Gauranga Karuna Koro
gaurāṅga
karuṇā koro dīna hīna jane mosamo
patita prabhu nāhi tribhūvane
Word for word
gaurāńga - Lord Gauranga; karuṇā - mercy; koro - please do; dīna - fallen; hīna - deprived; jane - persons; mo samo - just like me; patita - fallen; prabhu - O Lord; nāhi - there is no; tribhūvane - in the three worlds
O my dear Lord Gauranga! Please show Your mercy to this lowly and destitute soul. O Lord! There is no one more fallen than myself in all the three worlds.
dante
tṛṇa dhari gaura ḍāki he tomāre kṛpā
kari eso āmār hṛdaya mandire
Word for word
dante - teeth; tṛṇa - grass; dhari(yā) - beholding; gaura - Lord Caitanya; ḍāki - I am calling; he - O; tomāre - to You; kṛpā - mercy; kari(yā) - doing; eso - please come; āmār - my; hṛdaya - heart; mandire - in the temple
Holding grass between my teeth, O Lord Gaura, I am calling out to You now! Please be compassionate upon me and come to reside within the temple of my heart.
jadi
dayā nā karibe patita dekhiyā patita
pāvana nāma kisera lāgiyā
Word for word
yadi - if; dayā - mercy; nā - no; karibe - You will do; patita - fallen; dekhiyā - seeing; patita pāvana - the redeemer of the fallen; nāma - name; kisera - why; lāgiyā - applying
If You do not give Your mercy, seeing how fallen I am, then why are You known as Patita Pavana, the merciful Savior of the fallen?
paḍechi
bhava tuphāne nāhika nistāra śrī
caraṇa taraṇī dāne dāse kara pāra
Word for word
paḍechi - I have fallen into; bhava - misery; tuphāne - hurricane; nāhika - I do not have; nistāra - relief; śrī caraṇa - His divine lotus feet; taraṇī - boat; dāne - gift; dāse - to this servant; kara - do; pāra - redeem (save)
I am plunged amidst the violent hurricane-stricken waves in the ocean of this material world, from which there is no escape. Kindly give me the gift of Your divine lotus feet, which are compared to a boat in which Your servant may cross over the ocean of birth and death.
śrī
kṛṣṇa caitanya prabhu dāser anudāsa prārthanā
karaye sadā narottama dāsa
Word for word
śrī kṛṣṇa caitanya - Sri Krsna Caitanya; prabhu - Lord; dāser - of the servant; anudāsa - servant [of the servant]; prārthanā - prayers; karaye - offering; sadā - always; narottama dāsa - Narottama Dasa Thakura
Narottama Dasa, the servant of the servant of Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu, ceaselessly makes this prayer.
Translation
O my dear Lord Gauranga! Please show Your mercy to this lowly and destitute soul. O Lord! There is no one more fallen than myself in all the three worlds.
Holding grass between my teeth, O Lord Gaura, I am calling out to You now! Please be compassionate upon me and come to reside within the temple of my heart.
If You do not give Your mercy, seeing how fallen I am, then why are You known as Patita Pavana, the merciful Savior of the fallen?
I am plunged amidst the violent hurricane-stricken waves in the ocean of this material world, from which there is no escape. Kindly give me the gift of Your divine lotus feet, which are compared to a boat in which Your servant may cross over the ocean of birth and death.
Narottama Dasa, the servant of the servant of Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu, ceaselessly makes this prayer.
Notes
This song is sung in Raga Sindhu Bhairavi in Kaherva Tala.