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Ahaṁ Mama Śabda Arthe Jāhā Kichu Hoy

Surrender & Self-Offering (Śaraṇāgati)

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1

`ahaṁ mama’-śabda-arthe jāhā kichu hoy arpiluṅ tomāra pade, ohe doyā-moy!

Word for word

‘aham’–‘I’; ‘mama’–‘mine’; śabda–of the words; arthe–by the meaning; yāhā– which; kichhu–anything; haya–happens; arpilu̐–I offered; tomāra–Your; pade–at the feet; ohe–oh!; dayā–mercy; maya–made of

Translation

O merciful Lord! I have surrendered all that is meant by the words ‘I’ and ‘mine’ at Your feet.

2

`āmāra’ āmi to’ nātha! nā rohinu ār ekhona hoinu āmi kevala tomār

Word for word

‘āmāra’–‘my’; āmi–I; ta’–certainly; nātha!–O Lord!; nā–does not; rahinu– I remained; āra–more; ekhana–now; ha-inu–became; āmi–I; kevala–only; tomāra–Yours

Translation

O Lord! I no longer remain ‘mine’. I have now become Yours exclusively.

3

`āmi’ śabde dehī jīva ahaṁtā chāḍilo twadīyābhimāna āji hṛdoye paśilo

Word for word

‘āmi’–‘I’; śabde–by the word; dehī–animator of the material body; jīva–the life, the soul; ahaṁtā–the conception of ‘I’, false egotism; chhāḍila–abandoned; tvadīya–Your own; abhimāna–ego; āji–today; hṛdaye–in the heart; paśila (praveśa karila)–entered

Translation

I now understand that the word ‘I’ means the soul who animates the material body and have thus abandoned all false egotism. Today the ego of being ‘Your own’ has entered my heart.

4

āmār sarvasva—deho, geho anucar bhāi, bandhu, dārā, suta, dravya, dwāra, ghar

Word for word

āmāra–my; sarvasva–the whole of my wealth; deha–body; geha–home; anuchara–servants; bhāi–brothers; bandhu–friends and relatives; dārā– wife; suta–children; dravya–possessions; dvāra–door; ghara–house

5

se saba hoilo tava, āmi hoinu dās tomāra gṛhete ebe āmi kori bās

Word for word

se– them; saba–all; ha-ila–became; tava–Yours; āmi–I; ha-inu–became; dāsa–servant; tomāra–Your; gṛhete–in Your house; ebe–now; āmi–I; kari–do; vāsa–residence

6

tumi gṛha-swāmī, āmi sevaka tomār tomāra sukhete ceṣṭā ekhona āmār

Word for word

tumi–You; gṛha–of the house; svāmī–the master; āmi–I; sevaka–servant; tomāra–Your; tomāra–Your; sukhete–for Your pleasure; cheṣṭā–endeavours; ekhana–now; āmāra–my

Translation

You are the master of the house, and I am Your servant. All my endeavours are now for Your satisfaction.

7

sthūla-liṅga-dehe mora sukṛta duṣkṛta āra mora nahe, prabhu! āmi to’ niṣkṛta

Word for word

sthūla–gross; liṅga–subtle; dehe–with the bodies; mora–my; sukṛta–good deeds; duṣkṛta–bad deeds; āra–any more; mora–mine; nahe–not; prabhu!–O Lord!; āmi–I; ta’–certainly; niṣkṛta–free, liberated

Translation

Whatever good or bad deeds are performed by my gross and subtle bodies are no longer mine, O Lord! I am free.

8

tomāra icchāya mora icchā miśāilo bhakativinoda āja āpane bhulilo

Word for word

tomāra–Your; ichchhāya–with desire; mora–my; ichchhā–desire; miśāila– mixed; bhakati-vinoda–Bhakti Vinod; āja–today; āpane–himself; bhulila– forgot

Translation

My desires have merged with Your desires. Today, Bhakti Vinod has forgotten himself.

About Ahaṁ Mama Śabda Arthe Jāhā Kichu Hoy

An eight-verse song whose title points at the very thing it examines: aham and mama, the words I and mine, and everything that follows from mistakenly attaching them to a body and life that were never truly one's own.

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Who wrote Ahaṁ Mama Śabda Arthe Jāhā Kichu Hoy?

Ahaṁ Mama Śabda Arthe Jāhā Kichu Hoy was composed by Bhaktivinoda Thakura. It appears in Saranagati.

What is the meaning of Ahaṁ Mama Śabda Arthe Jāhā Kichu Hoy?

O merciful Lord! I have surrendered all that is meant by the words ‘I’ and ‘mine’ at Your feet.

How many verses does Ahaṁ Mama Śabda Arthe Jāhā Kichu Hoy have?

Ahaṁ Mama Śabda Arthe Jāhā Kichu Hoy has 8 verses.

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