Verse 1

Verse 2

Verse 3

Verse 4

Verse 1

My dear mind, you have brought unending trouble upon yourself under the sway of material sense gratification. Leaving the company of Rādhā-Śyāma in Vraja-dhāma, you have come to this material world and suffered a host of painful miseries.

Verse 2

Trapped within the prison-house of Māyā-Devī, and tossed helplessly according to the urges of your past karma, your life has come to an end after slaving and slaving away at very difficult and mundane labor. Absorbed in the material body, thinking in terms of "I" and "mine," you experience only attraction and repulsion for dull material things.

Verse 3

You are actually composed of spiritually conscious bliss, whose only happiness is found in Kṛṣṇa-sevā. Alas, you have fallen into the hands of the five material elements (earth, water, fire, air, and ether), and have thus become just like an ignorant sheep who is helpless within their firm grip. But now your ultimate means of deliverance is to be found in the company of sādhus, discussing topics of the eternally conscious nature.

Verse 4

The association of materialistic women, as well as endeavors for accumulating wealth for the purpose of sense gratification-O my dear brother! Give up such insignificant play! Please accept the pure advice of Chāṅd Bāul: Rejecting all deceptive tendencies that are associated with the sects of impure Bāuls, just enter the flow of pure, spiritual mellows of devotion. Thus ends Bāul Saṅgīt by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura.