Mama Mandire

by Bhaktivinoda Thakura
 

 Mama mana mandire raha nisi-din
 krsna murari sri krsna murari

 bhakti priti mala candan
 tumi nio he nio krsna-nandan

 jivana marana tava puja nivedan
 sundara he mana-hari

 eso nanda-kumar ar nanda-kumar
 habe prema-pradipe arati tomar

 nayana jamuna jhare anibar
 tomara virahe giridhari
 

 Mama Mandire (translation)

 Please abide in the temple of my heart
 both day and night, O Krishna Murari, O Sri Krishna Murari!

 Devotion, love, flower garlands, and sandalwood- please accept them,
 Delighter of the Heart!

 In life or in death I worship You with these offerings,
 Beautiful One, O Enchanter of the Heart!

 Come, son of Nanda, and then, O Son of Nanda
 I will offer Your arati ceremony with the lamplight of my love.

 The waters of the Yamuna river cascade incessantly from my eyes
 in your separation, O Holder of Govordhana Hill!
 
 
 
 
 
 

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