Prārthanā · Songs 46-53

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O Vaisnavas Gosvami, please be merciful to me now. ther is no one except you who can purify the fallen souls.

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Where does anyone find such a merciful personality by whose mere audience all sins go far away?

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After bathing in the waters of the sacred Ganges many times, one becomes purified, but just by the sight of you, the fallen souls become are pruified. This is your great power.

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The holy name delivers one who has committed an offense of Lord Hari, but if one commits an offense to you, there is no means of deliverance.

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Lord Govinda always stays within your heart. Lord Govinda says: "the Vaisnavas are my life and soul."

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I hope that in every birth I may attain the dust of your lotus feet. Please declare this Narottama dasa to be your property. Pleae be merciful to him.

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I have no deovtion for either the Vaisnavas or my own spiritual master. How is it possible for a rascal like me to attain devotional service?

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My mind is always drowning in illusion. I have not even the smallest fragment of devotion for the Vaisnavas.

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I have become blind by constantly meditating on the objects of the senses. The maya-witch has placed a hangman's noose around my neck.

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Even if I can cure my blindness and defeat the maya-hangman, I cannot become free from material illusion without the mercy of the saintly devotees.

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O master, O purifier of the sinful, O savior of the fallen souls, please rescue this Narottama dasa.

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I shall serve Sri Sri Radha and Krsna in this life and also afer my death. Night aned day I shall see Their transcendental abode and pastimes.

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Wherever the youthful Divine Couple shall go to perform transcendental pastimes I shall follow as an associate of Their gopi-frineds, and I shall stay with Them until sunrise.

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I shall continually serve the lotus feet of Sri Rupa-manjari. Her lotus feet are my purifying mantra and my medicinal herb.

Text 4

O Sri Rati-manjari-devi, please be merciful to me. Please give me the continual shade of your lotus feet.

Text 5

O Sri Rasa-manjari-devi, please notice me. please allow me to constantly meditate on your lotus feet.

Text 6

Please allow me to join the eternal pastimes of the Divine Couple in Vrndavana. Narottama dasa constantly prays in this way.

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The youthful Divine Couple Sri Sri Radha and Krsna are my life and soul. In life or death I have no other refuge but Them.

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I shall install the Divine Couple on a jewelled throne in a pleasant forest of kadamba trees on the shore of the Yamuna river.

Text 3

When will I place aromatic sandalwood paste on the limbs of Lord Syamasundara and Srimati Gaurangi-devi? When will I fan Them with a camara wisk? When will I see Their moonlike faces?

Text 4

When will I string garlands of malati flowers and place them on the necks of the Divine Couple? When will I place betel nuts mixed with camphor in their lotus mouths?

Text 5

When, following the orders of Lalita, Visakha and the other gopis, will I serve the lotus feet of the Divine Couple?

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Narottama dasa, the servant of the servant of Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, longs for this service to the Divine Couple.

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This person places a straw between his teeth and his folded hands over his head. This person appeals to you. O queen of my life, please be merciful to me.

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Please engage me in the service of Your lotus feet. Please place me among Your gopi--associates. In their company I shall serve You with great happiness. I shall dress You in nice garments, and serve You in various ways.

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I shall anoint You with aromatic sandalwood paste. I shall happily decorate You with various silken garments and jewelled ornaments. I shall always stay near You as Your maidservant.

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I shall bring You fragrant water in a jewelled pitcher, and betel-nuts mixed with camphor. I shall bring You a clove-twig, a garland of jasmine flowers, and various imcomparably palatable foods.

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When shall I carry out every order hinted or gestured by the gopis? When shall I attain the association of Lalita--devi? Narottama dasa says: I hope that by praying in this way I shall some day become eligible to follow behind the gopi-frineds of the Divine Couple.

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When will I scatter red lotus petals before the charming youthful Divine Couple, whose lotus faces are nicely decorated with curling locks of hair, and who appear like a dark emerald accompanied by glittering gold?

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O queen of my life, when will you place Your merciful glance upon me? When, directly hearing the orders of the Divine Couple, will I bring them various flowers and sweet candies?

Text 3

When will I anoint the Divine Couple with tilaka markings made of musk and red sindura? When will I anoint Their bodies with sandalwood paste? When will I string a garland of jasmine flowers for Them, and then have to flee from the swarm of bumble-bees eager to claim the honey of those flowers?

Text 4

When, on Lalita's order, will I gently fan the Divine Couple, banishing the perspiration from Their transcendental bodies? When, will I see the Divine Couple, my heart filling with spiritual bliss?

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Narottama dasa hopes that some day he will be able to drink the sweet honey of the service of the lotus feet of the Divine Couple. Will that day ever be? I do not see any indication that I will become able to directly see the Divine Couple with my own eyes.

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The sight of the lotus feet of the Divine Couple will be the crowning success of my eyes. My heart and mind yearn to attain this sight. O Lord, please be merciful and grant this sight to me.

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Please grant me the service of Your lotus feet. Do not neglect me, for You, my two Lords, are like two oceans filled with compassion. I know that You are full of all transcendental glory and opulence, and I do not know anyone except You. I am very fallen and sinful. Please be merciful to me.

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By Your mercy I will attain the association of the gopis. By Your mercy I will become Lalita's maidservant, to be ordered about by her. By Your mercy I will attain the service of Your lotus feet. I know that You are both the two crest-jewels among all wealthy philanthropists, and You know that I am the poorest of the poor. Please, therefore, give me the charity of Your lotus feet.

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By Your mercy I will attain Your lotus feet. By Your mercy all the painful wounds in my mind will heal. By Your mercy my lack of success will go far away. Narottama dasa says: by Your mercy all my desires will be fulfilled, and this body and life will at last become fruitful.

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Soon all the residents of Vrndavana will float in the nectar of pure love fror Radha and Krsna.

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Sri Krsna is like a dark cloud which showers the nectar of pure love, and Srimati Radharani is like a movinglightning bolt sittting in the lap of that cloud.

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The path of love for Krsna is winding and crooked. It is slippery, and filled with mud mixed with kunkuma, sandalwood paste, and musk.

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The great ocean of love of Krsna stretches without limit in all directions. Although Narottama dasa does not know how to swim across that ocean, he plunges headfirst into it. dubila narottama na jane santara