Dashak 14 · Samāsa 4

In kali-yuga, do kīrtana; sing purely soft and skillful; / set aside the hard, harsh, crooked — to one side.

Cut off petty arguing; do not quarrel with wicked; / do not let 'true-false' disturb — your own vṛtti.

Do not sing pride-songs; while singing, do not slip; / do not proclaim secrets — sing the [Lord's] virtues.

Grinding, friction, voracity; hoarseness, raspiness, ruining throat; / humming-and-humming — is not proper.

Various names of Bhagavant; various dhyānas of saguṇa; / various kīrtanas of fame — should be done wondrously.

Flinching-and-faltering should not occur; fickle-flippancy should not waver; / prickling-pricking should not arise — thus do.

Do not make mockery-ridicule; while being ridiculed, do not ridicule; / do not make mockery of ridicule — of anyone.

Do not say 'ji ji ji ji' (fawning); he who is awake — is pure; / in chanting Janardana among people — cause satisfaction.

Dripping, spring, oozing water; sparkling from afar, gleam; / all sparkle in bursts — creatures there.

'Come, come, come' — need not be said; 'come, come' — no means is needed; / 'come, come' — for the well-disposed, not needed.

Do not do 'ṭaka ṭaka'; cover-up-dodging should not endure; / do not do 'ṭam ṭam ṭam ṭam' — tedious.

Stammering, stumbling should not become stuck; 'ṭhaka ṭhaka' should not be done; / [the image's] dhyāna — should not be stuck — in pomp-and-show.

'ḍaḷamaḷa' (vacillating) should not stick; 'ḍagamaga' (wavering) is useless; / 'ḍamḍaḷa' should not miss — through obstinacy.

Sloppy, slack, drooping brooms; clumsy, slumping, swaying-dancing; / not shaking — in heaps and heaps — is tedious.

Various neat, elegant; various humble, virtuous; / various rigorous, sweet — rigorous singing.

Rhythm-drums-tan-mānas; rhythm-bound string-singing; / fortune, logic, body-mind — become tallīna (absorbed).

Quivering, thrill-quivers; 'thai thai thai' in high note; / steady-steady dance — of loving bhaktas.

Strict dignity packed; bound and [richly] composed; / 'dam-dam' began to echo — in the jagad-antara.

The crafty-swift ran in; by bold-intellect became bold; / frightening-frightening — was stirred — all the rasa.

Various plays, neat; various sanctions, values, delights; / various rigorous, many — vidyā-vessels.

Pāpa fled afar; puṇya arises in abundance; / going-and-returning it reaches within — attachment forms.

No vanity, wrongness, pettiness; no coarseness, spinning, pinga; / no insipid, broken, trivial — in criticism.

People say 'good, good, good'; abundantly say 'bābā bābā'; / forcibly, forcibly fill — for the kathā.

'Blessed, blessed' among people; with bhakti-bhāva, auspicious many; / adorn the faithful — by benevolence.

Accept if acceptable — in the mind; do not become drunk on attachment. / 'I, I, I, I' — many people — are called [so].

One follows another; 'let us come' they come briskly; / 'come, come, come' that exists to him — need not be said.

Rāga, color, juicy sonorous; inner song-hue; / like for gem-examination — gems — people run.

Eyes flutter; flash-flash the flashing mind; / people hide-and-hide — with love.

Does not utter vain words; does not wander-and-ramble; / by eloquence cools people — becoming humble.

Sāra-asāra to all; teach-and-teach the people; / pleasant song for sajjana — feels good.

True-false seems true; roar-quarrel ceases; / false went as false — calling it false.

The wise, on searching, do not find; śāstra-ārtha, śruti not understood; / śuka-śārikā doesn't get — his word.

Laughed with joy; deluded with 'hā-hā ho-ho'; / hita does not come to him — of the other-world.

Target the lakṣya in the alakṣya; see the lakṣita in the eyes; / the unattained goes into alakṣya — by the bird-path.

Kṣetra, kṣetrajña is stirred; kṣamā forbearing forgives; / patience-stirring-kṣetrajña — in every place.