Candrikā Song 7 · Text 1
Sourcerādhā-kṛṣṇa karoṇ dhyānaswapane na bala āna prema binu ara nāhi cāña jugala-kiśora-premajini' lakṣa-bāṇa hema ārati-pirīti-rase dhāṇa
English translation
Meditate on Sri Sri Rādha-Kṛṣṇa. Don't desire anything else, even in your dreams. The treasure of love for the youthful Divine Couple is more valuable than gold purified in ten thousand flames.
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Candrikā Song 7 · Text 2
Sourcejala binu jena mīnaduḥkha pāya ayu hīna prema binu ei-mata bhakta cataka jalada-gatie-mati ekānta-rati jei jane sei anurakta
English translation
As a fish without water suffers and dies, so a devotee perishes without love for the Divine Couple. As a cataka bird carefully follows the clouds, so a devotee loves the Divine Couple.
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Candrikā Song 7 · Text 3
Sourcesaroja-bhramara jenacakora-candrika tena pati-brata strī-lokera pati anyatra na cale manajena daridrera dhana ei-mata prema-bhakti-rīti
English translation
As a bumblebee yearns for lotus flowers, a cakora bird yearns for moonlight, a chaste wife yearns for her husband, and a pauper yearns for money, a devotee yearns to attain love for the Divine Couple.
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Candrikā Song 7 · Text 4
Sourcebiṣaya garala-mayanāhe māna sukha-caya sei nā sukha duḥkha kari' māna gobinda-biṣaya-rasasaṅga kara tāṇra dāsa prema-bhakti satya kari' jāna'
English translation
The happiness of the senses is full of poison. Pride does not bring happiness. These things do not being happiness. They bring only pain. Taste the nectar of serving Lord Govinda. Associate with His devotees. Learn the truth of loving devotional service.
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Candrikā Song 7 · Text 5
Sourcemadhye madhye āche duṣtadṛṣti kari' haya ruṣta gunahi biguṇa kari' mane gobinda-bimukha-janesphurti nāhe hena dhane laukika kariyā saba jane
English translation
The treasure of divine love does not present itself before the demons, whose turn their backs on Lord Govinda, become angry when they see the devotees, and think the devotees are ordinary people.
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Candrikā Song 7 · Text 6
Sourceajñāna abhāga jatanāhi laya sata-mata ahaṅkāre na jane āpane abhimānī bhakti-hīnajaga-majhe sei dīna bṛthā tāra aśeṣa bhabanā
English translation
These unfortunate fools cannot understand the truth. Proud, bewildered by false-ego, and empty of devotion for the Lord, they are the poorest and most wretched people in the world. All their thoughts are empty and without meaning.
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Candrikā Song 7 · Text 7
Sourceāra saba parihāri'parama īśwara hari sebā mana prema kari' āśā eka braja-rāja-puragobinda rasika-bāra karaha sadāi abhilāṣa
English translation
O mind, renounce everything and desire only to love and serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Hari. Lord Govinda, the best of they who taste transcendental nectar, stays in King Nanda's house. Desire Him alone.
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Candrikā Song 7 · Text 8
Sourcenarottama dāsa kahesadā mora prāṇa dahe hena bhakta-saṅga na pāiyā abhāgyera nāhi oramichā-mohe hainu bhora duḥkha rahe antare jāgiyā
English translation
Narottama dāsa says; Because I cannot attain the association of devotees, my life is like a burning fire. No one is unfortunate as I. I am overcome by material illusion, and great pain is beginning to waken in my heart.
Roman Bengali/Sanskrit and English recovered exactly from the retained compact witness and controlled against the full commentary edition.