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Mana Tumi Paḍile Ki Chāra?

Instruction & Guidance (Upadeśa)

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mana, tumi paḍile ki chāra? nabadwīpa pāṭha kori' nyāya-ratna nāma dhori' bhekera kac kaci koile sāra

Word for word

mana—O heart; tumi—you; paḍile—fallen; ki—why?; chāra—pile of ashes; nabadwīpa—Navadvipa; pāṭha—study; kori'—doing; nyāya-ratna—the jewel of logic; nāma—named; dhori'—holding; bhekera—of a frog; kac—kac!; kaci—kac!; koile—does; sāra—best

Translation

O my heart, what piles of ashes are you studying now? Studying in Navadvīpa, you earned the title "Nyāya-ratna" (jewel of logic). But the truth is that all your words are like the frogs' announcement, "Kach! Kach!"

2

drabyādi padārtha-jñana chalādi nigraha-sthāna samabāya korile bicāra tarkera carama phala bhoyaṅkara halāhala nāhi bicārile durṇibāra

Word for word

drabya—things; ādi—beginning with; padārtha—the meanings of words; jñāna—knowledge; chala—trickery; ādi—beginning with; nigraha-sthāna—logical errors; samabāya—connection; korile—did; bicāra—consideration; tarkera—of logic; carama—finbal; phala—fruit; bhoyaṅkara—fearful; halāhala—poison; nāhi—not; bicārile—considered; durṇibāra—difficult to overcome

Translation

You thought and spoke of the different branches of logic, about the meanings of words (padārtha), about "things as they are (dravya), about flaws in logical arguments (nigraha-sthāna), about similarities between things (chala), and about relationships between things (samavāya). But you did not know that the fruit of logic was filled with a fearful deadly poison.

3

hṛdoya kathiṇa ho'lo bhakti-bīja nā bārilo kise ho'be bhaba-sindhu-pāra? anumile je iśwara se kulāla-cakrādhāra sādhana kemone ho'be tāra?

Word for word

hṛdoya—heart; kathiṇa—hard; ho'laḥ—is; bhakti-bīja—the seed of devotional service; nā—not; bārilaḥ—groes; kise—what kind?; ho'be—will be; bhaba—of birth and death; sindhu—of the ocean; pāra—the farther shore; anumile—conjectures; je—who; iśwara—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; se—He; kulāla-cakrādhāra—of a potter; sādhana—action; kemone—like what; ho'be—will be; tāra—of him

Translation

O my heart, you are very hard. How will the seed of devotion grow in you? How will you take me to the farther shore of the ocean of birth and death? You think the Supreme Lord creates the world like a potter makes a pot. To what kind of spiritual life will you lead me?

4

sahaja-samādhi tyaji' anumiti māna bhaji tarka-niṣṭhā hṛdoya tomāra se hṛdoye kṛṣṇa-dhana nāhi pana sukhāsana adho dhik sei tarka chāra

Word for word

sahaja—natural; samādhi—meditation; tyaji'—renouncing; anumiti—of logic; māna—pride; bhaji—worship; tarka—in logic; niṣṭhā—faith; hṛdoya—O heart; tomāra—of you; se—this; hṛdoye—heart; kṛṣṇa-dhana—the treasure that is Śrī Kṛṣṇa; nāhi—not; pana—attains; sukhāsana—a comfortable seat; adhaḥ—below; dhik—fie!; sei—this; tarka—logic; chāra—pile of ashes

Translation

Turning from meditation on the Supreme, you worship logic. O my heart, you have faith only in logic. That is why the great treasure Śrī Kṛṣṇa will not happily sit in my heart. Ah! To hell with this logic! This logic is worthless like a pile of ashes!

5

anyāya nyāyera mata dūra koro abirata bhajo kṛṣṇacandra sārāt-sāra

Word for word

anyāya—illogical; nyāyera—of logic; mata—ideas; dūra—far away; koraḥ—do; abirata—without stop; bhajaḥ—worship; kṛṣṇacandra—Śrī Kṛṣṇacandra; sārāt-sāra—the geratest of the great

Translation

Please throw this illogical logic far away. Please worship Lord Kṛṣṇacandra, the greatest of the great.

About Mana Tumi Paḍile Ki Chāra?

From Updesa, bluntly asking the mind what worthless thing, ki chara, it has fallen into, padile — one of several songs here built around this same direct, rhetorical questioning.

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Who wrote Mana Tumi Paḍile Ki Chāra??

Mana Tumi Paḍile Ki Chāra? was composed by Bhaktivinoda Thakura. It appears in Kalyanakalpataru.

What is the meaning of Mana Tumi Paḍile Ki Chāra??

O my heart, what piles of ashes are you studying now? Studying in Navadvīpa, you earned the title "Nyāya-ratna" (jewel of logic). But the truth is that all your words are like the frogs' announcement, "Kach! Kach!"

How many verses does Mana Tumi Paḍile Ki Chāra? have?

Mana Tumi Paḍile Ki Chāra? has 5 verses.

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