Prabhu Tava Pada Yuge

Siksastakam Song 4

prabhu
tava pada-yuge mora nivedan nāhi
māgi deha-sukha, vidyā, dhana, jan

My Lord: I submit the following prayer at Your holy feet: I do not pray to You for physical leisure, for learning, wealth, or followers.

nāhi
māgi swarga, āra mokṣa nāhi māgi nā
kori prārthanā kono vibhūtira lāgi'

I do not pray for heaven or salvation. I do not pray for any of these opulences.

nija-karma-guna-doṣe
je je janma pāi janme
janme jeno tava nāma-guna gāi

In whatever birth I take, wherever my karma leads me, let me sing the glories of Your Holy Name birth after birth.

ei
mātra āśā mama tomār caraṇe ahoitukī
bhakti hṛde jāge anukṣane

This alone is my cherished hope, my aspiration, my prayer at your lotus feet: Let causeless and uninterrupted devotion awaken within my heart and flow towards You.

viṣaye
je prīti ebe āchaye āmār sei-mata
prīti hauk caraṇe tomār

Let me love Your lotus feet as much as I now love sense gratification; transfer my affection from the objects of the senses to Your lotus feet.

vipade
sampade tāhā thākuk sama-bhāve dine
dine vṛddhi hauk nāmera prabhāve

In danger or success, good fortune or disaster, let me remain in equipoise. And let my affection for You increase day by day by the influence of the Holy Name.

paśu-pakṣi
ho'ye thāki swarge vā niroye tava
bhakti rahu bhaktivinoda-hṛdoye

Whether I live as bird or beast, in heaven or in hell, let the humble Bhaktivinoda always cherish bhakti in his heart of hearts.

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