RAI DAS Prabhuji! Tum chandan ham pani, Jaki ang ang bas samani. Prabhuji!

Tum ghanban ham mora, Jaise chitvat chand-chakora. Prabhuji! Tum moti ham dhaga, Jaise sone men milat suhaga. Prabhuji! Tum dipak ham bati, Jaki jyot jale din rati. Prabhuji tum swami ham dasa, Aisi bhagti karai Raidasa.

Tum meri rakho laaj hari Tum jaanat sab antaryami karni kachhu na kari Avaguna mose bisrat nahi Pal chhin ghari ghari Dara sut dhan moh liye ho Sudh budh sab bisari Sur patit ko beg ubaaro Ab mori naav bhari

Meaning -

Oh hari! keep my pudency you know everything the work doesnt decide anything I am not able to deliver my demerits the time passes out each while Wife, son and the wealth have deluded me I have lost my reminiscence . Surdas ji says please relieve me soon Now my life (here expressed as boat )has fiiled ( Sense :and there is no more space for anything .)

Deenan dukh aran Dev

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deenan dukh haran dev santan hitkari ajamil geedh byadh inme kah kaun saadh panchhi ko pad padhaat ganika si taari deenan dukh haran dev ... dhruva ke sar chhatra det prahalad ko ubari det bhakta hetu bandhyo setu lankpuri jaayi deenan dukh haran dev ..... gaj ko jab grah grasyo duhshashan cheer khasyo sabha beech krishna krishna draupati pukari deenan dukh haran dev ..... itne hari aaye gaye basnan aaroorh bhaye surdas dware khado aanadhro bhikhari deenan dukh haran dev santan hitkari deenan dukh haran dev .....

This is a very nice bhajan by surdas but only few people know what lies in it . I would like to clear its meaning to all visitors .In this bhajan surdas ji is requesting to lord saying Deenan dukh haran dev santan hitkari -

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The Lord who removes the pain of the sufferers and is well doer of the saints Azamil , the vulture , the hunter ,, say who was perfect among them , Who gave a higher destination to a bird and made the Ganika (a man who lives with a prostitute. -here Azamil )to move accross this bhavasagar... Who versed Druva's head with canopy, and saved Prahalad For the sake of devotee who constructed the bridge by going to Lanka puri . When the alligator grabbed the Gajraj (the elephant) in his jaws ...who came to save him ..

When Duhshashan unwinded the clothes (of Draupadi) , Draupadi called up "Krihsna Krishna " in the Hall .. Just then ,( you) Hari reached there and adjointed Himself in the clothes . Surdas , a blind begger , is standing on Your doorsteps When You can do so much and show your grace upon these people , Please be kind towards me too .

Rani tero chir jiyo Gopal

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Rani tero chir jiyo gopal Begi badhyo badi hoya viradh lat, mahari manohar baal Upaji paryo yah koonkhi bhagya bal,samudra seep jaise laal Sab gokul ke pran jeevan dhan , bairin ke ursal Sur kito jiya sukh paavat hai, nirkhat shyam tamal Raj aaraj lagyo meri akhiyan,roge dosh janjaal

It is a very sweet bhajan .. illustrating the moment when lord Shiva came to see Krishna lalla .He expressed all his feelings for Bal Gopal to yasoda maiya saying these words . :)

Meaning -

Oh queen !may your Gopal live long his smooth b'ful hairs.. they have grown up quite fast and have grown into dense braid Lord has revealed . It has increased the power of luck as one finds a red pearl from the ocean . he is the spirit and life wealth of the whole Gokul and he is the pain of the hearts of his enemies . Surdas ji says how much happiness does lord Shiva is getting ,seeing tamal like Shyam(According to legend of the Bhagavata the tamal tree is closely associated with the life sport of Lord Krishna and Krishna is shown to be of blue or dark skin color)

He says the dust by his contact has reached to my eyes ,from where it removes all the blemishes and troubles. Ri bansi kaun tap tein kiyo

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Lyrics-

Ri bansi kaun tap tein kiyo Rahat giridhar mukh hi lagi Adharan ko ras piyo Shyam sundar kamal lochan Tohi tan man diyo Sur shri gopal bas bhayen Jagat mein yash liyo

Meaning-

Oh flute! how did you performed a penance . you keep in touch with the mouth of Giridhar(lord krishna)and you keep on relishing his lips . Charming Shyam who has his eyes like lotus has devoted his body and mind to you . surdas ji says that shree Gopal has become subjugated to you and in this way you earned fame in this world .

Sabse oonchi prem sagai

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sabse unchi prem sagaai duryodhana ko meva tyagyo saag vidur ghar khai

sabse unchi... juthe phal sabri ke khaaye bahu vidi swada batayi sabse unchi prem .... prem ke bas arjun rath hakyo bhool gaye thakurai sabse unchi prem ... aisi preet barhi vrindavana gopin naach nachaai sabse unchi .... sur kroor is laayak nahi kah lag karehu badhai hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare

Meaning -

Supreme is the bond of love . for love ... lord left the high defined food (full of dry fruits)of duryodhana and ate simple food (herbs) at Vidur's home . The lord ate already tasted food of mata Sabari and said it to be the tastiest . Under the effect of love drove the chariot of Arjun he forgot his supremity . such a love arose in Vrindavan that he danced with the gopis . Sur das ji says that he is harsh enough to praise the lord .

Jai Radha maadhav

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Jai radha maadhav jai kunj bihari jai gopi janballabh jai girivar dhari murli manohar karuna sagar jai govardhan dhari jai radha maadhav jai kunj bihari ...... yashoda nandan brij jan ranjan

jamuna teer van chari jai radha maadhav ........ murali manohar karuna sagar jai govardhan dhari jai radha maadhav ....... hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare

Meaning -

Our acclamation to the lover of godess of fortune(Radha)and to the wanderer of the groves . Acclamation to the dearest to the "gopi jan" and to the the bearer of the mountain (Govardhan). He has a captivating form by taking the flute and he is the ocean of grace . Acclaimation to the Govardhan Mountain bearer . Son of yashoda ji , the entertainer of the people of Vraj the wanderer of the banks of Yamuna and the forests .

Hari darshan ki pyasi

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Hari darshan ki pyasi akhiyaan hari darshan ki pyasi dekhyo chahe kamal nayan ko nis din rahat udaasi akhiyaan hari darshan ki pyasi kesar tilak motin ki maala vrindavana ke vaasi neh lagaai tyag gayen trin sam daal gayen gal phansi akhiyan hari darshan ki ...... kahoo ke mana ki ko jaanat logan ke man haasi surdas prabhu tumhare daras bin leho karvat kashi ankhiyaan hari darshan ki pyasi hari darshan ki........

Meaning-

Gopis after Krishnas departure from Gokul become very sad and at this they say -

our eyes are thirsty for a glance of lord . they want to see lotus eyes and so they remain sad each day. He has a mark of saffron on forehead and who wears the necklace of pearl and who is the resident of Vrindavan, binding us in the bond of love has left like a straw and it seems that he has fastened us with the rope around our neck . The Gopis say who knows the inside of anyone's mind , people just keep on laughing in their mind about one's situation .Surdas ji says that the gopi's are saying that oh lord without your presence Kashi has also become restless ....then what about us ?

Hey govind hey gopal rakho sharan

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Lyrics-

Hey govind hey gopal rakho sharan ab to jeevan haaren neer piyan hetu gaya sindhu ke kinaare sindhu beech basat grah paav dhari pachhade charon pahar yuddh bhayo le gayo majhdhaare naak kaan duban laage krishna ko pukaaren sur kahe shyam suno sharan hain tumhaare abki baar paar karo nand ke dulaare

Meaning-

This is a b'ful bhajan expressing the grief of Gajaraj who has been cpatured in the water by the alligator .The gajraj went there to offer prayer to God and at that time this all happened .It is said that he prayed to the lord so intensley by his heart that Lord Vishnu instantly reached there and saved the elephant by beheading the alligator by his "Sudarshan" Chakra . At that time whatever he narrated all those words are the important part of "Srimad

Bhagwat Mahapurana " and this whole instance is collected together as "Gajendra Moksha".

Oh Govind Oh Gopal ,keep me in your shelter as I am loosing my life . I went to drink the water at the bank of river .In the river there lies an alligator who has grabbed my legs and thus he is drawing me in the water . Whole day we had a conflict but he taken me to the edge , now my nose and ears are drowned and are calling only Krishna . Sur das ji says that the elephant says Oh Shyam please listen to me I am only in your shelter .Oh dearest of Nand ji this time you take me accross this jolt .

Prabhu ji mere avaguna chit na dharo

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Lyrics-

Prabhu more avagun chit na dharo samdarshi hai naam tiharo chahe to paar karo

ek nadiya ek naar kahave mailo neer bharo jab dou mil ke ek baran bhaye sursari naam paryo

ek loha pooja mein raakhat ek ghar badhik paryo paaras gun avagun nahi chitvat Kanchan karat kharo

ek jeev ek brahma kahave Sur Shyam jhagaro abki ber mohi paar utaaro nahi pan jaat taryo

Meaning -

O Lord please dont keep any faults in my mind Your name is equanimous

please take me under your shelter. There is a river and a gutter that is filled with dirty water . Both of them when meet together they are known with name of the ocean . (sense: means men are divided in ill witted and a good witted person .They are compared with the river water and the gutter water.Both types of these are there in this world but where they all finally meet is an ocean that does not differentiate between these two gives space to both of them equally in the same way.Lord you are ocean where these two meet and accquire same colour of nature .) Surdas ji again says that there is an iron that is used in the holy worships while there is another that lies with a brutal butcher .This is not a dilemma for the "Paras" (a stone that is characterized by turning all ferrous objects to golden ones), it converts all the iron in the form of pure gold. (sense:you shold also not differentiate between good and bad and should shape everyone in one form that is you .) He says there is a soul and a supersoul ,Surdas ji fights with the lord ... and says this time you need to take me accross this world I am not able to leave the proud in me so cant cross it by ownself .

Suni ri maine nirbal ke balram

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suni ri maine nirbal ke balram pichhali saakh dharun santan ki ade sawaren kaam jab lag gaja bal aapno bartyo nek saryo tah kaam nirbal hoi balram pukaro aayen aadhe naam drupad suta nirbal bhai ta din taj aayen nij dhaam duhshashan ki bhuja thakit bhai basan roop bhayen shyam ap-bal tap-bal aur bahu-bal chautha bal hai bal-dam sur kishor kripa se sab bal haare ko hari naam

Meaning-

Surdas ji says that I have heard that the power of weak is Ram . If I take an account of the saints in the past He has made all aggravated tasks . Till the gajraaj used up his strength he wasnt able to do anything but as he got weak and called up Ram ,the Lord reached there so fast that even gajraj had just narrated half of Lord's name . The day when daughter of Drupad got weak ,He came leaving his abode .He took the form of saaree and the hands of Duhshashan got tired while winding it off . The power of enchanting , the power of penance and the power of arms and the fourth power is of lord . Surdas ji says all powers are due to grace of "Kishore" so those who have become loosers should only remember the name of "Hari".

Tum taji aur kaun pe jaaun

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Tum taji aur kaun pe jaaun kaake dware jai sar naaun par hath kahan bikaaun aiso ko data hai samarathkiske diye aghaaun rank ayaachi kiyo sudama diye abhaya pada thaau kamdhenu chintamani dini kalpvriksha taru chhau bhava samudra ati dekhi bhayanak man mein adhik deraaun kijiye kripa sumiri apno pan surdas bali jaoon

Meaning -

Where should I go leaving you ? To whose doorstep I should go and where should sell myself in other's hand . who is a donor capable like you who whose donation can satisfy me ? On demands of beggar Sudama you handed over the fearless abode , he gave him Kaamdhenu (the cow)and the shade of

"Kalpa" tree thathinking that fulfills all of the wishes. Seeing the ocean of this physical world very terrific ,I fear of it intensely in my mind. Surdas ji says oh lord ! Please be kind towards me thinking that I am your's . chakra ke dharanhaar

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Chakra ke dharanhaar Garun ke aswaar nand kumar mero sankat niwaro

Yamlaak arjun taryo gaj ke ubaryo naag naathanhaar mero to sambharo

girivar kar pe dharyo indra garv daryo vraj ke rakshanhaar deenan vicharo

drupad suta ki ber nikana ki aber ab kyun aber sur sevak tiharo

Meaning-

Who is the carrier of the wheel , and Garun is whose vehicle ,that Son of Nand please relieve me from my jeopardy . You have relieved Yamlaak and Arjun(the two trees in nand jis yard that became tree just by curse ) and you drove out thr gajaraj (from the paw of the alligator),you yoked the Kalia snake please take care of mine also . You carried the mountain(Govardhan) on your hands . doing so you saved the people of Vraj and in this way you splintered the ego of Indra .You the saviour of Vraj please think about the poors too. Surdas ji says at the bad time of daughter of Drupad (Draupadi) you didnt get late ,why you are late in my turn , while I am also a servant of your's.

Sundar badan sukh sadan

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