Kirtan Guide
Nivedana
- gopīnāth, mama nivedana śuna
- viṣayī durjana sadā kāma-rata
- kichhu nāhi mora guṇa
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O Gopīnāth, hear my prayer. I am a wicked, constantly covetous materialist. I do not have any good qualities.
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2
- gopīnāth, āmāra bharasā tumi
- tomāra charaṇe la-inu śaraṇa
- tomāra kiṅkara āmi
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O Gopīnāth, You are my hope. I have taken shelter at Your feet. I am Your servant.
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3
- gopīnāth, kemane śodhibe more
- nā jāni bhakati karme jaḍa-mati
- paḍechhi saṁsāra ghore
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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.
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4
- gopīnāth, sakali tomāra māyā
- nāhi mama bala jñāna sunirmala
- svādhīna nahe e kāyā
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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).
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5
- gopīnāth, niyata charaṇe sthāna
- māge e pāmara kā̐diyā kā̐diyā
- karahe karuṇā dāna
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O Gopīnāth, weeping and weeping, this sinner begs for an eternal place at Your feet. Please give him Your mercy.
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6
- gopīnāth, tumi ta sakali pāra
- durjane tārite tomāra śakati
- ke āchhe pāpīra āra
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O Gopīnāth, You can do anything. You have the power to deliver sinners, and who is a greater sinner than myself?
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7
- gopīnāth, tumi kṛpā-pārābāra
- jīvera kāraṇe āsiyā prapañche
- līlā kaile suvistāra
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O Gopīnāth, You are an ocean of mercy. You came into this world and performed Your Pastimes for the sake of the fallen souls.
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8
- gopīnāth, āmi ki doṣera doṣī
- asura sakala pāila charaṇa
- vinoda thākila vasi
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O Gopīnāth, am I the greatest sinner of all? All the demons reached Your feet, and only this Bhakti Vinod remained sitting here.