ki kariba swāmī putra saba bandhu-jan
tomāra smaraṇe ghuce sakala bandhan
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.
ki kariba ghara dwāra saba māyā-bandhatomā 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.
tomāke jānaya saba e bhaba saṁsāremahimā 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.
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.
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.
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.
tomāke dekhiba tomā cinti mane manekata 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?
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.
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The Brāhmaṇas' Wives Offer Prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa was composed by Gunaraja Khan. It appears in Sri Krsna Vijaya.
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ki kariba swāmī putra saba bandhu-jan tomāra smaraṇe ghuce sakala bandhan 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.
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The Brāhmaṇas' Wives Offer Prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa has 11 verses.
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