Kirtan Guide
Auspicious Invocation
to Śaraṇāgati
- śrī-kṛṣṇa-chaitanya prabhu jīve dayā kori’
- svapārṣada svīya dhāma saha avatari
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Lord Śrī Krishna Chaitanya,
Being gracious upon the jīva-souls,
Along with Your associates and abode
You descended to this world -
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- atyanta durlabha prema koribāre dāna
- śikhāya saraṇāgati bhakatera prāṇa
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To distribute freely
the love divine most rare;
By teaching exclusive surrender,
the life and soul of the devotee
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- dainya, ātmanivedana, goptṛtve varaṇa
- ‘avaśya rakṣibe kṛṣṇa’—viśvāsa pālana
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Humility, self-giving,
Embracing His guardianship,
‘Krishna will certainly protect me’ —
Maintaining this faith.
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- bhakti-anukūla mātra kārjera svīkāra
- bhakti-pratikūla bhāva—varjanāṅgīkāra
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Acceptance of all activities
favourable to devotion;
Embracing rejection of
adversity to devotion.
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- ṣaḍ-aṅga śaraṇāgati hoibe jā̐hāra
- tā̐hāra prārthanā śune śrī-nandakumāra
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Those who surrender in this sixfold way —
Their prayer will be heard
by the divine son of Nanda.
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- rūpa-sanātana-pade dante tṛṇa kori’
- bhakativinoda poḍe dui pada dhori’
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Taking in his mouth a straw, falling
at the lotus feet of Śrī Rūpa-Sanātan;
Śrī Bhakti Vinod clasps their holy lotus feet.
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- kā̐diyā kā̐diyā bole, āmi to’ adhama
- śikhāye śaraṇāgati karahe uttama
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Weeping, weeping, I implore thee,
‘O I am afallen!
Please teach me to surrender,
teach me pure devotion.’