Jagat

For Part I , Part III nāma-nāmī eka tattva viśvāsa kariyā | daśa aparādha chāḍi nirjane basiyā ||42|| ati svalpa dine nāma ha-iyā sadaya | śrī-śyāmasundara-rūpe hayena udaya ||43|| One who sits down somewhere alone to chant with deep faith in the oneness of the Name and the Named receives the mercy of the Holy Name in a very short time and the Lord appears to him in His form as Shyamasundar. Three kinds of people—the materialist, the ritualist and the philosopher— are considered “outwardly directed” ( bahirmukha ), because all of them are engaged in activities based on a false understanding of their true self-interest. The materialist directs his efforts to achieving gratification of this body’s senses. The ritualist aims at sense pleasure in a future lifetime, while the philosopher seeks liberation from all worldly pain. One who overcomes these three positions is said to be “inner-directed” ( antarmukha ). The inner-directed devotees can be subdivided according to th...

I posted this on-line a long time ago, but it has undergone a bit of revision. As far as I know this is supposed to be getting published by Mandala, but I haven't heard anything for a long time. Bhaktivinoda Thakur made notes on HNC. Those are included in the text, but are separated from the verses and the translations. My own footnotes are separated from the text and are colored purple. Bhajana Pranali gadāi gaurāṅga jaya jaya nityānanda | jaya sītānātha jaya gaura-bhakta-vṛnda ||1|| All glories to Gadadhar and Gauranga! All glories to Nityananda Prabhu! All glories to the husband of Sita Devi, Advaita Prabhu! All glories to all of Gauranga’s devotees! saba chāḍi hari-nāma je kare bhajana | jaya jaya bhāgyavān sei mahājana ||2|| Those who renounce everything to commit themselves fully to chanting are great devotees and truly fortunate. May they be forever victorious! prabhu bale hari-dāsa tumi bhakti-bale | peyecha sakala jñāna e jagatī-tale ||3|| The Lord s...