721002 - Amara Jivana with Purport - Los Angeles

Conversations by Date, 1972

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Listen to the CD version of this song here

721002MU-LOS ANGELES - October 02, 1972 - 35:23 Minutes

Prabhupāda:

āmāra jīvana sadā pāpe rata

nāhiko puṇyera leṣa

āmāra jīvana sadā pāpe rata

nāhiko puṇyera leṣa

parere udvega diyāchi ye koto

diyāchi jīvere kleśa

āmāra jīvana sadā pāpe rata

nāhiko puṇyera leṣa

parere udvega diyāchi ye koto

diyāchi jīvere kleśa

āmāra jīvana sadā pāpe rata

nāhiko puṇyera leṣa

parere udvega diyāchi ye koto

diyāchi jīvere kleśa

nija sukha lāgi' pāpe nāhi ḍori

dayā-hīna svārtha-paro

nija sukha lāgi' pāpe nāhi ḍori

dayā-hīna svārtha-paro

para-sukhe duḥkhī, para-duḥkhī,

para-sukhe duḥkhī sadā mithya-bhāṣī

para-duḥkha sukha-karo,

para-sukhe duḥkhī,

para-sukhe duḥkhī sadā mithya-bhāṣī

para-duḥkha sukha-karo,

para-sukhe duḥkhī,

para-sukhe duḥkhī sadā mithya-bhāṣī

para-duḥkha sukha-karo

āmāra jīvana sadā pāpe rata

nāhiko puṇyera leṣa

āmāra jīvana sadā pāpe rata

nāhiko puṇyera leṣa

parere udvega diyāchi ye koto

diyāchi jīvere kleśa,

āmāra jīvana sadā pāpe rata

nāhiko puṇyera leṣa

āśeṣa kāmanā,

āśeṣa kāmanāhṛdi mājhe mora

krodhī dambha-parāyaṇa

āśeṣa kāmanā, hṛdi mājhe mora

krodhī dambha-parāyaṇa

mada-matta sadā viṣaye mohita

hiṁsā-garva vibhūṣaṇa

āśeṣa kāmanā,

āśeṣa kāmanā hṛdi mājhe mora

mada-matta sadā viṣaye mohita

hiṁsā-garva vibhūṣaṇa

āśeṣa kāmanā hṛdi mājhe mora

krodhī dambha-parāyaṇa

āśeṣa kāmanā hṛdi mājhe mora

krodhī dambha-parāyaṇa

mada-matta sadā viṣaye mohita

hiṁsā-garva vibhūṣaṇa,

mada-matta sadā viṣaye mohita

hiṁsā-garva vibhūṣaṇa

nidrālasya hata sukārye virata

akārye udyogīāmi,

nidrālasya hata sukārye virata

akārye udyogīāmi

pratiṣṭha lāgiyāśāṭhya-ācaraṇa

lobha-hata sadā kāmī

nidrālasya hata sukārye virata

akārye udyogīāmi

pratiṣṭha lāgiyāśāṭhya-ācaraṇa

lobha-hata sadā kāmī

āmāra jīvana sadā pāpe rata

nāhiko puṇyera leṣa,

āmāra jīvana sadā pāpe rata

nāhiko puṇyera leṣa

parere udvega diyāchi ye koto

diyāchi jīvere kleśa

parere udvega diyāchi ye koto

e heno durjana saj-jana-varjita

aparādhi nirantara

e heno durjana saj-jana-varjita

aparādhi nirantara

śubha-kārya-śūnya sadānartha-manāḥ

nānā duḥkhe jara jara

śubha-kārya-śūnya sadānartha-manāḥ

nānā duḥkhe jara jara

bārdhakye ekhona upāya-vihīna

tāte dīna akiñcana

bhakativinoda prabhura caraṇe

kore duḥkha nivedana

bārdhakye ekhona upāya-vihīna

tāte dīna akiñcana

bhakativinoda prabhura caraṇe

kore duḥkha nivedana

āmāra jīvana sadā pāpe rata

nāhiko puṇyera leṣa

āmāra jīvana sadā pāpe rata

nāhiko puṇyera leṣa

parere udvega diyāchi ye koto

diyāchi jīvere kleśa

āmāra jīvana sadā pāpe rata

nāhiko puṇyera leṣa

parere udvega diyāchi ye koto

diyāchi jīvere kleśa

Kṛṣṇa-kānti: The name of the song, the microphone stopped working . . . (indistinct)

Prabhupāda: Eh?

Devotee: (indistinct) . . . what was the name of the song Śrīla Prabhupāda?

Prabhupāda: Āmāra jīvana sadā pāpe rata.

(tuning mṛdaṅga) . . . (indistinct)

(plays mṛdaṅga, karatālas)

Prabhupāda: So you will play?

Devotee: Yes I will play.

Prabhupāda: Āmāra jīvana sadā pāpe rata.

(Audio from the CD version of the purport)

Āmāra Jīvana, 'The Way of Refuge' from Śaraṇāgati by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura - Gold Series CD 8 Track 3

Āmāra jīvana sadā pāpe rata nāhiko puṇyera leśa. This is a song sung by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in Vaiṣṇava humbleness. A Vaiṣṇava is always meek and humble. So he is describing the life of the people in general, taking himself to be one of them. The people in general are like the description given here.

He says that, "My life is always engaged in sinful activities, and if you try to find out, you will not find even a trace of pious activities. Only full of sinful activities. And I am always inclined to give trouble to other living entities. That is my business. I want to see that others are suffering, and I enjoy."

Nija sukha lāgi' pāpe nāhi ḍori. "For my personal sense gratification, I do not care for any sinful activities. That means I accept any kind of sinful activity if it is satisfactory to my senses." Dayā-hīna swārtha-paro. "I am not at all merciful, and only I see to my personal interest."

Para-sukhe duḥkhī. "As such, when others are suffering I become very happy, and always talking lies," sadā mithyā-bhāṣī. "Even for ordinary things I am accustomed to speak lies." Para-duḥkha sukha-karo. "And if one is suffering, that is very pleasant to me." Aśeṣa kāmanā hṛdi mājhe mora. "I have got lots of desire within my heart, and I am always angry and falsely prestigious, always puffed up with false pride."

Mada-matta sadā viṣaye mohita. "I am captivated in subject matters of sense gratification, and almost I am crazy." Hiṁsā-garva vibhūṣaṇa. "My ornaments are enviousness and false pride." Nidralāsya hata sukārje birata. "I am subdued, or I am conquered by sleep and laziness," sukārje birata, "and I am always averse to pious activities," akārje udyogīāmi, "and I am very enthusiastic to perform impious activities."

Pratiṣṭha lāgiyāśāṭhya-ācaraṇa, "I always cheat others for my prestige." Lobha-hata sadā kāmī, "I am conquered by greediness and always lusty." E heno durjana saj-jana-barjita, "So I am so fallen, and I have no association of devotees." Aparādhi, "Offender," nirantara, "always."

Śubha-kārja-śūnya, "In my life, there is not a beat of auspicious activities," sadānartha manāḥ, "and my mind is always attracted by something mischievous." Nānā duḥkhe jara jara. "Therefore at the fag end of my life, I am almost invalid by all such sufferings."

Bārdhakye ekhona upāya-vihīna, "In my old age I have no other alternative now," tā 'te dīna akiñcana, "therefore by force, I have now become very humble and meek." Bhaktivinoda prabhura caraṇe, "Thus Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura is offering his statement of life's activities at the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord." (end)