The Brāhmaṇas' Wives Offer Prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa

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Vipra-patnī-gaṇer Śrī Kṛṣṇa-stava
Word for word
ki-what?; kariba-will do; swāmī-husband; putra-children; saba-all; bandhu-jan-relatuves; tomāra-of You; smaraṇe-in remembering; ghuce-are destroyed; sakala-all; bandhan-bonds
Translation

ki kariba swāmī putra saba bandhu-jan
tomāra smaraṇe ghuce sakala bandhan

O Lord, what can our husbands, children, and relatives do to stop us from taking shelter of Your feet? When someone remembers You, all the bonds of material existence are broken.

nā lihe swāmī mora sei bhāla haila tomāra caraṇa-padma daraśana pāila
Word for word
nā-not; lihe-touches; swāmī-husband; mora-of us; sei-this; bhāla-good; haila-is; tomāra-of You; caraṇa-padma-lotus feet; daraśana-sight; paila-attained
Translation

Now that we have seen Your lotus feet, we do not like the touch of our husbands.

tumi swāmī tumi putra tumi bandhu-jan tumi iṣṭa tumi mitra tumi nārāyaṇ
Word for word
tumi-You
Translation

swāmī-

You are our husband. You are our children. You are our relatives. You are our friend. You are Nārāyaṇa. We desire You.

ki kariba ghara dwāra saba māyā-bandha tomā bai satya nāhi saba māyā dandha
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ki-what?; kariba-will do; ghara-home; dwāra-door; saba-with; māyā-bandha-the bondage of Maya; tomā-of You; bai-without; satya-truth; nāhi-not; saba-all; māyā-Maya; dandha-puzzle
Translation

Why should we return to the doors of our homes? Our homes are māyā. Except You, nothing is true. Everything else is the bewildering riddle posed by Māyā.

tomāke jānaya saba e bhaba saṁsāre mahimā balite tomār ananta na pāre
Word for word
tomāke-You; jānaya-understand; saba-all; e-this; bhaba-material world; saṁsāre-in the cycle of repeated birth and death; mahimā-glory; balite-to describe; tomāḥ-of You; ananta-limitless; na-not; pāre-able
Translation

No one has the power to understand or describe all of Your limitless glories in this world.

śiba śuka nārada prahlāda daitya-śiśu sanaka sanātana dhruva jāne kichu
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śiba-Siva; śuka-Sukadeva; nārada-Narada; prahlāda-Prahlada; daitya-śiśu-the son of a demon; sanaka-Sanaka; sanātana-Sanatana; dhruva-Dhruva; jāne-know; kichu-something
Translation

Śiva, Śukadeva, Nārada, Prahlāda, Bali, Sanaka, Sanātana, and Dhruva may understand a little something of Your glories.

brahma-ādi muni jāra anta nāhi pāy uddeśa tāṅra guṇa bhakta-saba gāy
Word for word
brahma-ādi-headed by Brahma; muni-sage; jāra-of whom; anta-end; nāhi-not; pāy-attains; uddeśa-teaching; tāṅra-of hom; guṇa-quality; bhakta-saba-all the devotees; gāy-sing
Translation

Brahmā and all the sages cannot find the end of Your glories. All the devotees sing about Your transcendental virtues.

hena nārāyaṇa tumi nara-rūpa dhari' bṛndābane krīḍā kara āpani śrī-hari
Word for word
hena-like that; nārāyaṇa-Narayana; tumi-You; nara-rūpa-the form of a human being; dhari'-assuming; bṛndābane-in Vrndavana; krīḍā-pastimes; kara-does; āpani-You; śrī-hari-Śrī Hari
Translation

You are Lord Nārāyaṇa. In Your humanlike form You enjoy pastimes in Vṛndāvana.

tomāke dekhiba tomā cinti mane mane kata tapa-phale tomā dekhinu nayane
Word for word
tomāke-You; dekhiba-will see; tomā-of You; cinti-thinks; mane-in the mind; mane-in the mind; kata-how many?; tapa-phale-reuslt of austerities; tomā-of You; dekhinu-may see; nayane-eyes
Translation

We will see You again and again in our thoughts. How many austerities did we perform in our past births that we can now see You with our eyes?

kṛpā kari anna more māgile nārāyaṇe teñi se dekhinu morā tomāra caraṇe
Word for word
kṛpā-merci; kari-do; anna-food; more-of us; māgile-we request; nārāyaṇe-Narayan; teñi-You; se-that; dekhinu-sees; morā-of us; tomāra-of You; caraṇe-the feet
Translation

O Lord Nārāyaṇa, we beg You: please be merciful and accept this food we bring to You. Now with our own eyes we can see Your feet.

sa-phala manila āji āmāra jīban janme janme pāi jena tomāra caraṇ
Word for word
sa-phala-successful; manila-think; āji-today; āmāra-of us; jīban-life; janme-birth; janme-after birth; pāi-attained; jena-by which; tomāra-of You; caraṇ-the feet
Translation

After many births, we have attained Your feet. Now our lives are a success.

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ki kariba swāmī putra saba bandhu-jan tomāra smaraṇe ghuce sakala bandhan O Lord, what can our husbands, children, and relatives do to stop us from taking shelter of Your feet? When someone remembers You, all the bonds of material existence are broken.

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