Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
"Be Merciful Lord Gauranga"
By Narottama Dasa Thakura
(1)
gauranga karuna koro, dina hina jane
mo-samo patita prabhu, nahi tri-bhuvane
SYNONYMS
gauranga -- O my dear Lord Gauranga; karuna koro -- please show Your mercy; dina hina jane -- to this fallen and destitute soul; mo-samo -- like myself; patita -- fallen; prabhu -- O Lord!; nahi -- there is not; tri-bhuvane -- in the three worlds.
TRANSLATION
1) O my dear Lord Gauranga! Please show Your mercy to this lowly and destitute soul. O Lord! There is no one more fallen than myself in all the three worlds.
(2)
dante trna dhori' gaura, daki he tomar
krpa kori' eso amar, hrdoya mandire
SYNONYMS
dante -- between my teeth; trna dhori' -- holding grass; gaura -- O Lord Gaura!; daki -- I am calling out; he -- O!; tomar krpa -- Your mercy; kori' -- showing; eso -- please come; amar -- my; hrdoya mandire -- into the temple of the heart.
TRANSLATION
2) Holding grass between my teeth, O Lord Gaura, I am calling out to You now! Please be compassionate upon me and come to reside within the temple of my heart.
(3)
jadi doya na koribe, patita dekhiya
patita pavana nama, kisera lagiya
SYNONYMS
jadi -- if; doya -- mercy; na koribe -- You do not give; patita -- fallen; dekhiya -- seeing; patita pavana -- savior of the fallen; nama -- the name; kisera lagiya -- why are You known.
TRANSLATION
3) If You do not give Your mercy, seeing how fallen I am, then why are You known as Patita Pavana -- the merciful Savior of the fallen?
(4)
podeci bhava tuphane, nahika nistar
sri carana tarani dane, dase koro par
SYNONYMS
podeci -- I have fallen; bhava tuphane -- in the hurricane of this material world; nahika nistar -- there is no escape; sri carana -- divine lotus feet; tarani -- compared to a boat; dane -- by the gift; dase -- to Your servant;koro par -- make cross over.
TRANSLATION
4) I am plunged amidst the violent hurricane-stricken waves in the ocean of this material world, from which there is no escape. Kindly give me the gift of Your divine lotus feet, which are compared to a boat in which Your servant may cross over the ocean of birth and death.
(5)
sri krsna caitanya prabhu, daser anudas
prarthana koraye sada, narottam das
SYNONYMS
sri krsna caitanya prabhu -- Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu; daser anudas -- servant of the servant;prarthana koraye -- makes this prayer; sada -- always; narottam das -- Narottama Dasa.
TRANSLATION
5) Narottama Dasa, the servant of the servant of Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu, ceaselessly makes this prayer.
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