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Durlabha Manava Janma

"Rare Human Birth" — 12. Durlabha Mānava Janma

Humility & Repentance (Dainya, Anutāpa)

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1

durlabha mānaba-janma labhiyā soṁsāre kṛṣṇa nā bhajinu duḥkha kahibo kāhāre

अर्थ

After attaining a rare human birth in this world, I still did not worship Lord Kṛṣṇa. To whom will I tell my sufferings?

2

soṁsāra soṁsāra ko're miche gelo kāla lābha nā koilo kichu ghaṭilo jañjāla

अर्थ

I became a householder. A householder! How I wasted my time. I did not gain anything good. All I got was trouble.

3

kisera soṁsāra ei chāyābāji prāya ihāte mamatā kori' bṛtha dina jāya

अर्थ

What kind of world is this? It's like a magician's illusion. Again and again claiming, "It's mine!", I wasted my days.

4

e deho patana ho'le ki ro'be āmāra keho sukha nāhi dibe putra-paribāra

अर्थ

When this body collapses, what will still me "mine"? Neither children nor companions will make me happy.

5

gardabhera mata āmi kori pariśrama kā'ra lāgi eto kori nā ghucilo bhrama

अर्थ

I slave like a donkey. What do I get? My illusions refuse to die.

6

dina jāya micha kāje niśā nidrā-baśe nāhi bhābi maraṇa nikaṭe āche bo'se

अर्थ

I waste my days in work and my nights in the grip of sleep. I do not know how death approaches.

7

bhālo manda khāi heri pari cintā-hīna nāhi bhābi e deho chāribo kona dīna

अर्थ

Sometimes I receive good and sometimes bad. I look about. I don't worry. I do not know that some day this body will collapse.

8

deho-geho-kalatrādi-cintā abirata jāgiche hṛdoye mora buddhi kori' hata

अर्थ

Worries about body, home, wife, and others always awaken in my heart. They have destroyed my intelligence.

9

hāya hāya nāhi bhābi anitya e saba jībana bigate kothā rohibe baibhaba

अर्थ

Alas! Alas! I did not know it would all be destroyed! When my life ends, what will happen to all my glories and opulences?

10

śmaśāne śarīra mama poriyā rohibe bihaṅga-pataṅga tāya bihāra koribe

अर्थ

When my body falls in the cremation-ground, the birds and insects will rejoice.

11

kukkura śṛgala saba ānandita ho'ye mahotsaba koribe āmāra deho lo'ye

अर्थ

All the dogs and jackals will be delighted. They will celebrate a great festival over my body.

12

je dehera ei gati tā'ra anugata soṁsāra-baibhaba āra bandhu-jana jata

अर्थ

That is the fate of this body. It is also the fate of my friends and kinsmen and all my material glories and opulences.

13

ata eba māyā-moha chāri buddhimāna nitya-tattwa kṛṣṇa-bhakti koruna sandhāna

अर्थ

Turning away from Māyā's bewilderments, an intelligent person engages in devotional service (sādhana-bhakti) to the Supreme Truth, Lord Kṛṣṇa.

यह भजन यहाँ भी है