Parjaay: Puja | Upa-Parjaay: Bondhu | Written On: 1910 | Collection: Geetanjali |
Song Summary: Understanding the “Unconscious I” prior to reaching the “Point-of-no-return” is a profoundly delightful experience, as it instills a renewal both within us and in the physical creation around us. This unconscious force is boundless, yet it takes shape within the confines of our finite physical bodies. It embodies the shadowy force of desires, which wreaks havoc on our mental and physical well-being, despite its deceptive appearance as a guiding light that offers no solace to its nurturer.
As both the forces meet when realization dawns before the “Point-of-no-Return”, everything becomes crystal clear. The “Conscious SELF” finds self in an endless ocean where the wave is preventing the return to the shore. Also, the outward purity of “Unconscious I” becomes visible while he is harboring inner sorrow.
| Verse | Bangla Lyric | As Understood |
| 1 | সীমার মাঝে, অসীম, তুমি বাজাও আপন সুর। | Within finite, you’re unconscious I infinite – playing your own flute of-destruction |
| 2 | আমার মধ্যে তোমার প্রকাশ তাই এত মধুর॥ | That’s why your unconscious I expression realization within me Conscious SELF is so amazingly-sweet |
| 3 | কত বর্ণে কত গন্ধে, কত গানে কত ছন্দে, | In many colors, in many self-praises, in many songs and rhythms |
| 4 | অরূপ তোমার রূপের লীলায় জাগে হৃদয়পুর। | Inexplicable appearance of your unconscious I beauty induced divine-play surfaces within the heart’s-core |
| 5 | তোমায় আমায় মিলন হলে সকলি যায় খুলে– | All becomes apparent when we unite meet each other |
| 6 | বিশ্বসাগর ঢেউ খেলায়ে উঠে তখন দুলে। | Then, psychological-sea becomes visible with it’s own waves |
| 7 | তোমার আলোয় নাই তো ছায়া, আমার মাঝে পায় সে কায়া, | Your light pull for desire fulfilment has no shadow break from the heat / rest and relax as it desire driven darkness materializes within me |
| 8 | হয় সে আমার অশ্রুজলে সুন্দরবিধুর। | He unconscious I becomes the pure social while in sorrow within with my tears |
| Song Pointers | As Understood | |
| আমার | Conscious SELF | |
| তোমার | Unconscious I | |
| সীমা | Finite / Physical body | |
| অসীম | Infinite / limitless | |
| গন্ধ | Fragrance / self-praise | |
| হৃদয়পুর | Core of one’s heart | |
| মিলন | Meet and reflect | |
| বিশ্বসাগর | Boundless psychological sea with no escape, its relentless waves barring the path to the shore. | |
| আলো | Desire darkness / গো / আলো আমার আলো ওগো | |
| কায়া | Appearance / body | |
| ছায়া | Shadow for rest and relax | |
| অশ্রুজলে | Tears | |
| সুন্দরবিধুর | Outward beauty with sorrow within | |
