Kirtan Guide

Iṣṭa-deve Vijñapti

by Śrīla Narottam Dās Ṭhākur
    1
    • hari hari!
    • viphale janama goṅāinu
    • manuṣya-janama pāiyā    rādhā-kṛṣṇa nā bhajiyā
    • jāniyā śuniyā viṣa khāinu
    • O Lord! My life has passed uselessly. I attained a human birth, but I did not serve Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. Knowingly I drank poison.

  • 2
    • golokera prema-dhana    hari-nāma-saṅkīrtana
    • rati nā janmila kena tāya
    • saṁsāra-viṣānale    divā-niśi hiyā jvale
    • juḍāite nā kainu upāya
    • Why didn’t I develop attachment to Hari-nām-saṅkīrtan, to Goloka’s divine love and wealth? My heart burns day and night in the poisonous fire of saṁsāra, yet I have not sought any way to relieve it.

  • 3
    • vrajendra-nandana yei    śachī-suta haila sei
    • balarāma ha-ila nitāi
    • dīna-hīna yata chhila    hari-nāme uddhārila
    • tāra śākṣī jagāi mādhāi
    • Vrajendra Nandan became Śachī Suta and Balarām became Nitāi. They delivered all the fallen souls with the Holy Name. Jagāi and Mādhāi are evidence of this.

  • 4
    • hā hā prabhu nanda-suta    vṛṣabhānu-sutā-yuta
    • karuṇā karaha ei-bāra
    • narottama-dāsa kaya    nā ṭheliha rāṅgā pāya
    • tomā vine ke āchhe āmāra
    • O Rādhā! O Lord Kṛṣṇa! Be merciful to me this time. Narottam Dās says, “Please don’t push me away from Your reddish feet. Without You, who do I have?”