DHIRA
Jiv Jago
Mantra
जीव जाग, जीव जाग, गौरचान्द बले । कत निद्रा याओ माया-पिशाचीर कोले ॥
jīv jāgo, jīv jāgo, gauracānda bole / kota nidrā jāo māyā-piśācīra kole
"'Wake up, sleeping souls, wake up!' calls Lord Gauranga. 'How long will you sleep in the lap of the witch Maya?'"
Meaning
A song by Bhaktivinoda Thakura from the Arunodaya-kirtana, the "songs of dawn". Sri Chaitanya awakens the soul who has forgotten service to God, says He has come for her sake, and brings the medicine for illusion — the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. It is sung at the morning kirtan.
