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SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI : SRI NITYANANDA VANDANA
kabe habe bala, se dina amara
(amara) aparadha ghuchi’, suddha name ruchi,
krpa-bale habe hrdaye sanchara [1]
Tell me, when will that day be mine? When, by mercy, will my offences go
away? When will I get taste for the pure Holy Name?
trnadhika hina, kabe nije mani,
sahisnuta-guna hrdayete ani’
sakale manada, apani amani,
haye asvadiba nama-rasa-sara [2]
When will I feel lower than a blade of grass, when will I bring the quality
of tolerance to my heart, become eager to honour everyone without any desire
for honour from anyone and relish the essence of the Name’s nectar?
dhana jana ara, kavita sundari,
baliba na chahi deha-sukha-kari
janme janme dao, ohe gaura-hari,
ahaituki bhakti charane tomara [3]
When will I say that I do not want any wealth, friends, family, poetic gift
or any other sources of bodily happiness? O Gaura-hari! Please let me have
unconditional devotion to Your holy feet birth after birth!
(kabe) karite sri-krsna- nama uchcharana,
pulakita deha gadagada vachana
vaivarnya-vepathu, habe samghatana,
nirantara netre ba’be asrudhara [4]
When will my hair stand on end, my voice falter, my complexion turn pale, my
body tremble, and tears pour incessantly from my eyes as I loudly chant the
Holy Name of Lord Sri Krishna?
kabe navadvipe, suradhuni-tate,
‘gaura-nityananda’ bali’ niskapate
nachiya gaiya, bedaiba chhute,
batulera praya chhadiya vichara [5]
When will I wander along the banks of the Ganges in Nabadwip, calling out
with all sincerity, ‘Gaura-Nityananda!’, dancing, singing and running about
without any thinking, as though mad?
kabe nityananda, more kari’ daya,
chhadaibe mora visayera maya
diya more nija- charanera chhaya,
namera hatete dibe adhikara [6]
When will Nityananda be merciful to me and make me leave all material
attachment? When will He place me in the shade of His lotus feet and grant me
a place at the marketplace of the Name?
kiniba lutiba, hari-nama-rasa,
nama-rase mati’ haiba vivasa
rasera rasika- charana-parasa,
kariya majiba rase anibara [7]
When will I buy and jubilantly scatter around the nectar of the Lord’s Name?
When will I become intoxicated and swoon with that nectar? When will I,
coming in touch with the lotus feet of those who relish it, dive into that
nectar again and again?
kabe jive daya, haibe udaya,
nija sukha bhuli’ sudina-hrdaya
bhakativinoda, kariya vinaya,
sri-ajna-tahala karibe prachara [8]
When will compassion for all souls arise in Bhaktivinod? When will he forget
his own happiness and wander house to house preaching the divine order with a
meek and humble heart?
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