Srila Rupa Gosvami's Sri Padyavali Text 28

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Text 28

 

sadA sarvatrAste nanu vimalam Adya.m tava pada.m

 

tathApy eka.m stoka.m na hi bhava-taroH pAtram abhinat

 

kSaNa.m jihvA-grasta.m tava tu bhagavan nAma nikhila.m

 

sa-mUla.m sa.msAra.m kasati katarAt sevyam anayoH

 

sada-always; sarvatra-everywhere; aste-is; nanu-it

not; vimalam-splendid; adyam-spiritual; tava-Your;

padam-effulgence; tathA api-still; ekam-one;

stokam-small; na-not; hi-indeed; bhava-of birth and

death; taroH-from the tree; patram-a leaf;

abhinat-breakñ; kSaNam-for a moment; jihva-by the

tongue; grastham-grasped; tava-Your; tu-indeed;

bhagavan-O Lord; nAma-name; nikhilam-completely;

sa-with; mulam-the root; sa.msaram-the cycle of

repeated birth and death; kasati-destroys;

katarat-which?; sevyam-should be accepted; anayoH-of

the two.

 

“O Lord, is Your impersonal spiritual effulgence not

always present everywhere? Even so, it has not been

able to break even a single small leaf from the tree

of repeated birth and death. On the other hand, the

moment Your holy name is taken by the tongue it

thoroughly shatters the tree of birth and death down

to it's roots. Of these two (the spiritual effulgence

or the holy name): which should be served?” - shrI

shrIdhara svAmI

 

 

 

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