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Piriti Sac Cid Anande Rupabati Nari

Bhajan | Bhaktivinoda Thakura

Verses

Verse 1

pīriti sac-cid-ānande rūpabatī nārī

doyā-dharma-ādi guṇa alaṅkāra saba tāhāri

Verse 2

jñāna tā'ra paṭṭa-śāṭī joga-gandha-paripāṭi

e sabe śobhita satī kore kṛṣṇa-mana curi

Verse 3

rūpa binā alaṅkāre kibā śobhā e soṁsāre

pīriti-bihīna guṇe kṛṣṇa na tuṣite pāri

Verse 4

bānarīra alaṅkāra śobhā nā hoya tā'ra

kṛṣṇa-prema binā tathā guṇe nā ādara kori

Translation

Verse 1

Love for the eternal, blissful, all-knowing Supreme Personality of Godhead is a beautiful woman decorated with ornaments of mercy, piety, and other virtues.

Verse 2

Knowledge is her silk garment. Yoga is her perfume. Very beautiful, she charm's Lord Kṛṣṇa's heart.

Verse 3

How can ornaments make an ugly girl beautiful in this world? If a person has virtues but no love, how can he please Lord Kṛṣṇa?

Verse 4

Ornaments do not make a monkey beautiful. In the same way, I do not honor virtues when love for Lord Kṛṣṇa is absent.

TraditionBhajan
ComposerBhaktivinoda Thakura
SourceGitavali
LanguagesEnglish, Hindi
Verses4 verses

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