O Keshava! This material creation of Yours
is most strange. I have roamed throughout the forest of this universe
in consequence of my selfish acts, and I have beheld many curious
sights.
Forgetfulness of Your lotus feet, which is
bitter suffering unto death, burns me with its scorching pain. In
this helpless condition my would-be saviours–the sage-philosophers
Kapila, Gautama, Kanada, Jaimini, and Buddha–have come running
to my aid.
Each expounds his particular view, dangling
various pleasures and liberation as bait in their philosophical traps.
But all of them are just bogus cheaters, being averse to Your devotional
service, and are therefore a source of fatal danger.
Every one of them are cunning experts of karma,
jnana, yoga and tapa who provide various kinds of tempting bait for
cheating the souls who are averse to You. Having paid his respects
to these cheating philosophers from afar, Bhaktivinoda takes refuge
at the feet of Your devotees as the essence of his life.
Sri
Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Nabadwip.