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681226PU-Los Angeles [17:56 Minutes]

Prayer to One's Beloved Lord

Prabhupada: [sings Hari hari biphale, accompanied by harmonium]

hari hari! bifale janama goṅainu
manusya-janama paiya, radha-krsna na bhajiya,
janiya suniya bisa khainu

[O Lord Hari, I have wasted my life. Although I have taken this rare human birth, I have not served Radha and Krsna, and thus I have knowingly drunk poison.]

golokera prema-dhana, hari-nama-saṅkirtana,
rati na janmilo kene tay
samsara-bisanale, diba-nisi hiya jwale,
juraite na koinu upay

[The treasure of divine love in Goloka Vrndavana has descended as the congregational chanting of Lord Hari's holy names. Why did my attraction for that chanting never come about? Day and night my heart burns in the fire of the poison of worldliness, and I have not accepted the means for relieving it.]

brajendra-nandana jei, saci-suta hoilo sei,
balarama hoilo nitai
dina-hina jata chilo, hari-name uddharilo,
tara saksi jagai madhai

[Lord Krsna, the son of the King of Vraja, became the son of Saci, and Balarama became Nitai. The holy name delivered all those souls who were lowly and wretched. The two sinners Jagai and Madhai are evidence of this.]

ha ha prabhu nanda-suta, vrsabhanu-suta-juta,
karuna karoho ei-baro
narottama-dasa koy, na theliho raṅga pay,
toma bine ke ache amara

[O Lord Krsna, son of Nanda, accompanied by the daughter of Vrsabhanu, please be merciful to me now. Narottama Dasa says, "O Lord, please do not push me away from Your reddish lotus feet, for who is my beloved except for You?]

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