Svikara — Acceptance of Activities Favorable to Pure Devotion
Lyrics
(1) tuwā-bhakti-pratikūla dharma jā’te roy parama jatane tāhā tyajibo niścoy (2) tuwā-bhakti-bahir-mukha sańga nā koribo gaurāńga-virodhi-jana-mukha nā heribo (3) bhakti-pratikūla sthāne nā kori vasati bhaktira apriya kārye nāhi kori rati (4) bhaktira virodhī grantha pāṭha nā koribo bhaktira virodhī vyākhyā kabhu nā śunibo (5) gaurāńga-varjita sthāna tīrtha nāhi māni bhaktira bādhaka jñāna-karma tuccha jāni (6) bhaktira bādhaka kāle nā kori ādar bhakti bahir-mukha nija-jane jāni par (7) bhaktira bādhikā spṛhā koribo varjan abhakta-pradatta anna nā kori grahan (8) jāhā kichu bhakti-pratikūla boli’ jāni tyajibo jatane tāhā, e niścoya vānī (9) bhakativinoda poḍi’ prabhura caraṇe māgaye śakati pratikūlyera varjane
Translation
(1) I vow to abandon without compromise all actions contrary to Your devotional service. (2) I will keep company with no one opposed to devotional service, nor even look at the face of a person inimical toward Lord Gauranga. (3) I shall never reside at a place unfavorable for devotional practices, and may I never take pleasure in nondevotional works. (4) I will read no book opposed to pure devotion, nor listen to any explanation which disagrees with pure devotional principles. (5) I will never regard as sacred any place where Lord Gauranga is rejected. Any knowledge hindering pure devotional service I consider worthless. (6) Any season which poses obstacles to the execution of devotional service shall find no favor with me, and I will consider all relatives or family members averse to pure devotion as strangers. (7) I will abandon all desires that hinder devotion and never accept food offered to me by nondevotee atheists. (8) I vow to promptly shun whatever I know to contradict pure devotion. This I strongly promise. (9) Bhaktivinoda, falling at the feet of the Lord, begs for the strength to give up all obstacles to pure devotion.