Vaishnava Janato (Narasinh Mehta) - Em memoria de Mahatma Ghandi

Esta era a oracao favorita de Mahatma Ghandi.

Quem sabe se ela nao concentra a essencia da "libertacao" que nos tao ardentemente procuramos?

Aqui esta uma interpretacao magnifica no filme "Water" de Deepa Mehta:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGSf5SIWi1E 

Vaishnav jan to tene kahiye je         

[One who is a vaishnav]            

PeeD paraayi jaaNe re         

[Knows the pain of others]          

Par-dukhkhe upkaar kare toye         

[Does good to others, esp. to those ones who are in misery]           

Man abhimaan na aaNe re         

[Does not let pride enter his mind]          

Vaishnav...                  

SakaL lok maan sahune vande         

[A Vaishnav, Tolerates and praises the the entire world]          

Nindaa na kare keni re         

[Does not say bad things about anyone]          

Vaach kaachh man nishchaL raakhe         

[Keeps his/her words, actions and thoughts pure]          

Dhan-dhan janani teni re         

[O Vaishnav, your mother is blessed (dhanya-dhanya)]                  

Vaishnav...          

Sam-drishti ne trishna tyaagi         

[A Vaishnav sees everything equally, rejects greed and avarice]           

Par-stree jene maat re         

[Considers some one else's wife/daughter as his mother]         

Jivha thaki asatya na bole         

[The toungue may get tired, but will never speak lies]         

Par-dhan nav jhaalee haath re         [

Does not even touch someone else's property]         

Vaishnav...          

Moh-maaya vyaape nahi jene         

[A Vaishnav does not succumb to worldly attachments]         

DriDh vairaagya jena man maan re         

[Who has devoted himself to stauch detachment to worldly   pleasures]         

Ram naam shoon taaLi laagi         

[Who has been edicted to the elixir coming by the name of Ram]         

SakaL tirath tena tan maan re         

[For whom all the religious sites are in the mind]         

Vaishnav...          

VaN-lobhi ne kapaT-rahit chhe         

[Who has no greed and deciet]         

Kaam-krodh nivaarya re         

[Who has renounced lust of all types and anger]           

BhaNe Narsaiyyo tenun darshan karta         

[The poet Narsi will like to see such a person]          

KuL ekoter taarya re         

[By who's virtue, the entire family gets salvation]         

Vaishnav...