Science of Identity Foundation

Gopinatha - (from Kalyana-kalpataru} - Part 3

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Gopinath, amara upaya nai
tumi krpa kori', amare loile,
samsare uddhara pai

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gopinath, porechi mayara phere
dhana, dara, suta, ghireche amare,
kamete rekheche jere

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gopinath, mana je pagala mora
na mane sasana, sada acetana,
visaye ro'yeche ghora

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gopinath, hara je menechi ami
aneka jatana, hoilo bifala,
ekhano bharasa tumi

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gopinath, kemone hoibe gati
prabala indriya, bosi-bhuta mana,
na chare visaya-rati

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gopinath, hrdoye bosiya mora
manake samiya, laho nija pane,
ghucibe vipada ghora

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gopinath, anatha dekhiya more
tumi hrsikesa, hrsika damiya,
taro'he samsrti-ghore

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gopinath, galaya legeche phase
krpa-asi dhori', bandhana chediya,
vinode koroho dasa

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Recent studies at the Oak Ridge Atomic Research Center have revealed that about 98 percent of all the atoms in a human body are replaced every year. You get a new suit of skin every month and a new liver every six weeks. The lining of your stomach lasts only five days before it’s replaced. Even your bones are not the solid, stable, concrete-like things you might have thought them to be: They are undergoing constant change. The bones you have today are different from the bones you had a year ago. Experts in this area of research have concluded that there is a complete, 100 percent turnover of atoms in the body at least every five years. In other words, not one single atom present in your body today was there five years ago.*
Science of Identity Foundation - Siddhaswarupananda
* Taken from Guy Murchie, The Seven Mysteries of Life (Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1978), pp. 321-22.

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1) O Gopinatha, I have no means of success, but if You take me, having bestowed your mercy upon me, then I will obtain deliverance from this world.

2) 0 Gopinatha, I have fallen into the perils of material illusion. Wealth, wife, and sons have surrounded me, and lust has wasted me away.

3) 0 Gopinatha, my mind is crazy and does not care for any authority. It is always senseless and has remained in the dark pit of worldly affairs.

4) 0 Gopinatha, I have accepted my defeat. All of my various endeavors were useless. Now You are the only hope.

5) 0 Gopinatha, how shall I make any advancement when my mind has come under the control of the powerful senses and does not abandon its attachment to materialism?

6) 0 Gopinatha, after sitting down in the core of my heart and subduing my mind, please wake me to You. In this way the horrible dangers of this world will disappear.

7) 0 Gopinatha, You are Hrsikesa, the Lord of the senses. Seeing me so helpless, please control these senses of mine and deliver me from this dark and perilous worldly existence.

8) 0 Gopinatha, the noose of materialism has become fixed around my neck. Taking up the sword of Your mercy and cutting this bondage, make this Bhaktivinoda Your humble servant.