We are like street beggars

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reminds me of saranagati bhakti Pratikula section.

 

kesava! tua jagata Vicitra...is all too appropriate here.

 

keava! tuw€ jagata vicitra

karama-vip€ke, bhava-vana bhrama-i,

pekhalu‰ ra‰ga bahu citra

1) O Keava! This material creation of Yours is most strange. I have roamed

throughout the forest of this universe in consequence of my selfish acts,

and I have beheld many curious sights.

(2)

tuw€ pada-vismti, €-mara jantran€,

klea-dahane dohi' j€i

kapila, patañjali, gautama, kanabhoj…,

jaimini, bauddha €owe dh€i'

2) Forgetfulness of Your lotus feet, which is bitter suffering unto death,

burns me with its scorching pain. In this helpless condition my would-be

saviors-the sage-philosophers Kapila, Gautama, Kan€da, Jaimin…, and

Buddha-have come running to my aid.*

(3)

tab koi nija-mate, bhukti, mukti y€cato,

p€ta-i n€n€-vidha ph€‰d

so-sabu-vañcaka, tuw€ bhakti bahir-mukha,

gha˜€owe viama param€d

3) Each expounds his particular view, dangling various pleasures and

liberation as bait in their philosophical traps. But all of them are just

bogus cheaters, being averse to Your devotional service, and are therefore a

source of fatal danger.

(4)

vaimukha-vañcane, bha˜a so-sabu,

niramilo vividha pas€r

danavat d™rato, bhakativinoda bhelo,

bhakata-caraŠa kori' s€r

4) Every one of them are cunning experts of karma, jñ€na, yoga and t€pa who

provide various kinds of tempting bait for cheating the souls who are averse

to You. Having paid his respects to these cheating philosophers from afar,

Bhaktivinoda takes refuge at the feet of Your devotees as the essence of his

life.

 

TridaNDi BhikSu, Bhakti Visrambha MAdhava