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Payoji Maine Nama Ratana Dhana Payo lyrics

Braja Bhasa lyrics with IAST diacritics, Devanagari, and English meaning.

Author
Mira Bai
Source
Payoji Maine Nama Ratana Dhana Payo
Language
Braja Bhasa
  1. Verse 1

    pāyo jī, maine nāma raṭana dhana pāyo (pāyo jī, maiṅ to nāma raṭana dhana pāyo)

    payo ji, maine nama ratana dhana payo (payo ji, main to nama ratana dhana payo)

    पायो जी, मैने नाम रटन धन पायो (पायो जी, मैङ तो नाम रटन धन पायो)

    I have found, yes, I have found the wealth of the gem of chanting the Holy Name.

  2. Verse 2

    bastu amolaka dī mere satguru, kirpā kari apanāyo

    bastu amolaka di mere satguru, kirpa kari apanayo

    बस्तु अमोलक दी मेरे सत्गुरु, किर्पा करि अपनायो

    My true spiritual master gave me a priceless thing. With his grace, I accepted it.

  3. Verse 3

    janma janma kī puñjī pāī, jaga meṅ sabai khovāyo

    janma janma ki punji pai, jaga men sabai khovayo

    जन्म जन्म की पुञ्जी पाई, जग मेङ सबै खोवायो

    I found the treasure of my several births; I have lost the whole rest of the world.

  4. Verse 4

    kharcai nahiṅ koī, cora na levai, dina dina baḍhata savāyo

    kharcai nahin koi, cora na levai, dina dina badhata savayo

    खर्चै नहिङ कोई, चोर न लेवै, दिन दिन बढत सवायो

    No one can spend it, no one can steal it. Day by day it increases one and a quarter times.

  5. Verse 5

    sat kī nāva khevaṭiyā satguru, bhavasāgara tara āyo

    sat ki nava khevatiya satguru, bhavasagara tara ayo

    सत की नाव खेवटिया सत्गुरु, भवसागर तर आयो

    On the boat of truth, the boatman was my true guru. I came across the ocean of existence.

  6. Verse 6

    mīrā ke prabhu giridhara nāgara, harakha harakha jasa gāyo

    mira ke prabhu giridhara nagara, harakha harakha jasa gayo

    मीरा के प्रभु गिरिधर नागर, हरख हरख जस गायो

    The Lord of Mira Bai is the Courtly Lord Giridhara, of whom I merrily, merrily sing His glories.

About this song

The song presented above is the original bhajan Mira Bai had written. Many people, incorrectly, know of this song as “payoji maine rāma ratana dhana payo” which means “yes, indeed, I have attained the jewel of Lord Rama.” It is often rendered in Raga Pahadi in Bhajani Tala.