hari hari! kṛpā kari’ rākha nija pade

K56Prayers that Express Humility

হরি হরি! ক্ড়্পা করিঽ রাখ নিজ পদে

কামক্রোধ ছয় জনে, লয়া ফিরে নানাস্থানে,

বিষয়ভুঞ্জায় নানামতে ১

hari hari! kṛpā kari’ rākha nija pade

kāma-krodha chaya jane, layā phire nānāsthāne,

biṣaya-bhuñjāya nānāmate 1

hari hariO Hari; kṛpā kari’mercifully; rākhakeep; nijaYour; padeat feet; kāmalust; krodhaanger; chayasix; janeby men; layāhaving taken; phirearound; nānāsthānevarious + to places; biṣayasense gratification; bhuñjāyasuffer, undergo; nānāmatevarious + in ways

O Śrī Hari, be merciful and keep me at Your lotus feet. Six adversaries, headed by lust and anger, are dragging me to various places and causing me to gratify my senses in various ways.

হইয়া মায়ার দাস, করিঽ নানা অভিলাষ,

তোমার স্মরণ গেল দূরে

অর্থলাভ এই আশে, কপট বৈষ্ণববেশে,

ভ্রমিয়া বুলয়ে ঘরে ঘরে ২

ha·iyā māyāra dāsa, kari’ nānā abhilāṣa,

tomāra smaraṇa gela dūre

arthalābha ei āśe, kapaṭa baiṣṇaba-beśe,

bhramiyā bulaye ghare ghare 2

ha·iyāhaving become; māyāraMāyā’s; dāsaservant; kari’having had; nānāvarious; abhilāṣadesires; tomāraYour; smaraṇaremembrance; gelagone; dūrefar away; arthalābhawealth + gaining; eithis; āśewith desire; kapaṭadisguised; baiṣṇabaVaiṣṇava; beśein the dress; bhramiyāhaving wondered; bulayehere and there; ghare gharefrom house to house

I have become a servant of māyā and have various material desires. Thus my remembrance of You has fled far away. Disguised as a Vaiṣṇava, I wander from house to house with the desire to collect money.

অনেক দুঃখের পরে, লয়েছিলে ব্রজপুরে,

ক্ড়্পাডোর গলায় বান্ধিয়া

দৈবমায়া বলাৎকারে, খসাইয়া সেই ডোরে,

ভবকূপে দিলেক ডারিয়া ৩

aneka duḥkhera pare, layechile brajapure,

kṛpāḍora galāya bāndhiyā

daibamāyā balātkāre, khasāiyā sei ḍore,

bhabakūpe dileka ḍāriyā 3

anekamany; duḥkheramiseries; pareafter; layechileYou have brought; brajapureto the abode of Vraja; kṛpāḍoraof mercy + the rope; galāyaon neck; bāndhiyābinding; daibamāyāthe transcendental illusory potency (see Bg. 7.14); balātkāreforcibly; khasāiyāhaving untied; seithat; ḍorerope; bhabakūpematerial existence + into the well; dileka ḍāriyāhaving thrown

After I suffered many miseries, You tied Your rope of mercy around my neck and brought me to Vraja. But then māyā forcibly untied that rope and threw me into the well of material existence.

পুনঃ যদি ক্ড়্পা করিঽ, এ জনার কেশে ধরিঽ,

টানিয়া তুলহ ব্রজধামে

তবে সে দেখিয়ে ভাল, নতুবা পরাণ গেল,

কহে দীন দাস নরোত্তমে ৪

punaḥ yadi kṛpā kari’, e janāra keśe dhari’,

ṭāniyā tulaha brajadhāme

tabe se dekhiye bhāla, natubā parāṇa gela,

kahe dīna dāsa narottame 4

punaḥagain; yadiif; kṛpā kari’mercifully; ethis; janāraperson’s; keśeby hair; dhari’having grasped; ṭāniyā tulahalift up; brajadhāmeto the abode of Vraja; tabethen; sehe; dekhiyesees; bhālagood; natubāotherwise; parāṇalife; gelagone; kahesays; dīnathe wrected; dāsa narottameNarottama dāsa

If you mercifully grasp this person’s hair and pull him to the abode of Vraja once again, then he will be saved; otherwise, his life will end. Thus prays the wretched Narottama dāsa.

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