This beautiful lullaby song is composed by Queen Madalasa, who is one of India’s most learned and wise women. The story of মদালস appears in মার্কংডেয পুরাণ. She is the wife if King Ritadhwaja. When her babies cried, queen Madalasa used to sing this lullaby rather than pleasuring them with small toys and dolls (which children generally love) which acts as an indication towards not getting attracted to material things.
Because of her teachings, her first three sons Vikranta, Subahu, Shatrumardana, left the throne and went for penance. With the request of the King, she trained her fourth son Alarka to be the great warrior King by singing songs of valor to protect his kingdom and make it prosperous. She taught him to regard other women as his mother and to think of the Lord to destroy wicked thoughts. Thus Alarka grew up to be a righteous king and a mighty warrior.
শুদ্ধোসি বুদ্ধোসি নিরংজনোঽসি
সংসারমাযা পরিবর্জিতোঽসি ।
সংসারস্বপ্নং ত্যজ মোহনিদ্রাং
মদালসোল্লাপমুবাচ পুত্রম্ ॥ 1 ॥
1. Madalasa says to her crying son: “You are pure, Enlightened, and spotless. Leave the illusion of the world and wake up from this deep slumber of delusion”
শুদ্ধোঽসি রে তাত ন তেঽস্তি নাম
কৃতং হি তত্কল্পনযাধুনৈব ।
পংচাত্মকং দেহ-মিদং ন তেঽস্তি
নৈবাস্য ত্বং রোদিষি কস্য হেতো ॥ 2 ॥
2. My Child, you are Ever Pure! You do not have a name. A name is only an imaginary superimposition on you. This body made of five elements is not you nor do you belong to it. This being so, what can be a reason for your crying ?
ন বৈ ভবান্ রোদিতি বিক্ষ্বজন্মা
শব্ধোযমাযাধ্য মহীশ সূনূম্ ।
বিকল্প্যমানো বিবিধৈর্গুণৈস্তে
গুণাশ্চ ভৌতাঃ সকলেংদিযেষু ॥ 3 ॥
3. The essence of the universe does not cry in reality. All is a maya of words, oh Prince! Please understand this. The various qualities you seem to have are are just your imaginations, they belong to the elements that make the senses (and have nothing to do with you).
ভূতানি ভূতৈঃ পরিদুর্বলানি
বৃদ্ধিং সমাযাংতি যথেহ পুংসঃ ।
অন্নাংবুপানাদিভিরেব তস্মাত্
ন তেস্তি বৃদ্ধির্ ন চ তেস্তি হানিঃ ॥ 4 ॥
4. The Elements [that make this body] grow with accumulation of more elements or reduce in size if some elements are taken away. This is what is seen in a body’s growing in size or becoming lean depending upon the consumption of food, water etc. You do not have growth or decay.
ত্বং কংচুকে শীর্যমাণে নিজোস্মিন্
তস্মিন্ দেহে মূঢতাং মা ব্রজেথাঃ ।
শুভাশুভৌঃ কর্মভির্দেহমেতত্
মৃদাদিভিঃ কংচুকস্তে পিনদ্ধঃ ॥ 5 ॥
5. You are in the body which is like a jacket that gets worn out day by day. Do not have the wrong notion that you are the body. This body is like a jacket that you are tied to, for the frutification of the good and bad karmas.
তাতেতি কিংচিত্ তনযেতি কিংচিত্
অংবেতি কিংচিদ্ধযিতেতি কিংচিত্ ।
মমেতি কিংচিন্ন মমেতি কিংচিত্
ত্বং ভূতসংঘং বহু ম নযেথাঃ ॥ 6 ॥
6. Some may refer to you are Father and some others may refer to you a Son or some may refer to you as mother and some one else may refer to you as wife. some say “you are mine” and some others say “you are not mine” These are all references to this “Combination of Physical Elements”, Do not identify with them.
সুখানি দুঃখোপশমায ভোগান্
সুখায জানাতি বিমূঢচেতাঃ ।
তান্যেব দুঃখানি পুনঃ সুখানি
জানাতি বিদ্ধন বিমূঢ চেতাঃ ॥ 7 ॥
7. The deluded look at objects of enjoyments as giving happiness by removing the unhappiness. The wise clearly see that the same object which gives happiness now will become a source of unhappiness.
যানং চিত্তৌ তত্র গতশ্চ দেহো
দেহোঽপিচান্যঃ পুরুষো নিবিষ্ঠঃ ।
মমত্বমুরোযা ন যথ তথাস্মিন্
দেহেতি মাত্রং বত মূঢরৌষ ॥ 8 ॥
8. The vehicle that moves on the ground is different from the person in it similarly this body is also different from the person who is inside! The owner of the body is different from the body! Ah how foolish it is to think I am the body!
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