Sādhu Saṅga Nā Hoilo Hāya

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sādhu-saṅga nā hoilo hāya gelo dina akaraṇa kori' artha uparjana paramārtha rohilo kothāya

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sādhu-saṅga—association with devotees; nā—not; hoilaḥ—was; hāya—alas; gelaḥ—gone; dina—days; akaraṇa—useless; kori'—doing; artha—money; uparjana—earning; paramārtha—the supreme benefit; rohilaḥ—stayed; kothāya—where

Translation

Alas! I did not associate with devotees. My days passed uselessly. I earned money, but where was my spiritual wealth?

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subarṇa koriyā tyāga tuccha loṣṭre anurāga durbhagara ei to' lakhaṇa kṛṣṇetara saṅga kori' sādhu-jane parihori' mada-garbe kāṭānu jībana

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subarṇa—gold; koriyā—doing; tyāga—renunciation; tuccha—petty; loṣṭre—clump of earth; anurāga—love; durbhagara—unfortunate; ei—this; to'—indeed; lakhaṇa—nature; kṛṣṇetara—other than Kṛṣṇa; saṅga—association; kori'—doing; sādhu-jane—devotees; parihori'—rejecting; mada-garbe—passion and pride; kāṭānu—I passed; jībana—life

Translation

Rejecting gold, I fell in love with clumps of earth. That was my misfortune. Rejecting the saintly devotees, I associated with non-devotees. I passed my life in passion and pride.

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bhakti-mūdra-daraśane hāsya koritama mane bātulatā boliyā tāhāya je sabhyatā śreṣṭha gaṇi' harāinu cintāmaṇi śeṣe tāhā rohilo kothāya

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bhakti—of devotion; mūdra—the signs; daraśane—in the sight; hāsya—laughter; koritama—I did; mane—in the heart; bātulatā—madness; boliyā—saying; tāhāya—of that; je—which; sabhyatā—civilization; śreṣṭha—best; gaṇi'—thinking; harāinu—I rejected; cintāmaṇi—a contamani jewel; śeṣe—at the end; tāhā—that; rohilaḥ—stayed; kothāya—where?

Translation

Seeing someone bearing the signs of devotion to the Lord, I would laugh in my heart. "That is craziness", I would say. Thinking I had already attained the company of the most cultured and civilized people, I rejected a cintāmaṇi jewel. Where am I now?

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jñānera garimā bale bhakti-rūpa su-sambale upekhinu swārtha pāśariyā duṣṭa joḍāśrita-jñāna ebe ho'lo antardhāna karma-bhoge āmāke rākhiyā

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jñānera—of knowledge; garimā—greatness; bale—on the power; bhakti-rūpa—the form of devotional service; su-sambale—great wealth; upekhinu—I rejected; swārtha—own benefit; pāśariyā—forgetting; duṣṭa—wicked; joḍāśrita-jñāna—material knowledge; ebe—now; ho'laḥ—is; antardhāna—disapearance; karma-bhoge—enjoyment of work; āmāke—to me; rākhiyā—protecting

Translation

Forgetting my true benefit, I was proud of my material knowledge and contemptuous of devotional service. Now my wicked material knowledge has disappeared. Now I have only the results of my karma.

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ebe jadi sādhu-jane kṛpā kori' e durjane dena bhakti-samudrera bindhu tā' hoile anāyāse mukta ho'ye bhaba-pāśe pāra hoi e soṁsāra sindhu

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ebe—now; jadi—if; sādhu-jane—thxe devotees; kṛpā—mercy; kori'—doing; e—thus; durjane—wicked person; dena—give; bhakt—of devotion; samudrera—in the ocean; bindhu—a drop; tā'—that; hoile—is; anāyāse—easily; mukta—liberated; ho'ye—is; bhaba—of birth and death; pāśe—from the ropes; pāra—the farther shore; hoi—is; e—this; soṁsāra—of birth and death; sindhu—the ocean

Translation

If the saintly devotees mercifully give to this sinner a single drop from the ocean of devotional service, then I will be freed from the noose of birth and death. Then I will easily cross to the farther shore of the ocean of birth and death.

Frequently asked

Who wrote Sādhu Saṅga Nā Hoilo Hāya?

Sādhu Saṅga Nā Hoilo Hāya was composed by Bhaktivinoda Thakura. It appears in Kalyanakalpataru.

What is the meaning of Sādhu Saṅga Nā Hoilo Hāya?

Alas! I did not associate with devotees. My days passed uselessly. I earned money, but where was my spiritual wealth?

How many verses does Sādhu Saṅga Nā Hoilo Hāya have?

Sādhu Saṅga Nā Hoilo Hāya has 5 verses.