Ekhona Bujhinu

(1)

ekhona bujhinu prabhu! tomāra caraṇa

aśokābhoyāmṛta-pūrṇa sarva-kṣana

(2)

sakala chāḍiyā tuwā caraṇa-kamale

poḍiyāchi āmi nātha! tava pada-tale

(3)

tava pāda-padma nāth! rokṣibe āmāre

ār rakṣā-kartā nāhi e bhava-saḿsāre

(4)

āmi tava nitya-dāsa—jāninu e-bāra

āmāra pālana-bhāra ekhona tomāra

(5)

baḍo duḥkha pāiyāchi swatantra jīvane

duḥkha dūre gelo o pada-varaṇe

(6)

je-pada lāgiyā ramā tapasya korilā

je-pada pāiyā śiva śivatwa lobhilā

(7)

je-pada labhiyā brahmā kṛtārtha hoilā

je-pada nārada muni hṛdoye dhorilā

(8)

sei se abhoya pada śirete dhoriyā

parama-ānande nāci pada-guna gāiyā

(9)

saḿsāra-vipada ho’te avaśya uddhār

bhakativinoda, o-pada koribe tomār

TRANSLATION

1) I know now Your divine feet are a refuge free from all sorrow and fear, eternally full of sweet nectar.

2) At the soles of those lotus feet I surrender myself and all I possess.

3) O Lord, there is no other protection but You in this world of birth and death.

4) At last I know myself to be Your eternal servant, whose maintenance You have assured.

5) Life before, without You, held nothing but sorrow. Now I live free from all misery

6) Laksmi, desiring such a place at Your lotus feet, executed austerities. Only after securing a place by Your lotus feet did Lord Siva attain his sivatva, or quality of auspiciousness.

7) Upon obtaining those feet Lord Brahma became successful in life, and the great sage Narada Muni held those two feet to his heart.

8) Your lotus feet drive away all fear. Having held them to my head, I dance in great ecstasy, singing their glories.

9) Your lotus feet will deliver Bhaktivinoda from the perils of worldly journey.

Views