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Āmāra Emona Bhāgya Kota Dine Ha'be

Longing & Aspiration (Lālasā) Prayer & Petition (Vijñapti)

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āmāra emona bhāgya kota dine ha'be āmāre āpana boli' janibe baiṣṇabe

Word for word

āmāra of me; emona like that; bhāgya good fortune; kota how many?; dine days; ha'be will be; āmāre of me; āpana himself; boli' saying; janibe will know; baiṣṇabe a Vaiṣṇava

Translation

After how many days will I become fortunate? After how many days will a Vaiṣṇava say that I am his servant?

2

śrī-guru-caraṇāmṛta-mādhwīka-sebane matta ho'ye kṛṣṇa-guṇa gābo bṛndābane

Word for word

śrī-guru of the spiritual master; caraṇa of the feet; amṛta nectar; mādhwīka madhvika; sebane in service; matta intoxicated; ho'ye being; kṛṣṇa-guṇa Lord Kṛṣṇa's transcendental qualities; gābaḥ I will sing; bṛndābane in Vṛndāvana

Translation

When, intoxicated by drinking the mādhvīka nectar at my spiritual master's feet, will I sing Lord Kṛṣṇa's glories in Vṛndāvana?

3

karmī jñānī kṛṣṇa-dweṣī bahirmukha-jana ghṛṇā kori' akiñcane koribe barjana

Word for word

karmī karmis; jñānī jnanis; kṛṣṇa-dweṣī enemies of Lord Kṛṣṇa; bahirmukha-jana persons who have turned their backs on Lord Kṛṣṇa; ghṛṇā aversion; kori' doing; akiñcane poor; koribe will do; barjana abandonment

Translation

When will this poor person, feeling disgust and horror, turn away from the karmīs, jñānīs, enemies of Lord Kṛṣṇa, and persons who have turned their backs on Lord Kṛṣṇa?

4

karma-joḍa-smārta-gaṇa koribe siddhānta ācāra-rohita ei nitānta aśānta

Word for word

karma karma; joḍa material; smārta-gaṇa learned in the smrti-sastras; koribe will do; siddhānta copnclusion; ācāra good conduct; rohita without; ei this; nitānta very; aśānta unpeaceful

Translation

When will the karmīs and smārta-paṇḍitas decide that I am very restless and misbehaved?

5

bātula boliyā more paṇḍitābhimānī tyajibe āmāra saṅga māyābādī jñānī

Word for word

bātula mad; boliyā saying; more to me; paṇḍitābhimānī proud of being panditas; tyajibe will renounce; āmāra my; saṅga company; māyābādī mayavadi; jñānī philosophers

Translation

When will the māya1vādīs, proud of being great scholars, call me a madman and shun me?

6

ku-saṅga-rohita dekhi' baiṣṇaba-sujana kṛpā kori' āmāre dibena āliṅgana

Word for word

ku-saṅga from bad association; rohita free; dekhi' seeing; baiṣṇaba-sujana the saintly Vaisnavas; kṛpā mercy; kori' doing; āmāre to me; dibena will give; āliṅgana embrace

Translation

When, seeing that I shun all bad association, will the saintly Vaiṣṇavas kindly embrace me?

7

sparśiyā baiṣṇaba-deha e durjana chāra ānande lobhibe kabe sattwika-bikāra

Word for word

sparśiyā touching; baiṣṇaba-deha the body of a Vaiṣṇava; e this; durjana sinner; chāra pile fo ashes; ānande with bliss; lobhibe will attain; kabe when; sattwika-bikāra the symptoms of sattvika-bhava ecstasy

Translation

When, touching a Vaiṣṇava's body, will this sinner, this pile of ashes, joyfully attain the ecstasies of sāttvika-bhāva?

About Āmāra Emona Bhāgya Kota Dine Ha'be

From Prarthana-Lalasamayi, asking when such good fortune, emona bhagya, will actually come, kota dine habe — one of several consecutive songs repeating the same question from a slightly different angle, building cumulative longing.

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Frequently asked

Who wrote Āmāra Emona Bhāgya Kota Dine Ha'be?

Āmāra Emona Bhāgya Kota Dine Ha'be was composed by Bhaktivinoda Thakura. It appears in Kalyanakalpataru.

What is the meaning of Āmāra Emona Bhāgya Kota Dine Ha'be?

After how many days will I become fortunate? After how many days will a Vaiṣṇava say that I am his servant?

How many verses does Āmāra Emona Bhāgya Kota Dine Ha'be have?

Āmāra Emona Bhāgya Kota Dine Ha'be has 7 verses.

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Yes. A ready-to-display slide deck for Āmāra Emona Bhāgya Kota Dine Ha'be — verse and translation on each slide — is available to download in both PowerPoint (.pptx) and PDF formats from this page, for use in kirtan or temple programs.