Text 1
amita-bhava-davabdhau
dahyamanam ciran mam
katham api kalayitva purna-karunya-murtih
nija-sahaja-janante svi-cakaresvaro yas
tam iha mahita-rupam krsnadevam niseve
Here in Vrndavana I serve Lord Krsnadeva whose form is glorified
and worshiped (by the devotees). Lord Krsna percieved that I had
been burning in the great forest fire of material existance for
a very long time. Full of mercy He accepted me and placed me in
the association of my brothers Sanatana Gosvami, Rupa Gosvami and
the other devotees.
Text 2
nikhila-jana-kupuyam
mam krpa-purna-ceta
nija-carana-saroja-pranta-dese praniya
nija-bhajana-padavyavartayad bhuriso yas
tam iha mahita-rupam krsnadevam niseve
Here in Vrndavana I serve Lord Krsnadeva whose form is glorified
and worshiped by the devotees. Although I am considered very low
in the estimation of all people Lord Krsnadeva His heart full of
mercy led me to the tip of His own lotus feet and time and again
directed me on the path of His own devotional service.
Text 3
asucim
arucimantam santatam bhakti-yoge
vihita-vidita-mantum jantu-jatadhamam ca
akrpana-karunabhih pati mam patinam yas
tam iha mahita-rupam krsnadevam niseve
Here in Vrndavana I serve Lord Krsnadeva whose form is glorified
and worshiped by the devotees. Although I am impure fallen sinful
and the lowest of living entities and although I am never attracted
to His devotional service Lord Krsnadeva protects me with His generous
abundance of mercy.
Text 4
ati-muni-mati-vrndam
vrndaka-kananiyam
nija-carita-sudhalim bandhu-hrt-sindhu-palim
vidhur iva vidhuram mam tam ca samvyajayad yas
tam iha mahita-rupam krsnadevam niseve
Here in Vrndavana I serve Lord Krsnadeva whose form is glorified
and worshiped by the devotees. May Lord Krsna who is like the moon
cause the nectar of His own pastimes in Vrndavana to appear on the
shore of the ocean which is the hearts of the saintly devotees residing
in Vrndavana. Srila Sanatana Gosvami and the community of learned
Vaisnava scholars, and my distressed self.
Text 5
sva-pada-nakharam
indum tapa-dagdhaya datte
mukuram ajita-bhaktya svam pariskurvate ca
api kim api kamitre yas tu cintamanim me
tam iha mahita-rupam krsnadevam niseve
Here in Vrndavana I serve Lord Krsnadeva whose form is glorified
and worshiped by the devotees. He gives the (cooling) moons which
are His toenails to me who am burned by the distresses of material
existance and He gives the cintamani jewel of His devotional service
to me who am full of material desires although I tries to cleanse
the mirror of my heart by engaging in pure devotional service unchecked
by any circumstance.
Text 6
akrta-mrtam
ivamum mam prasadamrtantam
tam atha valita-balyam pada-padmavalambe
tad api kalita-laulyam sneha-drstyavrtau yas
tam iha mahita-rupam krsnadevam niseve
Here in Vrndavana I serve Krsnadeva whose form is glorified and
worshiped by the devotees.
Text 7
aham
atisaya-tapto yah krpapurita-glaur
aham ati-mati-sitah papmanam pavako yah
aham asama-tamasvan veda-dhama svayam yas
tam iha mahita-rupam krsnadevam niseve
Here in Vrndavana I serve Lord Krsnadeva whose form is glorified
and worshiped by the devotees. I am greatly afflicted by the miseries
of material existance and Lord Krsna is a moon full of mercy. Although
I am very dull-witted Krsna is the purifier of the fallen souls
and although I am very ignorant, Krsna is the reservoir of all knowledge.
Text 8
nija-guna-gana-dhamna
vipra-muktan nirundhe
pranaya-vinaya-jalai rudhyate taih samantat
atha ca vipathapannam trayate mad-vidham yas
tam iha mahita-rupam krsnadevam niseve
Here in Vrndavana I serve Lord Krsnadeva whose form is glorified
and worshiped by the devotees. With the splendor of His transcendental
qualities He attracts the liberated souls. Full of a flood of the
waters of love (for His devotees) He protects even those like me
who have fallen from the proper path.
Text 9
ubhaya-bhuvana-bhavyam
yah sada me vidhata
nidhivad api yadiyam pada-padmam nisevyam
akrpana-krpaya sva-premadah sarvada yas
tam iha mahita-rupam krsnadevam niseve
Here in Vrndavana I serve Lord Krsnadeva whose form is glorified
and worshiped by the devotees. With His generous mercy He is always
granting His own love of Godhead. He is like a great ocean which
is granting to me His own worshipable lotus feet which are the most
valuable thing in both the spiritual and material worlds.
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