Sunday, December 21, 2014

मेरो मन अनत कहाँ सुख पावे ? Where would I find peace ?

मेरो मन अनत कहाँ सुख पावे ?

Where would I find peace ?

Great poet Surdas wrote these popular lines and a lot more :

मेरो मन अनत कहाँ सुख पावे।
जैसे उड़ि जहाज की पंछि, फिरि जहाज पर आवै॥
कमल-नैन को छाँड़ि महातम, और देव को ध्यावै।
परम गंग को छाँड़ि पियसो, दुरमति कूप खनावै॥
जिहिं मधुकर अंबुज-रस चाख्यो, क्यों करील-फल खावै।
'सूरदास' प्रभु कामधेनु तजि, छेरी कौन दुहावै॥

Roughly, it translates in English, as under :

Where would I find eternal peace ? (But at the feet of my beloved Lord Krishna).
I am like the bird flying from a ship, which has to came back to the same ship time and again.
Whom should I worship but the Lotus Eyed (Lord Krishna) and I can not think of any other deity.
I would not think of digging a new well, when I already have the Sacred River Ganga (Ganges).
Why shall I even think of eating berries, when I already have the sweetest mango fruit to eat.
O Lord Krishna, I, Surdas, would not think of milking a modest cow, as I already have Kamdhenu.
(Kamdhenu is the divine cow mentioned in the old texts, which has powers to fulfill all wishes).

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