Bhaja Re Bhaja Re Amar
bhaja re bhaja re āmāra mana ati manda
Songs of counsel on devotional life, very often addressed to one's own mind.
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bhaja re bhaja re āmāra mana ati manda
dhana mora nityānanda pati mora gauracandra
āra keno māyā-jāle parḍitecho jība-mīna
prabhu taba pada-juge mora nibedana
yadi te hari-pāda-saroja-sudhā-
are bhāi! bhaja mora gaurāṅga-caraṇa
śrī-kṛṣṇa-kīrtane jadi mānasa tohāra
aparādha-phale mama citta bhelo bajra-sama
apūrba baiṣṇaba-tattwa ātmāra ānanda-
bahu-janma-bhāgya-baśe cinmoya madhura rase
bandhu-gaṇa śunoha bacana mora
bhābanā bhābanā mana tumi ati duṣṭa
bibhābita rati jabe kriyāpara ho'ye tabe
chāḍi' anya abhilāṣa jñāna-karma-sahābāsa
cij-joḍera dwaita jini korena sthāpana
darśana āśleṣanwita ānukūlya sebāśrīta
dekho mana brate jena nā hao ācchanna
dīkṣā-guru kṛpā kori' mantra-upadeśa
gāite gāite nāma ki daśā hoilo
jei rati janme jāra sei mata rasa tāra
jībana-samāpta-kāle koribo bhajana
joga jāga saba chāra śraddhā sakalera sāra
joga-pīṭhopari-sthita aṣṭa-sakhī-subeṣṭita
keno āra koro dweṣa bideṣi-jana-bhajane
keno mana kāmere nacāo prema-prāya
ki āra bolibo tore mana
kṛṣṇa-bhakti binā kabhu nāhi phalodoya
kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa-bhakta-gaṇa guṇa nāma su-carita
kṛṣṇera jateka khelā tāra madhye nara-līlā
madhurera sthāyī bhāba labhe jate abirbhāba
mana, jogī ho'te tomāra bāsanā
mana, keno e saṁśoya
mana re dhana-mada nitānta asāra
mana re, keno āra barṇa abhimāna
mana re, keno koro bidyāra gauraba
mana re, keno miche bhajicho asāra?
mana re, tumi boro sandigdha-antara
mana tore boli e bāratā
mana tumi bhālabāsa kāmera taraṅga
mana, tumi boḍai pāmora
mana tumi boroi cañcala
mana, tumi paḍile ki chāra?
mana tumi sannyāsī sājite keno cāo
mana tumi tīrthe sadā rata
nāyikāra śiromaṇi braje rādhā ṭhākurāṇī
nirākāra nirākāra koriyā citkāra
nirbeda biṣāda mada dainya glāni śramonmāda
ohe bhāi, mana keno brahma ho'te cāya