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ACHYUTAM KESHAVAM
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Achyutam Keshavam Krishna Damodaram
[Achyutam Keshavam Krishna Damodaram]
Rama naraynam Janakivallabham
[Rama naraynam Janakivallabham]
Kaun kehta hai Bhagvan aate nahi?
[Kaun kehta hai Bhagvan aate nahi?]
Tuum Meera ke jaise bulate nahi
[Tuum Meera ke jaise bulate nahi.]
Who says God does not come?
It's just that you aren't calling Him with the devotion of Meera.
Achyutam Keshavam Krishna Damodaram
[Achyutam Keshavam Krishna Damodaram]
Rama naraynam Janakivallabham
[Rama naraynam Janakivallabham.]
Kaun kehta hai Bhagvan khaate nahi?
[Kaun kehta hai Bhagvan khaate nahi?]
Ber Shabri ke jaise khilate nahi
[Ber Shabri ke jaise khilate nahi.]
Who says God does not eat?
You don’t feed Him like Shabri did.
Achyutam Keshavam Krishna Damodaram
[Achyutam Keshavam Krishna Damodaram]
Rama naraynam Janakivallabham
[Rama naraynam Janakivallabham.]
Kaun kehta hai Bhagvan Sote nahi?
[Kaun kehta hai Bhagvan Sote nahi?]
Maa Yashoda ke jaise sulate nahin
Maa Yashoda ke jaise sulate nahin.
Who says God does not sleep?
You do not put Him to sleep like Mother Yashoda did.
Achyutam Keshavam Krishna Damodaram,
[Achyutam Keshavam Krishna Damodaram]
Rama naraynam Janakivallabham,
[Rama naraynam Janakivallabham.]
Kaun kehta hai Bhagvan naachte nahi?
[Kaun kehta hai Bhagvan naachte nahi?]
Gopiyon ke tarah tum nachate nahin
[Gopiyon ke tarah tum nachate nahin.]
Who says God does not dance?
You don’t inspire Him to dance like the Gopis did.
Achyutam Keshavam Krishna Damodaram,
[Achyutam Keshavam Krishna Damodaram]
Rama naraynam Janakivallabham
[Rama naraynam Janakivallabham]
Rama naraynam Janakivallabham
[Rama naraynam Janakivallabham.]
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A Note From The Gull
Thank you, Nikita Daharwal. I am moved to tears by the message of this bhajan. One of the many reasons why I love bhajans is that they reveal the divinity in ourselves and everything around us. Although there is the element of transcendence and the acknowledgment of God's omnipotence, it is immanence which I often embrace in bhajans, God comes to man and embraces him and all of creation. God is greater than the sum of all our parts but each part is also of God. God is us and we are in God. Our gods are as dependent on us as we are on them. I am soothed, I am made more hopeful because of the invigorating beauty and the comfort that they exude.
I am blessed to have been born in Trinidad and Tobago. I have heard and loved bhajans from my childhood. Although my family is Roman Catholic and I had a totally Roman Catholic upbringing and academic education, it was in that same Roman Catholic education system that I actually learned to sing my first bhajans. One Divali, a Hindu teacher at my secondary school was invited to teach us a few and we assembled to learn. I was thrilled. Finally, finally, miracle of miracles, I could sing three bhajans and I have not forgotten them to this day.
Be kind to one another and if you cannot, try your best to remove yourselves from situations until you can see things more clearly. Many of the violent crimes being committed, I've noticed, are crimes of passion and I don't think that the guilty, even in their wildest dreams could have ever envisioned the tragedies they would eventually cause. This phenomenon is not restricted to our society. The entire world is roiling under stresses that are breaking the backs of those who are not deeply grounded.
I wonder if a 24/7 hotline could be made available [if it doesn't already exist] for people finding themselves approaching the brink, feeling themselves losing control and unable to handle their own frustration and rage or that of others. If it does exist then it should be be advertised so heavily that it comes to mind as naturally as the numbers for the ambulance, police and fire services.
I am blessed to have been born in Trinidad and Tobago. I have heard and loved bhajans from my childhood. Although my family is Roman Catholic and I had a totally Roman Catholic upbringing and academic education, it was in that same Roman Catholic education system that I actually learned to sing my first bhajans. One Divali, a Hindu teacher at my secondary school was invited to teach us a few and we assembled to learn. I was thrilled. Finally, finally, miracle of miracles, I could sing three bhajans and I have not forgotten them to this day.
Be kind to one another and if you cannot, try your best to remove yourselves from situations until you can see things more clearly. Many of the violent crimes being committed, I've noticed, are crimes of passion and I don't think that the guilty, even in their wildest dreams could have ever envisioned the tragedies they would eventually cause. This phenomenon is not restricted to our society. The entire world is roiling under stresses that are breaking the backs of those who are not deeply grounded.
I wonder if a 24/7 hotline could be made available [if it doesn't already exist] for people finding themselves approaching the brink, feeling themselves losing control and unable to handle their own frustration and rage or that of others. If it does exist then it should be be advertised so heavily that it comes to mind as naturally as the numbers for the ambulance, police and fire services.
Naam japate chalo kaam karte chalo
Keep praising the Lord, continue working
Har samay krishna ka dhyaan karte chalo
Remember Him all the time
Yaad aayegi unko kabhi na kabhi
Someday He will think of (remember) you
Krishan darshan to denge kabhi na kabhi
Krishna will appear one day or the other.
"Patria est communis omnium parens" - Our native land is the common parent of us all. Keep it beautiful, make it even more so.
Blessed is all of creation
Blessed be my beautiful people
Blessed be the day of our awakening
Blessed is my country
Blessed are her patient hills.
Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare
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