Keno Bheker Prayas lyrics

keno bheker prayās? hoy akāla-bheke sarva-nāś ho’le citta-śuddhi, tattva-buddhi, bheka āpani ese’ hoy prakāś

keno bheker prayas? hoy akala-bheke sarva-nas ho’le citta-suddhi, tattva-buddhi, bheka apani ese’ hoy prakas

केनो भेकेर प्रयास्? होय अकालभेके सर्वनाश होऽले चित्तशुद्धि, तत्त्वबुद्धि, भेक आपनि एसेऽ होय प्रकाश

Why do you have so much desire for changing clothes? By prematurely changing clothes from those of a householder to those of a renunciant, all is destroyed. Only when one's consciousness is first purified, then the intelligence perceives transcendental truth, and finally the change of clothes will automatically come and be manifest in its time.

bheka dhori’ ceṣṭā kore, bheker jvālāya śeṣe mare, neḍāneḍī chaḍāchaḍi, ākhaḍā beṅdhe’ vās; akāla-kuṣmāṇḍa, jata bhaṇḍa, korche jīver sarva-nāś

bheka dhori’ cesta kore, bheker jvalaya sese mare, nedanedi chadachadi, akhada bendhe’ vas; akala-kusmanda, jata bhanda, korche jiver sarva-nas

भेक धोरिऽ चेष्टा कोरे, भेकेर ज्वालाय शेषे मरे, नेडानेडी छडाछडि, आखडा बेङ्धेऽ वास्; अकालकुष्माण्ड, जत भण्ड, कोर्छे जीवेर सर्वनाश

But when one makes an artificial endeavor to put on the clothes of an ascetic, then ultimately one perishes in the fever of that improper dress. Thus one becomes known as a member of the sect called Neda-Nedi, going about the town begging alms, and living at the meeting place called akhara. Such a worthless person, just like a pumpkin grown uselessly at an unsuitable time of year, finally destroys everything that would be good for their own soul.

śuka, nārada, catuḥsana, bheker adhikārī ha’na, tāṅ’der samān pārle ho’te bheke korbe āś bolo temana buddhi, citta-śuddhi ka’jana dharāya korche vās?

suka, narada, catuhsana, bheker adhikari ha’na, tan’der saman parle ho’te bheke korbe as bolo temana buddhi, citta-suddhi ka’jana dharaya korche vas?

शुक, नारद, चतुःसन, भेकेर अधिकारी हऽन, ताङ्ऽदेर समान पार्ले होऽते भेके कोर्बे आश बोलो तेमन बुद्धि, चित्तशुद्धि कऽजन धराय कोर्छे वास्?

The great sages Sukadeva Goswami, Narada Muni, and the four Kumaras are truly qualified to wear the dress of renunciants. One may desire to wear a dress similar to theirs as soon as one becomes as renounced as they are. Tell me -- who can develop the intelligence and purified heart of these great sages merely by wearing a particular garment?

ātmānātma-suviveke, prema-latāya citta-bheke, bhajana-sādhana-vāriseke koroha ullās; cāṅda-bāul bole, emana ho’le, ho’te pārbe kṛṣṇa-dās

atmanatma-suviveke, prema-lataya citta-bheke, bhajana-sadhana-variseke koroha ullas; canda-baul bole, emana ho’le, ho’te parbe krsna-das

आत्मानात्मसुविवेके, प्रेमलताय चित्तभेके, भजनसाधनवारिसेके कोरोह उल्लास्; चाङ्दबाउल बोले, एमन होऽले, होऽते पार्बे कृष्णदास

In full knowledge of what is the soul and what is not of the soul, wearing the dress of a renunciant within your heart, just make your creeper of prema bloom by sprinkling it with the rainfall of bhajan-sadhana. Cand Baul says, when this occurs, then you will actually become Lord Krsna's servant.