Bhajahu Re Mana

Bhajahu Re Mana
Shrila Govinda dasa Kaviraja

bhajahu re mana, shri nanda-nandana,
abhaya-caranaravinda re
durlabha manava-janama sat-sange,
taraha e bhava-sindhu re (1)

O mind, serve the lotus feet of Nanda-nandana, which bring fearlessness. This human
birth is very rare. Take the association of sadhus and cross over this ocean of birth
and death.

shita atapa, vata varishana,
e dina yamini jagi' re
viphale sevinu, kripana durajana,
capala sukha-lava lagi' re (2)

Day and night I remain without sleep, suffering the pains of heat and cold, wind and
rain. In vain, simply for some insignificant, flickering happiness which can be lost
at any moment, I have uselessly served wicked and miserly people (thieves interested
only in their own happiness, opposed to my doing bhakti).

e dhana, yauvana, putra, parijana,
ithe ki ache paratiti re
kamala-dala-jala, jivana talamala,
bhajahu hari-pada niti re (3)

Wealth, youth, sons, and relatives - what real happiness do they hold? This life is
flickering, like a drop of water tottering on the leaf of a lotus flower - at any moment
it can fall off. (Similarly, there is no guarantee when this life will end.) Therefore,
always serve the lotus feet of Shri Hari.

shravana, kirtana, smarana, vandana,
pada-sevana, dasya re
pujana, sakhi-jana, atma-nivedana,
govinda-dasa-abhilasa re (4)

Deep in Govinda dasa's heart is the keen desire to engage in the practice of the nine
processes of bhakti - hearing, chanting, remembering, offering prayers, serving His
lotus feet, engaging as servant, worshiping, serving as a friend and completely offering
one's very self.

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