# Tumi Sarveśvareśvara (from Śaraṇāgati) ### Text One > tumi sarveśvareśvara, brajendra-kumāra! > tomāra icchāya viśve sṛjana saṁhāra **Translation** O youthful son of the King of Vraja, You are Lord of all lords. According to Your will, creation and destruction take place in the universe. ### Text Two > tava icchā-mato brahmā korena sṛjana > tava icchā-mato viṣnu korena pālana **Translation** According to Your will Lord Brahmā creates, and according to Your will Lord Viṣnu maintains. ### Text Three > tava icchā-mate śiva korena saṁhāra > tava icchā-mate māyā sṛje kārāgāra **Translation** According to Your will Lord Śiva destroys, and according to Your will Māyā constructs the prison house of this world. ### Text Four > tava icchā-mate jīver janama-maraṇa > samṛddhi-nipāte duḥkha sukha-saṁghaṭana **Translation** According to Your will the living beings take birth and die, and according to Your will they meet with prosperity and ruin, happiness and sorrow. ### Text Five > miche māyā-baddha jīva āśā-pāśe phire' > tava icchā binā kichu korite nā pāre **Translation** The tiny soul bound up by Māyā vainly struggles in the fetters of worldly desire. Without Your sanction he is unable to do anything. ### Text Six > tumi to' rākhaka ār pālaka āmāra > tomāra caraṇa binā āśā nāhi āra **Translation** You are my only protector and maintainer. Except for Your lotus feet there is no other hope for me. ### Text Seven > nija-bala-ceṣṭā-prati bharasā chāḍiyā > tomāra icchāya āchi nirbhara koriyā **Translation** No longer confident of my own strength and endeavor, I have become solely dependent on Your will. ### Text Eight > bhakativinoda ati dīna akiñcana > tomāra icchāya tā'r jīvana maraṇa **Translation** Bhaktivinoda is most poor, and his pride has been leveled. Now in accordance with Your will he lives and dies.