Gopinath Mama Nivedana Suno

Song Name: Gopinath Mama Nivedana Suno

Official Name: Gopinath (Part one)

Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura

Book Name: Kalyana Kalpataru (Section: Upalabdhi Vijnapti Song 1)

(1)

gopīnāth, mama nivedana śuno

viṣayī durjana, sadā kāma-rata,

kichu nāhi mora guṇa

(2)

gopīnāth, āmāra bharasā tumi

tomāra caraṇe, loinu śaraṇa,

tomāra kiṅkora āmi

(3)

gopīnāth, kemone śodhibe more

nā jāni bhakati, karme jaḍa-mati,

porechi soṁsāra-ghore

(4)

gopīnāth, sakali tomāra māyā

nāhi mama bala, jñāna sunirmala,

swādhīna nahe e kāyā

(5)

gopīnāth, niyata caraṇe sthāna

māge e pāmara, kāndiyā kāndiyā,

korohe karuṇā dāna

(6)

gopīnāth, tumi to’ sakali pāro

durjane tārite, tomāra śakati,

ke āche pāpīra āro

(7)

gopīnāth, tumi kṛpā-pārābāra

jīvera kāraṇe, āsiyā prapañce,

līlā koile subistāra

(8)

gopīnāth, āmi ki doṣe doṣī

asura sakala, pāilo caraṇa,

vinodá thākilo bosi'

TRANSLATION

1) O Gopinatha, Lord of the gopis, please hear my request. I am a wicked materialist, always addicted to worldly desires, and no good qualities do I possess.

2) O Gopinatha, You are my only hope, and therefore I have taken shelter at Your lotus feet. I am now Your eternal servant.

3) O Gopinatha, how will You purify me? I do not know what devotion is, and my materialistic mind is absorbed in fruitive work. I have fallen into this dark and perilous worldly existence.

4) O Gopinatha, everything here is Your illusory energy. I have no strength or transcendental knowledge, and this body of mine is not independent and free from the control of material nature.

5) O Gopinatha, this sinner, who is weeping and weeping, begs for an eternal place at Your divine feet. Please give him Your mercy.

6) O Gopinatha, You are able to do anything, and therefore You have the power to deliver all sinners. Who is there that is more of a sinner than myself?

7) O Gopinatha, You are the ocean of mercy. Having come into this phenomenal world, You expand Your divine pastimes for the sake of the fallen souls.

8) O Gopinatha, I am so sinful that although all the demons attained Your lotus feet, Bhaktivinoda has remained in worldly existence.