Hari Hari! Biphale
by : Narottama dasa Thakur
hari hari! biphale janama goṅāinu
manuṣya-janama pāiyā, rādhā-kṛṣṇa nā bhajiyā,
jāniyā śuniyā biṣa khāinu
[O Lord Hari, I have wasted my life. Although I have taken this rare human birth, I have not served Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, and thus I have knowingly drunk poison.]
golokera prema-dhana, hari-nāma-saṅkīrtana,
rati nā janmilo kene tāy
saṁsāra-biṣānale, dibā-niśi hiyā jwale,
jurāite nā koinu upāy
[The treasure of divine love in Goloka Vṛndāvana has descended as the congregational chanting of Lord Hari’s holy names. Why did my attraction for that chanting never come about? Day and night my heart burns in the fire of the poison of worldliness, and I have not accepted the means for relieving it.]
brajendra-nandana jei, śacī-suta hoilo sei,
balarāma hoilo nitāi
dīna-hīna jata chilo, hari-nāme uddhārilo,
tāra śākṣī jagāi mādhāi
[Lord Kṛṣṇa, the son of the King of Vraja, became the son of Śacī, and Balarāma became Nitāi. The holy name delivered all those souls who were lowly and wretched. The two sinners Jagāi and Mādhāi are evidence of this.]
hā hā prabhu nanda-suta, vṛṣabhānu-sutā-juta,
koruṇā karoho ei-bāro
narottama-dāsa koy, nā ṭheliho rāṅgā pāy,
tomā bine ke āche āmāra
[O Lord Kṛṣṇa, son of Nanda, accompanied by the daughter of Vṛṣabhānu, please be merciful to me now. Narottama Dāsa says, “O Lord, please do not push me away from Your reddish lotus feet, for who is my beloved except for You?”]
This is a song sung by Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura, a very stalwart ācārya in the line of Caitanya Mahāprabhu's sampradāya, disciplic succession. He has sung many songs, important songs, using Sanskrit and Bengali language, and his songs are accepted as the Vedic conclusion.
So he says, praying to Lord Kṛṣṇa, «My dear Lord,» hari hari, «I have simply spoiled my life.» Hari hari biphale janama goṅāinu. He says, manuṣya-jivana pāiyā, «I got this human form of life,» rādhā-kṛṣṇa nā bhajiyā, «but I did not care to worship Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. » So he says that «I have committed suicide simply by not worshiping Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa in this human form of life». Then he says, golokera prema-dhana, hari-nāma-saṅkīrtana.
This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, saṅkīrtana movement, is nothing material. Kṛṣṇa is known as son of Nanda Mahārāja. Hari-nāme uddhārilo, simply by this chanting.
So brajendra-nandana jei, Śacī-suta hoilo sei, the same personality who was formerly the son of Nanda Mahārāja has now appeared as the son of Mother Śacī and Lord Balarāma has become Nityānanda. So these two brothers are adventing, They are delivering all kinds of fallen souls. Hari-nāme uddhārilo, simply by this chanting. Then he says, tāra sākṣī jagāi and mādhāi.
The living example is the two brothers Jagāi and Mādhāi. These Jagāi and Mādhāi, two brothers, they happened to be born in a brāhmaṇa family but they turned to be debauch number one. So Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura's explanation says that in this age, although people are drunkard, woman-hunter, meat-eater and all..., gambler, all kinds of sinful actor, still, if they take to this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, they'll be delivered, undoubtedly. This is the blessings of Lord Caitanya.
Then Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura prays, “My dear Lord Kṛṣṇa, You are son of King Nanda, and Your consort Rādhārāṇī is the daughter King Vṛṣabhānu. So You are together here standing. Now I am surrendering unto You, please do not kick me away or push me away with Your lotus feet, because I have no other shelter. I am just taking shelter unto Your lotus feet without having any other means. So please accept me and deliver me." This is the sum and substance of this song.”
(Srila Prabhupada Lecture, Hamburg, September 10, 1969)
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