Nitai Mora Jibana Dhana
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nitai mora jibana dhana nitai mora jati
nitai bihane mora ara nahi gati
nitãi - Nitãi; mora — my; jivana dhana — life's wealth; nitãi - Nitãi; mora - my; jati - family; nitai - Nitai; vihane - without; mora - my; ara - other; nahi - no; gati - resort.
Lord Nitai is the treasure of my life. Nitai is my family. In my life I have no goal but Nitai.
samsara sukhera mukhe tule diba chai
nagare magiya khaba gaiba nitai
samsara - worldly; sukhera - of pleasure; mukhe - in the face; tule - having picked up; diba - I shall throw; chãi - ash; nagare — in the village; mãgiy - begging; kha'ba - I shall eat; gaiya - having sung; nitãi - "Nitãi".
To my heart the best of material pleasures is worthless like a pile of ashes. I will beg alms in the town. That is how I will eat. I will sing the name of Lord Nitai.
ye dese nitai nai se dese na yaba
nitai bimukha janara mukha na heriba
ye - which; dese - in place; nitãi - Nitãi; nãi - not; se - that; dese - in place; nã - not; ya'ba - I shall go; nitãi - Nitãi; vimukha - averse; janara - of person; mukha - the face; na - not; heriba - I shall see.
I will not go to any country where Lord Nitai does not stay. I will not look at the face of a person averse to Lord Nitai.
ganga yara pada jala hara sire dhare
hena nitai na bhajiya dukha peye more
gangà - Găngã; yara - whose (Nitãi's); padajala - foot + water; hara - Lord Siva; sire - on head; dhare - bears, holds; hena - such; nitãi - Nitãi; nã - not; bhajiya - having worshiped; duhkha - misery; peye - having obtained; mare - he dies.
A person may so saintly the water that has washed his feet becomes like the holy Ganga Lord Siva places on his own head. But if he does not worship Lord Nitai, that person only suffers and perishes at the end.
locana bole mora nitai yeba nahi mane
anala bhejai tara majha mukhakhane
locana - Locana dasa; bale - says; mora - my; nitãi - Nitãi; yebã - who; nãhi - no; mãne - regard; anala - fire; bhejãi - I light; tara - his; majha - inside; mukhakhane - mouth + in the.
Locana dãsa declares, "I shall scorch the face of one who has no regard for my Nitãi!".
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Who wrote Nitai Mora Jibana Dhana?
Nitai Mora Jibana Dhana was composed by Locana Dasa Thakura. It appears in More Songs.
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You can listen to 2 recordings of Nitai Mora Jibana Dhana on this page, including versions sung by Vaishnavas, HG Vishakha Mataji.
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Nitai Mora Jibana Dhana has 5 verses.