Vicaryamane taranav ivahani

SYNONYMS

ajnana -- manifesting from ignorance; samjnau -- which designations; bhava-bandha -- bondage to material existence; moksau -- and liberation; dvau -- the two; nama -- indeed; na -- not; anyau -- separate; stah -- are; rta -- true; jna-bhavat -- from knowledge; ajasra-citi -- whose awareness is unimpeded; atmani -- the spirit soul; kevale -- who is separate from matter; pare -- who is pure; vicaryamane -- when he is properly distinguished; taranau -- within the sun; iva -- just as; ahani -- day and night.

TRANSLATION

The conception of material bondage and the conception of liberation are both manifestations of ignorance. Being outside the scope of true knowledge, they cease to exist when one correctly understands that the pure spirit soul is distinct from matter and always fully conscious. At that time bondage and liberation no longer have any significance, just as day and night have no significance from the perspective of the sun.

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tvam atmanam param matva

param atmanam eva ca

atma punar bahir mrgya

aho 'jna-janatajnata

SYNONYMS

tvam -- You; atmanam -- the real self; param -- something else; matva -- thinking; param -- something else; atmanam -- Yourself; eva -- indeed; ca -- also; atma -- the Supreme Self; punah -- again; bahih -- outside; mrgyah -- must be searched out; aho -- oh; ajna -- ignorant; janata -- of persons; ajnata -- the ignorance.

TRANSLATION

Just see the foolishness of those ignorant persons who consider You to be some separated manifestation of illusion and who consider the self, which is actually You, to be something else, the material body. Such fools conclude that the supreme soul is to be searched for somewhere outside Your supreme personality.

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antar-bhave 'nanta bhavantam eva

hy atat tyajanto mrgayanti santah

asantam apy anty ahim antarena

santam gunam tam kim u yanti santah

SYNONYMS

antah-bhave -- within the body; ananta -- O unlimited Lord; bhavantam -- Yourself; eva -- indeed; hi -- certainly; atat -- everything separate from You; tyajantah -- rejecting; mrgayanti -- search out; santah -- the saintly devotees; asantam -- unreal; api -- even; anti -- present nearby; ahim -- (the illusion of) a snake; antarena -- without (negating); santam -- real; gunam -- the rope; tam -- that; kim u -- whether; yanti -- appreciate; santah -- persons who are spiritually situated.

TRANSLATION

O unlimited Lord, the saintly devotees seek You out within their own bodies by rejecting everything separate from You. Indeed, how can discriminating persons appreciate the real nature of a rope lying before them until they refute the illusion that it is a snake.

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athapi te deva padambuja-dvaya-

prasada-lesanugrhita eva hi

janati tattvam bhagavan-mahimno

na canya eko 'pi ciram vicinvan

SYNONYMS

atha -- therefore; api -- indeed; te -- Your; deva -- my Lord; pada-ambuja-dvaya -- of the two lotus feet; prasada -- of the mercy; lesa -- by only a trace; anugrhitah -- favored; eva -- certainly; hi -- indeed; janati -- one knows; tattvam -- the truth; bhagavat -- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; mahimnah -- of the greatness; na -- never; ca -- and; anyah -- another; ekah -- one; api -- although; ciram -- for a long period; vicinvan -- speculating.

TRANSLATION

My Lord, if one is favored by even a slight trace of the mercy of Your lotus feet, he can understand the greatness of Your personality. But those who speculate to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead are unable to know You, even though they continue to study the Vedas for many years.

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tad astu me natha sa bhuri-bhago

bhave 'tra vanyatra tu va tirascam

yenaham eko 'pi bhavaj-jananam

bhutva niseve tava pada-pallavam

SYNONYMS

tat -- therefore; astu -- may it be; me -- my; natha -- O master; sah -- that; bhuri-bhagah -- greatest good fortune; bhave -- in the birth; atra -- this; va -- or; anyatra -- in some other birth; tu -- indeed; va -- or; tirascam -- among the animals; yena -- by which; aham -- I; ekah -- one; api -- even; bhavat -- or Your; jananam -- devotees; bhutva -- becoming; niseve -- I may fully engage in serving; tava -- Your; pada-pallavam -- lotus feet.

TRANSLATION

My dear Lord, I therefore pray to be so fortunate that in this life as Lord Brahma or in another life, wherever I take my birth, I may be counted as one of Your devotees. I pray that wherever I may be, even among the animal species, I can engage in devotional service to Your lotus feet.

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aho 'ti-dhanya vraja-go-ramanyah

stanyamrtam pitam ativa te muda

yasam vibho vatsataratmajatmana

yat-trptaye 'dyapi na calam adhvarah

SYNONYMS

aho -- oh; ati-dhanyah -- most fortunate; vraja -- of Vrndavana; go -- the cows; ramanyah -- and the gopis; stanya -- the breast-milk; amrtam -- which is like nectar; pitam -- has been drunk; ativa -- fully; te -- by You; muda -- with satisfaction; yasam -- of whom; vibho -- O almighty Lord; vatsatara-atmaja-atmana -- in the form of the calves and the sons of the cowherd women; yat -- whose; trptaye -- for the satisfaction; adya api -- even until now; na -- not; ca -- and; alam -- sufficient; adhvarah -- the Vedic sacrifices.

TRANSLATION

O almighty Lord, how greatly fortunate are the cows and ladies of Vrndavana, the nectar of whose breast-milk You have happily drunk to Your full satisfaction, taking the form of their calves and children! All the Vedic sacrifices performed from time immemorial up to the present day have not given You as much satisfaction.

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aho bhagyam aho bhagyam

nanda-gopa-vrajaukasam

yan-mitram paramanandam

purnam brahma sanatanam

SYNONYMS

aho -- what great; bhagyam -- fortune; aho -- what great; bhagyam -- fortune; nanda -- of Maharaja Nanda; gopa -- of the other cowherd men; vraja-okasam -- of the inhabitants of Vrajabhumi; yat -- of whom; mitram -- the friend; parama-anandam -- the supreme bliss; purnam -- complete; brahma -- the Absolute Truth; sanatanam -- eternal.

TRANSLATION

How greatly fortunate are Nanda Maharaja, the cowherd men and all the other inhabitants of Vrajabhumi! There is no limit to their good fortune, because the Absolute Truth, the source of transcendental bliss, the eternal Supreme Brahman, has become their friend.

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esam tu bhagya-mahimacyuta tavad astam

ekadasaiva hi vayam bata bhuri-bhagah

etad-dhrsika-casakair asakrt pibamah

sarvadayo 'nghry-udaja-madhv-amrtasavam te

SYNONYMS

esam -- of these (residents of Vrndavana); tu -- however; bhagya -- of the good fortune; mahima -- the greatness; acyuta -- O infallible Supreme Lord; tavat -- so much; astam -- let it be; ekadasa -- the eleven; eva hi -- indeed; vayam -- we; bata -- oh; bhuri-bhagah -- are most fortunate; etat -- of these devotees; hrsika -- by the senses; casakaih -- (which are like) drinking cups; asakrt -- repeatedly; pibamah -- we are drinking; sarva-adayah -- Lord Siva and the other chief demigods; anghri-udaja -- of the lotus feet; madhu -- the honey; amrta-asavam -- which is a nectarean, intoxicating beverage; te -- of You.

TRANSLATION

Yet even though the extent of the good fortune of these residents of Vrndavana is inconceivable, we eleven presiding deities of the various senses, headed by Lord Siva, are also most fortunate, because the senses of these devotees of Vrndavana are the cups through which we repeatedly drink the nectarean, intoxicating beverage of the honey of Your lotus feet.

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tad bhuri-bhagyam iha janma kim apy atavyam

yad gokule 'pi katamanghri-rajo-'bhisekam

yaj-jivitam tu nikhilam bhagavan mukundas

tv adyapi yat-pada-rajah sruti-mrgyam eva

SYNONYMS

tat -- that; bhuri-bhagyam -- the greatest good fortune; iha -- here; janma -- the birth; kim api -- any whatsoever; atavyam -- in the forest (of Vrndavana); yat -- which; gokule -- in Gokula; api -- even; katama -- of any (of the devotees); anghri -- of the feet; rajah -- by the dust; abhisekam -- bathing; yat -- whose; jivitam -- life; tu -- indeed; nikhilam -- whole; bhagavan -- the Supreme Personality of Godhead; mukundah -- Lord Mukunda; tu -- but; adya api -- even until now; yat -- whose; pada-rajah -- dust of the feet; sruti -- by the Vedas; mrgyam -- sought after; eva -- certainly.

TRANSLATION

My greatest possible good fortune would be to take any birth whatever in this forest of Gokula and have my head bathed by the dust falling from the lotus feet of any of its residents. Their entire life and soul is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Mukunda, the dust of whose lotus feet is still being searched for in the Vedic mantras.

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esam ghosa-nivasinam uta bhavan kim deva rateti nas

ceto visva-phalat phalam tvad-aparam kutrapy ayan muhyati

sad-vesad iva putanapi sa-kula tvam eva devapita

yad-dhamartha-suhrt-priyatma-tanaya-pranasayas tvat-krte

SYNONYMS

esam -- to these; ghosa-nivasinam -- residents of the cowherd community; uta -- indeed; bhavan -- Your Lordship; kim -- what; deva -- O Supreme Personality of Godhead; rata -- will give; iti -- thinking thus; nah -- our; cetah -- mind; visva-phalat -- than the supreme source of all benedictions; phalam -- a reward; tvat -- than You; aparam -- other; kutra api -- anywhere; ayat -- considering; muhyati -- becomes bewildered; sat-vesat -- by disguising herself as a devotee; iva -- indeed; putana -- the demoness Putana; api -- even; sa-kula -- along with her family members, Bakasura and Aghasura; tvam -- You; eva -- certainly; deva -- O Lord; apita -- was made to attain; yat -- whose; dhama -- homes; artha -- wealth; suhrt -- friends; priya -- dear relatives; atma -- bodies; tanaya -- children; prana -- life air; asayah -- and minds; tvat-krte -- dedicated to You.

TRANSLATION

My mind becomes bewildered just trying to think of what reward other than You could be found anywhere. You are the embodiment of all benedictions, which You bestow upon these residents of the cowherd community of Vrndavana. You have already arranged to give Yourself to Putana and her family members in exchange for her disguising herself as a devotee. So what is left for You to give these devotees of Vrndavana, whose homes, wealth, friends, dear relations, bodies, children and very lives and hearts are all dedicated only to You?

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tavad ragadayah stenas

tavat kara-grham grham

tavan moho 'nghri-nigado

yavat krsna na te janah

SYNONYMS

tavat -- for that long; raga-adayah -- material attachment and so on; stenah -- thieves; tavat -- for that long; kara-grham -- a prison; grham -- one's home; tavat -- for that long; mohah -- the bewilderment of family affection; anghri -- upon their feet; nigadah -- shackles; yavat -- as long as; krsna -- O Lord Krsna; na -- do not become; te -- Your (devotees); janah -- any persons.

TRANSLATION

My dear Lord Krsna, until people become Your devotees, their material attachments and desires remain thieves, their homes remain prisons, and their affectionate feelings for their family members remain foot-shackles.

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prapancam nisprapanco 'pi