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Ekhona Bujhinu

Surrender & Self-Offering (Śaraṇāgati)

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1
ekhona bujhinu prabhu! tomāra caraṇa aśokābhoyāmṛta-pūrna sarva-khana
Word for word
ekhana–now; bhujinu–I have understood; prabhu!–O Lord!; tomāra–Your; charaṇa–feet; aśoka–sorrowlessness; abhaya–fearlessness; amṛta–nectar; pūrṇa–full of; sarva–all; kṣaṇa–moments
Translation

O Lord! Now I have understood that Your feet are always replete with sorrowlessness, fearlessness, and immortality.

2
sakala chāḍiyā tuwā caraṇa-kamale poḍiyāchi āmi nātha! tava pada-tale
Word for word
sakala–everything; chhāḍiyā–abandoning; tuyā–Your; charaṇa–feet; kamale–at the lotus; paḍiyāchhi–have fallen; āmi–I; nātha!–O Lord!; tava–Your; pada–feet; tale–beneath
Translation

I have relinquished everything at Your lotus feet and fallen before them, O Lord!

3
tava pāda-padma nāth! rokhibe āmāre ār rakhā-kartā nāhi e bhava-saṁsāre
Word for word
tava–Your; pāda–feet; padma–lotus; nātha!–O Lord!; rakṣibe (rakṣā karibe)– will protect; āmāre–to me; āra–other; rakṣā–protection; kartā–doer; nāhi–is not; e–this; bhava–of birth and death; saṁsāre–in this world
Translation

O Lord! Your lotus feet will protect me. There is no other protector in this world of birth and death.

4
āmi tava nitya-dāsa—jāninu e-bāra āmāra pālana-bhāra ekhona tomāra
Word for word
āmi–I; tava–Your; nitya–eternal; dāsa–servant; jāninu–I have understood; e–this; bāra–time; āmāra–my; pālana–protection; bhāra–responsibility; ekhana–now; tomāra–Your
Translation

Now I have understood that I am Your eternal servant. The responsibility of maintaining me is now Yours.

5
baḍo duḥkha pāiyāchi swatantra jīvane duḥkha dūre gelo o pada-varaṇe
Word for word
baḍa–great; duḥkha–distress; pāiyāchhi–I have experienced; svatantra (anāśrita)–independent (unsheltered); jīvane–in life; saba–all; duḥkha–distress; dūre–far away; gela–went; o–those; pada–feet; varaṇe–by accepting
Translation

I experienced only great distress in my independent life. All my distress has gone away by embracing Your feet.

6
je-pada lāgiyā ramā tapasya korilā je-pada pāiyā śiva śivatwa lobhilā
Word for word
ye–whose; pada–feet; lāgiyā–for attaining; ramā–the goddess of fortune Lakṣmī Devī; tapasyā–austerity; karila–did; ye–whose; pada–feet; pāiyā– obtaining; śiva–the chief of the demigods and topmost devotee, Mahādev; ‘śivatva’–auspiciousness, the status of being ‘Śiva’; labhila–obtained
Translation

Those feet which Lakṣmī Devī performed austerities to attain, those feet from which Śiva artained the quality of śivatva, auspiciousness.

7
je-pada labhiyā brahmā kṛtārtha hoilā je-pada nārada muni hṛdoye dhorilā
Word for word
ye– whose; pada–feet; labhiyā–obtaining; brahmā–the universal creator; kṛtārtha– fulfilled; ha-ila–became; ye–whose; pada–feet; nārada muni–Devarṣi Nārad, the son of Brahmā and Guru of Vedavyās; hṛdaye–in the heart; dharila– embraced
Translation

Those feet by which Brahmā became fulfilled, those feet which Nārad Muni embraced in his heart.

8
sei se abhoya pada śirete dhoriyā parama-ānande nāci pada-guna gāiyā
Word for word
sei–those very; se–those; abhaya–fearless; pada–feet; śirete–on the head; dhariyā–holding; parama–great; ānande–with joy; nāchi–I dance; pada–of the feet; guṇa–the qualities; gāiyā–singing
Translation

Holding upon my head those very feet, which are the abode of fearlessness, I dance with great joy, chanting their glories.

9
saṁsāra-vipada ho’te avaśya uddhār bhakativinoda, o-pada koribe tomār
Word for word
saṁsāra–of this material world; vipada–dangers; ha’te–from; avaśya–certainly; uddhāra–deliverance; bhakati-vinoda–Bhakti Vinod; o–those; pada–feet; karibe–will do; tomāra–Your
Translation

Your feet will surely deliver Bhakti Vinod from the dangers of material existence.

About Ekhona Bujhinu

The opening song of this section, nine verses long, reading less like an argument for faith than like faith being worked out in real time until the doubt it started with genuinely dissolves.

Further reading

Frequently asked

Who wrote Ekhona Bujhinu?

Ekhona Bujhinu was composed by Bhaktivinoda Thakura. It appears in Saranagati.

What is the meaning of Ekhona Bujhinu?

O Lord! Now I have understood that Your feet are always replete with sorrowlessness, fearlessness, and immortality.

Where can I listen to Ekhona Bujhinu?

You can listen to 4 recordings of Ekhona Bujhinu on this page, including versions sung by HG Jai Sachinandana Prabhu, HG Swarupa Damodar Prabhu, HG Radheshyam Prabhu, HG Jai Sachinandana Prabhu (01).

How many verses does Ekhona Bujhinu have?

Ekhona Bujhinu has 9 verses.

Can I download Ekhona Bujhinu as a PPT or PDF?

Yes. A ready-to-display slide deck for Ekhona Bujhinu — 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.

ॐ Hare Krishna Movement, Kota — Nandgram Dham https://nandgramdham.org/songs/ekhona-bujhinu/

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