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SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI : SRI GURU VANDANA
gurudev!
krpa-bindu diya, kara ei dase,
trnapeksa ati dina
sakala sahane, bala diya kara,
nija-mane sprha-hina [1]
O Gurudev! Please give a drop of your mercy and make this servant very
humble, humbler than a blade of grass. Please give me the power to tolerate
everything and to be free from any selfish desires.
sakale sammana, karite sakati,
deha natha yatha-yatha
tabe ta’ gaiba, hari-nama sukhe,
aparadha habe hata [2]
Master! Give me the strength to give everyone appropriate honour, then I will
happily chant the Holy Name and all my offences will be destroyed.
kabe hena krpa, labhiya e jana,
krtartha haibe natha
sakti-buddhi-hina, ami ati dina,
kara more atmasatha [3]
When will this soul get such mercy and become successful? I have no strength,
no intelligence, I am very poor. Please hijack me!
yogyata vichare, kichhu nahi pai,
tomara karuna sara
karuna na haile, kandiya kandiya,
prana na rakhiba ara [4]
I find no quality or qualification within me – your mercy is everything. If I
do not get your mercy, I will simply weep to death.
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