9. RAJPAD HE PRABHU, HE PRABHU!

RAJPAD HE PRABHU, HE PRABHU!

He Prabhu! He Prabhu! Shun Kahun, Deenanaath Dayaal

Hun To Dosh Anantanun, Bhaajan Chhun Karunaal, (1)

Shuddh Bhaav Mujamaan Nathee, Nathee Sarva Tujaroop

Nathee Laghutaa Ke Deentaa, Shun Kahun Paramsvaroop? (2)

Nathee Aagnaa Gurudevnee, Achal Karee Uramaanhee

Aap Tano Vishvaas Dradh, Ne Paramaadar Nareen. (3)

Jog Nathee Satsangno, Nathee Satsevaa Jog

Keval Arpantaa Nathee, Nathee Aashray Anuyog.(4)

Hun Pamaar Shun Karee Shaun? Evo Nathee Vivek

Charan Sharan Dheeraj Nathee, Maran Sudheenee Chhek. (5)

Achintya Tuj Maahaatmyano, Nathee Prafulit Bhaav

Ansh Na Eke Sneho, Na Male Param Prabhaav. (6)

Achalarupa Aasakti Nahi, Naheen Virahno Taap

Kathaa Alabh Tuj Premnee, Nahi Teno Paritaap.(7)

Bhaktimaarg  Pravesh Nahi, Naheen Bhajan Dradh Bhaan

Samaj Naheen Nij Dharmanee, Nahi Shubh Deshe Sthaan. (8)

Kaaldosh Kalithee Thayo, Nahi Maryaadaadharma 

Toye Naheen Vyaakultaa, Juo Prabhu Muj Karma. (9)

Sevane Pratikool Je, Te Bandhan Nathee Tyaag

Dehindriya Maane Naheen, Kare Baahya Par Raag. (10)

Tuj Viyog Sfurto Nathee, Vachan Nayan Yam Naaheen

Nahi Udaas Anabhaktathee, Tem Gruhaadik Maanheen. (11) 

Ahambhaavthee Rahit Nahi, Svadharmasanchay Naheen

Nathee Nivrutti Nirmalpane, Anya Dharmanee Kaain. (12)

Em Anant Prakaarthee, Saadhan Rahit Hyun

Naheen Ek Sadgun Pan, Mukh Bataavun Shayna? (13)

Keval Karunaa-moorti Chho, Deenabandhu Deenaanaath

Paapee Param Anaath Chhun, Graho Prabhujee Hath. (14)

Anant Kaalthee Aathadyo, Vinaa Bhaan Bhagvaan

Sevyaa Nahi Guru Santne, Mookyun Nahi Abhimaan. (15)

Sant Charan Aashray Vinaa, Saadhan Karyaan Anek

Paar Na Tethee Paamiyo, Oogyo Na Ansh Vivek. (16)

Sahu Saadhan Bandhan Thayaan, Rahyo No Koi Upaay

Sat Saadhan Samajyo Naheen, Tyaan Bandhan Shun Jaay? (17)

Prabhu Prabhu Lay Laagee Naheen, Padyo Na Sadguru Paay

Deethaa Nahi Nij Dosh To, Taree-E Kon Upaay? (18)

Adhamaadham Adhiko Patit, Sakal Jagatmaan Huyn

E Nischay Aavyaa Vinaa, Saadhan Karshe Shuyn? (19)

Padee Padee Tuj Padpankaje, Faree Faree Maagun E Ja 

Sadguru Sant Svaroop Tuj, E Dradhtaa Karee De Ja. (20)

Oh Lord! Oh Lord!

Oh Lord! Oh Lord! What Can I say? You are the compassionate Lord of the lowly, my Lord. From time immemorial I am full of faults. So please bestow your compassionate grace on me. (1)

I do not possess purity of inclination, nor have I surrendered all to you. I am neither modest nor humble. What can I say to you, oh Lord of highest nature? (2)

The Instructions of my true guru are not firmly embedded in my heart. I do not have firm faith in you, nor the utmost respect. (3)

I am not worthy of the company of Truth, nor can I serve the personification of Truth. I do not have total dedication, nor can I remain continuously in your shelter. (4)

I do not have the humility and sense to realize: What can a lowly soul like me do vainly by myself? I do not have the perseverance it takes to remain steadfastly at your feet until death. (5)

I do not realize your greatness, and I do not delight in your shelter. I possess not even an ounce of your resultant love and so remain untransformed. (6)

I lack unwavering devotion and do not feel the heat of separation. Great saints struggled to attain your love. Yet their tales do not motivate me. (7)

I have not embarked on the path of devotion and do not know how to conduct myself in it. I do not understand my own nature and do not reside in a conducive place. (8)

I know these are dark ages and that the ways of discipline and restraint are lost. Despite that, I am not disturbed. Oh Lord! Look at the state of my karma! (9)

Obstacles to true devotion arise within me due to karmic bondage and I have not renounced them. My body and senses pay me no heed and are engrossed in outer worldly objects. (10)

Your absence does not perturb me, I do not comply with your words. I do not observe the perspective and discipline you have imparted. I am neither detached from those without devotion, nor from family affairs. (11)

Neither free of ego, nor aware of my true nature, I have not purified myself by distancing myself from substances of different nature. (12)

I am bereft of the means to devotion in an infinite number of ways. Thus, I am without a single virtue. How can I face you? (13)

You are total compassion embodied, friend and master of the lowly. Sinful, I am completely orphaned, please take me by the hand, O Lord. (14)

Since time immemorial I have wandered aimlessly, ignorantly, O Lord! Without serving a saintly guru, nor abandoning ego. (15)

Without the shelter of a saint, I have practiced many means. Through them, I have neither crossed the ocean of worldly existence, nor gained an ounce of the necessary discrimination. (16)

All these means have bound me further and I have no alternatives left. I have not understood the true means, so how could bondage cease? (17)

I have not felt the intense calling of you my Lord, nor, absorbed in devotion, have I fallen at the feet of the True Guru. Having not identified my own shortcomings, how can I expect the means to save me? (18)

I am the lowest of the low, the lowliest in the world. Without such humility of belief, how can any means achieve anything at all? (19)

I bow at your feet again and again, I beseech you repeatedly. Please firmly establish the belief in me that your nature is embodied in the True Guru. (20)

Shri Sadguru Bhaktirahasya

Poem by Shrimad Rajchandra (Vachanamrut Letter 264)

Translation and Transliteration from "The Regime of Love"

Raj Saubhag Satsang Mandal