Kirtan Guide
Nitāi guṇamaṇi āmāra
- nitāi guṇamaṇi āmāra nitāi guṇamaṇi
- āniyā premera vanyā bhāsāla avanī
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Nitāi, the jewel of all good qualities, my Nitāi, the jewel of all good qualities, brought a flood of divine love and inundated the earth.
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2
- prema-vanyā laye nitāi āila gauḍa-deśe
- ḍubila bhakata-gaṇa dīna-hīna bhāse
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Nitāi brought a flood of divine love to the land of Gauḍa. The devotees immersed themselves in it, but the unfortunate floated on its surface.
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3
- dīna-hīna patita pāmara nāhi bāchhe
- brahmāra durlabha prema sabākāre yāche
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The sinful, unfortunate, and fallen did not desire this divine love, which is difficult for even Brahmā to attain, yet Nitāi begged them to accept it.
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4
- ābaddha karuṇā-sindhu kāṭiyā muhāna
- ghare ghare bule prema-amiyāra vāna
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Nitāi cut a canal into the sealed ocean of mercy and a flood of nectarean divine love spread to every home.
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5
- lochan bale hena nitāi yebā nā bhajila
- jāniyā śuniyā sei ātma-ghātī haila
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Lochan Dās says, “Anyone who did not serve Nitāi knowingly committed suicide.”