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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!"

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.

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?

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

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.

Frequently asked

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.

Can I download Mana Tumi Paḍile Ki Chāra? as a PPT or PDF?

Yes. A ready-to-display slide deck for Mana Tumi Paḍile Ki Chāra? — verse and translation on each slide — is available to download in both PowerPoint (.pptx) and PDF formats from this page, for use in kirtan or temple programs.