Parama koruna
Lochan Das Thakur has written this song “Sri Gaura Nityanander Daya (The Mercy of Śrī Gaura and Nityānanda)”. This song is taken from the book Dhamali. In this song, Lochan Das Thakur has glorified Lord Chaitanya and Lord Nityananda, who are supremely magnanimous.
(1)
parama koruna, pahu dui jana
nitai gauracandra
saba avatara-sara siromani
kevala ananda-kanda
parama koruna, pahu dui jana
nitai gauracandra
saba avatara-sara siromani
kevala ananda-kanda
(2)
bhajo bhajo bhai, caitanya nitai
sudridha biswasa kori
vishaya chadiya, se rase majiya,
mukhe bolo hari hari
bhajo bhajo bhai, caitanya nitai
sudridha biswasa kori
vishaya chadiya, se rase majiya,
mukhe bolo hari hari
(3)
dekho ore bhai, tri-bhuvane nai,
emona doyala data
pasu pakhi jhure, pashana vidare,
suni’ janra guna-gatha
dekho ore bhai, tri-bhuvane nai,
emona doyala data
pasu pakhi jhure, pashana vidare,
suni’ janra guna-gatha
(4)
samsare majiya, rohili poriya,
se pade nahilo asa
apana karama, bhunjaye samana,
kahoye locana-dasa
samsare majiya, rohili poriya,
se pade nahilo asa
apana karama, bhunjaye samana,
kahoye locana-dasa
TRANSLATION
(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) My dear brother, I request that you just worship Lord Caitanya and Nityananda with firm conviction and faith. If one wants to be Krishna conscious by this process, one has to give up his engagement in sense gratification. One simply has to chant, “Hare Krishna! Hari Hari!” without any motive.
(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) 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.