Saturday 7 January 2012

Praying for Lord's Shelter

(1)
hari hari! biphale janama gońāinu
manuṣya-janama pāiyā, rādhā-kṛṣṇa bhajiyā,
jāniyā śuniyā biṣa khāinu

(2)
golokera prema-dhana, hari-nāma-sańkīrtana,
rati janmilo kene tāy
saḿsāra-biṣānale, dibā-niśi hiyā jwale,
jurāite koinu upāy

(3)
brajendra-nandana jei, śacī-suta hoilo sei,
balarāma hoilo nitāi
dīna-hīna jata chilo, hari-nāme uddhārilo,
tāra śākṣī jagāi mādhāi

(4)
prabhu nanda-suta, vṛṣabhānu-sutā-juta,
koruṇā karoho ei-bāro
narottama-dāsa koy, ṭheliho rāńgā pāy,
tomā bine ke āche āmāra

TRANSLATION
1) O Lord Hari I have spent my life uselessly. Having obtained a human birth and having not worshiped Radha and Krsna, I have knowingly drunk poison.

2) The treasure of divine love in Goloka Vrndavana has descended as the congregational chanting of Lord Hari's holy names. Why did my attraction for that chanting never come about? Day and night my heart burns from the fire of the poison of worldliness, and I have not taken the means to relieve it.

3) Lord Krsna, who is the son of the King of Vraja, became the son of Saci (Lord Caitanya), and Balarama became Nitai. The holy name delivered all those souls who were lowly and wretched. The two sinners Jagai and Madhai are evidence of this.

4) O Lord Krsna, son of Nanda, accompanied by the daughter of Vrsabhanu, please be merciful to me now. Narottama Dasa says, "O Lord, please do not push me away from Your reddish lotus feet, for who is my beloved except for You?"

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