Kirtan Guide
Śrī Vaiṣṇava-mahimā-gīti
- (ohe) vaiṣṇava ṭhākura dayāra sāgara
- e dāse karuṇā kari
- diyā pada-chāyā śodha he āmāya
- tomāra charaṇa dhari
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O worshippable Vaiṣṇava, ocean of grace, be merciful to this servant. Give me the shade of your feet and purify me. I clasp your feet.
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2
- chhaya vega dami’ chhaya doṣa śodhi’
- chhaya guṇa deha’ dāse
- chhaya sat-saṅga deha’ he āmāre
- basechhi saṅgera āśe
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Subjugate the six urges, rectify the six defects, and bestow the six good qualities upon this servant. Grant me the six kinds of good association. I have sat at your feet, desiring that association.
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3
- ekākī āmāra nāhi pāya bala
- hari-nāma-saṅkīrtane
- tumi kṛpā kari śraddhā-bindu diyā
- deha’ kṛṣṇa-nāma-dhane
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Alone I do not have the ability to properly chant the Lord’s Name. Mercifully give me a drop of faith and bestow upon me the wealth of Kṛṣṇa’s Name.
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4
- kṛṣṇa se tomāra kṛṣṇa dite pāra
- tomāra śakati āchhe
- āmi ta’ kāṅgāla ‘kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa’ bali
- dhāi tava pāchhe pāchhe
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Kṛṣṇa is yours. You can give Kṛṣṇa. You have that power. I am very poor. Calling, ‘Kṛṣṇa!’ ‘Kṛṣṇa!’, I run after you.
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- (āmi) (dhāi tava pāchhe pāchhe)
- (kṛṣṇa dhana pābar āśe dhāi tava pāchhe pāchhe)
- (tumi dile kṛṣṇa dite pāra)
- (kṛṣṇa tomār hṛdayer dhan tumi dileo dite pāra)
- (kṛṣṇa debār śakti-dhara tumi dileo dite pāra)
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I run after you. I run after you in hope of attaining the wealth of Kṛṣṇa. If you desire to give Kṛṣṇa, you can give Him. If you desire to give, you can give. Kṛṣṇa is the wealth of your heart. You have the power to give Kṛṣṇa. If only you desire to give Kṛṣṇa, you can give Him.