Sunday, November 29, 2009

Vaishnava Janato

The English translation of "Vaishnava Janato “ -Poet Naris Mehta


One who is a vaishnav,

Knows the pain of others

Does good to others, especially to those ones who are in misery

Does not let pride enter his mind



A Vaishnav, Tolerates and praises the entire world

Does not say bad things about anyone

Keeps his/her words, actions and thoughts pure

O Vaishnav, your mother is blessed



A Vaishnav sees everything equally, rejects greed and avarice

Considers some one else's wife/daughter as his mother

The tongue may get tired, but will never speak lies

Does not even touch someone else's property



A Vaishnav does not succumb to worldly attachments

Who has devoted himself to staunch detachment to worldly
pleasures

Who has been addicted to the elixir coming by the name of Ram

For whom all the religious sites are in the mind


A Vaishnav, Who has no greed and deceit

Who has renounced lust of all types and anger

The poet Narsi will like to see such a person

By who's virtue, the entire family gets salvation


For those who are interested in listening to the actual rendition of these verses in Gujarati

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2qeHKVqh2w

English translation by Unknown

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