Fiji Islands
Fiji Islands
Srila Prabhupada "I.O.U."
The material debts I had accumulated were too many to count.
Lawyer, doctor and dentist, such an incredible amount!
Lawyer, doctor and dentist, such an incredible amount!
But as much as I'd make myself debtor to all,
by good ways and right means the sum soon did fall.
by good ways and right means the sum soon did fall.
So many bills, so many ills, sometimes in the red, sometimes in the black
But there's one debt now that I could never pay back.
But there's one debt now that I could never pay back.
The debt to my spiritual master, can anything there greater be?
Nor could lifetimes of service remove that responsibility.
Nor could lifetimes of service remove that responsibility.
He opened my eyes which were closed tight for so long.
An operation that required sastra, sat-sahga and song.
An operation that required sastra, sat-sahga and song.
Such methods were revolutionary in light of present-day "knowledge,"
which now only appears to be so much useless garbage.
which now only appears to be so much useless garbage.
A change of heart, a clean, fresh mind,
is there any surgeon this day, my soul, can he find?
is there any surgeon this day, my soul, can he find?
I know they would try hard but by material means,
which is like trying to climb stars with "two-by-four" beams.
which is like trying to climb stars with "two-by-four" beams.
There's no man alive today who knows such an art,
of cleansing the mind and melting the heart.
of cleansing the mind and melting the heart.
To you dear Prabhupada I've fallen in debt
with no way to reimburse the price that you've set.
with no way to reimburse the price that you've set.
You ask only simple service to Krsna with love,
but try as I may can a crow become a dove?
but try as I may can a crow become a dove?
Here's all that I have, just one humble prayer,
to convey a few words and show that I care.
to convey a few words and show that I care.
Please take what I offer, though so little to give.
Somewhere in your deep heart please grant me reprieve.
Somewhere in your deep heart please grant me reprieve.
The devotees of the Fiji Islands
Vasudeva dasa adhikari / Bhagavati-devi dasi / Bhūhana-mohana dasa adhikari / Srimati Narabda-devi dasi / Sevananda dasa adhikari / Sravaniya-devi dasi / Upananda dasa brahmacari / Nimai-sarana / Sajjanasraya dasa brahmacari
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