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Kesava Tuwa Jagata Vicitra

Surrender & Saranagati

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1
keśava! tuwā jagata vicitra karama-vipāke, bhava-vana bhrama-i, pekhaluṅ raṅga bahu citra
Word for word
keśava!–O Kṛṣṇa!; tuyā–Your; jagata–material world; vichitra–variegated, strange; karama–of my actions; vipāke (karma-chakre)–according to the results (in the cycle of action and reaction); bhava–the mundane world of repeated birth and death; vana–in the forest; bhrama-i (bhramaṇa kariyā)–wandering; pekhalu̐ (dekhilāma)–I saw; raṅga (tāmāśā)–hoax (trick, joke); bahu (nānā)–many (various); chitra (rakama)–types
Translation

O Keśava! Your material creation is extremely variegated. I have wandered throughout this forest of birth and death according to the consequences of my actions and seen so many kinds of hoaxes.

2
Word for word
tuwā pada-vismṛti, ā-mara jantranā, kleśa-dahane dohi’ jāi kapila, patañjali, gautama, kanabhojī, jaimini, bauddha āowe dhāi’ tuyā–Your; pada–feet; vismṛti–forgetfulness; ā-mara (maraṇa avadhi)–until death; yantraṇā–tortures; kleśa–of suffering; dahane (jvālāya)–in the fire; dahi’ (dagdha ha-iyā)–burning; yāi–I go; kapila–teacher of atheistic Sāṁkhya philosophy (systematic analysis of the material elements) who appeared in the lineage of Agnidev; pataṣjali–famous ṛṣi who authored the Yoga sūtra (guidelines for aṣṭaṅga yoga practice); gautama–author of the Nyāya sūtra (principles of logic); kaṇabhojī–Kaṇāda, the author of Vaiśeṣika darśan (atomic theory); jaimini–the author of Pūrva mīmāṁsā (theory based on the idea that karma is an absolute principle, unassailable even by God); bauddha–Buddhists; āoye (āise)–come; dhāi (dhāiyā)–running
Translation

As a result of forgetting Your feet, I am being tortured until my death, burning in a fire of suffering. Meanwhile, Kapila, Pataṣjali, Gautam, Kaṇabhojī, Jaiminī, and the Buddhists (the proponents of all sorts of ideologies) come running to me.

3
Word for word
tab koi nija-mate, bhukti, mukti yācato, pāta-i nānā-vidha phāṅd so-sabu—vañcaka, tuwā bhakti bahir-mukha, ghaṭāowe viṣama paramād tava–about You; ka-i’ (tomāra kahiyā arthāt tomāra dohāi diyā)–explaining (speaking about You, that is, appealing on Your behalf); nija–their own; mate (svasiddhānta)–opinions (own conclusions); bhukti–mundane enjoyment; mukti–liberation
Translation

yāchata (yāchṣā kare arthāt grahaṇa karāibāra janya anurodha kare)–appeal (ask, that is, request me to accept)

Speaking about You according to their own conclusions, they implore me to accept the pursuits of either worldly enjoyment or liberation by setting various types of traps. They are all cheaters who are averse to devotion, they simply devise terrible illusions.

4
Word for word
vaimukha-vañcane, bhaṭa so-sabu, niramilo vividha pasār danḍavat dūrato, bhakativinoda bhelo, bhakata-caraṇa kori’ sār vaimukha (vimukha)–averse; vaṣchane–for cheating; bhaṭa (vīra)–warriors (expert fighters); so-sabu (sei samudaya)–all of them; niramila–built; vividha–various; pasāra (dokāna)–shop; daṇḍavat (sammāna)–obeisance (gesture of respect); dūrata (dūra ha-ite)–from afar; bhakti-vinoda–Bhakti Vinod; bhela–became; bhakata–of the devotees; charaṇa–the feet; kari’– doing; sāra (sarvasva)–the be all and end all
Translation

All these combatants have set up various shops for cheating those who are averse to You. Bhakti Vinod has offered his respects to them all from afar and accepted the feet of Your devotees as his be-all and end-all.

Frequently asked

Who wrote Kesava Tuwa Jagata Vicitra?

Kesava Tuwa Jagata Vicitra was composed by Bhaktivinoda Thakura. It appears in Saranagati.

What is the meaning of Kesava Tuwa Jagata Vicitra?

O Keśava! Your material creation is extremely variegated. I have wandered throughout this forest of birth and death according to the consequences of my actions and seen so many kinds of hoaxes.

Where can I listen to Kesava Tuwa Jagata Vicitra?

You can listen to 4 recordings of Kesava Tuwa Jagata Vicitra on this page, including versions sung by HH Bhakti Caru Swami, HG Jai Sachinandana Prabhu, HH Suhotra Swami, HG Jai Sachinandana Prabhu (01).

How many verses does Kesava Tuwa Jagata Vicitra have?

Kesava Tuwa Jagata Vicitra has 4 verses.

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