Bhābanā Bhābanā Mana Tumi Ati Duṣṭa
bhābanā bhābanā mana tumi ati duṣṭa
(biṣaya-biṣe āche he)
kāma-krodha-lobha-moha-madādi-abiṣṭa
(ripura baśe āche he)
bhābanā - think; mana - O heart; tumi - You; ati - very; duṣṭa - wicked; biṣaya - of material sense pleasures; biṣe - in the poison; āche - are; he - Oh; kāma - lust; krodha - anger; lobha - greed;moha - illusion; mada - madness; ādi - beginning with; abiṣṭa - surrounded; ripura - of your enemies; baśe - in the control; āche - are; he - Oh.
Think! Think, O my heart! You are very wicked.
(You drink the poison of sense pleasures.)
You are surrounded by lust, anger, greed, illusion, madness, and a host of faults.
(You are in the grip of my enemies.)
asad-bārtā-bhukti-mukti-pipāsā-ākṛṣṭa
(asat-kathā bhalo lāge he)
pratiṣṭhāśā-kuṭināṭi-śaṭhatādi-piṣṭa
(sarala to' ho'le nā he)
ghireche tomāre bhāi e saba ariṣṭa
(e saba to' śatru he)
asat - not good; bārtā - news; bhukti - sense gratification; mukti - impersonal liberation; pipāsā - thirst; ākṛṣṭa - attracted; asat-kathā - bad talks; bhalaḥ - good; lāge - accept; he - O; pratiṣṭhā - fame; āśā - desire; kuṭināṭi - crooked diplomacy; śaṭhatā - cheating; ādi - beginning with; piṣṭa - crushed into powder;sarala - honest; to' - you; ho'le - are; nā - not; he - O;ghireche - surround; tomāre - you; bhāi - O my brother; e - these; saba - all;ariṣṭa - calamities; e - they; saba - all; to' - your; śatru - enemies; he - Oh.
You thirst after sense pleasure, impersonal liberation, and mindless gossip.
(You think mindless gossip is very pleasant.)
Crooked diplomacy, cheating, hankering for fame, and a host of other faults crush you into powder.
(You are not honest.)
All these dangers now surround you, O my brother.
(They are all your enemies.)
e saba na cheḍe kise pā'be Rādhā Kṛṣṇa
(jatane chāḍo chāḍo he)
sādhu-saṅga binā āra kothā taba iṣṭa
(sādhu-saṅga koro koro he)
baiṣṇaba-caraṇa maja ghucibe aniṣṭa
(eka-bāra bhebe' dekho he)
e - these; saba - all; na - not; cheḍe - renounce;kise - how?; pā'be - you will attain; Rādhā Kṛṣṇa - Rādhā Kṛṣṇa; jatane - with agreat effort; chāḍaḥ - renounce; he - Oh; sādhu-saṅga - theassociation of devotees; binā - without; āra - or; kothā - where?;taba - of you; iṣṭa - desired; sādhu-saṅga - association of devotees; koraḥ - do; he - Oh; baiṣṇaba-caraṇa - the feet of the Vaiṣnavas; maja - dive; ghucibe - will destroy; aniṣṭa - not desired;eka - one; bāra - one; bhebe' - think; dekhaḥ - see; he - Oh.
If you do not turn from all these, how will you attain Śrī Śrī Rādhā Kṛṣṇa?
(Struggle to give them up! Give them up!)
Without associating with devotees, how will you attain your desire?
(Associate with devotees! Associate with them!)
Dive before the feet of the Vaisnavas. Then you will destroy all your faults.
(Just once think of all this. Look at all this.)
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Who wrote Bhābanā Bhābanā Mana Tumi Ati Duṣṭa?
Bhābanā Bhābanā Mana Tumi Ati Duṣṭa was composed by Bhaktivinoda Thakura. It appears in Gitavali.
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Bhābanā Bhābanā Mana Tumi Ati Duṣṭa has 3 verses.