Markine Bhagavata-dharma Lyrics — Krishna Consciousness in America
Songs of Determination
Mārkine Bhāgavata-dharma
By Śrīla A.C. Bhaktivedānta Swami Prabhupāda
Read Markine Bhagavata-dharma from Krishna Meditations, with Bengali / Sanskrit transliteration and an English rendition by Kalakantha das.
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Original lyrics · Bengali / Sanskrit transliteration
1) boro-kṛpā kaile kṛṣṇa adhamer prati ki lāgiyānile hethā koro ebe gati
2) āche kichu kārja taba ei anumāne nahe keno āniben ei ugra-sthāne
3) rajas tamo guṇe erā sabāi ācchanna bāsudeb-kathā ruci nahe se prasanna
4) tabe jadi taba kṛpā hoy ahaitukī sakal-i sambhava hoy tumi se kautukī
5) ki bhāve bujhāle tārā bujhe sei rasa eta kṛpā koro prabhu kori nija-baśa
6) tomāra icchāya saba hoy māyā-baśa tomāra icchāya nāśa māyār paraśa
7) taba icchā hoy jadi tādera uddhār bujhibe niścai tabe kathā se tomār
8) bhāgavater kathā se taba avatār dhīra haiyā śune jadi kāne bār bār
SB. 1.2.17 “śṛṇvatāḿ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ punya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ hṛdy antaḥ-stho hy abhadrāṇi vidhunoti suhṛt satām
SB. 1.2.18 “naṣṭa-prāyeṣv abhadreṣu nityaṁ bhāgavata-sevayā bhagavaty uttama-śloke bhaktir bhavati naiṣṭhikī
SB 1.2.19 “tadā rajas-tamo-bhāvāḥ kāma-lobhādayaś ca ye ceta etair anāviddhaṁ sthitaṁ sattve prasīdati
SB. 1.2.20 “evaṁ prasanna-manaso bhagavad-bhakti-yogataḥ bhagavat-tattva-vijñānaḿ mukta-saṅgasya jāyate
SB 1.2.21 “bhidyate hṛdaya-granthiś chidyante sarva-saṁśayāḥ kṣīyante cāsya karmāṇi dṛṣṭa evātmanīśvare.”
9) rajas tamo hate tabe pāibe nistār hṛdayer abhadra sate ghucibe tāhār
10) ki ko’re bujhābo kathā baro sei cāhi khudra āmi dīna hīna kono śakti nāhi
11) athaca enecho prabhu kathā bolibāre je tomār icchā prabhu koro ei bāre
12) akhila jagat-guru! bacana se āmār alaṅkṛta koribār kṣamatā tomār
13) taba kṛpā ha’le mor kathā śuddha habe śuniyā sabāra śoka duḥkha je ghucibe
14) āniyācho jadi prabhu āmāre nācāte nācāo nācāo prabhu nācāo se-mate kāṣṭhera puttali jathā nācāo se-mate
15) bhakti nāi veda nāi nāme khub daro “bhaktivedānta” nām ebe sārthak koro
English rendition
1) My most dear and kind Lord Krishna, though I don’t know why, You have brought me to this place to act as You decide.
2) Surely You have business here that I don’t understand. Otherwise, why would You bring me to this awful land?
3) People here enjoy their bodies, living in the modes. How can they see Krishna-talk will satisfy their souls?
4) You are most compassionate, the transcendental mystic. Therefore, the impossible will soon be realistic.
5) When will they learn how this bhakti-rasa benefits them? Only by Your mercy could I possibly convince them.
6) By Your will, souls fall into deceptive energies. By Your will alone, these fallen souls can be released.
7) Please relieve these fallen souls, for if You so desire, they will gain the insight from Your words that they require.
8) Śrīmad Bhāgavatam is Your avatār in sound. Sober people, hearing words like these, shall come around:
SB 1.2.17 Daily Bhāgavatam class and service to the pure heals the ailing heart until it grows completely cured. After one hears topics of Lord Krishna every day, dormant love for Him revives and never goes away.
SB 1.2.18 Once such loving service is established in the heart, ill effects of nature’s modes diminish and depart. Lustfulness and greediness all swept out of the way, one moves on to goodness and great happiness each day.
SB 1.2.19 As one gains a taste to hear the virtues of the Lord, Krishna in the heart removes illusion in accord.
SB 1.2.20 Touched by pure devotion and relieved of low desire, rapt in Krishna science, one is thoroughly inspired.
SB 1.2.21 Cut the knot of false attachment, elevate your soul. End the chain of karma as your faith takes solid hold.
9) Once the grip of ignorance and passion has been cleared, all the troubles buried in the heart will disappear.
10) How can I persuade them, being fallen and alone? Only You can do it. I am helpless on my own.
11) Somehow, Lord, You brought me here to teach them about You. My success or failure now will happen as You choose.
12) Guru of the Universe! I simply speak Your words. If You energize my speech, Your message will be heard.
13) Only by Your mercy will my teaching become pure. Then their miseries will go away. Of that I’m sure.
14) I’m Your dancing puppet, Lord. If dancing is required, make me dance, yes, make me dance and dance as you desire.
15) I lack bhakti and vedānta. Still, I trust that You will allow the meaning of my name to become true.