Keno Mana Kamere Nacao Prema Praya
Bhajan | Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Verse 1
keno mana kāmere nacāo prema-prāya
carma-māṁsa-moya kāma joḍa-sukha abirāma
joḍa-biṣayete sadā dhāya
Verse 2
jībera swarūpa dharma cit-swarūpe prema-marma
tāhāra biṣaya-mātra hari
kāma-ābaraṇe hāya prema ebe supta-prāya
prema jāgāo kāma dūra kori'
Verse 3
śraddhā hoite sādhu-saṅge bhajanera kriyā-raṅge
niṣṭhā-ruci-āsakti-udoya
āsakti hoite bhāba tāhe prema prādurbhāba
ei krame prema upajoya
Verse 4
ihāte jatana jā'ra sei pāya prema-sāra
krama-tyāge prema nāhi jāge
e-krama-sādhane bhoya keno koro' durāśoya
kāme prema kabhu nāhi lāge
Verse 5
nāṭakābhinoya prāya sa-kapaṭa prema bhāya
tāhe mātra indriya-santoṣa
indriya-toṣaṇa chāra sadā koro' parihāra
chāro bhāi aparādhā-doṣa
Verse 1
O my heart, why, pushed by lust to dance, do you think you dance in spiritual love? Your desires always go to this body of skin and flesh. You yearn for dull material pleasures without stop. You always chase the objects of the senses.
Verse 2
The soul's nature is spiritual. In the soul's heart is pure love (prema), love for Kṛṣṇa alone. Now the soul is covered with lust. Now that original love for Kṛṣṇa sleeps. Chase the lust far away. Waken the spiritual love.
Verse 3
Only in the following sequence does pure love for Krsna awaken: First one develops sraddha (faith) in the process of Krsna Consciousness; then, due to that faith one becomes enthusiastic for sadhu-sanga (the association of devotees); then, by performance of bhajana-kriya (devotional worship) in the company of the devotees there awakens nista (steadiness in service), then ruci (taste), then asakti (attachment to the Lord); this attachment then gives rise to bhava (genuine ecstatic emotions), from which prema (pure love for Krsna) manifests its re-awakening. Only in this sequence does prema come into being.
Verse 4
One who works in this way will attain true spiritual love for Kṛṣṇa. One who rejects these stages will not awaken that love. O wicked heart, why do you fear these stages of sādhana-bhakti? By cultivating lust you will never attain spiritual love.
Verse 5
Your cheating so-called "spiritual love" is only the pretending of an expert actor. It is only sense gratification. Sense gratification is worthless like a pile of ashes. Reject it. O my brother, reject these offenses.
Verse 1
keno mana kāmere nacāo prema-prāya
carma-māṁsa-moya kāma joḍa-sukha abirāma
joḍa-biṣayete sadā dhāya
Verse 2
jībera swarūpa dharma cit-swarūpe prema-marma
tāhāra biṣaya-mātra hari
kāma-ābaraṇe hāya prema ebe supta-prāya
prema jāgāo kāma dūra kori'
Verse 3
śraddhā hoite sādhu-saṅge bhajanera kriyā-raṅge
niṣṭhā-ruci-āsakti-udoya
āsakti hoite bhāba tāhe prema prādurbhāba
ei krame prema upajoya
Verse 4
ihāte jatana jā'ra sei pāya prema-sāra
krama-tyāge prema nāhi jāge
e-krama-sādhane bhoya keno koro' durāśoya
kāme prema kabhu nāhi lāge
Verse 5
nāṭakābhinoya prāya sa-kapaṭa prema bhāya
tāhe mātra indriya-santoṣa
indriya-toṣaṇa chāra sadā koro' parihāra
chāro bhāi aparādhā-doṣa
Verse 1
O my heart, why, pushed by lust to dance, do you think you dance in spiritual love? Your desires always go to this body of skin and flesh. You yearn for dull material pleasures without stop. You always chase the objects of the senses.
Verse 2
The soul's nature is spiritual. In the soul's heart is pure love (prema), love for Kṛṣṇa alone. Now the soul is covered with lust. Now that original love for Kṛṣṇa sleeps. Chase the lust far away. Waken the spiritual love.
Verse 3
Only in the following sequence does pure love for Krsna awaken: First one develops sraddha (faith) in the process of Krsna Consciousness; then, due to that faith one becomes enthusiastic for sadhu-sanga (the association of devotees); then, by performance of bhajana-kriya (devotional worship) in the company of the devotees there awakens nista (steadiness in service), then ruci (taste), then asakti (attachment to the Lord); this attachment then gives rise to bhava (genuine ecstatic emotions), from which prema (pure love for Krsna) manifests its re-awakening. Only in this sequence does prema come into being.
Verse 4
One who works in this way will attain true spiritual love for Kṛṣṇa. One who rejects these stages will not awaken that love. O wicked heart, why do you fear these stages of sādhana-bhakti? By cultivating lust you will never attain spiritual love.
Verse 5
Your cheating so-called "spiritual love" is only the pretending of an expert actor. It is only sense gratification. Sense gratification is worthless like a pile of ashes. Reject it. O my brother, reject these offenses.
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