Nectar Verse 2

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>From Stavamala by Srila Rupa Goswami:

 

pracinanam bhajanam atulam duskaram srnvato me

nairyasena jvalati hrdayam bhakti-lesa lasasya

visva-dricim aghahara tava karnya karunya-vicim

asa-binduksitam idam upety antare hanta saityam

 

pracinanam--of the great devotees in ancient times; bhajanam--devotional

service; atulam--incomparable; duskaram--difficult to perform; srnvatah--

hearing;me--of me; nairyasena--with despair; jvalati--burns; hrdayam--the

heart; bhakti--of devotion; lesa--a small portion; alasasya--weak and indolent;

visva-dricim--from Brahma down to the most insignificant creature;

aghahara--killer of Aghasura; tava--of You; akarnya--hearing; karunya--of

mercy; vicim--waves; asa--of hope; bindu--by a drop; uksitam--sprinkled;

idam--this; upeti--attains; antare--within; hanta--indeed; saityam--coolness.

 

I am very weak and lazy to do even the smallest devotional service and so

when I hear of the peerless and difficult-to-perform services performed by the

great devotees in ancient times, my heart burns with despair. O Lord, O killer

of Aghasura, when I hear that Your waves of mercy splash everyone from the

demigod Brahma down to the most insignificant creature, then my heart becomes

sprinkled with a cooling drop of hope.