(With video footage of Srila Prabhupada during the beginnings of the modern-day Hare Krishna movement.)
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Manasa Deho Geho
by
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura
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(1)
manasa, deha, geha, jo kichu mora
arpilu tuwa pade, nanda-kishora!
"Mind, body, and family, whatever may be mine, I have surrendered at Your lotus feet, O youthful son of Nanda!"
(2)
sampade vipade, jivane-marane
daya mama gela, tuwa o-pada varane
"In good fortune or in bad, in life or at death, all my difficulties have disappeared by choosing those feet of Yours as my only shelter."
(3)
marabi, rakhabi -jo iccha tohara
nitya-dasa prati tuwa adhikara
"Slay me or protect me as You wish, for You are the master of Your eternal servant."
(4)
janmaobi moe iccha yadi tora
bhakta-grihe jani janma hau mora
"If it is Your will that I be born again, then may it be in the home of Your devotee.”
(5)
kita-janma hau yatha tuwa dasa
bahir-mukha brahma-janme nahi asha
"May I be born again even as a worm, so long as I may remain Your devotee. I have no desire to be born as a Brahma averse to You."
(6)
bhukti-mukti-spriha-vihina je-bhakta
abhaite ta’ka sanga anurakta
"I yearn for the company of that devotee who is completely devoid of all desire for worldly enjoyment or liberation."
(7)
janaka, janani, dayita, tanaya
prabhu, guru, pati-tuhu sarva-maya
"Father, mother, lover, son, Lord, preceptor, and husband; You are everything to me."
(8)
bhakativinoda kahe, suna kana!
radha-natha! tuhu hamara parana
"Thakura Bhaktivinoda says, "O Kana [Krishna], please hear me! O Lord of Radha, You are my life and soul!
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All glories to Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
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