hari hari! biphale janama goṅāinu

GP13Gaurāṅga with His AssociatesPrayer of Humility to Gaura-Kṛṣṇa with Their Associates

হরি হরি! বিফলে জনম গোঙাইনু

মনুষ্যজনম পাইয়া, রাধাক্ড়্ষ্ণ না ভজিয়া,

জানিয়া শুনিয়া বিষ খাইনু ১

hari hari! biphale janama goṅāinu

manuṣyajanama pāiyā, rādhākṛṣṇa nā bhajiyā,

jāniyā śuniyā biṣa khāinu 1

hari hariO Hari; biphaleuselessly; janamabirth (life); goṅāinuI have spent; manuṣyajanamahuman + birth; pāiyāhaving attained; rādhākṛṣṇaŚrī Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa; not; bhajiyāhaving worshiped; jāniyāhaving known; śuniyāhaving heard; biṣapoison; khāinuI have eaten or drunk

O Hari! My life passes uselessly. I have received this human birth, but by not performing bhajana of Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, I have knowingly drunk poison.

গোলোকের প্রেমধন, হরিনামসঙ্কীর্তন,

রতি না জন্মিল কেনে তায়

সংসারবিষানলে, দিবানিশি হিয়া জ্বলে,

জুḓআইতে না কৈনু উপায় ২

golokera premadhana, harināma-saṅkīrtana,

rati nā janmila kene tāya

saṁsāra-biṣānale, dibāniśi hiyā jbale,

juḓāite nā kainu upāya 2

golokeraGoloka’s; premadhanatreasure of divine love; harināma saṅkīrtanacongregation chanting of the names of Śrī Hari; ratiattachment; not; janmilataken birth; kenewhy; tāyait is so; saṁsāramaterial existence; biṣānalepoison + in the fire; dibāniśiday + night; hiyāheart; jbaleburns; juḓāiteto allay, to cool; not; kainuI have done; upāyameans, way

Why has attachment for harināma-saṅkīrtana, Goloka-Vṛndāvana’s treasure of divine love, not awakened within me? Day and night my heart burns in the poisonous fire of material existence, and I have no means to alleviate it.

ব্রজেন্দ্রনন্দন যেই, শচীসুত হৈল সেই,

বলরাম হইল নিতাই

দীন হীন যত ছিল, হরিনামে উদ্ধারিল,

তাঽর সাক্ষী জগাইমাধাই ৩

brajendranandana yei, śacīsuta haila sei,

balarāma ha·ila nitāi

dīna hīna yata chila, harināme uddhārila,

tā’ra sākṣī jagāi-mādhāi 3

brajendranandanathe son of the king of Vraja; yeiWho; śacīsutathe son of Śacī-devī; haila became; seiHe; balarāmaBalarāma; ha·ilabecame; nitāiNitāi; dīnafallen; hīnawretched; yataall that; chilawere; harināmeby the names of Śrī Hari; uddhārilathey delivered; tā’raof this; sākṣītestiments, witnesses; jagāi mādhāiJagāi and Mādhāi

The son of the king of Vraja has become the son of Śacī-devī, and Balarāma has become Nitāi. Through harināma, They have delivered all those who were fallen and wretched. Jagāi and Mādhāi are testaments to this fact.

হা হা প্রভু নন্দসুত, ব্ড়্ষভানুসুতায়ুত,

করুণা করহ এইবার

নরোত্তমদাস কয়, না ঠেলিও রাঙ্গাপায়,

তোমা বিনা কে আছে আমার ৪

hā hā prabhu nandasuta, bṛṣabhānu-sutāyuta,

karuṇā karaha eibāra

narottamadāsa kaya, nā ṭhelio rāṅgāpāya,

tomā binā ke āche āmāra 4

hā hāalas; prabhuO Lord; nandasutason of Nanda Mahārāja; bṛṣabhānuVṛṣabhānu Mahārāja's; sutāyutadaughter + accompanied by; karuṇā karahagive mercy; eibārathis time; narottamadāsaNarottama dāsa; kayasays; not; ṭheliopush; rāṅgāpāyareddish + feet; tomāYou; bināother than; kewho; ācheis there; āmāramine

Narottama dāsa says, “O my Lord, son of Nanda Mahārāja! Accompanied by the daughter of Vṛṣabhānu Mahārāja, be merciful to me at last. Do not push me away from Your reddish lotus feet. Other than You, who is mine?”

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