Manasa Deha Geha Lyrics — Mind, Body and Home
Songs of Determination
Mānasa Deha Geha
By Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura
Read Manasa Deha Geha from Krishna Meditations, with Bengali transliteration and an English rendition by Kalakantha das.
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Original lyrics · Bengali transliteration
1) mānasa deha geha yo kichu mora arpilūṅ tuyā pade nanda-kiśora
2) sampade-vipade jīvane-maraṇe dāya mama gelā tuyā pada varaṇe
3) mārabi rākhabi yo icchā tohār ānitya-dāsa-prati tuyā adhikārā
4) janmāobi moe icchā yadi tora bhakta-gṛhe jani janma hau mora
5) kīṭa-janma hau yathā tuyā dāsa bahir-mukha brahmā-janme nāhi āśa
6) bhukti-mukti-spṛhā vihīna ye bhakta labhaite tāṅka saṅga anurakta
7) janaka jananī dayita tanaya prabhu guru pati-tuṅhū sarva-māyā
8) bhakativinoda kahe ‘śuna kāna rādhānātha tuṅhū hāmāra parāṇa’
English rendition
1) Mind, body, household and all that belongs to me, Nandakiśor, I submit at Your lotus feet.
2) Opulence, poverty, life, or mortality— holding Your feet, I have no more anxiety.
3) Kill me or rescue me, do as You choose with me. I serve You endlessly, my sole authority.
4) If You wish me to take birth when this body dies, may it be in a house where devotees reside.
5) If I am serving You, birth as a worm will do. Brahmā’s life I refuse if he’s averse to You.
6) Free of bhukti-mukti, Your loving devotees worship You selflessly. I want their company.
7) You are my dad and mom, my lover and my sons, my husband, my guru. Lord, You are everyone.
8) “Rādhānātha, hear me,” Bhaktivinoda cries, “You are my very soul. You are my very life.”