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Song Name: Vidyara Vilase Katainu Kala
Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Book Name: Saranagati
Language: Bengali
LYRICS:
(1)
vidyāra vilāse–in the
distractions of mundane learning; kāṭāinu
kāla–I passed the time; parama
sahase–with great confidence; āmi–I;
tomāra caraṇa–Your
lotus feet, O Lord; nā bhajinu–I
did not worship; kabhu–ever; ekhona–but
now; śaraṇa tumi–You
are my only shelter.
(2)
poḍite poḍite–reading on
and on; bharasā bāḍilo–my
hope grew; jñāne– material knowledge; gati–life's true goal; habe–will
be attained; māni' –I considered; se āśā–that hope; biphala–was
fruitless; se jñāna–that knowledge; durbala–proved feeble; se jñāna–that
knowledge; ajñāna jāni–I
know now to be ignorance.
(3)
jaḍa-vidyā–mundane knowledge; jata–all;
māyāra vaibhava–is
the power of the illusory energy; tomāra bhajane–to Your service; bādhā–an
impediment; moha janamiyā–bringing
about infatuation; anitya saḿsāre–for
this temporary world.; jīvake–to the eternal
soul; karaye gādhā–it
turns into an ass.
(4)
sei gādhā ho' ye–here is one such ass; saḿsārera bojhā–the
burden of material existence; vahinu–I have carried
on my back; aneka kāla–for
a long time; bārdhakye–in my old age; ekhano–now; śaktira abhāve–for want of the power to enjoy; kichu nāhi–absolutely
nothing; lāge bhālo–
pleases me.
(5)
jīvana jātanā hoilo–life has become agony; ekhano–now;
se vidyā–that knowledge; avidyā
bhelo–has become ignorance; avidyāra
jvālā–the burning pain of ignorance; ghaṭilo viṣama–has
become intolerable; se vidyā–that knowledge; hoilo śelo–has become a
pointed spear.
(6)
tomāra caraṇa–Your lotus feet; vinā–besides; kichu dhana–any treasure; saḿsāre–in
this world; nā āche
āra–there is none else; bhakativinoda–
this Bhaktivinoda; jaḍa-vidyā
chāḍi' –giving up all mundane knowledge; tuyā pada–Your lotus feet; kore sāra–makes the sum and
substance of his life
UPDATED: June 15, 2009