Self-Reproach (ātma nindā): A Translation of a Passage from the Nama Ghosa

ātma nindā


śānta cidānanda śuddha, ananta mahimā nitya [mahimānbita?]
nirmmala taraṅgacaẏa hīna .
henaẏa paramānanda, amṛtasāgare maji
ācānta nakari buddhikṣīṇa .. 98
he hari sāraśūṇya, mṛgatṛṣṇārṇawajale
śrānta huẏā mahāmoha pāño .
snāna pāna ācamana, karoho ramaṇa tāte
katoho upaṅgo tala yāño .. 99

Self-Reproach (ātma nindā)

Calm, full of blissful consciousness, pure, endowed with infinite transcendental power,
dirtless and free from waves;
sinking into such a nectar-ocean of the personality of supreme joy,
I do not purify myself, sipping this nectar; my intellect must surely be emaciated. 98

O Hari! Void of any substance, in the ocean of the water of mirages,
becoming wearied, we obtain great delusion.
Bathing, drinking, ‘purification’—we do our crude sports there;
sometimes we float on the surface, sometimes we sink down. 99

The Revelation of Truth (bastu prakāśa): A Translation of a Passage from the Nama Ghosa

bastu prakāśa

parama amūlya ratna, harira nāmara peḍā
āti gupta sbarūpe āchila .
lokaka kṛpāẏe hari, śaṅkara sbarūpe āsi
muda bhāṅgi samastake dila .. 100
harināma premarasa, amṛta nidhika bāndhi
gupta kari thaila dewagaṇe .
daẏālu śaṅkare pāi, tuli muda bhāṅgi dilā
sukhe pāna kare sarbbajane .. 101
harināma gupta bhaila, manuṣyata pūjā raila
buli raṅga kare dewa sarbba .
hena harināma dharmma, śaṅkare bidita kari
cūra kailā dewatāra garbba .. 102

The Revelation of Truth (bastu prakāśa)

The chest containing the supremely precious gem of Hari’s name
was kept in extremely secret form.
Out of compassion (kṛpā) for the people of this world, The Remover of Affliction, coming in Sankara’s form,
broke the lid and gave to all. 100
The treasure of the nectarine juice of Love of God (prema rasa) was locked up and
kept secretly by the devas.
The kind (daẏālu) Sankara, finding it, brought it up and broke the seal;
all people now drink in happiness. 101
“The path of pure devotion (harināma) has become secret; our sacerdotalism (pūjā) has remained in man’s midst;”
so saying, all the devas do celebration.
By propagating such a religion (dharmma) of Hari Nama, Sankara
has smashed into pieces the pride of the devas. 102

Praise (praśaṃsā): A Translation of a Passage from the Nama Ghosa

praśaṃsā

bedara bihita yata, āche dharmma saṃsārata

sawe harināmara kiṅkara .

hena jāni yiṭojane, nāmara kīrttana kare

sehise parama sādhu nara .. 103

Praise (praśaṃsā)

Ordained by the Vedas, all duties (dharma) that exist in the world;

all are the servants of Hari's name.
Knowing this, the one who, [forsaking these dharmas,] does the singing of the Name—
that one, only, is parama sadhu, the supreme saintly person. 103