Ekhona Bujhinu

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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.

Word for word
sakala chāḍiyā tuwā caraṇa-kamale poḍiyāchi āmi nātha! tava pada-tale 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!

Word for word
tava pāda-padma nāth! rokhibe āmāre ār rakhā-kartā nāhi e bhava-saṁsāre 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.

Word for word
āmi tava nitya-dāsa—jāninu e-bāra āmāra pālana-bhāra ekhona tomāra 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.

Translation

baḍo duḥkha pāiyāchi swatantra jīvane duḥkha dūre gelo o pada-varaṇe baḍa–great

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

Word for word
je-pada lāgiyā ramā tapasya korilā je-pada pāiyā śiva śivatwa lobhilā 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.

Word for word
je-pada labhiyā brahmā kṛtārtha hoilā je-pada nārada muni hṛdoye dhorilā 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.

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sei se abhoya pada śirete dhoriyā parama-ānande nāci pada-guna gāiyā sei–those very

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

Word for word
saṁsāra-vipada ho’te avaśya uddhār bhakativinoda, o-pada koribe tomār 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.

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 5 recordings of Ekhona Bujhinu on this page, including versions sung by HG Jai Sachinandana Prabhu, HG Swarupa Damodar Prabhu, HH Radhanath Swami, HG Radheshyam Prabhu.

How many verses does Ekhona Bujhinu have?

Ekhona Bujhinu has 9 verses.