English translation. Devotional praise to the Guru. (Note: "Panduranga" here refers to Pandurang Shastri Athavale, not Vithoba.) See the Glossary for special terms.
॥ Shri Gajanan Maharaj Prasanna ॥
॥ Shri Athavale Guru Prasanna ॥
Thursday, 1 March 1990.
(Here Panduranga means Pandurang Shastri Athavale)
Panduranga, Panduranga — absorbed in your name;
Thereby good company forms; pure inner being ॥
In Panduranga's name — let the soul revel in it;
While worshipping coming and going — let feeling remain in mind ॥
On uttering Panduranga with the lips — no torment of worldly life in heart;
While worshipping coming and going — experiencing peace ॥
Joy is not in objects — joy is in the Name;
In the resounding-call of Panduranga — objects go far away ॥
Panduranga, Panduranga — coming and going Panduranga;
Becoming so absorbed in the Name — coming and going (is) good company ॥
Panduranga (is) helpful; Panduranga (is) useful;
Therefore let (me) stay in the Name — this the wish in mind ॥
Wherever I shall go — I shall see only Panduranga;
Coming and going let bhajan happen — always absorbed in Panduranga ॥
My hunger and thirst — Panduranga shall content;
Becoming absorbed in the Name — by it becoming content ॥
(I) shall invoke Panduranga — name-remembrance coming and going;
(I) shall call out so — Panduranga shall come running ॥
Faith in Panduranga — demonstration came to mind;
On calling out to him — surely shall (one) be uplifted ॥
In Panduranga's name — joy attached in it;
While worshipping coming and going — joy upon joy in mind ॥
By Panduranga's name — pleasantness with assurance;
Living with self-confidence — convinced by experience ॥
Panduranga to my home — let the Guru's feet be obtained;
Know my mental focus — bring (it) quickly ॥
Panduranga, without you — there are no Guru's feet;
(I) shall remember you — (I) shall obtain the Guru's padukas ॥
In Panduranga's name — most trusting in it;
Truly useful in it — for obtaining poetic power ॥
Panduranga, listen to me — listen with proper ear;
Send the silver padukas — of Gaja the mystic ॥
Panduranga, you alone hurry now — know my mental anguish;
On asking for the Guru's padukas — what offense was committed, tell! ॥
In Panduranga's name — true self-study in it;
In Panduranga's remembrance — true knowledge in it ॥
Panduranga Panduranga — Panduranga is seen in all;
Becoming absorbed in your form — good company at all times ॥
Panduranga, on you — (I) shall entrust worldly life;
(I) shall worship only your Name — (I) shall live with peace of mind ॥
Panduranga Panduranga — what shall I do, tell;
On saying "renounce objects" — how shall (I) renounce, tell ॥
Panduranga, in your name — although I am absorbed in it;
Tendencies torment, divert ॥
Coming and going in Panduranga — no awareness of time in it;
Duty-karmas don't get done — don't blame me for it ॥
Panduranga! Till today — (I have) trusted you;
You alone shall save me — (I) shall call out again and again ॥
Panduranga, in your name — what is not obtained in it?
When a beggar comes to the door — (he is) content in heart ॥
Panduranga, in your name — all all is in it;
Greater than the pleasure of woman is in it — is in Panduranga ॥
Panduranga (is) my friend — knows my sorrows;
"(You) shall cross in the Name, child!" — (he) says coming and going, friend ॥
Panduranga (is) the soul's joy — burns the worldly sorrow;
Shows the path of peace — shows one by one ॥
Panduranga Panduranga — (I have) become absorbed in your name;
Let good company always attach — know my inner being ॥
Panduranga (is) such a name — the abode of good company;
While worshipping the Name coming and going — the stay of saints and sages ॥
Panduranga, protect (my) honor — (I) have done your bhajan today;
In protecting my honor — yours alone shall remain ॥
Panduranga, I am ignorant — dull-witted, unworthy;
You are virtuous, knowing — in the Name (I) shall achieve both ॥
Panduranga, in your name — limitless knowledge in it;
While worshipping coming and going — living having become wise ॥
In Panduranga's name — living introspectively;
Our own faults are known — while worshipping coming and going ॥
Don't (find) others' faults — see one's own faults;
Removing (them) is in the welfare — Panduranga speaks (this) with mouth ॥
In Panduranga's name — eye-defects (faults) are known;
In becoming awakened oneself — many benefits in it ॥
— Gana-Maharaj