Mana Tore Boli E Bāratā
O my heart, I tell you this: As a child you were cheated by scoundrels. To them you sold your independence.
Thinking the disciplic succession is impure, you now struggle to purify yourself. No longer do you wear neck-beads and tilaka. You have turned from the flame of spiritual initiation. Now you make your own rules.
Giving a slap to your previous philosophy, you preach your own idea. Thinking yourself an incarnation, you don't follow any rules. Thinking the great souls were mistaken, you throw your previous path into the waters.
Thinking only clever scoundrels accept spiritual initiation and wear tilaka and neck-beads, you have given them up. Thinking it wrong, you angrily turn from the path of the great souls.
Look, O my brothers. Rejecting gold, you have accepted a pile of ashes. The present and future are both at stake here. You say they are all cheaters. When will you engage in devotional service? At the time of death what will you do?
About Mana Tore Boli E Bāratā
From Updesa, framed as delivering a message, e barata, directly to the mind — one of the section's later songs, gathering the accumulated instruction of the preceding songs as it moves toward its close.
Frequently asked
Who wrote Mana Tore Boli E Bāratā?
Mana Tore Boli E Bāratā was composed by Bhaktivinoda Thakura. It appears in Kalyanakalpataru.
What is the meaning of Mana Tore Boli E Bāratā?
O my heart, I tell you this: As a child you were cheated by scoundrels. To them you sold your independence.
How many verses does Mana Tore Boli E Bāratā have?
Mana Tore Boli E Bāratā has 5 verses.
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