Jīv Jāgo
(from Gītāvalī)
(1)
jīv jāgo, jīv jāgo, gauracānda bole
kota nidrā jāo māyā-piśācīra kole
Lord Gaurāṅga is calling, "Wake up, sleeping souls! Wake up, sleeping souls! How long will you sleep in the lap of the witch called Māyā?
(2)
bhajibo boliyā ese saṁsāra-bhitare
bhuliyā rohile tumi avidyāra bhare
You have forgotten the way of devotional service and are lost in the world of birth and death.
(3)
tomāre loite āmi hoinu avatāra
āmi binā bandhu āra ke āche tomāra
I have descended just to save you; other than Myself you have no friend in this world.
(4)
enechi auṣadhi māyā nāśibāro lāgi'
hari-nāma mahā-mantra lao tumi māgi'
I have brought the medicine that will wipe out the disease of illusion from which you are suffering. Take this mahā-mantra—Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare."
(5)
bhakativinoda prabhu-caraṇe pariyā
sei hari-nāma-mantra loilo māgiyā
Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura says: "I fall at the Lord's feet, having taken this mahā-mantra. "
