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Song Name: Vidyara Vilase

Official Name: Dainya Song 2

Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura

Book Name: Saranagati

Language: Bengali

 

LYRICS:

(1)

vidyāra vilāse – in the distractions of mundane learning; kāṭāinu kāla – I passed the time; parama sahase – with great confidence; āmi – I; tomāra caraṇa – Your lotus feet, O Lord; nā bhajinu – I did not worship; kabhu – ever; ekhona – but now; śaraṇa tumi – You are my only shelter.

 

(2)

poḍite poḍite – reading on and on; bharasā bāḍilo – my hope grew; jñāne – material knowledge; gati – life's true goal; habe – will be attained; māni’  – I considered; se āśā – that hope; biphala – was fruitless; se jñāna – that knowledge; durbala – proved feeble; se jñāna – that knowledge; ajñāna jāni – I know now to be ignorance.

 

(3)

jaḍa-vidyā – mundane knowledge; jata – all; māyāra vaibhava – is the power of the illusory energy; tomāra bhajane – to Your service; bādhā – an impediment; moha janamiyā – bringing about infatuation; anitya saḿsāre – for this temporary world.; jīvake – to the eternal soul; karaye gādhā – it turns into an ass.

 

(4)

sei gādhā ho' ye – here is one such ass; saḿsārera bojhā – the burden of material existence; vahinu – I have carried on my back; aneka kāla – for a long time; bārdhakye – in my old age; ekhano – now; śaktira abhāve – for want of the power to enjoy; kichu nāhi – absolutely nothing; lāge bhālo –  pleases me.

 

(5)

jīvana jātanā hoilo – life has become agony; ekhano – now; se vidyā – that knowledge; avidyā bhelo – has become ignorance; avidyāra jvālā – the burning pain of ignorance; ghaṭilo viṣama – has become intolerable; se vidyā – that knowledge; hoilo śelo – has become a pointed spear.

 

(6)

tomāra caraṇa – Your lotus feet; vinā – besides; kichu dhana – any treasure; saḿsāre – in this world; nā āche āra – there is none else; bhakativinoda –  this Bhaktivinoda; jaḍa-vidyā chāḍi'  – giving up all mundane knowledge; tuyā pada – Your lotus feet; kore sāra – makes the sum and substance of his life

 

UPDATED: June 8, 2017