oreO;manamy heart;bhukti-mukti-spṛhāthe desire for sense gratification and impersonal liberation;koraḥdo;dūrafar away;bhogeraof sense gratification;nāhikaḥnot;śeṣaend;tahein that;nāhinot;sukha-leśathe slightest happiness;nirānandawithout happiness;tahatetheat;pracūragreat
Translation
O my heart, please throw far away all desires for sense pleasures and impersonal liberation. So-called sense pleasures have no end. They do not bring any real pleasure. They bring only sufferings.
indriyaof the senses;tarpaṇasatisfaction;baiexcept;bhogeenjoyment;āraother;sukhahappiness;kaiI say;seaḥthis;sukhahappiness;abhābaneed;pūraṇafilling;jewhich;sukhetehappiness;ācheis;bhoyafear;tā'kethis;sukhahappiness;bolasay;noyanot;tā'kethis;duḥkhasuffering;bolesay;bijña-janathe wise
Translation
I say that in material sense pleasures the senses become appeased, but aside from that there is no real pleasure. That pleasure is only pacifying an itch. It is a fearful pleasure. The wise do not call this sense-appeasement "pleasure. They call it by the word "suffering".
śāstre phala-śruti jata sei lobhe koto śatamūḍha-jana bhoga prati dhāyase saba kaitaba jāni' chāriyā baiṣṇaba-jñānīmukhya-phala kṛṣṇa-rati pāya
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śāstrein the scriptures;phalaresult;śrutihearing;jatawhich;seithis;lobhedesire;kotaḥhow many?;śatahundreds;mūḍha-janafools;bhogaenjoyment;pratito;dhāyarun;sethese;sabaall;kaitabacheating;jāni'knowing;chāriyārenouncing;baiṣṇabaVaiṣṇava;jñānīwise;mukhyaprimary;phalaresult;kṛṣṇa-ratilove for Lord Kṛṣṇa;pāyaattaining
Translation
How many hundreds of fools, hearing the scriptures' descriptions, run after these sense pleasures? Knowing them to be only a trick, a wise Vaiṣṇava renounces them. He strives to attain love for Lord Kṛṣṇa, the most valuable of attainments.
mukti-bāñchā duṣṭa ati naṣṭa kore' śiṣṭa-matimukti-spṛhā kaitaba-pradhānataha je chārite nare māyā nāhi chāre tā'retā'ra jatna nāhe phalabāna
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muktiliberation;bāñchādesire;duṣṭawicked;ativery;naṣṭadestroyed;kore'does;śiṣṭagood;matithoughts;muktifor liberation;spṛhādesire;kaitabaof cheating;pradhānathe most prominent;tahathat;jewhich;chāriteto renounce;nareperson;māyāillusion;nāhinot;chārerenounces;tā'rethat;tā'raof that;jatnaeffort;nāhenot;phalabānabearing the result
Translation
The desire for impersonal liberation is very wicked. It destroys all good thoughts. The desire for impersonal liberation is the most devious of tricks. As long as one does not give up that desire, Māyā will not leave him alone. The impersonalist will struggle mightily, but he will never reach his goal.
ata eba spṛhā-dwoya chāri' śodha e hṛdoyanāhi rākho kāmera bāsanābhoga-mokha nāhi cāi śrī-kṛṣṇa-caraṇa pāibinodera ei to' sādhana
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ata ebatherefore;spṛhā-dwoyathese two desires;chāri'renouncing;śodhapure;ethis;hṛdoyaheart;nāhinot;rākhaḥkeep;kāmeraof lust;bāsanāthe desire;bhogasense gratification;mokhaand impersonal liberation;nāhinot;cāiI desire;śrī-kṛṣṇaof Lord Kṛṣṇa;caraṇathe feet;pāiI attain;binoderaof Bhaktivinoda;eithis;to'indeed;sādhanaeffort
Translation
Therefore, O my heart, please renounce these two desires. Please do not keep these desires. I do not desire sense pleasures or impersonal liberation. I will attain Śrī Kṛṣṇa's feet. To attain them Bhaktivinoda struggles.
About Ore Mana Bhukti Mukti Spṛhā Koro Dūra
From Nirveda-laksana-upalabdhi, asking the mind to set at a distance, dura koro, its desire, sprha, for both bhukti, material enjoyment, and mukti, liberation itself — treating even the wish for liberation as another attachment to release, not a final goal.
Ore Mana Bhukti Mukti Spṛhā Koro Dūra was composed by Bhaktivinoda Thakura. It appears in Kalyanakalpataru.
What is the meaning of Ore Mana Bhukti Mukti Spṛhā Koro Dūra?
O my heart, please throw far away all desires for sense pleasures and impersonal liberation. So-called sense pleasures have no end. They do not bring any real pleasure. They bring only sufferings.
How many verses does Ore Mana Bhukti Mukti Spṛhā Koro Dūra have?
Ore Mana Bhukti Mukti Spṛhā Koro Dūra has 5 verses.
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