Bhaja Bhaja Hari
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bhaja bhaja hari, mana dṛḍha kari', mukhe bolo tā’ra nāma
vrajendra-nandana gopī-prāṇa-dhana, bhuvana mohana śyāma
bhaja bhaja - worship, just worship; hari - Sri Hari; mana - the mind; drdha kari' - having steadied; mukhe - with the lips; bola - chant; tara - His; nama - name; vrajendranandana — the son of the king of Vraja; gopi - of the gopis; pranadhana - of the life + the treasure; bhuvanamohana - the universe + enchants; syma - dark-complexioned one.
O my dear mind, with staunch faith perform hari-bhajana, without which you cannot be delivered. And with your mouth chant the names of Vrajendra-nandana, Gopé-prana-dhana (the life and wealth of the gopis) and Syamasundara, whose beauty en-chants the whole material manifestation.
kakhana maribe, kemane taribe, viṣama śamana ḍāke
jāhāra pratāpe, bhuvana kāpaye, nā jāni mara vipāke
kakhana - when; maribe - you will die; kemane - how; taribe - you will be delivered; visama - fearsome; samana - lord of death; däke - calls; yhara - whose; pratape - by power, domineering influence; bhuvana - the universe; kapaye - quakes; nã - not; jani - I know; mara - my; vipake - predicament.
There is no certainty when your life will finish, and you also never think about your deliverance from the material world. But very fearsome Yamadutas are standing near you. Bhagavan, whose power causes the three worlds to tremble in fear, You have forgotten. This is your misfortune. Thus, you are suffering in this material world from different kinds of miseries, and now you are about to die.
kula-dhana pāiyā, unmatta haiyā, āpanāke jāna baḍa
śamanera dūte, dhari’, pāye hāte, bādhiyā karibe jaḍa
kula - noble birth, aristacracy; dhana - wealth; paiya - having attained; unamata - intoxicated; haiya - having become; apanake - to yourself; jana - you think; bada - great; samanera - of the lord of death; dute - by the messengers; dhari - having clutched; paye - by feet; hãte - by hands; badhiya - having bound; karibe - they will render; jada - inert.
You have become intoxicated by your high birth and wealth, thinking yourself very high class. But you have forgotten that one day the Yamadutas will take you, tying up your hands and feet.
kivā yati satī, kivā nīca jāti, jei hari nāhi bhaje
tabe janamiyā, bhramiyā bhramiyā, raurava-narake maje
kiba - whether; yati - renounced; sati - chaste; kiba - whether; nica - low; jati - caste; yei - he who; hari - Sri Hari; nāhi - not; bhaje - worships; tabe - then; janamiya - having taken birth; bhramiya bhramiya - wondering and wondering; raurava - Raurava; narake - in the hell; maje - drowns.
So whether one is a sannyasi or a very low-caste person, without performing hari-bhajana, one will continue to rotate in the samsara and go to the hell named Raurava.
e dāsa locana, bhāve anukṣaṇa, michāi janama gela
hari nā bhajinu, viṣaye majinu, hṛdaye rahala śela
'e - this; dasa locana - Locana dasa; ,bhave - contemplates; anuksana - always; vrthãi — in vain; janama - birth; gela - passed; hari - Sri Hari; na - not; bhajinu - I have worshipped; visaye — in sense enjoyment; majinu - I have absorbed; hdaye - in heart; rahala - pierces; sela - a spear.
Locana dasa says, "I have never done any hari-bhajana, having been absorbed in sense enjoyment. In this way my human form of life has been wasted. And this causes excruciating pain like a thorn piercing my heart."
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Who wrote Bhaja Bhaja Hari?
Bhaja Bhaja Hari was composed by Locana Dasa Thakura. It appears in More Songs.
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Bhaja Bhaja Hari has 5 verses.