Parama Karuna Jaya Nitai Jaya Gaura

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Sri Sri Gaura-Nityanander Daya

 

"The Mercy of Sri Gaura and Nityananda"

(from Dhamali)

by Locana Dasa Thakura

 

 

1.

parama koruna, pahu dui jana

nitai gauracandra

saba avatara-sara siromani

kevala ananda-kanda

 

parama koruna–supremely merciful; pahu dui jana–the two Lords;

nitai gauracandra–Lord Nityananda and Lord Gauracandra; saba avatara–of all

incarnations;

sara–They are the essence; siromani–and the crest jewels;

kevala ananda-kanda–exclusive fountains of bliss.

 

1. The two Lords, Nitai-Gauracandra, are very merciful.

They are the essence of all incarnations.

The specific significance of these incarnations is that They introduced

a process of chanting and dancing that is simply joyful.

 

 

2.

bhajo bhajo bhai, caitanya nitai

sudrdha biswasa kori

visaya chadiya, se rase majiya,

mukhe bolo hari hari

 

bhajo bhajo–just worship, just worship; bhai–O brothers!;

caitanya nitai–Lord Caitanya and Nityananda; sudrdha visvasa kori'–with firm

faith;

visaya chadiya–giving up sense gratification; se rase–in that mellow of

worship; majiya–absorbing;

mukhe–with your mouth; bolo hari hari–chant Hari! Hari!

 

2. My dear brother, I request that you just worship Lord Caitanya and

Nityananda

with firm conviction and faith. If one wants to be Krsna conscious by this

process,

one has to give up his engagement in sense gratification.

One simply has to chant, "Hare Krsna! Hari Hari!" without any motive.

 

 

3.

dekho ore bhai, tri-bhuvane nai,

emona doyala data

pasu pakhi jhure, pasana vidare,

suni' janra guna-gatha

 

dekho–just see; ore bhai–O dear brothers!; tri-bhuvane–within the three

worlds;

nai–there is none; emona–such as these; doyala data–charitable givers of

mercy;

pasu–even the animals; pakhi–and the birds; jhure–weep; pasana vidare–

stones melt;

suni'–upon hearing; jara–whose; guna-gatha–glorification of Their qualities.

 

3. My dear brother, just try and examine this.

Within the three worlds there is no one like Lord Caitanya or Lord

Nityananda.

Their merciful qualities are so great that upon hearing them even birds and

beasts cry and stones melt.

 

 

4.

samsare majiya, rohili poriya,

se pade nahilo asa

apana karama, bhunjaye samana,

kahoye locana-dasa

 

samsare majiya–entrapped in the materialistic sense gratification process;

rohili podiya–falling and remaining; se pade–for Their lotus feet;

nahilo asa–you have no aspiration; apana karama–your own bad karma;

bhunjaye–you are being punished (lit. ‘enjoying'); samana–by Yamaraja, lord

of death;

kahoye locana-dasa–thus says Locana dasa.

 

4. But Locana dasa regrets that I am entrapped by sense gratification.

Since I have no attraction for the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya and Lord

Nityananda,

then Yamaraja, the superintendent of death, is punishing me

by not allowing me to be attracted by this movement.

 

 

Purport to Sri Sri Gaura-Nityanander Daya

by His Divine Grace

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

 

 

This is a song by Locana dasa Thakura. Pahu means "Lord," and dui jana means

"two." Locana dasa Thakura declares that the two Lords, Nitai-Gauracandra --

Lord Nitai and Lord Caitanya -- are very merciful (parama koruna). Saba

avatara-sara siromani. Avatara means "incarnation," and saba means "all." They

are

the essence of all incarnations. The specific significance of these

incarnations

is that prosecuting Their way of self-realization is simply joyful (kevala

ananda-kanda), for They introduced chanting and dancing. There are many

incarnations, like Lord Rama and even Krsna, who taught Bhagavad-gita, which

requires

knowledge and understanding. But Lord Caitanya and Nityananda introduced a

process that is simply joyful -- simply chant and dance. Therefore, Locana dasa

 

requests everyone, bhajo bhajo bhai, caitanya-nitai: "My dear brother, I

request that you just worship Lord Caitanya and Nityananda with firm conviction

and

faith." Don't think that this chanting and dancing will not lead to the

desired goal. It will. It is the assurance of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu that one

will

get all perfection by this process. Therefore one must chant with firm faith

and conviction (biswasa kori').

 

But what is the process? The process is visaya chariya, se rase majiya. If

one wants to be Krsna conscious by this process, one has to give up his

engagement in sense gratification. That is the only restriction. If one gives

up sense

gratification, it is sure that he will reach the desired goal. Mukhe bolo

hari hari: one simply has to chant, "Hare Krsna! Hari Hari!" without any motive

 

of sense gratification.

 

Dekho ore bhai, tri-bhuvane nai. Locana dasa Thakura says, "My dear brother,

you just try and examine this. Within the three worlds there is no one like

Lord Caitanya or Lord Nityananda, because Their merciful qualities are so great

 

that They make even birds and beasts cry, what to speak of human beings."

Actually, when Lord Caitanya passed through the forest known as Jharikhanda,

the

tigers, elephants, snakes, deer, and all other animals joined Him in chanting

Hare Krsna: It is so nice that anyone can join. Even the animals can join, what

 

to speak of human beings. Of course, it is not possible for ordinary men to

induce animals to chant, but if Caitanya Mahaprabhu could inspire animals to

chant, at least we can encourage human beings to adopt this path of Hare Krsna

mantra chanting. It is so nice that even the most stonehearted man will be

melted. Pasana means "stone." It is so nice that even stone will melt.

 

But Locana dasa Thakura regrets that he is entrapped by sense gratification.

He addresses himself, "My dear mind, you are entrapped in this sense

gratification process, and you have no attraction for chanting Hare Krsna.

Since you

have no attraction for the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda,

what

can I say? I can simply think of my misfortune. Yamaraja, the superintendent

of death, is punishing me by not allowing me to be attracted by this movement."