Nija Karma Dose Phale

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hari he nija-karma-doṣa-phale poḍi' bhabārṇaba-jale hābuḍubu khāi kota kāla sāntāri' sāntāri' jāi sindhu-anta nāhi pāi bhaba-sindhu ananta biśāla
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hari Kṛṣṇa; he O; nija own; karma karma; doṣa fault; phale result; poḍi' I have fallen; bhaba of the materialworld; arṇaba of the ocean; jale in the water; hābuḍubu a struggle to stay above the water; khāi I do; kota for how long?; kāla time; sāntāri' swiming; sāntāri' and swiming; jāi I go; sindhu of the ocean; anta the end; nāhi not; pāi Iattain; bhaba of the material world; sindhu the ocean; ananta limitless; biśāla large
Translation

By the fault of my own karma I have fallen into the ocean of birth and death. How long must I struggle to keep from drowning? Swimming and swimming, I cannot find the end of this ocean. The huge ocean of birth and death has no end.

nimagna hoinu jabe ḍākinu kātara rabe keho more koroho uddhāra sei kāle āile tumi tomā jāni' kūla-bhūmi āśā-bīja hoilo āmāra
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nimagna plunged; hoinu am; jabe in the water; ḍākinu I call out; kātara distressed; rabe sound; kehaḥ someone; more me; korohaḥ please do; uddhāra rescue; sei this; kāle time; āile come; tumi You; tomā tome; jāni' knowing; kūla-bhūmi the shore; āśā of hope; bīja seed; hoilaḥ is; āmāra of me
Translation

Drowning, I screamed, "Someone save me!" At that moment You came. I knew You could take me to the shore. The seed of hope was planted within me.

tumi hari doyāmoya pāile more su-niścoya sarbottama doyāra biṣoya tomāke nā chāḍi' āra e bhaktibinoda chāra doyā-pātre pāile doyāmoya
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tumi You; hari Kṛṣṇa; doyāmoya merciful; pāile attained; more me; su-niścoya certainly; sarbottama the best of all; doyāra of mercy; biṣoya the realm; tomāke to You; not; chāḍi' abandoning; āra another; e this; bhaktibinoda Bhaktivinoda; chāra pile of ashes; doyā- pātre object of mercy; pāile attained; doyāmoya merciful
Translation

O merciful Lord Kṛṣṇa, now You have found me. O most merciful Lord, I will never leave You. O merciful Lord, now You have found Bhaktivinoda, who is worthless like a pile of ashes
and who desperately needs Your mercy.

Frequently asked

Who wrote Nija Karma Dose Phale?

Nija Karma Dose Phale was composed by Bhaktivinoda Thakura. It appears in Gitamala.

What is the meaning of Nija Karma Dose Phale?

By the fault of my own karma I have fallen into the ocean of birth and death. How long must I struggle to keep from drowning? Swimming and swimming, I cannot find the end of this ocean. The huge ocean of birth and death has no end.

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Nija Karma Dose Phale has 3 verses.