Bhajana-Rahasya
by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya | 2010 | 123,965 words
The Bhajana-rahasya Text 38, 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 38 belonging to the chapter “Dvitiya-yama-sadhana (Pratah-kaliya-bhajana)” representing the first six dandas of the morning: approximately 6.00 a.m.–8.30 a.m.
Text 38
One should chant the holy name while maintaining one’s life by yuktavairāgya, the mood of appropriate renunciation. Bhakti-rasāmṛtasindhu (1.2.255) states:
अनासक्तस्य विषयान् यथार्हम् उपयुञ्जतः
निर्बन्धः कृष्ण-सम्बन्धे युक्तं वैराग्यम् उच्यतेanāsaktasya viṣayān yathārham upayuñjataḥ
nirbandhaḥ kṛṣṇa-sambandhe yuktaṃ vairāgyam ucyateAppropriate renunciation is to accept objects favourable to one’s service while being detached from what is unrelated to Śrī Kṛṣṇa and attached to what is related to Kṛṣṇa.
यथायोग्य विषय भोग अनासक्त हैया
सुयुक्त-वैराग्य भक्ति-सम्बन्ध करियाyathāyogya viṣaya bhoga anāsakta haiyā
suyukta-vairāgya bhakti-sambandha kariyā