Kesava Tuwa Jagata Vicitra

Kesava Tuwa Jagata Vicitra

Bhaktivinod Thakur has written this song “Kesava Tuwa Jagata Vicitra“. The official Name for this song is Bhakti Pratikula Bhava Varjanangikara Song – 1. This song is taken from the book Saranagati. Bhaktivinoda Thakura
 
(1)
kesava! tuwa jagata vicitra
karama-vipake, bhava-vana bhrama-i,
pekhalun ranga bahu citra
 
(2)
tuwa pada-vismrti, a-mara jantrana,
klesa-dahane dohi’ jai
kapila, patashjali, gautama, kanabhoji,
jaimini, bauddha aowe dhai’
 
(3)
tab koi nija-mate, bhukti, mukti yacato,
pata-i nana-vidha phand
so-sabu vashcaka, tuwa bhakti bahir-mukha,
ghataowe visama paramad
 
(4)
vaimukha-vashcane, bhata so-sabu,
niramilo vividha pasar
dandavat durato, bhakativinoda bhelo,
bhakata-carana kori’ sar
 
1) This material creation of Yours, O Kesava, is most strange. I have roamed throughout the forest of this universe in consequence of my selfish acts, and I have beheld many strange and curious sights.
 
2) Forgetfulness of Your lotus feet has brought on anguish and grief. As I burn in this fire of misery, my would-be saviors — Kapila, Patanjali, Gautama, Kanada, Jaimini, and Buddha — come running to my aid.
 
3) Each expounds his particular view, dangling various pleasures and liberation as bait in their philosophical traps. They are all cheaters, averse to Your devotional service and thus fatally dangerous.
 
4) They are magnates of karma, jnana, and yoga who specialize in opinions and proofs for cheating the materially inclined. Bhaktivinoda, considering refuge at the feet of the Vaisnavas as essential, pays his respects to these cheating philosophers from afar.