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    This poem discusses a bird that lives in the poet's heart and refuses to chant the Hare Krishna maha mantra. In the first stanza, the poet wonders why his heart does not weep from chanting. In the second, he invites the bird to learn the chanting of Krishna's names, which are sweet like honey. In the third, he notes that the bird can speak other names, so it should chant Hare Krishna. The final stanzas describe the bird's inevitable death and cremation, with no ability to save itself through chanting. The poet urges the bird to go with him to the spiritual world to avoid repeated birth and death.

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    This poem discusses a bird that lives in the poet's heart and refuses to chant the Hare Krishna maha mantra. In the first stanza, the poet wonders why his heart does not weep from chanting. In the second, he invites the bird to learn the chanting of Krishna's names, which are sweet like honey. In the third, he notes that the bird can speak other names, so it should chant Hare Krishna. The final stanzas describe the bird's inevitable death and cremation, with no ability to save itself through chanting. The poet urges the bird to go with him to the spiritual world to avoid repeated birth and death.

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    This poem discusses a bird that lives in the poet's heart and refuses to chant the Hare Krishna maha mantra. In the first stanza, the poet wonders why his heart does not weep from chanting. In the second, he invites the bird to learn the chanting of Krishna's names, which are sweet like honey. In the third, he notes that the bird can speak other names, so it should chant Hare Krishna. The final stanzas describe the bird's inevitable death and cremation, with no ability to save itself through chanting. The poet urges the bird to go with him to the spiritual world to avoid repeated birth and death.

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    Keno Hare Kåñëa Näm

    "Oh Why While Chanting Hare Kåñëa...?"


    by Bhaktivinoda Öhäkura

    (refrain) keno hare kåñëa näm hari bole


    mano präë käìde nä

    SYNONYMS
    keno—why?; hare kåñëa näm—the names Hare Kåñëa; hari bole—chanting the name
    of Lord Hari; mano präë—my inner heart; käìde nä—does not weep.

    TRANSLATION
    (refrain) Oh, why does my heart not weep from chanting the holy names Hare Kåñëa?

    (1)
    pakhi nä jäni kon aparädhe
    mukhe hare kåñëa näm bolo nä

    SYNONYMS
    pakhi—the bird of my heart; nä jäni—I do not know; kon aparädhe—by some offense;
    mukhe—with the mouth; hare kåñëa näm—the names of Hare Kåñëa; bolo nä—does
    not chant.

    TRANSLATION
    1) The bird of my heart does not know what past sinful activities it has committed to
    cause this inability to chant Hare Kåñëa properly.

    (2)
    baner pakhi re dhare räkläm hådoy mandire
    madhu mäkhä ei hari näm
    pakhi re çikhaile çikhe

    SYNONYMS
    baner pakhi—a bird of the forest; re—O!; dhare—holding; räkläm—I have kept;
    hådoy mandire—in the temple of my heart; madhu mäkhä—smeared with honey; ei—
    this; hari näm—name of Lord Hari; pakhi re—O bird!; çikhaile—upon being
    instructed; çikhe—learns.

    TRANSLATION
    2) O forest bird! I have kept something for you very carefully within the cottage of my
    heart—the holy name of Lord Hari, which is overflowing with pure sweet honey. O
    bird, you could learn the chanting of this name if you were taught.
    (3)
    pakhi sakal näm bolte paro
    keno hare kåñëa näm bolo na
    keno hare kåñëa näm hari bole mano präë käìde nä

    SYNONYMS
    pakhi—a bird; sakal näm—all names; bolte paro—is able to speak; keno—why?; hare
    kåñëa näm—the names of Hare Kåñëa; bolo na—does not chant.

    TRANSLATION
    3) A bird is easily able to speak all names; why then does this bird of my heart refuse
    to chant Hare Kåñëa? Oh, why does my heart not weep from chanting the holy names
    Hare Kåñëa?

    (4)
    chalo pakhi rüper deçe jäi
    je deçete maner mänuç äsä jäoyä näi

    SYNONYMS
    chalo—please go; pakhi—O bird!; rüper deçe—to the land of true beauty; jäi—I go; je
    deçete—at which place; maner mänuç—the mentally-imagined man; äsä jäoyä—comes
    and goes (as in repeated birth and death); näi—not.

    TRANSLATION
    4) O bird! Come, let us go to the spiritual world, the land of true and everlasting
    beauty. It is the place where the imaginary man of my mind will never again come and
    go on the revolving cycle of birth and death.

    (5)
    pakhi re tor maraëa kälete
    carabi väser doläte
    ore cär janete kandhe kore
    loye jäbe smaçan ghäöete

    SYNONYMS
    pakhi re—O bird!; tor—your; maraëa kälete—at the time of death; carabi—you will
    be placed; väter doläte—on the funeral stretcher made from slips of bamboo; ore—
    oh!; cär janete—by four persons; kandhe kore—placing on the shoulder; loye—
    carrying; jäbe—will proceed; smäçan ghäöete—to the cremation landing.

    TRANSLATION
    5) O bird! At the time of death, your body will simply be placed upon a funeral
    stretcher, lifted on the shoulders of four persons and carried to the cremation
    grounds.
    (6)
    ore o tor mukhe äguna jihve tule
    ki korobi täi bolo nä

    SYNONYMS
    ore o—alas!; tor—your; mukhe—in the mouth; äguna—fire; jihve—the tongue;
    tule—obliterate; ki korobi—what can you do?; täi—at that; bolo nä—you do not
    speak.

    TRANSLATION
    (6) Alas! The cremation fire will then enter your mouth and totally consume your
    tongue. There will be nothing you can do to save yourself, for at that time it is too
    late-you will be unable to speak any more.

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