Madhava bahut minati karu toye | Vishaka devi dasi |

#vishakadevidasi ‘Madhava bohot minati’ is a bhajan from Abhay Charan series, originally sung by my music Guru Pandit Ajay Chakrabarty. This song is a dedication to ISKCON founder acharya A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada & my Spiritual Master H.H. Subhag Swami Maharaj. LYRICS: (1) mādhava, bahuta minati karu toya dei tulasī tila, a deha samarpinu, dayā jāni nā chāḍabi moya (2) gaṇaite doṣa, guṇaleśa nā pāobi, tuhuñ jab karava vicāra tuhuñ jagannāth, jagate kahāyase jag-bāhira naha chāra (3) kiye mānuṣa paśu pakhī ye janamiye, athavā kīṭa patañge karam vipāke, gatāgati punaḥ punaḥ mati rahu tuyā parasañge (4) bhaṇaye vidyāpati, atiśaya kātara, taraite iha bhava-sindhu tuyā pada-pallava, kari avalamban, tila eka deha dīna-bandhu TRANSLATION 1) O Madhava, with this offering of a tulasi leaf and sesame seeds I beseech You and pledge my body in Your service. I know Your compassion is such that You will not reject me. 2) While considering this appeal, You will only be able to count my faults. You will not find even a trace of good qualities in me. You are known throughout the creation as Jagannatha (master of the universe). Therefore do I, a worthless soul living within this universe, not have the right to accept You as my master? 3) Birth after birth, as a result of my karma, I repeatedly come and go, sometimes as a human, sometimes as an animal and sometimes as a bird, worm or insect. But in whatever birth I take may my mind always remain fixed on Your narrations. 4) With great remorse, the poet Vidyapati humbly prays, “O Madhava, O friend of the fallen, please give this insignificant person shelter at the tender leaf of Your lotus feet. In this way, I may cross over this ocean of material existence.” #vishakhadevidasi