গোরা পংহু না ভজিয়া মৈনু
প্রেমরতনধন হেলায় হারাইনু ১
gorā pãhu nā bhajiyā mainu
prema-ratana-dhana helāya hārāinu 1
gorā — Gaurāṅga; pãhu — Lord (an altered form of ‘prabhu’); nā — not; bhajiyā — having worshipped; mainu — I have died; prema — divine love; ratana — jewel; dhana — wealth; helāya — by neglecting; hārāinu — I have lost
By not worshiping my Lord Gaurasundara, I have invited death; and by neglecting the precious jewel of prema, I have lost it.
অধনে যতন করিঽ ধন তেয়াগিনু
আপন করমদোষে আপনি ডুবিনু ২
adhane yatana kari’ dhana teyāginu
āpana karama-doṣe āpani ḍubinu 2
adhane — for worthless things; yatana kari’ — having endeavored; dhana — wealth; teyāginu — I have given up; āpana — my own; karama — activities; doṣe — due to fault; āpani — myself; ḍubinu — I have drowned
Attending to worthless trifles, I have thrown away my real wealth. I have drowned myself in my misdeeds.
সৎসঙ্গ ছাḓইঽ কৈনু অসতে বিলাস
তেকারণে লাগিল যে কর্মবন্ধফাংস ৩
satsaṅga chāḓi’ kainu asate bilāsa
te-kāraṇe lāgila ye karmabandha-phā̃sa 3
satsaṅga — devotee association; chāḓi’ — having forsaked; kainu — I have done; asate — with non-devotees; bilāsa — sporting; te kāraṇe — for that reason; lāgila — has been tied; ye — those (my); karmabandha — actions + bondage; phā̃sa — a noose
Forsaking the association of devotees, I have sported with non-devotees. For this reason, I am being hung by the noose of my own actions.
বিষয় বিষম বিষ সতত খাইনু
গৌরকীর্তনরসে মগন না হৈনু ৪
biṣaya biṣama biṣa satata khāinu
gaurakīrtana-rase magana nā hainu 4
biṣaya — sense enjoyment; biṣama — deadly; biṣa — poison; satata — constantly; khāinu — I have drunk; gaurakīrtana — the kīrtana of Gaurāṅga ; rase — in the nectarean mellows; magana — absorbed; nā — not; hainu — I have become
I have constantly drunk the deadly poison of material sense enjoyment, and thus I have not become absorbed in the nectarean mellows (rasa) of gaura-kīrtana.
কেন বা আছয়ে প্রাণ কি সুখ পাইয়া
নরোত্তমদাস কেন না গেল মরিয়া ৫
kena bā āchaye prāṇa ki sukha pāiyā
narottamadāsa kena nā gela mariyā 5
kena — why; bā — [used to emphasize a question]; āchaye — is there; prāṇa — life; ki — what; sukha — happiness; pāiyā — having attained; narottamadāsa — Narottama dāsa; kena — why; nā — not; gela mariyā — died
For what happiness does this life continue? Why doesn’t Narottama dāsa simply die?