Ohe Premera Thakura Gora
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ohe, premera ṭhākura gorā
prāṇera yātanā kivā kaba, nātha! hayechi āpana-hārā
ohe - alas; premera - of divine love; thakura - Lord; gora - Gaura; pranera - of life; yatanã - agony; kibā - what; kaba - I shall tell; natha - O Master; hayechi - I had; apana - myself; hãra - lost.
O Sri Gaurasundara, worshipable Lord of prema! O my master! What will I tell You of my sorrows and sufferings? I have forgotten my original identity.
ki āra baliba, je-kājera tore
enechile, nātha! jagate āmāre,
eta-dina pare kahite se kathā, khede duḥkhe hai sārā
ki - what; ara - more; baliba - I shall say; ye - which; kajera - of work; tare - for the purpose; enechile - You brought; natha - O Lord; jagate - in this world; amare - to me; etadina - so many + days; pare - after; kahite - to speak; se - this; katha - matter; khede - with lamentation; duhkhe - with sorrow; hai - I become; sara - weary.
O my Lord, what more can I say? After enduring many wounds inflicted from my difficulties, then many days later I remembered the reason for which You gave me birth in this world.
tomāra bhajane nā janmila rati,
jaḍa-mohe matta sadā duramati –
viṣayīra kāche theke theke āmi hainu viṣayī-pārā
tomãra - Your; bhajane - in transcendent, internal service; nã - not; janmila - awakened; rati - attachment; jadamohe - by the mundane and illusory; matta - intoxicated; sada - always; duramati - wicked minded; visayira - sense enjoyer's; kache - near; theke theke - continously remaining; ami - I; hainu - have become; visayipara - sense enjoyer + just like.
O Lord! I'm so unfortunate that I had no attachment for worshiping You but was always evil-minded and mad for material enjoyment. Living with sense enjoyers, I became like them.
ke āmi, kena je esechi ekhāne,
se-kathā kakhana nāhi bhāvi mane,
kakhana bhogera, kakhana tyāgera chalanāya mana nāce
ke - who; ami - l; kena - why; ye - the (matters); esechi - I have come; ekhane - here; se - those; katha - matters; kakhano nahi - never; bhabi - I ponder; mane - in the mind; kakhano - sometimes; bhogera - by enjoyment; kakhano - sometimes; tyagera - by renounciation; chalanaya - in beguilement; mana - mind; nace - dances.
Who am I? Why am I in this world? These questions I never pondered. Sometimes enjoying, sometimes renouncing – my mind was dancing in this cheating.
ki gati haibe kakhana bhāvi nā,
hari-bhakatera kācheo jāi nā,
hari-vimukhera ku-lakṣaṇa jata āmātei saba ache
ki - what; gati - outcome; haibe - will be; kakhano - ever; bhabi - contemplate; na - not; hari bhakatera - Hari's devotee's; kacheo - near + even; yãi - I go; nã - not; hari vimukhera - of those who are opposed to Hari; kulaksana - inauspicious symptoms; yata - whatever; amatei - within me; saba - all; ache - they are there.
I never considered what would be my outcome. I never associated with Krsna’s devotees, and I exhibited all bad signs of being opposed to Bhagavan.
śrī-guru-kṛpāya bheńgeche svapana,
bujhechi ekhana tumi-i āpana,
tava nija-jana parama-bāndhava saḿsāra kārāgāre
sriguru - sri guru; krpaya - by grace; bhengeche - has broken; svapana - dream; bujhechi - I understood; ekhana - now; tumii - You alone; apana - mine; tava - Your; nija jana - personal associates; parama - greatest; bandhava - friends; samsara - material existence; karagãre - in the prison house.
Now, by Sri Guru’s grace my eyes have been opened and my dream has been broken. I now understand that I have only You and that Your beloved devotees are my greatest friends in the prison house of this material world.
āna nā bhajiba bhakta-pada vinu,
rātula-caraṇe śaraṇa loinu,
uddhāraho nātha! māyā-jāla ha’te e dāsera keśe dho’re
ana - other; nã - not; bhajiba - I will worship; bhakta pada - the feet of devotees; binu - without; ratula - reddish; carane - of feet; sarana - shelter; lainu - I have taken; uddharaha - rescue me; natha - O Lord; mayajala - illusion + net; ha'te — from; e — this; dasera - sevant's; kese - by the hair; dha're - holding.
Now I worship Your devotees exclusively and will serve no one else. O Natha! Now I have taken shelter of Your lotus feet, which are like red lotuses. Pulling me by the hair, please deliver me from Maya’s net.
pātakīre tumi kṛpā kara nāki?
jagāi-mādhāi chila je pātakī,
tāhāte jenechi, premera ṭhākura! pātakīreo tāra tumi
patakire - to great sinners; tumi - You; krpa kara - give mercy; nāki? - or not; jagãi mãdhãi - Jagãi and Mãdhãi; chila - were; ye - such; pataki - great sinners; tahäte - by that; jenechi - I have realized; premera thakura - O Lord of Prema; patakireo - to great sinners + indeed; tãra - deliver; tumi - You.
Do You not bestow Your mercy on the sinners? Were not Jagai and Madhai also fallen? Yet You gave them Your mercy. From this I can understand that You are the Lord of prema and the deliverer of the fallen.
āmi bhakti-hīna, dīna, akiñcana –
aparādhī-śire dāo du’ caraṇa,
tomāra abhaya śrī caraṇe cira – śaraṇa lainu āmi
āmi - I; bhaktihina - devotion + devoid of; dina - wretched; akiñcana - destitute; aparadhi - offender; sire - on the head; dão - give; du'carana - two + feet; tomãra - Your; abhaya - fearlessness; sricarane - at the beautiful feet; cira - eternal; sarana - shelter; lainu - have taken; ami - I.
O Prabhu, I am devoid of bhakti, wretched, and destitute. Put Your feet that grant fearlessness on the head of this offender. I take shelter of Your divine feet.
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