Mānuṣa Bhajan Korcho O Bhāi Bhāver Gān Dhore'

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mānuṣa-bhajan korcho, o bhāi, bhāver gān dhore' gupta kore' rākhcho bhālo vyakta ha'be yamer ghare
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O my dear brothers! You devotedly engage in the worship of the material bodies of human beings, and yet you dare to sing songs about ecstatic spiritual emotions (bhāva). You expertly conceal your own secret activities, but all of them will be fully exposed in Yamarāja's court.

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meye hijḍe, puruṣa khojā, tabe to' hoy karttā-bhajā,
ei chale korcho majā, maner prati cokha ṭhere'

Considering women to be hermaphrodites and men to be eunuchs makes one a member of the Karttā-bhajā sect. On the pretext of this deviant thinking you engage in mundane sense gratification, thus deluding even your own minds.

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'guru satya' bolcho mukhe, ācho to, bhāi, jaḍer sukhe,
saṅga tomār bahirmukhe, śuddha ha'be kemon kore?

Although your mouths proclaim "the guru is reality," O brothers, you revel in mundane sense pleasures.vi You freely associate with envious non-devotees-how then will you ever become purified?

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yoṣit-saṅga-artha-lobhe, maje to' jīva citta-kṣobhe,
bāule ki se-sab śobhe, āguna dekhe' phaḍiṁ mare

The heart of the jīva becomes greatly agitated by absorption in the association of materialistic women as well as greed for wealth-does a true Bāul become attracted by the glitter of these worldly things?vii A cricket is attracted by a flame and jumps straight into it, thereby meeting death.

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cāṅda-bāul minati kori' bole,-o-sab parihari',
śuddha-bhāve bolo 'hari', jā'be bhava-sāgara-pāre

Chāṅd Bāul very humbly suggests, "Giving up all these degrading things, please chant the name of Hari in a purified manner. Then you will surely cross beyond the ocean of material suffering."

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Who wrote Mānuṣa Bhajan Korcho O Bhāi Bhāver Gān Dhore'?

Mānuṣa Bhajan Korcho O Bhāi Bhāver Gān Dhore' was composed by Bhaktivinoda Thakura. It appears in Baula Sangita.

What is the meaning of Mānuṣa Bhajan Korcho O Bhāi Bhāver Gān Dhore'?

O my dear brothers! You devotedly engage in the worship of the material bodies of human beings, and yet you dare to sing songs about ecstatic spiritual emotions (bhāva). You expertly conceal your own secret activities, but all of them will be fully exposed in Yamarāja's court.

How many verses does Mānuṣa Bhajan Korcho O Bhāi Bhāver Gān Dhore' have?

Mānuṣa Bhajan Korcho O Bhāi Bhāver Gān Dhore' has 5 verses.