Mana Tumi Tirthe Sada Rata

Krsna

Kirtana

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Song Name: Mana

Tumi

Tirthe

Sada

Rata

Official Name: Upadesa : Song 14

Author: Bhaktivinoda

Thakura

Book Name: Kalyana

Kalpataru

Language: Bengali

LYRICS:

(1)

mana , tumi

tirthe

sada

rata

ayodhya , mathura , maya , kasi , kanci , abantiya ,

dvarabati , ar ache jata

(2)

tumi

caho

bhramibare , e sakala bare bare ,

mukti-labha

koribara tare

se sakala

taba

bhrama , nirarthaka

parisrama ,

citta

sthira

tirthe

nahi

kore

(3)

tirtha-phal

sadhu-sanga , sadhu-sange

antaranga ,

sri-krsna-bhajana

manohar

jatha

sadhu , tatha

tirtha , sthira

kori ’ nija

citta ,

sadhu-sanga

koro

nirantar

(4)

tirthe

baisnaba

nai , se tirthe

nahi jai,

labha

hantiya

dura-desa

jathay

baisnaba-gana , sei

stana

brndabana ,

sei

sthane

ananda

asesa

(5)

krsna-bhakti

jei

sthane ,

mukti

dasi

seikhane ,

salila

tathay

mandakini

giri

tatha

govardhana ,

bhumi

tatha

brndabana ,

abirbhuta

apani

hladini

(6)

binoda

kohiche

bhai , bhramiya

phal

pai ,

baisnaba-sebana

mor

brata

TRANSLATION

My dear mind, you are always attached to all the different places of pilgrimage such as Ayodhya , Mathura , Maya, Kasi ( Varanasi ), Kancipura , Avantiya , Dvaravati , and so on.

You want to travel to all these holy places of pilgrimage again and again simply to the sake of obtaining liberation from the material miseries. But we actually see that your heart is not becoming resolutely fixed up by going to all these places; therefore all of you wanderings are simply useless labor for nothing tangible.

The ripened fruit and real benefit of any place of pilgrimage is the company of the pure-hearted devotees of the Lord. Establishing intimate and friendly relations with such devotees, let your mind be captivated by performing the charming worship of Lord Krsna in their association. Actually any place in the entire world becomes a worshipable

place of pilgrimage if devotees are living there. Thus you should immediately seek out such a place, wherever you happen to be, and you should become fixed up in Krsna consciousness by constantly remaining in the company of such devotees.

Personally, I never bother to visit any so-called place of pilgrimage which is devoid of the presence of unalloyed devotees, for what other worthwhile benefit could possibly be gained by taking the trouble of walking to such faraway places? Only that place which is graced by the presence of the devotees is actually Vrndavana , and only at that place can you come into contact with unlimited spiritual pleasure.

Liberation personified is herself the humble maidservant of that place which is surcharged with devotion to Krsna . All the water at that place is the celestial Ganges, every hill there is Giri-govardhana , and the very earth is indeed Vrndavana . Only such a place can manifest the appearance of the eternal spiritual joy which is revealed by the Lord’s pleasure-potency.

I ask you now, dear brother, what benefit would I get by circumambulating all of the holy places of pilgrimage? Personally, my vow is to serve the Vaisnavas with firm resolution and untiring endeavor.

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UPDATED: July 4, 2009