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The Brāhmaṇas' Wives Offer Prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa

Vipra-patnī-gaṇer Śrī Kṛṣṇa-stava

(Mallāra-rāga)

By Gunaraja Khan From Sri Krsna Vijaya

1
ki kariba swāmī putra saba bandhu-jan tomāra smaraṇe ghuce sakala bandhan
Word for word
ki what?; kariba will do; swāmī husband; putra children; saba all; bandhu-jan relatuves; tomāra of You; smaraṇe in remembering; ghuce are destroyed; sakala all; bandhan bonds
Translation

O Lord, what can our husbands, children, and relatives do to stop us from taking shelter of Your feet? When someone remembers You, all the bonds of material existence are broken.

2
nā lihe swāmī mora sei bhāla haila tomāra caraṇa-padma daraśana pāila
Word for word
nā not; lihe touches; swāmī husband; mora of us; sei this; bhāla good; haila is; tomāra of You; caraṇa-padma lotus feet; daraśana sight; paila attained
Translation

Now that we have seen Your lotus feet, we do not like the touch of our husbands.

3
tumi swāmī tumi putra tumi bandhu-jan tumi iṣṭa tumi mitra tumi nārāyaṇ
Word for word
tumi You
Translation

You are our husband. You are our children. You are our relatives. You are our friend. You are Nārāyaṇa. We desire You.

4
ki kariba ghara dwāra saba māyā-bandha tomā bai satya nāhi saba māyā dandha
Word for word
ki what?; kariba will do; ghara home; dwāra door; saba with; māyā-bandha the bondage of Maya; tomā of You; bai without; satya truth; nāhi not; saba all; māyā Maya; dandha puzzle
Translation

Why should we return to the doors of our homes? Our homes are māyā. Except You, nothing is true. Everything else is the bewildering riddle posed by Māyā.

5
tomāke jānaya saba e bhaba saṁsāre mahimā balite tomār ananta na pāre
Word for word
tomāke You; jānaya understand; saba all; e this; bhaba material world; saṁsāre in the cycle of repeated birth and death; mahimā glory; balite to describe; tomāḥ of You; ananta limitless; na not; pāre able
Translation

No one has the power to understand or describe all of Your limitless glories in this world.

6
śiba śuka nārada prahlāda daitya-śiśu sanaka sanātana dhruva jāne kichu
Word for word
śiba Siva; śuka Sukadeva; nārada Narada; prahlāda Prahlada; daitya-śiśu the son of a demon; sanaka Sanaka; sanātana Sanatana; dhruva Dhruva; jāne know; kichu something
Translation

Śiva, Śukadeva, Nārada, Prahlāda, Bali, Sanaka, Sanātana, and Dhruva may understand a little something of Your glories.

7
brahma-ādi muni jāra anta nāhi pāy uddeśa tāṅra guṇa bhakta-saba gāy
Word for word
brahma-ādi headed by Brahma; muni sage; jāra of whom; anta end; nāhi not; pāy attains; uddeśa teaching; tāṅra of hom; guṇa quality; bhakta-saba all the devotees; gāy sing
Translation

Brahmā and all the sages cannot find the end of Your glories. All the devotees sing about Your transcendental virtues.

8
hena nārāyaṇa tumi nara-rūpa dhari' bṛndābane krīḍā kara āpani śrī-hari
Word for word
hena like that; nārāyaṇa Narayana; tumi You; nara-rūpa the form of a human being; dhari' assuming; bṛndābane in Vrndavana; krīḍā pastimes; kara does; āpani You; śrī-hari Śrī Hari
Translation

You are Lord Nārāyaṇa. In Your humanlike form You enjoy pastimes in Vṛndāvana.

9
tomāke dekhiba tomā cinti mane mane kata tapa-phale tomā dekhinu nayane
Word for word
tomāke You; dekhiba will see; tomā of You; cinti thinks; mane in the mind; mane in the mind; kata how many?; tapa-phale reuslt of austerities; tomā of You; dekhinu may see; nayane eyes
Translation

We will see You again and again in our thoughts. How many austerities did we perform in our past births that we can now see You with our eyes?

10
kṛpā kari anna more māgile nārāyaṇe teñi se dekhinu morā tomāra caraṇe
Word for word
kṛpā merci; kari do; anna food; more of us; māgile we request; nārāyaṇe Narayan; teñi You; se that; dekhinu sees; morā of us; tomāra of You; caraṇe the feet
Translation

O Lord Nārāyaṇa, we beg You: please be merciful and accept this food we bring to You. Now with our own eyes we can see Your feet.

11
sa-phala manila āji āmāra jīban janme janme pāi jena tomāra caraṇ
Word for word
sa-phala successful; manila think; āji today; āmāra of us; jīban life; janme birth; janme after birth; pāi attained; jena by which; tomāra of You; caraṇ the feet
Translation

After many births, we have attained Your feet. Now our lives are a success.

About The Brāhmaṇas' Wives Offer Prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa

Corresponds to a well-known episode in Bhagavatam 10.23, where wives of brahmanas performing a sacrifice, moved by devotion, defy their husbands' refusal and carry food to Krishna and Balarama in the forest. Their prayers to Krishna here express a devotion that overrides ordinary social and ritual duty.

Composer
Gunaraja Khan
Verses
11

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Who wrote The Brāhmaṇas' Wives Offer Prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa?

The Brāhmaṇas' Wives Offer Prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa was composed by Gunaraja Khan. It appears in Sri Krsna Vijaya.

What is the meaning of The Brāhmaṇas' Wives Offer Prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa?

O Lord, what can our husbands, children, and relatives do to stop us from taking shelter of Your feet? When someone remembers You, all the bonds of material existence are broken.

How many verses does The Brāhmaṇas' Wives Offer Prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa have?

The Brāhmaṇas' Wives Offer Prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa has 11 verses.

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ॐ Hare Krishna Movement, Kota — Nandgram Dham https://nandgramdham.org/songs/the-brahmanas-wives-offer-prayers-to-lord-krsna/

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