yaavatpavano nivasati
dehe taavatprichchhati kushalam gehe gatavati vaayau dehaapaaye bhaaryaa
bibhyati tasminkaaye
When one is alive, his family members enquire kindly about his welfare.
But when the soul departs from the body, even his wife runs away in fear of the
corpse.
baalastaavatkriidaasaktah
tarunastaavattaruniisaktah vriddhastaavachchintaasaktah pare brahmani koapi na
saktah
Childhood is lost in play. Youth is lost by attachment to woman. Old
age passes away by thinking over many past things. Alas! Hardly is there anyone
who yearns to be lost in Parabrahman.
kaate kaantaa
kaste putrah samsaaro.ayamatiiva vichitrah kasya tvam kah kuta aayaatah tattvam
chintaya tadiha bhraatah
Who is your wife? Who is your son? Strange is this samsara. Of whom are
you? Where have you come from? Brother, ponder over these truths.
satsangatve
nissngatvam nissangatve nirmohatvam nirmohatve nishchalatattvam nishcalatattve
jiivanmuktih
From Satsanga comes non-attachment, from non-attachment comes freedom
from delusion, which leads to self-settledness. From self-settledness comes
Jivan Mukti (liberation).
vayasigate kah
kaamavikaarah shushhke niire kah kaasaarah kshiinevitte kah parivaarah gyaate
tattve kah samsaarah
What good is lust when youth has fled? What use is a lake which has no
water? Where are the relatives when wealth is gone? Where is samsara (the
continuaiton of birth and death) when the Truth is known?
punarapi jananam
punarapi maranam punarapi jananii jathare shayanam iha samsaare bahudustaare
kripayaa apaare paahi muraare
Born again, death again, birth again to stay in the mother's womb! It
is indeed hard to cross this boundless ocean of samsara. Oh Murari! Redeem me
through Thy mercy.