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Hari Hari! Ki Mora Karama Abhaga

Bhajan | Narottama Dasa Thakura

Verses

Verse 1

hari hari! ki mora karama abhāga

biphale jīvana gela hṛdaye rahila śela

nāhi bhela hari-anurāga

Verse 2

yajña dāna tīrtha-sthāna puṇya-karma japa dhyāna

akāraṇe saba gela mohe

bujhilāma mane hena upahāsa haya jena

vastra hīna alaṅkāra dehe

Verse 3

sādhu-mukhe kathāmṛta śuniyā bimala citta

nāhi bhela aparādha-karāṇa

satata asat-saṅga sakali haila bhaṅga

ki kariba āile śamana

Verse 4

śruti smṛti sadā rabe śuniyāchi ei sabe

hari-pada abhaya śaraṇa

janama laiyā sūkhe kṛṣṇa nā balinū mūkhe

nā karinū se rūpa-bhāvana

Verse 5

rādhā-kṛṣṇa dūṅha-pāya tanū mana rahu tāya

āra dūre jāuka bāsanā

narottama dāse kaya āra mora nāhi bhaya

tanū mana saṁpinū āpanā

Translation

Verse 1

O Lord Hari, Lord Hari, everything that I do is inauspicious. I have uselessly wasted my life, and I have no love for You. It is as if my heart were pierced by a sharp javelin.

Verse 2

Vedic sacrifices, charity, bathing in holy places of pilgrimage, pious deeds, mantra-chanting, and meditation, are all useless and illusory. When I think of these things laughter arises within my mind. Engaging in these activities without performing devotional service is like placing valuable ornaments on a body colthed in rags.

Verse 3

Although I sometimes hear the nectarean message of Godhead from the mouths of the devotees, because I commit so many offenses, I do not become purified. I continually associate with non-devotees, and in this way all my spiritual advancement is broken apart. Furthermore, death will soon appear on my horizon.

Verse 4

Although I have repeatedly heard the Sruti and Smrti scriptures' declaration that one should take shelter of the Lord Hari's lotus feet in order to become fearless, nevertheless I refuse to happily chant the holy name of Lord Krsna, and I decline to meditate on His transcendental form.

Verse 5

I shall now concentrate my mind on the lotus feet of Sri Sri Radha and Krsna, and all my material desires will flee far away. Narottama dasa says---Now that I have fixed my mind on Sri Sri Radha and Krsna, I am no longer afraid of my future.

TraditionBhajan
ComposerNarottama Dasa Thakura
SourcePrarthana
LanguagesEnglish, Hindi
Verses5 verses

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