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Chapter 22: Song Practice (VII)

A common bhajan sung is Bhaja Hu Re Mana. Structurally, it is a very simple song based off a sixteen matra cycle known as tintal (though many mridanga players tend to play a slow eight matra Prabhupada tala). Though the easiest way is to repeat the asthayi and Antara 1 over and over again, the approach taken here is a refined approach to distinctly give it a new verse form, i.e. Antara 2.

FORM A: (Asthayi)

X				2				0				3
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	S	g	P	P	-	P	P	-	P	d	n	d	-	P	m
	bha	ja	hu	re	e	ma	na	a	sri	nan	da	nan	n	da	na
X				2				0				3
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	g	g	g	R	R	g	m	-	g|m	g	r	S	-	S	-
	a	bha	ya	ca	ra	na	ra		vi	n	da	re	e	e	e

FORM B: (Antara I)

X				2				0				3
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	S’	S’	S’	n	S’	S’	S’	-	n	d	d	n	n	P	P
	dur	la	bha	ma	a	na	va	a	ja	na	ma	sat	t	san	ge
X				2				0				3
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	g’	g’	g’	R’	-	S’	S’	-	n	d	d	n	-	P	-
	dur	la	bha	ma	a	na	va	a	ja	na	ma	sat	t	san	ge
X				2				0				3
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	g	g	g	R	R	g	m	-	g|m	g	r	S	-	S	-
	ta	ra	ho	e	e	bha	va		si	n	dhu	re	e	e	e

PART C: (Antara II)

X				2				0				3
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	m	m	P	d	-	d	n	-	S’	S’	S’	S’	r’	S’	S’
	si	i	ta	ā	a	ta	pa		ba	ta	ba	ri	i	sa	na
X				2				0				3
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	g’	g’	g’	R’	R’	S’	S’	-	d	-	n	n	-	P	-
	ei	di	na	ya	a	mi	ni		ja	a	gi	re	e	e	e
X				2				0				3
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	S’	S’	S’	S’	-	r’	S’	-	n	d	d	n	-	P	-
	vi	pha	la	se	e	bi	nu	u	kr	pa	na	dur	ur	ja	na
X				2				0				3
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	g’	g’	g’	R’	R’	S’	S’	-	d	-	d	n	-	P	-
	vi	pha	la	se	e	bi	nu	u	kr	pa	na	dur	ur	ja	na
X				2				0				3
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	g	g	g	R	R	g	m	-	g|m	g	r	S	-	S	-
	ca	pa	la	su	kha	la	ba		la	a	gi	re	e	e	e

(1)
bhajahū re mana śrī-nanda-nandana
abhaya-caraṇāravinda re
durlabha mānava-janama sat-sańge
taroho e bhava-sindhu re

(2)
śīta ātapa bāta bariṣaṇa
e dina jāminī jāgi re
biphale sevinu kṛpaṇa durajana
capala sukha-laba lāgi' re

(3)
e dhana, yaubana, putra, parijana
ithe ki āche paratīti re
kamala-dala-jala, jīvana ṭalamala
bhajahū hari-pada nīti re

(4)
śravaṇa, kīrtana, smaraṇa, vandana,
pāda-sevana, dāsya re
pūjana, sakhī-jana, ātma-nivedana
govinda-dāsa-abhilāṣa re

UPDATED: June 18, 2009