Nitai Guna-Mani Lyrics — Nitai, Jewel of Virtues
Songs of Celebration
Nitāi Guṇa-Maṇi
By Śrīla Locana dāsa Ṭhākura
Read Nitai Guna-Mani from Krishna Meditations, with Bengali transliteration and an English rendition by Kalakantha das.
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Original lyrics · Bengali transliteration
1) nitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār nitāi guṇa-maṇi āniyā premer vanyā bhāsāilo avanī
2) premer vanyā loiyā nitāi āilā gauḍa-deśe ḍubilo bhakata-gaṇa dīna hīna bhāse
3) dīna hīna patita pāmara nāhi bāche brahmār durlabha prema sabākāre jāce
4) ābaddha karuṇā-sindhu niṭāi kāṭiyā mohān ghare ghare bule prema-amiyār bān
5) locan bole mor nitāi jebā nā bhajilo jāniyā śuniyā sei ātma-ghātī hoilo
English rendition
1) Nitāi, jewel of virtues, O my Nitāi, best of pearls, Your ecstatic flood of prem has overwhelmed the world.
2) When You flooded Gauḍadesh with Your ecstatic love, all the blissful bhaktas watched the wretched float above.
3) Nitāi bestows prem on fallen souls who didn’t care. Even Lord Brahmā longs for the prem that Nitāi shares.
4) Nitāi cut a channel to this pent-up sea of love. Now it splashes house to house in great ecstatic flood.
5) Locan dās says anyone not worshipping Nitāi misses on this wondrous chance, committing suicide.