Para Tattva Bicaksana
Bhajan | Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Verse 1
hari he
para-tattwa bicakhaṇa byāsa ādi muni-gaṇa
śāstra bicāriyā bāra bāra
prabhu taba nitya-rūpa guṇa-śīla anurūpa
tomāra caritra sudhā-sāra
Verse 2
śuddha-sattwa-moyī līlā mukhya-śāstre prokāśila
jībera kuśala su-bidhāna
rajas-tamo-guṇa-andha asura-prakṛti-manda-
jane tāhā bujhita nā jāne
Verse 3
nāhi māne nitya-rūpa bhajiyā maṇḍūka-kūpa
rahe tāhe udāsīna prāya
e bhaktibinoda gāya ki durdaiba haya hāya
hari-dāsa nāhi hari pāya
Verse 1
O Hari! The sages skilled in the Supreme Truth, headed by Vyasa, having examined the scriptures again and again, conclude: O Lord, your eternal form exactly matches your qualities and character — your character itself is the very essence of nectar.
Verse 2
Your pastimes, composed of pure goodness, were revealed in the principal scriptures as the perfect arrangement for the living being's welfare; but those blinded by the modes of passion and ignorance, of dull and demoniac nature, cannot understand this.
Verse 3
They do not accept your eternal form, worshiping instead within the well of a frog, remaining there almost indifferent. Bhaktivinoda sings: alas, alas, what misfortune it is that even one who serves Hari in name does not attain Hari!
Verse 1
hari he
para-tattwa bicakhaṇa byāsa ādi muni-gaṇa
śāstra bicāriyā bāra bāra
prabhu taba nitya-rūpa guṇa-śīla anurūpa
tomāra caritra sudhā-sāra
Verse 2
śuddha-sattwa-moyī līlā mukhya-śāstre prokāśila
jībera kuśala su-bidhāna
rajas-tamo-guṇa-andha asura-prakṛti-manda-
jane tāhā bujhita nā jāne
Verse 3
nāhi māne nitya-rūpa bhajiyā maṇḍūka-kūpa
rahe tāhe udāsīna prāya
e bhaktibinoda gāya ki durdaiba haya hāya
hari-dāsa nāhi hari pāya
Verse 1
O Hari! The sages skilled in the Supreme Truth, headed by Vyasa, having examined the scriptures again and again, conclude: O Lord, your eternal form exactly matches your qualities and character — your character itself is the very essence of nectar.
Verse 2
Your pastimes, composed of pure goodness, were revealed in the principal scriptures as the perfect arrangement for the living being's welfare; but those blinded by the modes of passion and ignorance, of dull and demoniac nature, cannot understand this.
Verse 3
They do not accept your eternal form, worshiping instead within the well of a frog, remaining there almost indifferent. Bhaktivinoda sings: alas, alas, what misfortune it is that even one who serves Hari in name does not attain Hari!
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