Stri Purusa Deha Geha

Hari Govinda, Stri Purusa Deha Geha

Bhaktivinod Thakur
has written this song “Stri Purusa Deha Geha” The official name of this song is Yamuna Bhavavali Song 21.This song is taken from the book Gitamala. Bhaktivinoda Thakura says that whatever body and caste we have taken birth in does not matter. What matters most is Hari Govinda’s mercy and the strength to serve them continuously.
hari he
stri-purusa-deha-gata barna-adi dharma jata
tahe punah deha-gata bheda
sattwa-rajas-tamo-guna asroyeche bheda punah
ei-rupa sahasra prabheda
jekhona sarira thaki jekhona abastha rakhi
se saba ekhona taba paya
sampilama praneswara mama boli' atah para
ara kichu na rohilo daya
tumi prabhu rakho mora saba taba adhikara
achi ami tomara kinkora
e bhaktibinoda bole taba dasya-kautuhole
thaki jena sada-seba-pora
(1) Oh my Lord! I know that all bodily distinctions between female and male, as well as the divisions of the varnasrama system namely brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, sudra, brahmacari, grhastha, vanaprastha and sannyasaare all simply materialistic distinctions based on bodily consciousness. All these fall under the jurisdiction of the modes of goodness, passion and ignorance, and thus all these bodily discriminations multiply into thousands of different complicated classifications.
(2) Whatever type of body I happen to live in, and whatever circumstantial position surrounds this particular body, I now offer all these things unto Your lotus feet, oh Lord of my life! From now on, I am no longer responsible for anything related to my very existence.
(3) Therefore, please protect and maintain me, oh Lord, for I am but Your eternal humble servant. Bhaktivinoda is just informing You that I am living always absorbed in the curious amusement of the transcendental loving service attitude.