1491 (05/04/1984) D


TOMÁY KHUNJE BEŔIYECHI
PARVATA SHIRE MARUR PÁRE

AMÁNISHÁR ANDHAKÁRE
GHRITA SHIKHÁR DIIPÁDHÁRE
PARVATA SHIRE MARUR PÁRE

TOMÁY KHUNJE BEŔIYECHI
PARVATA SHIRE MARUR PÁRE

SABÁI BOLE NÁI HETHÁ NÁI
KHUNJE BEŔÁO KENO BRITHÁI
JETHÁY TÁHÁR NIJERI T́HÁIN
JÁO NÁ KENO SE MANDIRE
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TOMÁY KHUNJE BEŔIYECHI
PARVATA SHIRE MARUR PÁRE

MANDIRETE GIYE DEKHI PÚJÁ
UPAKARAŃ E KII
PÚJAK ÁCHE PUJÁRI ÁCHE
PÚJYA KOTHÁY GECHE SARE
PARVATA SHIRE MARUR PÁRE

TOMÁY KHUNJE BEŔIYECHI
PARVATA SHIRE MARUR PÁRE

MARMA MÁJHE KHUNJE DEKHI
LUKIYE ÁCHO TUMI EKII
PUJÁRI NÁI PÚJAKO NÁI
NÁIKO SÁJI PHÚLBHÁRE
PARVATA SHIRE MARUR PÁRE

TOMÁY KHUNJE BEŔIYECHI
PARVATA SHIRE MARUR PÁRE







I had searched You on mountain peaks
and across the desert,
in intense darkness,
with the kindled ghee wick of my lamp,
when everybody told me:

"No, not here.
Why do you search here in vain?
Why don't you go there,
to your own place?
Why don't you go to the temple over there?"

When I went to the temple,
I saw all the articles required for worship,
the worshipper, the guide etc.
But had the Lord to be worshipped gone?

When I searched within the core of my heart,
within my own "I" feeling,
I saw You hiding there.
There was no worshipper, nor guide,
nor tray laden with flowers and articles.