Baba Shri Buddhanath Das

Anaakaara

Oh Ignorant Mind! Pay attention and concentrate on Guru's Feet

 

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Ignorant mind! concentrate of Guru's feet, Oh Ignorant mind

Concentrate on Guru's feet

If attention is dispersed, everything will be lost

None is for others

Ignorant mind! Pay proper attention ...

 

Veda, Ramayana, Geeta, and Puraana

Are scripts only from his hands

And in his Mantra, and with devotionally invoking him

Make your thread of concentration strong

 

Aah, whatever you are observing, with the thought of “mine”

All these are not really yours

And they will choose the best cloth when you go to cremation

And will make pseudo-security of yours

 

And, how many of the great “Rishis”, got in him immersed

He only is the “Parameswar”

And obeying his instructions you must live

This is Guru’s order and you must take care

 

And don’t loose your life by bathing in the sea water

Rather make stable the water of his form

And one day the village pond will dry up

Your throat will become dry then

 

And like the vast ocean, make your feelings of love for him

He only will be the friend of yours

And from salted to sweet, and from sweet to salted

He only makes the turns

 

And the feelings are not clean, dirt has polluted it

We are supposed to make his messengers

And the foul-grain is only made by him

Big and small game is only his creation

 

And by becoming friend to all and doing “SatSanga”

The living beings can get relief

Oh ignorant mind! The living beings can get relief

And from below the “Peepal”, calls the “Naughty”

Hand over to me all sorrows of your

And by doing devotion can you get liberation

Devotees are the pearls of my necklace   

Ignorant mind! Pay proper attention ...

 

 

And remember God is in the lives inside the beings

And this human is a potential God

Oh ignorant mind! Pay proper attention ...

 

Always give water to the plants. Always give water to cattle and other animals. Always to the guests give some water. Always serve your parents. Serving the father-in-law and mother-in-law you should you also do after getting married. If with “Serving” you go to some Deity, we think we got his “Darshan” and our coconut was offered, but the Deity, after seeing you, takes the other route and goes away. Why? Because there was shortage in “Serving”. The “Service” is at home. As you did not do the “Service” at home, by serving Deity you want to get results- this is not possible. “Service” is the greatest duty in the whole Universe, else why he made “Bhaagabata”:

And with the virtues of “having served” and devotion,

There is nothing impossible on this earth,

If you are bereft of the virtues of “having served”

God is never yours

This is how serving and receiving is related

We can get God by serving

This “serving” at the end is only for “receiving”

Do this “service” with whole heart

With the virtues of serving goes on the creation

And there is nothing on the other side

And whoever achieved these virtues of having served

Is able to cut down and remove all the ill-lucks

And the mankind will be your friend

And, on his lotus feet put your heart, put your heart

And on his lotus feet put your heart ...

 

 

And therefore, make the Naama stable

With the virtue of Naama you will be saved

In Naama, the Spring blows

And sustains and solaces the beings

Veda, Puranas, Geeta and theologies

And also Ramayana and Mahabharata

Many works he left composed

Always Serve he told

My Service is for you

My Service is for you

Hey, do this with heart and soul

And for Guru, Brahman, and Vaishnava

Always keep your Service very strong.

 

 

Never earn enmity with them

While The Blessings remain with them

While The Blessings remain with them

And if a true Brahmin puts a curse

The The God-Father cannot save you

 

 

And if Vaishnava puts a curse

Even Father of Brahma will not be able to save

Such is the rule of God

Hence daily follow the Puraanas and Dharma

Because of the Dharma, the Dharitri withstands

And Sun and Moon also follow their paths

Exercise the Dharma in your life

And for Satsanga always be attentive

 

Towards the end of this yuga

He became Chaitanya in Bengal's Nadia

As if crazy and in frenzy he was beating the drum

And he himself was singing his Name

 

 

And in those Lotus-feet let your mind be fixed

And throw Abhimaan out of your mind

Though you came for a short time only

You became drowned with crookedness and complexity

So you never could get to meet him

And due to the I-ness you ruined yourself

This I is the real enemy of human

So throw far away from you, this I

And if you ask yourself where is this I?

Then you will be free of pride for this I

And due to the pride I get ruined

Unnecessarily destroyed were the powerful demons

So keep His Name on your mouth

And with his beats and drums

Keep faith and surrender to MahaMantra

Then can you be rescued from the worldly limitations

And this is what he left written, left written

And to devotees he intended to explain

 

 

And keep on doing your work while obeying fully

But never be proud of your work as it is your duty

You continuously ask for feelings of devotion in heart

Unfailingly for you I am Omnipresent, I give my word

And keep your feelings on my feet, on my feet

And analyze my words in your heart

 

 

And if you loose this, then you will not get it back

Does one get back, if Candy is lost in Sand

If you get this back you will bring with you also Ant

If Oil falls in the Sand

There is no credibility in sweeping it back

So keep your feelings pure and intact

And in Feelings - Bhaava remain immersed and mad

And how to achieve that Bhaava

That leads to gain of wealth of Shri Hari

Keep on thinking and adhering to that

And with the Bhaava you shall be rescued

 

 

Guru, Brahmin and similar persons

Treat as if God in disguise has come

Do not bring crookedness to mind

With their blessings you get fame (Yash), you get fame

And your sins can also be destroyed

 

Due to eternal and truthful wishes

The Lord himself has bestowed what I have to me

I do not have longings for any celestial powers

It comes within scope of union of blood and bodily fluids

You must know that past-deeds (Sukruta) are very important

The mind was completely determined

Oh, get rid of ignorant mind and take away determined one

Take away the determined one...

 

And take surrender in those Lotus feet

Oh Naaraayana, forgive any mistakes if I did

I do not know any other thing full of complexity

And only by taking your name I become happy

By your name I will get the Nectar, get the Nectar

Please guide me in this path of truth forever...

 

And with illusions, you only make me blind

And your illusion is everywhere in the Universe

Hence your name is The Master of all Illusions

Your illusion overpowers all the beings

All the rules are only because of your illusion

The feelings and devotions are also by your illusion

I will spread your Name ever, spread your Name ever

Let any amount of sorrow comes to me, whatever...

 

Oh Lord!, the ocean of mercy

Have a little mercy on me too

Your devotee for you

Becomes mad and wants only you

Always remain immersed with feelings for you

What is Good what is Bad nothing else do I know

Your name should stay ever on my mouth

In Kali (yuga), I became wretched servant of yours

This way of living brings also many sorrows, many sorrows

But I am happy to loose everything for you

Without any fault of mine, they bad-mouth me

Without a single word from me, they keep on scolding

Your Daasa tolerates like animals do

This tolerance becomes his weakness and enemy too

I have no one with me in this world

At all I look equal

With that feelings I kept my mind, kept my mind

And collected the wealth of Hari

And kept wished for wealth of Hari

In Hari only lies bravery and supreme authority

And in that authority remains also the feelings

And with feelings I had asked for chance to Serve

By doing that Service day and night

Shall I dance with joy singing Hari Hari

With that name only will I remain happy, will I remain happy

And pass my life near your Sandals...

 

Let my life stay below his Paaduka-Sandals

Naarayan is there to save me

I have no religion and belong to wretched caste

From where can I get valuable knowledge?...

 

 

My body has become old and getting immovable

Illness has become its enemy

I do not have power or abilities

My body is becoming very weak

To someone, I ask for water

To someone else, for food I ask

To someone I tell please make me a bed

To some I say please take care of me

To different I ask for different favours

In this way, my days are completing and ending...

 

 

I do not watch any wealth or gem

I keep a vigil on Lord's feet

However you try to elude me away, Oh Lord

I will not forget, this is what I took an Oath

Apart from you, no one else do I have

Why you try to elude with wealth and material

In heart, I do not have any other wishes from you apart

Your feet are for me the only assurance, only assurance

Your holy feet are my only assurance...

 

 

This only is my request

This much is my only complaint

Let your devotees be at peace and stay contended

Let your Ashram hapiness always

You only are the owner of your Ashram

You look after the fulfillment of all duties

I have no wishes anymore, no wishes anymore

What to tell who snatches those away

 

 

 

Who is taking he only will give it back

Why to run after then

Hey, he is just making examination

And trying to see how strong is his servant

I never had anything, never had anything

And towards the end he gives so much

If you do not put vigil, let your property be lost

But let your name stay in my heart forever

And to look after your wealth do not make my birth

May looking for you and watching your feet be my main

And taking your name, I shall be saved, I shall be saved...