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SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI : SARANAGATI GITI
atma-samarpane gela abhimana
nahi karabu nija raksa-vidhana [1]
After I submitted myself to You, my pride and self-reliance are gone. I am
not going to do anything to protect myself anymore.
tuya dhana jani tuhu rakhabi natha!
palya godhana jani kari’ tuya satha [2]
O Master! Considering me Your property, please look after me – keep me by
Your side as one of the cows in Your care.
charaobi madhava! yamuna-tire
vamsi bajaota dakabi dhire [3]
Madhav! Grazing me on the banks of the Yamuna, You will call me by sweetly
playing Your flute.
agha-baka marata raksa vidhana
karabi sada tuhu gokula-kana! [4]
O Gokula Kana! You will always make an arrangement to protect me – You will
kill all demons (remove all obstacles).
raksa karabi tuhu nischaya jani
pana karabu hama yamuna-pani [5]
kaliya-dokha karabi vinasa
sodhabi nadi-jala badaobi asa [6]
I know for sure that You will protect me, so I will even drink water from the
Yamuna because You will destroy Kaliya’s faults and purify the river – You
will give me even more encouragement.
piyata davanala rakhabi moya
gopala govinda nama tava hoya [7]
You will save me by drinking the forest fire – after all, You are known as
Gopal and Govinda (Protector of cowherds and cows).
surapati durmati-nasa vichari’
rakhibe varsane giri-vara-dhari! [8]
O Lifter of the Best of Mountains! Deciding to destroy Indra’s meanness, You
will save me from his downpour.
chaturanana karaba yaba chori
raksa karabi moye gokula hari! [9]
O Supreme Lord of Gokula! You will save me when the four-headed Brahma
commits his thievery.
bhakativinoda tuya gokula-dhana
rakhabi kesava! karata yatana [10]
Keshav! Bhaktivinod is Your Gokula property, so You will always ensure his
protection.
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