International Society for Krishna Consciousness

Founder Acharya — HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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Vaishnav Bhajan

Nitai Guna Mani

Composed by Locana Dasa Thakura

1
nitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār nitāi guṇa-maṇi āniyā premer vanyā bhāsāilo avanī
भावार्थMy Lord Nityananda, the jewel of all virtues, my Lord Nityananda, the jewel of all virtues, has brought the flood of ecstatic love of God that has drowned the entire world.
2
premer vanyā loiyā nitāi āilā gauḍa-deśe ḍubilo bhakata-gaṇa dīna hīna bhāse
भावार्थBringing this overwhelming deluge of prema when He returned to Bengal from Jagannatha Puri on Lord Caitanya's order, Nitai has inundated the assembly of devotees. The fallen nondevotees did not drown, however, but remained floating on that ecstatic ocean.
3
dīna hīna patita pāmara nāhi bāche brahmār durlabha prema sabākāre jāce
भावार्थLord Nityananda freely offered this exalted prema, which is difficult for Lord Brahma to attain, even to the fallen and wretched souls who did not desire it.
4
ābaddha karuṇā-sindhu nitāi kāṭiyā muhān ghare ghare bule prema-amiyār bān
भावार्थThe ocean of mercy had formerly been sealed tight, but Nitai cut a channel in its boundary to allow the great flooding waves of nectarean prema to splash from house to house.
5
locan bole mor nitāi jebā nā bhajilo jāniyā śuniyā sei ātma-ghātī hoilo
भावार्थLocana dasa says, "Whoever has not worshiped my Nitai or taken advantage of this excellent opportunity offered by Him knowingly commits suicide."