10.31.08
Gopinath
Gopinatha (Part one)
By Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur
Text One
gopinath, mama nivedana suno
visayi durjana, sada kama-rata,
kichu nahi mora guna
Gopinath, my Lord, please heed my humble plea.
Self-serving and shameless, immersed in sinfulness,
no virtue will you find within me.
Text Two
gopinath, amara bharasa tumi
tomara carane, loinu sarana,
tomara kinkora ami
Gopinath, I have no other hope than you,
I fall down at your feet, your shelter do I seek,
Your service ever to pursue.
Text Three
gopinath, kemone sodhibe more
na jani bhakati, karme jada-mati,
porechi somsara-ghore
Gopinath, I do not see how you will free me,
bereft of all bhakti, dulled by cupidity,
fallen in fearful misery.
Text Four
gopinath, sakali tomara maya
nahi mama bala, jnana sunirmala,
swadina nahe e kaya
Gopinath, all I see here is illusion.
No knowledge I possess, completely powerless,
controlled by worldly conditions.
Text Five
gopinath, niyata carane sthana
mage e pamara, kandiya kandiya,
korohe karuna dana
Gopinath, at your feet forever keep me.
Weeping incessantly, a sinner though I be,
I pray and plead for your mercy.
Text Six
gopinath, tumi to’ sakali paro
durjane tarite, tomara sakati,
ke ache papira aro
Gopinath, you can act completely freely.
All sinners can you save, your grace I therefore crave,
no other shelter do I see.
Text Seven
gopinath, tumi krpa-parabara
jivera karane, asiya prapance,
lila koile subistara
Gopinath, ocean of complete compassion.
Your pastimes you display, to free us from the sway,
of ignorance and illusion.
Text Eight
gopinath, ami ki dose dosi
asura sakala, pailo carana,
vinoda thakilo bosi’
Gopinath, what evil does exist in me?
That though the demons rose, into your own abode,
I fail to find my liberty.
