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Song 29

1 hari hari kabe haba brndabana-basi
nirakhiba nayane jugala-rupa-rasi

O Lord Hari, Lord Hari, when will I become a resident of Vrndavana? When with my own eyes will I see the great beauty of the Divine Couple?

2 tyajiya sayana-sukha bicitra palanka
kabe brajera dhulaya dhrasa habe anga

When will I renounce very comfortable sleeping arrangements and instead take rest on the ground of Vraja?

3 jada-rasa-bhojana dure parihari
kabe braje magiya khaiba madhukari

When will I renounce materially palatable foodstuffs and simply eat whatever I can obtain by begging in the land of Vraja?

4 parikrama kariya bedaba bane bane
bisrama kariba jai jamuna-puline

When will I circumambulate the land of Vraja, wandering from forest to forest? When, becoming fatigued, will I stop to rest on the shore of the Yamuna?

5 tapa dura kariba sitala bamsibate
kabe kunje baithaba hama baisnaba-nikate

When will I find relief from the heat of midday by resting in the cooling shade of Vamsivata? When will I associate with the Vaisnavas in the groves of Vrndavana?

6 narottama dasa kahe kari parihara
kabe be emana dasa haibe amara

Narottama dasa renounces the materialistic way of life and says: "When will I attain the perfection of spiritual life?"

Sa-bilapa Sri Brndabana-basa-lalalas (Lamentation and Yearning to Reside in Sri Vrndavana)

Song 30

1 ara ki emana dasa haba
saba chadi brndabane jaba

When will I renounce everything and go to Vrndavana? When will this be?

2 ara kabe sri-rasa-mandale
gadagadi diba kutuhale

When in great ecstasy will I roll about on the ground where Lord Krsna performed the rasa-dance?

3 ara kabe gobardhana giri
dekhiba nayana-juga bhari

When will I see Govardhana Hill, my eyes filling with tears?

4 syama-kunde radha-kunde snana
kari kabe judaba parana

When by bathing in Syama-kunda and Radha-kunda, will I attain the stage of dedicating my entire life and soul to the service of the Divine Couple?

5 ara kabe jamunara jale
majjane haiba niramale

When will I become pure at heart by bathing in the waters of the Yamuna?

6 sadhu-sange brndabane basa
narottama dasa kabe asa

Narottama dasa hopes that he will be able to reside in Vrndavana in the association of the saintly devotees.

Mathura-virahocita Darsana-lalasa (The Author Yearns to see Mathura again)

Song 31

1 kabe krsna-dhana paba hiyara majhare thoba
judaiba tapita-parana
sajaiya diba hiya basaiba prana-priya
nirakhiba se candra-bayana

When will I attain the dark treasure known as Lord Krsna? When, agitated with ecstatic love, will I give my heart to Lord Krsna? When will I consider Lord Krsna more dear to me than my own life's breath? When will I be able to see Lord Krsna's moonlike face?

2 he sajani kabe mora habe su-dina
seprana-nathera sanga kabe ba phiriba range
sukhamaya jamuna-pulina

When will I regain my master's association? When will I happily return with singing and dancing to the shore of the Yamuna? O friend, when will this auspicious day be mine?

3 lalita bisakha lana tanhare bhetiba giya
sajaiya nana upahare
sadaya haiya bidhi milaibe guna-nidhi
hena bhagya haibe amara

When, in the company of Lalita and Visakha, will I meet Lord Krsna? When will I be able to offer various gifts to please Him? When will destiny be compassionate to me? When will my destiny become like a virtuous person who is an ocean of good qualities? When will this good fortune be mine?

4 daruna bidhira nata alinga premera hata
tila-matra na rakhila tara
kahe narottama dasa ki mora jibane asa
chadi gela brajendra-kumara

Cruel fate has made me poverty-stricken and I do not have even a penny to purchase the goods sold in the marketplace of pure love for Krsna. Nevertheless, Narottama dasa says: "My life's hope is to renounce everything and attain the prince of Vraja.”

Song 32

1 ei-bara paile dekha carana du khani
hiyara majhare rakhi judaba parani

I pray that I may now see the two lotus feet of Lord Krsna. I will place these lotus feet in my heart. I will dedicate my entire life and soul to them.

2 tanre na dekhiya mora mane bada tapa
anale pasiba kimba jale diba jhampa

If I am not able to see Lord Krsna's lotus feet, my heart will burn with suffering. I will end this life by entering a blazing fire, or jumping into the water.

3 mukhera muchaba ghama khaojaba pana guja
ghamete batasa diba candanadi cuja

When I meet Lord Krsna I will serve Him in various ways. I will wipe the perspiration from His face. I will give Him nice food and drink. I will offer Him betel-nuts. I will fan Him. I will anoint His body with sandalwood paste and other fragrant things.

4 brndabandera hulera ganthiya diba hara
binaiya bandhiba cuda kuntalera bhara

I will string a garland of Vrndavana forest flowers, and then present that garland to Lord Krsna. I will carefully arrange His hair and tie His topknot.

5 kalape tilaka diba candanera canda
narottama dasa kahe piritera phanda

I will decorate Lord Krsna with a peacock feather, tilaka markings, and a moon drawn in sandalwood paste. Narottama dasa says: In this way I will gradually attain love for Lord Krsna.

Song 33

1 brndabana ramya-sthana dibya-cintamani-dhama
ratana-mandira manohara
abrta kalindi-nire raja-hamsa keli kore
tahe sobhe kanaka-kamala

Beautiful Vrndavana is filled with cintamani gems and many jewel palaces and temples. Many regal swans play in the waters of the Yamuna, and in those waters a splendid golden lotus flower grows.

2 tara madhye hema-pitha asta-dale bestita
asta-dale pradhana nayika
tara madhye ratnasane bosi achen dui-jane
syama-sange sundari radkhika

In the middle of that lotus is a golden place surrounded by eight petals. On these eight petals the eight principal gopis reside, and in the centre Lord Syamasundara and beautiful Srimati Radharani sit on a jewel throne.

3 o-rupa-labanya-rasi amiya poriche khasi
hasya-pariasa-sambhasane
narottama-dasa koy nitya-lila sukha-moy
sadai sphuruka mora mane

The great beauty of the Divine couple and Their charming joking and laughter continually showers nectar everywhere. Narottama dasa says: I pray that these blissful eternal transcendental pastimes of the Divine Couple may be always manifest in my heart.

Song 34

1 kadamba tarura dala namiyache bhume bhala
phutiyache phula sari sari
parimale bharala sakala brndabana
keli kare bhramara bhramari

In Vrndavana the kadamba trees offer obeisances, their flowering branches reverently touching the ground. Bumble bees enjoy pastimes in Vrndavana, which is filled with a very sweet fragrance.

2 rai kanu bilasai range
kiba rupa labani baidagadha-khani dhani
manimaya abharana ange

Radha and Krsna stay in the place where They enjoy pastimes. How beautiful They are. Their bodies are decorated with jewel ornaments, and They are wealthy with many gem mines of intelligence and wit.

3 radhara daksina kare dhari priya giridhari
madhura madhura cali jaya
age pache sakhi-gana kare phula barisana
kona sakhi camara dhulaya

Dear Giridhari holds Srimati Radharani's right hand, and together They gracefully stroll about. The gopis shower flowers before and behind Them, and one gopi fans them with a camara whisk.

4 parage dhusara sthala candra-kare su-sitala
manimaya bedira upare
rai kanu kara jodi nrtya kare phiri phiri
parase pulake tanu bhare

That place is filled with the aromatic pollen of the lotus, and it is made pleasantly cool by the shining of the moon. On a raised platform there, Radha and Krsna dance, holding hands, the hairs of Their bodies standing up in ecstasy.

Song 35

1 mrgamada-candana kare kari sakhi-gana
barikhaye phula gandha-raje
srama-jala bindu bindu sobha kare mukha-indu
adhare murali kiba raje

The gopis decorate the Divine Couple with musk and sandalwood paste, and shower Them with aromatic flowers. Drops of perspiration make Lord Krsna's moonlike face splendid. The flute is gracefully placed against Lord Krsna's lips.

2 hasa-bilasa-rasa sarala madhura bhasa
narottama-manoratha bharu
dunhuka bicitra besa kusuma racita kesa
locana-mohana lila karu

With the nectar of Their joking and laughter and the sweetness of Their charming talks, the Divine Couple fulfills all the desires of Narottama dasa. Dressed in wonderful colourful garments and Their hair decorated with flowers, the Divine Couple enjoys pastimes, enchanting the eys of everyone.

Swa-nistha (My Faith)

Song 36

1 dhana mora nityananda pati moro gauracandra
prana mora jugala-kisora
adwaita acarya bala gadadhara mora kula
narahari bilasai mora

Lord Nityananda is my wealth. Lord Gauracandra is my master. The youthful Divine Couple is my life. Advaita Acarya is my strength. Gadadhara is my family. Narahari Sarakara is my glory.

2 baisnabera pada-dhuli tahe mora snana-keli
tarpana mora baisnabera nama
bicara kariya mane bhakti-rassa aswadane
madhyastha sri-bhagabata purana

The dust of the devotees' lotus feet is my bathing water. The chanting of the devotees names is my satisfaction. Considering the merits of all Vedic literatures in the light of devotional service, I have concluded that the Srimad Bhagavatam is the best of all scriptures.

3 baisnabera ucchista tahe mora mano-nistha
baisnabera namete ullasa
brndabane cautara tahe mora mano-ghera
kahe dine narottama dasa

My mind is firmly convinced of the spiritual benefit obtained by eating the remnants of foodstuff left by the devotees. The names of the devotees are my happiness. The land of Vrndavana is the enclosure within which I keep my mind. Poor-hearted Narottama dasa speaks in this way.

Nityananda-nistha (Faith in Lord Nityananda)

Song 37

1 nitai-pada-kamala koti-candra-susitala
je chayay jagata juray
heno nitai bine bhai radha-krsna paite nai
drrha kori dharo nitair pay

Lord Nityananda's lotus feet are a shelter where one will get the soothing moonlight not only of one, but of millions of moons. The shade of Lord Nityananda's lotus feet give relief from the sufferings of material existence. If one does not take shelter of the lotus feet of Lord Nityananda, then it will be very difficult for him to approach Radha and Krsna. Therefore, with firm conviction, one should take shelter of Lord Nityananda's lotus feet.

2 se sambandha nahi jar brtha janma gelo tar
sei pasu boro duracar
nitai na bolilo mukhe majilo somsara-sukhe
bidya-kule ki koribe tar

Anyone who has not contacted a relationship with Lord Nityananda is understood to have spoiled his human birth. Such a person is just like a misbehaved animal. Such persons never say the name of Lord Nityananda. Such person simply become absorbed in so-called material enjoyment. What benefit will such persons obtain by their so-called academic education or birth in a high family or great nation?

3 ahankare matta hoiya nitai pada pasariya
asatyere satya kori mani
nitaiyer koruna habe braje radha-krsna pabe
dharo nitai-carana du'khani

These persons have become maddened by a false concept of bodily life, and thus they have forgotten their eternal relationship with Nityananda and instead accept the illusory material energy as factual. If you actually want to approach the association of Radha-Krsna, you must achieve the mercy of Lord Nityananda first. When he is merciful toward you, then you will be able to approach Radha-Krsna. For this reason one should firmly catch the lotus feet of Lord Nityananda.

4 nitaiyer carana satya tahara sebaka nitya
nitai-pada sada koro asa
narottama boro dukhi nitai more koro sukhi
rakho ranga caranera pasa

The lotus feet of Lord Nityananda are not illusion. They are a fact, and therefore one who engages in the transcendental loving service of Nityananda is also transcendental. For this reason one should always try to catch the lotus feet of Lord Nityananda. O Lord Nityananda, this Narottama dasa is very unhappy, and therefore I am praying that You please make me happy. Please keep me in a corner of Your reddish lotus feet.

Gauranga-nistha (Faith in Lord Caitanya)

Song 38

1 are bhai bhaja mora gauranga-carana
na bhajiya mainu duhkhe dubi grha-bisa-kupe
dagdha kaila e panca parana

O brother, please worship the lotus feet of Lord Gauranga. I have not worshipped them, but instead have dived into the poisonous well of materialistic household-life, and as a result my five life-airs are burning with the poison of material life.

2 tapa-traya-bisanale ahar-nisi hiya jwale
deha sada haya acetana
ripu-basa indriya haila gora-pada pasabila
bimukha haila hena dhana

Day and night I burn in the poisonous fire of the threefold miseries of material life, and as a result I faint again and again. My senses are overwhelmed by lust, greed, and numberless other enemies, and I am averse to the great treasure that is the lotus feet of Lord Gauranga.

3 hena gaura dayamaya chadi saba laja-bhaya
kaya mane laha re sarana
parama durmati chila tare gora uddharila
tara haila patita-pabana

O brother, give up all fear and shyness, and take shelter of merciful Lord Gauranga. Lord Gauranga rescues those who are most wicked at heart, and therefore He is known as Patita-pavana, the saviour of the fallen.

4 gora dwija-nata-raje bandhaha hrdaya-majhe
ki karibe samsara-samana
narottama dasa kahe agora-sama keha nahe
na bhajite deya prema-dhana

If you place Lord Gauranga, the brahmana king of dancers, within your heart, then what will death be able to do to you? Narottama dasa says: There is no one equal to Lord Gauranga. Even if one will not become His devotee, still Lord Gauranga will freely give him the treasur of love for Krsna.

Sabarana-Gaura-mahima (The Glories of Lord Gauranga)

Song 39

1 gaurangera duti pada jar dhana sampada
se jane bhakati-rasa-sar
gaurangera madhura-lila jar karne prabesila
hrdoya mirmala bhelo tar

Anyone who has accepted the two lotus feet of Lord Caitanya can understand the true essence of devotional service. If one is captivated by the pleasing pastimes of Lord Caitanya, the dirty things in his heart will all become cleansed.

2 je gaurangera nama loy tara hoy premodoy
tare mui jai bolihari
gauranga-gunete jhure, nitya-lila tare sphure
se jana bhakati-adhikari

One who simply takes the holy name of Gaurasundara, Sri Krsna Caitanya, will immediately develop love of God. To such a person I say: Bravo. Very nice. Excellent. If one appreciates the merciful pastimes of Lord Caitanya and feels ecstasy and sometimes cries, this process will immediately help him to understand the eternal pastimes of Radha-Krsna.

3 gaurangera sangi-gane nitya-siddha kori mane
se jay brajendra-suta-pas
sri-gauda-mandala-bhumi jeba jane cintamani
tara hoy braja-bhume bas

Simply by understanding that the associates of Lord Gauranga are eternally free from material contamination, one can immediately be promoted to the transcendental abode of Lord Krsna. If one simply understands that the land of Navadvipa is not different from Vrndavana, then he actually lives in Vrndavana.

4 gaura-prema-rasarnave se tarange jeba dube
se radha-madhava-antaranga
grhe ba banete thake ha gauranga bole dake
narottama mage tara sanga

If one says: "Let me dive deep into the waves of the nectarean ocean of the transcendental loving movement introduced by Lord Caitanya", he immediately becomes one of the confidential devotees of Radha and Krsna. It does not matter whether one is a householder living at home or a vanaprastha or sannyasi living in the forest, if he chants "O Gauranga, and becomes a devotee of Lord Caitanya, then Narottama dasa begs to have his association.

Punah Prarthana (Another Prayer)

Song 40

1 sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu doya koro more
toma bine ke doyalu jagat-somsare

My dear Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, please be merciful to me, because who can be more merciful than Your Lordship within these three worlds?

2 patita-pavana-hetu taba abatara
mo sama patita prabhu na paibe ara

Your incarnation is just to reclaim the conditioned fallen souls, but I assure You tha You will not find a greater fallen soul than me. Therefore my claim is first.

3 ha ha prabhu nityananda premananda sukhi
krpabalokana koro ami boro duhkhi

My dear Lord Nityananda, You are always joyful in spiritual bliss. Since You always appear very happy, I have come to You because I am most unhappy. If You kindly put Your merciful glance over me, I may also become happy.

4 doya koro sita-pati adwaita gosai
taba krpa-bale pai caitanya-nitai

My dear Advaita Prabhu, husband of Sita, You are so kind. Please be kind to me. If You are kind to me, naturally Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda also will be kind to me.

5-6 ha ha swarup sanatana, rupa, raghunatha
bhatta-yuga, sri-jiva ha prabhu lokanatha
doya koro sri-acarya prabhu srinivasa
ramacandra-sanga mage narottama-dasa

O Sri Svarupa Damodara Gosvami, O Sri Sanatana Gosvami, O Sri Rupa Gosvami, O Sri Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, O Sri Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami and Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, O Sri Jiva Gosvami, O my master, Sri Lokanatha Gosvami, O Sri Srinivasa Acarya, I beg you all to please be merciful to me. Narottama dasa prays that he may always have the company of Ramacandra Cakravarti.

Sa-parsada-bhagavad-viraha-janita-vilapa (Separated from the Lord and His Associates, the Author Laments)

Song 41

1 je anilo prema-dhana koraun pracur
heno prabhu kotha gela acarya-thakur

He who brought the treasure of divine love and who was filled with compassion and mercy-where has such a personality as Srinivasa Acarya gone?

2 kaha mora swarup rupa kaha sanatan
kaha dasa raghunatha patita-paban

Where are my Svarupa Damodara and Rupa Gosvami? Where is Sanatana? Where is Raghunatha dasa, the saviour of the fallen?

3 kaha mora bhatt-juga kaha kabiraj
eka-kale kotha gela gora nata-raj

Where are my Raghunatha Bhatta and Gopala Bhatta and where is Krsnadasa Kaviraja? Where did Lord Gauranga, the great dancer, suddenly go?

4 pasane kutibo matha anale pasibo
gauranga gunera nidhi kotha gele pabo

I will smash my head against the rock and enter into the fire. Where will I find Lord Gauranga, the reservoir of all wonderful qualities.

5 se-saba sangira sange je koilo bilas
se-sanga na paiya kande narottama das

Being unable to obtain the association of Lord Gauranga accompanied by all of these devotees in whose association He performed His pastimes, Narottama dasa simply weeps.

Aksepa (Regret)

Song 42

1 gora panhu na bhajiya mainu
prema-ratana-dhana helaya harainu

I did not worship Lord Gauranga Prabhu and thus I became full of suffering. I refused to accept the treasure of pure love of Krsna, and thus I became lost.

2 adhane jatana kari dhanatejaginu
apana karama-dose apani dhubinu

I reject the treasure of love of Krsna and deliberately struggled to become poor. I dived into a host of sinful deeds.

3 sat-sanga chadi kainu asate bilasa
te-karane lagila je karma-bandha phamsa

I rejected the association of the saintly devotees, and instead tried to enjoy among the impious non-devotees. In this way I became caught in the noose of karma.

4 bisaya bisama bisa satata khainu
gora-kirtana-rasa magana na hainu

I continually drank the virulent poison of sense-gratification. I refused to swin in the nectar of Lord Caitanya's sankirtana movement.

5 kena ba achaye prana ki sukha paiya
narottama dasa kena na gela mariya

Why do I stay alive? What happiness do I have? Why did Narottama dasa not die long ago?

Song 43

1 hari hari ki mora karama anurata
bisaye kutila-mati sat-sange na haila rati
kise ara taribara patha

My crooked mind delights in sense-gratification, but not in the association of the saintly devotees. Why do I follow this dangerous path? O Lord Hari, Lord Hari, how have I become so attached to materialism?

2 swarupa sanatana rupa raghunatha bhatta-juga
lokanatha siddhanta-sagara
sunitama se-saba katha ghucita manera byatha
tabe bhala haita antara

In the past I continually heard the philosophy of Krsna consciousness from Srila Svarupa Damodara Gosvami, Srila Sanatana Gosvami, Srila Rupa Gosvami, Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, Srila Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami, Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami and Srila Lokanatha Gosvami, who is like a great ocean of devotional truth. By hearing their words the pain within my mind subsided, and I attained an auspicious condition of life.

3 jakhana gaura-nityananda adwaitadi-bhakta-brnda
nadiya-nagare abatara
takhana na haila janma ebe dehe kiba karma
micha matra bahi phiri bhara

Lord Caitanya, Lord Nityananda, Lord Advaita, and the devotees who are Their personal associates have descended from the spiritual world to the land of Nadiya. They have not taken birth as ordinary mortals do. How wonderful are Their transcendental activities! I am not like Them. I simply trudge along carrying a great heap of illusory materialistic burdens.

4 haridasa adi bule mahotsabapadi kare
na herinu se sukha-bilasa
ki mora duhkhera katha janama gonanu brtha
dhik dhik narottama dasa

Haridasa Thakura and the other devotees travelled about absorbed in a constant festival of the glorification of Lord Krsna, but I myself was unable to see these blissful pastimes. How sad is my tale. I have wasted my life. Fie, fie on Narottama dasa.

Baisnaba-mahima (Glorification of the Devotees)

Song 44

1 thakura baisnaba-pada abanira su-sampada
suna bhai hana eka mana
asraya laiya bhaje tare krsna nahi tyaje
ara saba mare akarana

O brother, please hear my words with rapt attention. The lotus feet of the Vaisnavas are the most valuable treasure of this world. These Vaisnavas continually take shelter of Lord Krsna and worship Him. They never abandon their Lord. They are liberated. They are free from the cycle of birth and death.

2 baisnaba-carana-jala prema-bhaktidite bala
ara keha nahe balabanta
baisnaba-carana-renu mastake bhusana binu
ara nahi bhusanera anta

The water that has washed the lotus feet of the Vaisnavas bestows devotional service in pure love of God. Nothing else is as effective for attaining this divine love. I place dust from the lotus feet of the Vaisnavas upon my head. I wear no other ornament.

3 tirtha-jala pabitra-guna likhiyache purane
se saba bhaktira prabancana
baisnabera padodaka sama nahe ei saba
jate haya banchita purana

The purifying power of the waters at the various holy places of pilgrimage is described in the Puranas, although this is something of a deceptive trick. Actually there is not anything as purifying as the water that has washed the lotus feet of the Vaisnavas. This water fulfills all desires.

4 baisnaba-sangete mana anandita anuksana
sada haya krsna-para-sanga
dina narottama kande hiya dhairya nahi bandhe
mora dasa kena haila bhanga

Moment after moment my mind finds pleasure in the association of the Vaisnavas. I always seek out the company of those who are devoted to Lord Krsna. Poor-hearted Narottama dasa breaks down and cries. How has this fallen condition come upon me?

Baisnaba-bijnapti (Prayer to the Vaisnavas)

Song 45

1 thakura baisnaba-gana kari ei nibedana
mo bada adhama duracara
daruna-samsara-nidhi tahe dhubaila bidhi
keses dhari more kara para

O saintly Vaisnavas, although I am very fallen and misbehaved, I still place this appeal before you: My destiny has plunged me in the fearsome ocean of repeated birth and death. Please grab me by the hair and pull me to the opposite shore.

2 bidhi bada balaban na sune dharama-jnana
sadai karama-pase bandhe
na dekhi tarana lesa jate dekhi saba klesa
anatha katare teni kande

My destiny is very powerful. I am not able to hear the knowledge of spiritual life, and I am always bound by the ropes of karma. I cannot see any way to escape my condition. I see only suffering. Helpless and stricken with grief, I cry.

3 kama krodha lobha moha mada abhimana saha
apana apana sthane tane
aichana amara mana phire jena andha jana
supatha vipatha nahi jane

My blind mind cannot see what path is auspicious or inauspicious. My blind mind is helplessly dragged from here to there by lust, anger, greed, bewilderment, madness and pride.

4 na lainu sat mata asate majila cita
tuya paye na karinu asa
narottama dase kaya dekhi suni lage bhaya
taraiya laha nija pasa

My mind became immersed in the impermanent satisfaction of the senses, and I could not understand the real goal of life. For this reason I did not aspire to attain Your lotus feet. Narottama dasa says: Now that I am able to see, hear, and touch the Vaisnavas, I have become free from all fear.

Song 46

1 ei-baro karuna koro baisnava gosai
patita-pavana toma bine keho nai

O Vaisnava Gosvami, please be merciful to me now. There is no one except you who can purify the fallen souls.

2 jahara darsane saba papa dure jay
emona doyalaprabhu debakothapay

Where does anyone find such a merciful personality by whose mere audience all sins go far away?

3 gangara parasa hoile pascate paban
darsane pabitra koro-ei tomara gun

After bathing in the waters of the sacred Ganges many times, one becomes purified, but just by the sight of you, the fallen souls become purified. This is your great power.

4 hari-sthane aparadhe tare harinam
toma sthane aparadhe nahi paritran

The holy name delivers one who has committen an offense to Lord Hari, but if one commits an offense to you, there is no means of deliverance.

5 tomara hrdoye sada gobinda-bisram
gobinda kohena-mam baisnava paran

Lord Govinda always stays within your heart. Lord Govinda says: "The Vaisnavas are my life and soul."

6 proti-janme kori asa caranera dhuli
narottame koro doya apanara boli

I hope that in every birth I may attain the dust of your lotus feet. Please declare this Narottama dasa to be your property. Please be merciful to him.

Song 47

1 ki-rupe paiba seba mui duracara
sri-guru-baisnabe rati na haila amara

I have no devotion for either the Vaisnavas or my own spiritual master. How is it possible for a rascal like me to attain devotional service?

2 asesa mayate mana magana haila
baisnabete lesa-matra rati na janmila

My mind is always drowning in illusion. I have not even the smallest fragment of devotion for the Vaisnavas.

3 bisaye tuliya andha hainu diba-nisi
gale phamsa dite phire maya se pisaci

I have become blind by constantly meditating on the objects of the senses. The maya-witch has placed a hangman's noose around my neck.

4 inhare kariya jaya chadana na jaya
sadhu-krpa bina ara hanika upaya

Even if I can cure my blindness and defeat the maya-hangman, I cannot become free from material illusion without the mercy of the saintly devotees.

5 adosada-rasi-prabhu patita-uddhara
ei-bara narottame karaha nistara

O master, O purifier of the sinful, O saviour of the fallen souls, please rescue this Narottama dasa.

Sri Rupa-rati-manjaryah Vijnaptih (Prayer to Sri Rupa-manjari and Sri Rati-manjari)

Song 48

1 radha-krsna-sebon muni jibane marane
tanra sthana tanra lila dekhon ratri dine

I shall serve Sri Sri Radha and Krsna in this life and also after my death. Night and day I shall see Their transcendental abode and pastimes.

2 je sthane lila kare jugala-kisora
sakhira sangini hana tanhe hana bhora

Wherever the youthful Divine Couple go to perform transcendental pastimes I will follow as an associate of Their gopi-friends, and I will stay with Them until sunrise.

3 sri-rupa-manjari-pada sebon nirabadhi
tanra pada-padma mora mantra-mahausadhi

I will continually serve the lotus feet of Sri Rupa-manjari. Her lotus feet are my purifying mantra and my medicinal herb.

4 sri-rati-manjari devi more kara daya
anuksana deha tuya pada-padma-chaya

O Sri Rati-manjari-devi, please be merciful to me. Please give me the continual shade of your lotus feet.

5 sri-rasa-manjari devi kara abadhana
anuksana deha tuya pada-padma-dhyana

O Sri Rasa-manjari-devi, please notice me. Please allow me to always meditate on your lotus feet.

6 brndabane nitya nitya jugala-bilasa
prarthana karaye sada narottama dasa

Please allow me to join the eternal pastimes of the Divine Couple in Vrndavana. Narottama dasa constantly prays in this way.

Sakhi-vrnde Vijnaptih (Prayer to the Gopis)

Song 49

1 radha-krsna prana mora jugala-kisora
jibane marane gati nahi mora

The youthful Divine Couple Sri Sri Radha and Krsna are my life and soul. In life or death I have no other refuge but Them.

2 kalindira kule keli-kadambera bana
ratana-bedira upara bosabo ju'jana

I shall install the Divine Couple on a jewelled throne in a pleasant forest of kadamba trees on the shore of the Yamuna River.

3 syama-gauri-ange dibo candanera gandha
camara dhulabo kabe heir mukha-candra

When will I place aromatic sandalwood paste on the limbs of Lord Symasundara and Srimati Gaurangi-devi? When will I fan Them with a camara whisk? When will I see Their moonlike faces?

4 gathiya malatir mala dibo dohara gale
adhare tuliya dibo karpura-tambule

When will I string garlands of malati flowers and place them on the necks of the Divine Couple? When will I place betel-nuts mixed with camphor in Their lotus mouths?

5 lalita bisakha-adi jata sakhi-brnda
ajnaya koribo seba caranarabinda

When, following the orders of Lalita, Visakha and the other gopis, will I serve the lotus feet of the Divine Couple?

6 sri-krsna-caitanya-prabhur daser anudasa
seba abhilasa kore narottama-dasa

Narottama dasa, the servant of the servant of Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, longs for this service to the Divine Couple.

Siddha-dehena Sri Vrndavanaisvaryam saksad-vijnaptih (The Author Prays to Attain a Spiritual Body in Sri Vrndavana-dhama)

Song 50

1 praneswari ei bara karuna kara more
dasanete trna dhari anjali mastake kari
ei-jana nibedana kare

This person places a straw between his teeth and his folded hands over his head. This person appeals to you. O queen of my life, please be merciful to me.

2 priya-sahacari-sange sebana kariba range
ange besa karibeka sadhe
rakha ei seba-kaje nija pada-pankaje
priya-sahacari-gana-majhe

Please engage me in the service of Your lotus feet. Please place me among Your gopi-associates. In their company I will serve You with great happiness. I will dress You in nice garments, and serve You in many ways.

3 sugandhi candana manimaya abharana
kausika basana nana range
ei saba seba janra dasi jena hana tanra
anhuksana thaki tanra sange

I will anoint You with aromatic sandalwood paste. I will happily decorate You with a variety of silken garments and jewel ornaments. I will always stay near You as Your maidservant.

4 jala subasita kari ratana bhrngare bhari
karpura-basita guya pana
e-saba sajaiya dala labanga malati-mala
bhaksya-dravya nana anupama

I will bring You fragrant water in a jewel pitcher and betel-nuts mixed with camphor. I will bring You a clove-twig, a garland of jasmine flowers, and a variety of incomparably delicious foods.

5 sakhira ingita habe e-saba aniya kabe
jogaiba lalitara kache
narottama dasa kaya ei jena mora haya
dandaiya bahu sakhira pache

When will I carry out every order hinted or gestured by the gopis? When will I attain the association of Lalita-devi? Narottama dasa says: I hope that by praying in this way I will some day become eligible to follow behind the gopi friends of the Divine Couple.

Song 51

1 aruna-kamala-dale sesa bichaiba
basaiba kisora-kisori
alaka-abrta-mukha- pankaja manohyara
marakata-syam hema-gauri

When will I scatter red lotus petals before the charming youthful Divine Couple, whose lotus faces are decorated with curling locks of hair, and who are like a dark sapphire and glittering gold?

2 praneswari kabe more habe krpa dithi
ajnaya aniya kabe bibidha phula-bara
sunaba racana dunhu mithi

O queen of my life, when will you place Your merciful glance on me? When, directly hearing the orders of the Divine Couple, will I bring them many flowers and sweet candies?

3 mrgamada tilaka sa-sindura banayaba
lepaba candana-gandhe
ganthi malati-phula hara pahiraoba
dhaoyaba madhukara-brnde

When will I anoint the Divine Couple with tilaka markings made of musk and red sindura? When will I anoint Their bodies with sandalwood paste? When will I string a garland of jasmine flowers for Them, and then have to flee from the swarm of bumble-bees eager to claim the honey of those flowers?

4 lalita kabe more bijana deoyaba
bijana maruta mande
srama-jala sakala mitaba dunhu-kalebara
heraba parama anande

When, on Lalita's order will I gently fan the Divine Couple, banishing the perspiration from Their transcendental bodies? When will I see the Divine Couple, my heart filling with spiritual bliss?

5 narottama dasa asa pada-pankaja
sebana madhuri-pane
ho-oyaba hena dina na dekhiye kona cihna
dunhu-jana heraba nayane

Narottama dasa hopes that some day he will be able to drink the sweet honey of the service of the lotus feet of the Divine Couple. Will that day ever be? I do not see any indication that I will become able to see the Divine Couple directly with my own eyes.

Sri Krsne Vijnaptih (Prayer to Sri Krsna)

Song 52

1 prabhu he ei-bara karaha karuna
jugala-carana dekhi saphala kariba ankhi
ei mora manera kamana

The sight of the lotus feet of the Divine Couple will be the crowning success of my eyes. My heart and mind yearn to attain this sight. O Lord, please be merciful and grant this sight to me.

2 nija-pada-seba diba nahi more upekhiba
dunju pahu karuna-sagara
dunhu binu nahi janon ei bada bhagya manon
mui bada patita pamara

Please grant me the service of Your lotus feet. Do not neglect me, for You, my two Lords, are like two oceans filled with compassion. I know that You are full of all transcendental glory and opulence, and I do not know anyone except You. I am very fallen and sinful. Please be merciful to me.

3 lalita adesa pana carana sebiba yana
priya-sakhi sange haya mane
dunhu data-siromani ati dina more jani
nikate carana dibe dane

By Your mercy I will attain the association of the gopis. By Your mercy I will become Lalita's maidservant, to be ordered about by her. By Your mercy I will attain the service of Your lotus feet. I know that You are both the crest-jewels among all wealthy philanthropists, and You know that I am the poorest of the poor. Please, therefore, give me the charity of Your lotus feet.

4 paba radha-krsna-pa ghucibe manera gha
dure jabe e-saba biphala
narottama dase kaya ei bancha siddhi haya
deha prana sakala saphala

By Your mercy I will attain Your lotus feet. By Your mercy all the painful wounds in my mind and heart will heal. By Your mercy my lack of success will go far away. Narottama dasa says: By Your mercy all my desires will be fulfilled, and this body and life will at last become fruitful.

Song 53

1 aji rase badara nisi
preme bhasala saba brndabana-basi

Soon all the residents of Vrndavana will float in the nectar of pure love for Radha and Krsna.

2 syama-ghana barikhaye prema-sudha-dhara
kore rangini radha bijuri-sancara

Sri Krsna is like a dark cloud that showers the nectar of pure love, and Srimati Radharani is like a restless lightning flash sitting in the lap of that cloud.

3 preme pichala patha gamana bhela banka
mrgamada-candana-kunkume bhela panka

The path of love for Krsna is winding and crooked. It is slippery, and filled with mud and mixed with kunkuma, sandalwood paste, and musk.

4 dig bidig nahi premera pathara
dubila narottama na jane santara

The great ocean of love of Krsna stretches without limit in all directions. Although Narottama dasa does not know how to swim across that ocean, he plunges head first into it.