|| Nivēdana Prakāśa ||2||
(The Light of Petition)
|| Rāga Darabārī ||1|
(To be sung in Rāga Darabārī)
|*| Manamohana-Chanda
|*|1|
(Composed in a meter
known as ‘Manamohana’)
avagun
gan jab jān parat |
nij
parachhāīṅ karau nasat|| ||viśrāma||
Rendition:
Upon knowing my fallen position, my shadow runs away from me||Pause||
|*| Dōharā-Chanda
|*|2|
(Composed in a meter
known as ‘Dōharā’)
vaiṣṇava
jana kī sūchi meṅ
hama
na paraiṅ hama nīch|
jaise
kāga suhāy nā
saba
haṅsan ke bīch||1|
chanda
kāvya rachanā kaṭhin
mātrā
baran vidhān|
so
ura meṅ āve nahīṅ
mūrakha
hama ko jān||2|
ekala
guna in chanda meṅ
gaura-nitāī nāma|
pada-pada
ke paga-paga saje
bhaktan
ko sukhadhāma||3|
Rendition:
My name does not appear in the list of Vaishnavas (It will anyway not look
wonderful–) just like a crow does not look wonderful in the group of swans|1|
The poetical composition is also difficult for me, for there are strict rules
and regulations on the number of alphabets, vowels and pauses to be used. Knowing
me to be a fallen entity, this knowledge also does not reside in my heart|2| There
is but one good quality in this composition– that the Holy Name of Gaura-Nitāi,
which is an abode of happiness for devotees, appears at many places in this
book|3|
Illuminating Tendency (Prakāśikā-Vr̥tti)-
When śrīla Vyāsa-deva, after compiling Vedas,
Upaniṣadas, Purāṇas and Mahābhārata - was unable to attain complete peace in
his heart, then Nārada said to Him (Bhāgavatam 1/5/10-11)–
na yadvachaśchitrapadaṅ hareryaśo jagatpavitraṅ
pragriṇīta kārhichita . yadvāyasaṅ tīrthamuśaṅti manasā na yatra haṅsā
nirmantyuśikṣyāh - A poetical composition, even if of high quality with the
perspective of rules of poetry, but is devoid of the Holy Name of Kṛṣṇa, is
like a pilgrimage of crows. Just like the swans that live in the lake
Mānasarovara do not bother to go such a filthy place, likewise the bhagavata
devotees who have surrendered completely unto the Personality of Godhead do not
show any inclination in hearing such compositions
tadvāgvisargo janatāghaviplavo yasmin
pratiślokamabaddhavatyāpi . nāmānyanantasy yaśoankitāni yachhṛṇvanti gṛṇanti
sādhavah - But on the other hand, if a composition contains many errors with
the perpective of poetical rules, but which is filled with the glorious Name of
the Personality of Godhead– such composition when heard and read in the
association of devotees, destroys sins accumulated for millions of lifetimes.
Surrendered devotees always attain happiness in reading and hearing such compositions|
nityānaṅda
pratāp te
hama
chālīsa bakhāna|
lakṣa
koṭi ham te adhika
haiṅ
kavibhakta sujāna||4|
Rendition:
I was able to write this book only by the power of Nityānaṅda Prabhu, otherwise
there is no dearth of millions of devotee-poets who are at a much higher
spiritual realization than me|4|
Illuminating Tendency (Prakāśikā-Vr̥tti)- Nityānaṅda Prabhu is always immersed in the
ocean of love towards Lord Gaura-Kṛṣṇa. He is an embodiment of Supreme Mercy,
and His Mercy does not differentiate between a fallen and a devotee. He simply
delivers everyone who comes and stands in front of Him. In Caitanya Caritāmṛta,
Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī mentions about the Mercy of Nityānaṅda Prabhu in a
mood of humbleness, as follows– preme matta nityānaṅda kṛpā avatāra| uttama
adhama kichhu na kare vichāra|| je āge padaye tāra karaye uddhāra| ateva
nistārila mohen durācāra||
The dear friend of Rādhikā known as ‘Kastūrī Maṅjarī’
has now appeared in the pastimes of Gaura as a great poet and a devotee by the
Name of Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja. Although He is a Mahabhagavata, He has mentioned
Himself as ‘mohen durācāra’ (I am most fallen)|