MAYA DEBUNKED | HAVE NO ILLUSIONS Ore mana, bhalonahi lage e samsar is a song composed in Bengali by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur and published in his Kalyana Kalpataru. In this one simple song Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur annihilates the great illusions of life. Its like an atomic bomb that completely destroys maya, cutting through all the many layers of misconception, negating the negative, establishing the positive and revealing our plight as fallen, conditioned souls bound in samsara (repeated birth and death in this material world): ore mana bhālo nāhi lāge e soṁsāra janama-maraṇa-jarā je soṁsāre āche bharā tāhe kiba āche bolo’ sāra Listen, my dear mind. I dont like this material world at all. It is simply filled with the suffering of birth, death, disease and old age. Besides all this suffering, tell me now that good things could possibly be found here? dhana-jana-paribāra keho nāhe kabhu kā’ra kāle mitra akāle apara jāhā rākhibāre cāi tāhā nāhe thāke bhāi anitya samasta binaśwara Wealth, followers and family members they can never really belong to anyone. For a time they are together, and afterwards they all drift apart. All these relationships which you would love to hold on to, none of them will remain for long, my dear mind. Oh brother, know it for sure that all these temporary things are flimsy and perishable. āyu ati alpa dina krame tāhā hoya khīṇa śamanera nikaṭa darśana roga-śoka anibāra citta kore’ chārakhāra bāndhaba-bijoga durghaṭana The lifespan of one living in this world is extremely short, and even that gradually decays more and more until one beholds Yamaraja hovering nearby. Afflicted with continuous diseases and lamenting in heart-broken grief, his consciousness thus degrades more and more. Finally one meets his downfall, and he again suffers the calamity of separation from his dear kinsmen. bhālo ko’re dekho bhāi amiśra ānanda nāi je āche se duḥkhera kāraṇa se sukhera tore tabe keno māyā-dāsa habe haraibe paramārtha-dhana Just see here, my dear brother. Dont go for this mixed pain and pleasure of so-called material happiness, for it is actually the source of all your troubles. If this is the real situation, then why have you become the slave of maya just on account of this miserable so-called happiness? Do you realize what youve done? If you become the slave of maya then you only rob yourself of the eternal treasure waiting for you, the supreme goal of life. itihāsa-ālocane bhebe dekho’ nija mane koto āsurika durāśoya indriya-tarpaṇa sāra kori’ koto durācāra śeṣe labhe maraṇa niścoya Just become a little thoughtful for once and reflect back on your own life story, how many demoniac temptations you were motivated by. Simply to get a little sense gratification, how many unlimitedly sinful acts have you committed? So now just see the result, the only gain in the long run is your certain death. maraṇa-samaya tā’ra upāya hoiyā hāra anutāpa-anale jwālilo kukkurādi paśu-prāya jībana kāṭāya hāya paramārtha kabhu nā cintilo Alas! Never having once considered the purpose or goal of human existence, such a person wastes his entire life just like a dog or a pig. Then at the time of death, being bereft and cheated out of any means of deliverance, he laments bitterly and burning the fire of repentance. emona biṣaye mana keno thāko acetana chāro chāro biṣayera āśā śrī-guru-caraṇāśroya koro’ sabe bhāba joya e dāsera sei to’ bhārasā My dear mind, so tell me why you remain stupefied and unconscious absorbed in this useless temporary sense gratification? I want you to give it up right now, and give up all hopes for future sense gratification as well. For the expectation of this humble servant is that you will be able to conquer over this miserable material existence by being firmly situated under the protection offered by the lotus feet of sri guru, your most well-wishing spiritual master.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 08:03:12 +0000
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