
(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).
krame dina dina,
balaka ha-iya,
khelinu balaka saha
ara kichhu-dine,
jnana upajila,
patha padi ahar-ahah [5]
(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.
vidyara gaurave,
bhrami' dese dese,
dhana uparjana kari'
svajana-palana,
kari eka-mane,
bhulinu tomare hari! [6]
(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!
varddhakye ekhana,
bhakati-vinoda,
kadiya katara ati
na bhajiya tore,
dina vrtha-gela,
ekhana ki ha'be gati? [7]
(7) Now aged,Bhakti Vinod cries in great distress, "Notserving You, I have
passed my days in vain. What will be my fate now?"
'You will face so much austerity in your spiritual life, but please do not
leave Krishna consciousness. You want to get the Supreme Personality but how
much patience do you have? How much quality do you have? How much of your ego
can you leave?'