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Tomāre Bhuliyā Avidyā Pīḍāya

Longing & Aspiration (Lālasā)

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hari he! tomāre bhuliyā, avidyā-pīḍāya, pīḍita rasanā mora kṛṣṇa-nāma-sudhā, bhālo nāhi lāge, viṣaya-sukhate bhora

Word for word

hari–Lord; he!–oh!; tomāre–about You; bhuliyā–forgetting; avidyā–of ignorance, averse to You; pīḍāya–with the disease jaundice, a condition which makes sweet taste bitter; pīḍita–afflicted; rasanā–tongue; mora–my; kṛṣṇa–of Kṛṣṇa; nāma–the Name; sudhā–nectar; bhāla–good; nāhi–not; lāge–strikes; viṣaya–mundane; sukhete–in happiness; bhora–engrossed

Translation

O Lord! I have forgotten You, and my tongue has become afflicted with the jaundice of ignorance. Engrossed in mundane pleasures, my tongue does not like the nectar of Kṛṣṇa’s Name.

2

prati-dina jadi, ādara koriyā, se nāma kīrtana kori sitapala jeno, nāśi’ roga-mūla, krame swādu hoya, hari!

Word for word

prati–every; dina–day; yadi–if; ādara–faith; kariyā–doing; se–that; nāma– Name; kīrtana–chanting, glorification; kari–I do; sitapala (michhari)–sugar candy; yena–like; nāśi’–destroying; roga–of the disease (jaundice); mūla–the root; krame–gradually; svādu–taste; haya–happens; hari!–O Hari!

Translation

Yet if I faithfully chant the Name every day, then, as sugar candy eradicates jaundice, so my taste for the Name will gradually develop, O Lord!

3

durdaiva āmāra, se nāme ādara, nā hoilo, doyāmoya! daśa aparādha, āmāra durdaiva, kemone hoibe kṣoya

Word for word

durdaiva (duṣkṛti, aparādha)–misfortune (misbehaviour, offences); āmāra–my; se–that; nāme–to the Name; ādara–love; nā–not; ha-ila–happened; dayāmaya–merciful; daśa–ten; aparādha–offences; āmāra–my; durdaiva–misfortune; kemane–how?; ha-ibe–will be; kṣaya–destruction

Translation

My misfortune is that I have never had faith in the Name. O merciful Lord! How will the ten offences, my misfortune, be destroyed?

4

anudina jeno, tava nāma gāi, kramete kṛpāya tava aparādha jā’be, nāme ruci ha’be, āswādibo nāmāsava

Word for word

anudina (nirantara)–every day (incessantly); yena–as; tava–Your; nāma– Name; gāi–I sing; kramete–gradually; kṛpāya–by mercy; tava–Your; aparādha–offences; yā’be–will go; nāma–for Your Name; ruchi–taste; ha’be– will be; āsvādiba–I will taste; nāmāsaba (nāma-madhu)–the nectar (honey) of Your Name

Translation

As I constantly chant Your Name, my offences will gradually go away by Your mercy. I will attain taste for Your Name, and I will relish Your Name’s nectar.

About Tomāre Bhuliyā Avidyā Pīḍāya

Names forgetfulness of Kṛṣṇa, and the ignorance, avidyā, that follows from it, as the root affliction Bhajana Lālasā is written against — assuming surrender has already happened and asking why longing still has to be prayed for even so.

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Who wrote Tomāre Bhuliyā Avidyā Pīḍāya?

Tomāre Bhuliyā Avidyā Pīḍāya was composed by Bhaktivinoda Thakura. It appears in Saranagati.

What is the meaning of Tomāre Bhuliyā Avidyā Pīḍāya?

O Lord! I have forgotten You, and my tongue has become afflicted with the jaundice of ignorance. Engrossed in mundane pleasures, my tongue does not like the nectar of Kṛṣṇa’s Name.

How many verses does Tomāre Bhuliyā Avidyā Pīḍāya have?

Tomāre Bhuliyā Avidyā Pīḍāya has 4 verses.

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