Kirtan Guide
Gaurā Pahu̐
- gaurā pahu̐ nā bhajiyā mainu
- prema ratana-dhana helāya hārāinu
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Not serving Lord Gaurāṅga, I have died. Negligently I have lost the treasured jewel of divine love.
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2
- adhane yatana kari dhana teyāginu
- āpana karama-doṣe āpani ḍubinu
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I have endeavoured for worthless things and rejected real wealth. I have drowned myself in my own sins.
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3
- sat-saṅga chhāḍi’ kainu asate vilāsa
- te-kāraṇe lāgila ye karma-bandha-phā̐sa
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I have avoided the sādhus’ association and enjoyed with wicked people. Thus I have become bound in the noose of my karma.
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4
- viṣaya-viṣama-viṣa satata khāinu
- gaura-kīrtana rase magana nā hainu
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I have constantly drunk the terrible poison of mundanity and never become immersed in the nectar of Śrī Gaurāṅga’s kīrtan.
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5
- kena vā āchhaye prāṇa ki sukha lāgiyā
- narottama dāsa kena nā gela mariyā
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Why am I alive? For the sake of what happiness? Why has Narottam Dās not already died?