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Prabhu Tava Pada Yuge

Jāmphi-lophā — (Jāmphi-lophā)

Instruction & Guidance (Upadeśa)

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prabhu taba pada-juge mora nibedana nāhi māgi deha-sukha bidyā dhana jana

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prabhu O Lord; taba of You; pada-juge at the feet; mora of me; nibedana request; nāhi not; māgi I ask; deha of thebody; sukha happiness; bidyā knowledge; dhana wealth; jana followers

Translation

O Lord, I place this prayer at Your feet: I do not pray for the happiness of this material body, nor for knowledge, wealth, or followers.

2

nāhi māgi swarga āra mokha nāhi māgi na kori prārthanā kono bibhūtira lāgi'

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nāhi not; māgi I request; swarga Svargaloka; āra or; mokha liberation; nāhi not; māgi I ask; na not; kori I do; prārthanā request; konaḥ something; bibhūtira power; lāgi' in relation to

Translation

I do not pray for Svargaloka. I do not pray for impersoanl liberation. I do not pray for any kind of power or opulence.

3

nija-karma-guṇa-doṣe je je janma pāi janme janme jeno taba nāma-guṇa gāi

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nija own; karma karm; guṇa virtues; doṣe faults; je je whatever; janma birth; pāi I attain; janme birth; janme after birth; jenaḥ like; taba of You; nāma the name; guṇa and qualities; gāi Ising

Translation

Wherever I may take my birth because of my past good and bad deeds, I pray that I will always sing, birth after birth, Your holy names and the descriptions of Your holy qualities.

4

ei mātra āśā mama tomāra caraṇe ahoitukī bhakti hṛde jāge anukhaṇe

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ei this; mātra only; āśā desire; mama my; tomāra of You; caraṇe at the feet; ahoitukī cauaseless; bhakti devotionalservice; hṛde in the heart; jāge will awaken; anukhaṇe at every moment

Translation

My only wish is the unmotivated devotion to Your feet may awaken in my heart moment after moment.

5

biṣaye je prīti ebe āchaye āmāra sei-mata prīti ha-uka caraṇe tomāra

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biṣaye for sense objects; je what; prīti love; ebe now; āchaye is; āmāra of me; sei-mata in this way; prīti love; ha- uka - may be; caraṇe for the feet; tomāra of You

Translation

As I now love material sense objects, so may I love Your feet.

6

bipade sampade taha thākuka sama-bhābe dine dine bṛddhi ha-uka nāmera prabhābe

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bipade in calamity; sampade in good fortune; taha that; thākuka may be; sama-bhābe equality; dine day; dine afterday; bṛddhi increase; ha-uka may be; nāmera of the name; prabhābe power

Translation

In prosperity and in calamity may my love for You remain unchanged. By the power of Your holy name may my love for You increase day after day.

7

paśu-pakhī ho'ye thāki swarge bā niroye taba bhakti rahu bhaktibinoda-hṛdoye

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paśu beast; pakhī bird; ho'ye may be; thāki stay; swarge in Svarga; bā or; niroye in hell; taba for You; bhakti devotion; rahu may be; bhaktibinoda of Bhaktivinoda; hṛdoye in the heart

Translation

I may become a bird or a beast. I may live in heaven or hell. I only wish that devotion to Youn will always stay in Bhaktivonoda's heart.

About Prabhu Tava Pada Yuge

Addressed directly to Mahaprabhu's feet, pada-yuge, giving it an unusually intimate, personal register even within a section built entirely on that same intimacy toward Sri Caitanya.

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Who wrote Prabhu Tava Pada Yuge?

Prabhu Tava Pada Yuge was composed by Bhaktivinoda Thakura. It appears in Gitavali.

What is the meaning of Prabhu Tava Pada Yuge?

O Lord, I place this prayer at Your feet: I do not pray for the happiness of this material body, nor for knowledge, wealth, or followers.

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Prabhu Tava Pada Yuge has 7 verses.

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