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BEGGING FOR SERVICE

mi ati dina-mati braja-kuje nibasatirdh-ka-jugala-caraekndiy kndiy aja chi saba loka laja

nibedibo jata che maneWeeping and weeping, and turning away from all shyness, I, a very poor-hearted person who lives in Vrajas forests, now speaks the prayers that arein my heart.

mi ati manda-mati kori he kkuti natinikhapae e prrthana kori

bndbana-adh!ara tumi ka pre!aratumi rdhe braja-bane!ar

O K!"a of Vnd#vana, O $ueen of Vrajas forests, O rulers of my life, withwords %hoked with emotion, I, a great fool, pla%e this honest re$uest &efore

'ou &oth.

tomdera kp pi e-r"pa jogyat nijadi mra braja-bane

du#he mama kp-moya jni kainu padroyakp koro e adhama jane

If 'ou think I am not worthy to re%eive 'our mer%y in this forest of Vraja,please &e mer%iful anyway to this fallen person. O mer%iful king and $ueen,I take shelter of 'our feet.

kebala ajogya nahi apardh mi hoitathpi koroho kp dna

loke kpbia jana khame apardha-gaatumi du#he mah-kpbn

(lthough I am unworthy, and although I am an o)ender, please &e mer%ifulto me. 'ou two are very mer%iful. 'ou forgive a host of o)enses.

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adhame uttama mai m"ha bija abhimndua hana sia-abhimna

ei doe doi hana gelo ciro-dina banan korinu bhajana-bidhna

(lthough I am lowly, I proudly think myself e*alted. (lthough I am a fool, Iproudly think myself wise. (lthough I am wi%ked, I proudly think myself asaint. +hese are my faults. any days have passed, and still I do notworship 'ou.

tathpi e dna-jane jadi nma-uccaraenmbhse korilo jbane

sarba-doa-nibaraa du#hu nma-sajalpana

prasde prasda dui janetill, if in this lifetime this poor person somehow %hants the dim lightnmbhsa/ of the holy name, then please, O divine %ouple, &e mer%iful tohim, free him of his faults, and allow him to %hant 'our holy names.

bhakti-laba-mtre khoya sarba-apardh hoyakhama-la du#hera kpya

e mane dhori carae prrthana kori

odha doa khamiy amya0ven a small fragment of devotional servi%e destroys all o)enses. O mer%ifuldivine %ouple, please forgive me and purify me of my faults. +hat is thedesire in my heart. +hat is the prayer I pla%e &efore your feet.

antha-batsala tumi adhama antha mit!adya skht-dsya mgi

e prasda koro dna rkho antherapra

chi saba taba dsya mgi

'ou are kind and a)e%tionate to persons who have no master or shelter. Iam very low and fallen. I have no master. I have no shelter. I &eg to serve

'ou dire%tly. 1lease give me the gift of 'our mer%y. 1lease save the life of thisperson without master or shelter. +urning away from all else I &eg to serve

'ou.

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Excerpts from rla Bhaktivinoa !h"k#ra$s $t-ml%Secon Chapter&