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Keno Hare Krsna Nam

"Oh Why While Chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa...?" — 26. Keno Hare Kṛṣṇa Nām

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दिखाएँ

टेक्स्ट

1

pakhi nā jāni kon aparādhe mukhe hare kṛṣṇa nām bolo nā

अर्थ

The bird of my heart does not know what past sinful activities it has committed to cause this inability to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa properly.

2

baner pakhi re dhare rāklām hṛdoy mandire madhu mākhā ei hari nām pakhi re śikhaile śikhe

अर्थ

O forest bird! I have kept something for you very carefully within the cottage of my heart—the holy name of Lord Hari, which is overflowing with pure sweet honey. O bird, you could learn the chanting of this name if you were taught.

3

pakhi sakal nām bolte paro keno hare kṛṣṇa nām bolo na keno hare kṛṣṇa nām hari bole mano prāṇ kāṅde nā

अर्थ

A bird is easily able to speak all names, why then does this bird of my heart refuse to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa? Oh, why does my heart not weep from chanting the holy names Hare Kṛṣṇa?

4

chalo pakhi rūper deśe jāi je deśete maner mānuś āsā jāoyā nāi

अर्थ

O bird! Come, let us go to the spiritual world, the land of true and everlasting beauty. It is the place where the imaginary man of my mind will never again come and go on the revolving cycle of birth and death.

5

pakhi re tor maraṇa kālete carabi vāser dolāte ore cār janete kandhe kore loye jābe smaśan ghāṭete

अर्थ

O bird! At the time of death, your body will simply be placed upon a funeral stretcher, lifted on the shoulders of four persons and carried to the cremation grounds.

6

ore o tor mukhe āguna jihve tule ki korobi tāi bolo nā

अर्थ

Alas! The cremation fire will then enter your mouth and totally consume your tongue. There will be nothing you can do to save yourself, for at that time it is too late-you will be unable to speak any more.