Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.19.15
तन्न: प्रभो त्वं कुकलेवरार्पितां
त्वन्माययाहंममतामधोक्षज ।
भिन्द्याम येनाशु वयं सुदुर्भिदां
विधेहि योगं त्वयि न: स्वभावमिति ॥ १५ ॥
tan naḥ prabho tvaṁ kukalevarārpitāṁ
[tan nah prabho tvam kukalevaraarpitaam]
tvan-māyayāhaṁ-mamatām adhokṣaja
[tvan-maayayaaham-mamataam adhokshaja]
bhindyāma yenāśu vayaṁ sudurbhidāṁ
[bhindyaama yenaashu vayam sudurbhidaam]
vidhehi yogaṁ tvayi naḥ svabhāvam iti
[vidhehi yogam tvayi nah svabhaavam iti]
Word-for-word
tat
—
therefore
naḥ
—
our
prabho
—
O my Lord
tvam
—
You
ku-kalevara-arpitām
—
invested in this bad body full of stool and urine
tvat-māyayā
—
by Your illusory energy
aham-mamatām
—
the conception of “I and my”
adhokṣaja
—
O Transcendence
bhindyāma
—
may give up
yena
—
by which
āśu
—
very soon
vayam
—
we
sudurbhidām
—
which is very difficult to give up
vidhehi
—
please give
yogam
—
the mystic process
tvayi
—
unto You
naḥ
—
our
svabhāvam
—
which is symptomized by a steady mind
iti
—
thus.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tan naḥ prabho tvaṁ kukalevarārpitāṁ
tat
therefore
naḥ
our
prabho
O my Lord
tvam
You
ku-kalevara-arpitām
invested in this bad body full of stool and urine
tvan-māyayāhaṁ-mamatām adhokṣaja
tvat-māyayā
by Your illusory energy
aham-mamatām
the conception of “I and my”
adhokṣaja
O Transcendence
bhindyāma yenāśu vayaṁ sudurbhidāṁ
bhindyāma
may give up
yena
by which
āśu
very soon
vayam
we
sudurbhidām
which is very difficult to give up
vidhehi yogaṁ tvayi naḥ svabhāvam iti
vidhehi
please give
yogam
the mystic process
tvayi
unto You
naḥ
our
svabhāvam
which is symptomized by a steady mind
iti
thus.
Therefore, O Lord, O Transcendence, kindly help us by giving us the power to execute bhakti-yoga so that we can control our restless minds and fix them upon You. We are all infected by Your illusory energy; therefore we are very attached to the body, which is full of stool and urine, and to anything related with the body. Except for devotional service, there is no way to give up this attachment. Therefore kindly bestow upon us this benediction.
Purport
The Lord advises in Bhagavad-gītā: man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru. The perfect yoga system consists of always thinking of Kṛṣṇa, always engaging in devotional service, always worshiping Kṛṣṇa and always offering obeisances unto Him. Unless we practice this yoga system, our illusory attachment for this bad body, which is full of stool and urine, is impossible to give up. The perfection of yoga consists of giving up attachment for this body and bodily relationships and transferring that attachment to Kṛṣṇa. We are very attached to material enjoyment, but when we transfer that same attachment to Kṛṣṇa, we traverse the path of liberation. One has to practice this yoga system and none other.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
O Lord! May we give up the conception of me and mine concerning this miserable body, so difficult to give up. Please give us concentration on you, which is rati for you. O transcendental Lord!
You should make our minds give up other things and make our minds absorbed in you. What is yoga? It is our individual (sva) rati or bhāva for you. Or, it should be natural, just as attraction for material objects is natural for others.
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Personal Guidance
We ask the Lord directly: please give us the power to do bhakti-yoga, because attachment to the body is impossible to escape any other way. The first prayer is for the ability to pray. Honesty about our incapacity invites grace.
Reflection Questions
- Am I waiting to feel capable before I pray, when prayer is what makes me capable?
- What practical incapacity could I bring to the Lord today as a request rather than a complaint?
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