Bhajana-Rahasya
by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya | 2010 | 123,965 words
The Bhajana-rahasya Text 8, English translation, including commentary (vritti). The Bhajana-rahasya is a compilation of verses describing the mercy of the eight pairs of names (Yugala-nama) of the Maha-mantra. This is text 8 belonging to the chapter “Prathama-yama-sadhana (Nishanta-bhajana–shraddha)” representing the last six dandas of the night: approximately 3.30 a.m.–6.00 a.m.
Text 8
The Kātyāyana-saṃhitā (quoted in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.2.111) states:
वरं हुत-वह-ज्वाला-पञ्जरान्तर्-व्यवस्थितिः
न शौरि-चिन्ता-विमुख-जन-संवास-वैशसम्varaṃ huta-vaha-jvālā-pañjarāntar-vyavasthitiḥ
na śauri-cintā-vimukha-jana-saṃvāsa-vaiśasamWhether I am burned by fire or remain encaged forever, I will never, ever desire the association of those who are averse to Kṛṣṇa.
Commentary: Bhajana-rahasya-vṛtti:
See text 9 [next].