Kirtan Guide
Nivedana
- gopīnāth, mama nivedana śuno
- viṣoyī durjana, sadā kāma-rata,
- kichu nāhi mora guṇa
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Oh Gopīnāth, Lord of the gopīs, please hear my submission. I am a wicked materialist, always addicted to worldly desires, and no good qualities do I possess.
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2
- gopīnāth, āmāra bharasā tumi
- tomāra charaṇe, loinu śaraṇa,
- tomāra kiṅkara āmi
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Oh Gopīnāth, You are my only hope, and therefore I have taken shelter at Your lotus feet. I am now Your eternal servant.
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3
- gopīnāth, kemone śodhive more
- nā jāni bhakati, karme jaḍamati,
- poḍechi saṁsāra ghore
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Oh Gopīnāth, how will You purify me? I do not know what devotion is, and my materialistic mind is absorbed in fruitive work. I have fallen into this dark and perilous worldly existence.
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4
- gopīnāth, sakali tomāra māyā
- nāhi mama bala, jñāna sunirmala,
- svādhīna nahe e kāyā
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Oh Gopīnāth, everything here is Your illusory energy. I have no strength or transcendental knowledge, and this body of mine is not independent and free from the control of material nature.
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5
- gopīnāth, niyata charaṇe sthāna
- māge e pāmara, kā̐diyā kā̐diyā,
- karahe karuṇā dāna
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Oh Gopīnāth, this sinner, who is weeping and weeping, begs for an eternal place at Your divine feet. Please give him Your mercy.
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6
- gopīnāth, tumi to sakali pāro
- durjane tārite, tomāra śakati,
- ke āche pāpīra āro
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Oh Gopīnāth, You are able to do anything, and therefore You have the power to deliver all sinners. Who is there that is more of a sinner than myself?
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7
- gopīnāth, tumi kṛpā-pārābāra
- jīvera kāraṇe, āsiyā prapañche,
- līlā koile subistāra
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Oh Gopīnāth, You are the ocean of mercy. Having come into this phenomenal world, You expand Your divine Pastimes for the sake of the fallen souls.
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8
- gopīnāth, āmi ki doṣera doṣī
- asura sakala, pāilo charaṇa,
- vinoda thākilo bosi
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Oh Gopīnāth, I am so sinful that although all the demons attained Your lotus feet, Bhakti Vinod has remained in worldly existence.