Kirtan Guide

Nivedana

Part 1
by Śrīla Bhakti Vinod Ṭhākur
    1
    • gopīnāth, mama nivedana śuna
    • viṣayī durjana    sadā kāma-rata
    • kichhu nāhi mora guṇa
    • O Gopīnāth, hear my prayer. I am a wicked, constantly covetous materialist. I do not have any good qualities.

  • 2
    • gopīnāth, āmāra bharasā tumi
    • tomāra charaṇe    la-inu śaraṇa
    • tomāra kiṅkara āmi
    • O Gopīnāth, You are my hope. I have taken shelter at Your feet. I am Your servant.

  • 3
    • gopīnāth, kemane śodhibe more
    • nā jāni bhakati    karme jaḍa-mati
    • paḍechhi saṁsāra ghore
    • O Gopīnāth, how will You purify me? I do not understand devotion and my materialistic mind is absorbed in karma. I have fallen into this dark world.

  • 4
    • gopīnāth, sakali tomāra māyā
    • nāhi mama bala    jñāna sunirmala
    • svādhīna nahe e kāyā
    • O Gopīnāth, everything is Your illusion. I have no strength or transcendental knowledge, and this body of mine is not independent (of material nature’s control).

  • 5
    • gopīnāth, niyata charaṇe sthāna
    • māge e pāmara    kā̐diyā kā̐diyā
    • karahe karuṇā dāna
    • O Gopīnāth, weeping and weeping, this sinner begs for an eternal place at Your feet. Please give him Your mercy.

  • 6
    • gopīnāth, tumi ta sakali pāra
    • durjane tārite    tomāra śakati
    • ke āchhe pāpīra āra
    • O Gopīnāth, You can do anything. You have the power to deliver sinners, and who is a greater sinner than myself?

  • 7
    • gopīnāth, tumi kṛpā-pārābāra
    • jīvera kāraṇe    āsiyā prapañche
    • līlā kaile suvistāra
    • O Gopīnāth, You are an ocean of mercy. You came into this world and performed Your Pastimes for the sake of the fallen souls.

  • 8
    • gopīnāth, āmi ki doṣera doṣī
    • asura sakala    pāila charaṇa
    • vinoda thākila vasi
    • O Gopīnāth, am I the greatest sinner of all? All the demons reached Your feet, and only this Bhakti Vinod remained sitting here.