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BhajansBhaktivinoda ṬhākuraMama Mana Mandire
AuthorBhaktivinoda Ṭhākura

Mama Mana Mandire

1

mama
mana mandire raha niśi-din kṛṣṇa murāri śrī kṛṣṇa
murāri

Word for word

mama - my; mana - mind; mandire - temple; raha - stays; niśi - night; din - day; kṛṣṇa - Krsna; murāri - Killer of Mura; śrī kṛṣṇa murāri

Please abide in the temple of my heart both day and night, O Krsna Murari, O Sri Krsna Murari!

2

bhakti
pritī mālā candan tumi nio he nio citta-nandan

Word for word

bhakti - devotional service; pritī - with love; mālā - flower garland; candan - sandalwood paste; tumi - You; nio - please accept; he nio - O please accept; citta ānandan - the happiness of the soul

Devotion, love, flower garlands, and sandalwood- please accept them, O Delighter of the Heart!

3

jīvana
maraṇa tava pūja nivedan sundara he mana-hāri

Word for word

jīvana - in life; maraṇa - in death; tava - to You; pūja - worship; nivedan - offerings; sundara - beautiful; he mana-hāri - O stealer of the mind

In life or in death I worship You with these offerings, Beautiful One, O Enchanter of the Heart!

4

eso
nanda-kumār ār nanda-kumār habe prema-pradīpe āratī tomār

Word for word

eso - come here; nanda-kumār - son of Nanda Maharaja; ār - and; nanda-kumār - son of Nanda Maharaja; habe - there will be; prema - love; pradīpe - light; āratī - arati ceremony; tomār - of Yours

Come, son of Nanda, and then, O Son of Nanda, I will offer Your arati ceremony with the lamplight of my love.

5

nayana
jamunā jhare anibār tomāra virahe giridhāri

Word for word

nayana - eyes; jamunā - the Yamuna River; jhare - rains; anibār - incessantly; tomāra - of Yours; virahe - separation; giridhāri - Lifter of Govardhana Hill

The waters of the Yamuna River cascade incessantly from my eyes in your separation, O Holder of Govardhana Hill!

6

bandana
gane tava bajūk jīvana kṛṣṇa murāri śrī kṛṣṇa
murāri

Word for word

bandana - glorifications; gane - counting; tava - Yours; bajūk - resounding; jīvana - in life

May I pass my life absorbed only in songs of Your praise, O Krsna Murari, Sri Krsna Murari!

Translation

1

Please abide in the temple of my heart both day and night, O Krsna Murari, O Sri Krsna Murari!

2

Devotion, love, flower garlands, and sandalwood- please accept them, O Delighter of the Heart!

3

In life or in death I worship You with these offerings, Beautiful One, O Enchanter of the Heart!

4

Come, son of Nanda, and then, O Son of Nanda, I will offer Your arati ceremony with the lamplight of my love.

5

The waters of the Yamuna River cascade incessantly from my eyes in your separation, O Holder of Govardhana Hill!

6

May I pass my life absorbed only in songs of Your praise, O Krsna Murari, Sri Krsna Murari!

Notes

This song is loosely based on Raga Patdip and Raga Misra Pilu in Kaherva Tala.