Emona Durmati
Dainya Song 7
(prabhu
he!) emona
durmati, saṁsāra bhitore, poḍiyā
āchinu āmi tava
nija-jana, kono mahājane, pāṭhāiyā
dile tumi
Word for word
prabhu he! - O Lord!; emona - this; durmati - wicked mind; saḿsāra -material world; bhitore - within; poḍiyā - falling; āchinu - am; āmi - I; tava - Your; nija jana - [Your] own people; kono - some; mahājane - great exalted personalities; pāṭhāiyā - sending; dile - gave; tumi - You
Oh Lord! Such a wicked mind has brought me into this world, but one of Your pure and elevated devotees has come to bring me out of it.
doyā
kori' more, patita dekhiyā, kohilo
āmāre giyā ohe
dīna-jana, śuno bhālo kathā, ullasita
ha'be hiyā
Word for word
doyā - mercy; koriyā - doing; more - upon me; patita - fallen; dekhiyā - seeing; kohilo - he said; āmāre - to me; giyā - going; ohe - Alas! dīna-jana - the destitute persons; śuno - listen; bhālo - good; kathā - facts; ullasita - enthusiastic; ha'be - will be; hiyā - heart
He saw me so fallen and wretched, took pity, and came to me saying, "O humbled soul, please listen to this good tiding, for it will gladden your heart.
tomāre
tārite, śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya, navadwīpe
avatār tomā
heno koto, dīna hīna jane, korilena
bhava-pār
Word for word
tomāre - to you; tārite - delivering; śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya - Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya; navadwīpe - in Navadvipa; avatār - incarnation; tomā - to you; heno - as in; koto - how many; dīna hīna - fallen and destitute; jane - people; korilena - please do; bhava -ocean of misery; pār - cross
"Sri Krsna Caitanya has appeared in the land of Navadvipa to deliver you. He has safely conducted many miserable souls such as you across the sea of worldly existence."
vedera
pratijñā, rākhibāra tare, rukma-varna
vipra-suta mahāprabhu
nāme, nadīyā mātāya, saṅge
bhāi avadhūta
Word for word
vedera - of the Vedas; pratijñā - promise; rākhibāra - protector of; tare - in order to, rukma - golden; varna - color; vipra - brahmana; suta - son; mahāprabhu - Mahaprahu (lit. Great Lord); nāme - name; nadīyā - Nadiya; mātāya - intoxicated; sańge - in association; bhāi - brother; avadhūta - a name of Lord Nityananda (lit. the religious madman)
"To fulfill the promise of the Vedas, the son of a brahmana bearing the name Mahaprabhu of golden complexion, has descended with His brother the avadhuta Nityananda. Together They have overwhelmed all of Nadia with divine ecstasy."
nanda-suta
jini, caitanya gosāi, nija-nāma
kori' dān tārilo
jagat, tumi-o jāiyā, loho
nija-paritrāṇ
Word for word
nanda suta - son of Nanda Maharaja; jini - whose; caitanya - Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; gosāñi - goswami; nija - one's own; nāma - name; kori(yā) - doing; dān - giving; tārilo - delivered; jagat - the world; tumi - you; o - also; jāiyā - go; loho - take; nija - one's own; paritrāṇ - deliverance
"Sri Caitanya, who is Krishna Himself, the son of Nanda, has saved the world by freely distributing His own holy name. Go also and receive your deliverance."
se
kathā śuniyā, āsiyāchi, nātha! tomāra
caraṇa-tale bhakativinoda, kāṅdiyā kāṅdiyā, āpana-kāhinī
bole
Word for word
se - this; kathā - words; śuniyā - listening; āsiyāchi - I am coming; nātha - O Lord!; tomāra - Your; caraṇa - Lotus feet; tale - soles of the feet; bhakativinoda - Bhaktivinoda Thakura; kāńdiyā kāńdiyā - crying and crying; āpana - my own; kāhinī - story; bole - says
O Lord, hearing those words, Bhaktivinoda has come weeping to the soles of Your lotus feet and tells the story of his life.
Translation
Oh Lord! Such a wicked mind has brought me into this world, but one of Your pure and elevated devotees has come to bring me out of it.
He saw me so fallen and wretched, took pity, and came to me saying, "O humbled soul, please listen to this good tiding, for it will gladden your heart.
"Sri Krsna Caitanya has appeared in the land of Navadvipa to deliver you. He has safely conducted many miserable souls such as you across the sea of worldly existence."
"To fulfill the promise of the Vedas, the son of a brahmana bearing the name Mahaprabhu of golden complexion, has descended with His brother the avadhuta Nityananda. Together They have overwhelmed all of Nadia with divine ecstasy."
"Sri Caitanya, who is Krishna Himself, the son of Nanda, has saved the world by freely distributing His own holy name. Go also and receive your deliverance."
O Lord, hearing those words, Bhaktivinoda has come weeping to the soles of Your lotus feet and tells the story of his life.
Notes
Vaiyasaki prabhu popularized this song in his 1986 album, Caitanya Candra. This was rendered in Raga Misra Kafi in Bangla Ektal.