Jiv Jago
Arunodaya Kirtana Song 2
jīv
jāgo, jīv jāgo, gauracānda bole kota nidrā jāo māyā-piśācīra kole
Word for word
jīv jāgo - wake up, sleeping souls!; jīv jāgo - wake up, sleeping souls!; gauracāńda bole - Lord Gaurāńga calls; kota nidrā yāo - how long are you sleeping?; māyā-pīśācīra - of the witch Māyā; kole - in the lap.
Lord Gauranga is calling, "Wake up, sleeping souls! Wake up, sleeping souls! How long will you sleep in the lap of the witch called Maya?
bhajibo
boliyā ese saṁsāra-bhitare bhuliyā rohile tumi avidyāra bhare
Word for word
bhajibo - I will certainly worship the Lord; boliyā - saying; ese - having come; saḿsāra-bhitore - into the material world; bhuliyā - having forgotten; rohile tumi - you have remained; avidyāra bhore - in the darkness of ignorance.
You have forgotten the way of devotional service and are lost in the world of birth and death.
tomāre
loite āmi hoinu avatāra āmi
binā bandhu āra ke āche tomāra
Word for word
tomāre loite - to reclaim you; āmi - I; hoinu avatāra - have descended as an incarnation; āmi vinā - other than Myself; bandhu āra - another friend; ke āche - who is?; tomāra - yours.
I have descended just to save you; other than Myself you have no friend in this world.
enechi
auṣadhi māyā nāśibāro lāgi' hari-nāma mahā-mantra lao tumi māgi'
Word for word
enechi - I have brought; auṣadhi - the medicine; māyā - illusion of Māyā; nāśibāro lāgi' - for destroying; hari-nāma mahā-mantra - the great chant of the names of Hari; lao - please take it; tumi - you; māgi' - begging.
I have brought the medicine that will wipe out the disease of illusion from which you are suffering. Take this maha-mantra-Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama, Hare Rama Rama Rama, Hare Hare."
bhakativinoda
prabhu-caraṇe pariyā sei hari-nāma-mantra loilo māgiyā
Word for word
bhakativinoda - Bhaktivinoda; prabhu-caraṇe - at the lotus feet of Lord Gaurāńga; poḍiyā - falling down; sei hari-nāma-mantra - that Hari-nāmamantra; loilo - he received; māgiyā - after begging.
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura says: "I fall at the Lord's feet, having taken this mahā-mantra."
Translation
Lord Gauranga is calling, "Wake up, sleeping souls! Wake up, sleeping souls! How long will you sleep in the lap of the witch called Maya?
You have forgotten the way of devotional service and are lost in the world of birth and death.
I have descended just to save you; other than Myself you have no friend in this world.
I have brought the medicine that will wipe out the disease of illusion from which you are suffering. Take this maha-mantra-Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama, Hare Rama Rama Rama, Hare Hare."
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura says: "I fall at the Lord's feet, having taken this mahā-mantra."
Notes
This song can be sung in either Raga Jhinjhoti in Kaherva Tala or the Bengali morning raga (Raga Bangala) in Dadra Tala. PURPORT: By A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Prabhupada commentary
Jīv jāgo, jīv jāgo, gauracānda bole. Jīv means the living entities. Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu is asking all living entities to "Wake up. Please wake up. Please get up." Jāgo. Jāgo means "Wake up."
jīv jāgo, jīv jāgo, gauracānda bole
kota nidrā jāo māyā-piśācīra kole
[Lord Gaurāṅga is calling, "Wake up, sleeping souls! Wake up, sleeping souls! You have slept so long on the lap of the witch Māyā!]
"How long you shall go on sleeping on the lap of the witches, māyā?" Bhajibo boliyā ese saṁsāra-bhitare: "In the womb of your mother you promised that this life you shall engage in the matter of developing your Kṛṣṅa consciousness." Bhuliyā rohile tumi avidyāra bhare: "But you are forgotten everything under the spell of illusory energy."
Actually, when the child remains within the womb of his mother, packed up in airtight bag, at the age of seven months within the womb, when he develops his consciousness, he feels very uncomfortable, and the fortunate baby prays to God, "Please relieve me from this awkward position, and this life I shall fully engage myself in developing my God consciousness, or Kṛṣṅa consciousness." But as soon as the child comes out of the womb of his mother, under the spell of these three modes of material nature he forgets, and he cries, and the parents take care, and the whole thing is forgotten.
There is one instance of Parīkṣit Mahārāja. When he was in the womb of his mother, their paternal, I mean to say, enemy, Droṅa..., son of Droṅācārya, Aśvatthāmā, he released a weapon called brahmāstra. The brahmāstra could kill even within the womb. So at that time Lord Kṛṣṅa entered and saved the child. The child saw the form of Kṛṣṅa and was remembering. And when the child came out, he was trying to find out where is that form. He was searching after Kṛṣṅa. So the astrologers who were present there, they could understand that "This child is seeking something." Therefore his name was given, Parīkṣit. Parīkṣit means one who is trying to test. Parikṣa. Parikṣa means test, examination.
So there are many examples. Of course, very rare the child remembers. Generally forgets. So Lord Caitanya is trying to wake up all children of māyā, nature's son, to wake up. The similar instruction is in the Vedic Upaniṣad: uttiṣṭhata jāgrata. The advice is that "Everyone should now wake up. They should not sleep under the spell of illusion, material nature. This human form of body must be utilized." The same thing Lord Caitanya is speaking in ordinary song, jīv jāgo, jīv jāgo, gauracānda bole: "All living entities wake up. Don't miss this opportunity." Kota nidrā jāo māyā-piśācīra: "How long you shall remain asleep in this way, under the spell of māyā? This is the opportunity. Don't sleep."