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Aindra pr. - 08.03.09 Mayapur 5

Srila Prabhupada gives an explanation of the Bengali bhajan "Gay Gaura Madhur Sware" by the powerful Vedic Acharya Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura.
The song lyrics and English translation follow....

GAY GAURA MADHUR SWARE:
By Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura:

(1)
gāy gorā madhur sware
hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare
hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare

(2)
gṛhe thāko, vane thāko, sadā 'hari' bole' ḍāko,
sukhe duḥkhe bhulo nā'ko, vadane hari-nām koro re

(3)
māyā-jāle baddha ho 'ye, ācho miche kāja lo 'ye,
ekhona cetana pe'ye, 'rādhā-mādhav' nām bolo re

(4)
jīvana hoilo śeṣa, nā bhajile hṛṣīkeśa
bhaktivinodopadeśa, ekbār nām-rase māto re

Translation:

 1) Lord Gaurasundara sings in a very sweet voice, Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.

2) Whether you are a householder or a sannyasi, constantly chant "Hari! Hari!" Do not forget this chanting, whether you are in a happy condition or a distressful one. Just fill your lips with the hari-nama.

3) You are bound up in the network of Maya and are forced to toil fruitlessly. Now you have obtained full consciousness in the human form of life, so chant the names of Radha-Madhava.

4) Your life may end at any moment, and you have not served the Lord of the senses, Hrsikesa. Take this advice of Bhaktivinoda Thakura: "Just once, relish the nectar of the holy name!"

Srila Prabhupada ~ Purport on Gay Gaura Madhur Sware:

(1) gurudeva, kṛpā karke mujhko apanā lenā
maiń śaraṇa paḍā terī, caraṇoń meń jagaha denā

(2) karuṇā-nidhi nāma terā, karuṇā barasao tum
soye huye bhagya ko, he nātha jagāo tum
merī nāva bhãvara dole, use pāra lagā denā

(3) tum sukh ke sāgara ho, bhakti ke sahāre ho
mere man meń samāe ho, mujhe prāṇoń se pyāre ho
nita mālā japū terī, mere doṣa bhulā denā

(4) maiń santoń kā sevaka hūń, guru caraṇoń kā dāsa hūń
nahīń nātha bhulānā mujhe, is jaga meń akelā hūń
tere dvār kā bhikhārī hūń, nahīń dil se bhulā denā

TRANSLATION

1) Gurudeva, bestow your mercy on me and accept me as your own. I have taken shelter of you. Please give me a place at your lotus feet.

2) Please shower your mercy on me because you are renowned as a storehouse of mercy. O my Lord, only then will my sleeping fortune wake up. My boat is caught in a whirlpool. Please take me across this turbulent ocean.

3) You are the ocean of happiness and shelter for bhakti. You are dearer to me than my life and are always on my mind. I chant your name every day. Please ignore my faults.

4) I am a servant of the Vaisnavas and of the lotus feet of my Guru. Please do not forget me because I am all alone, O Lord. I am a beggar at your door. Please do not ignore me at heart.

Aindra pr. - 08.03.09 Mayapur 5

Maha Sundari

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