Kabe Sri Caitanya More Koribena Doya

"When Will Lord Caitanya Be Merciful to Me?" — 23. Kabe Śrī Caitanya More Koribena Doyā

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kabe śrī-caitanya more koribena doyā kabe āmi paibo vaiṣṇava-pada-chāyā
Word for word
kabe—when; śrī-caitanya—Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; more—to me; koribena doyā—will show His mercy; kabe—when; āmi paibo—I will attain; vaiṣṇava-pada-chāyā—the shade of the lotus feet of the Vaiṣṇavas
Translation

When will Śrī Chaitanya Mahāprabhu show His causeless mercy to me by allowing me to attain the shade of the lotus feet of His Vaiṣṇava devotee?

kabe āmi chāḍibo e viṣayābhimān kabe viṣṇu-jane āmi koribo sammān
Word for word
kabe—when; āmi chāḍibo—I will give up; e—this; viṣaya-abhimān—false ego attached to sense objects; kabe—when; viṣṇu-jane—the associates of the Lord!; āmi—I; koribo sammān—will honor
Translation

When will I be able to give up this false ego, which is so deeply engrossed in sense gratification? And when will I be able to properly honor the associates of the Lord?

gala-bastra kṛtāṅjali vaiṣṇava-nikaṭe dante tṛṇa kori' dāṅḍāibo niṣkapaṭe
Word for word
gala-bastra—a cloth around my neck; kṛtāṅjali—with folded hands; vaiṣṇava-nikaṭe—before the devotees; dante—in the teeth; tṛṇa kori'—holding a straw; dāṅḍāibo—I will stand; niṣkapaṭe—without duplicity
Translation

I will stand before a Vaiṣṇava with folded hands, a cloth binding my neck, and a straw between my teeth, sincerely awaiting his order.

kāṅdiyā kāṅdiyā jānāibo duḥkha-grām saṁsāra-anala hoite māgibo biśrāma
Word for word
kāṅdiyā kāṅdiyā—weeping and weeping; jānāibo—I will inform them; duhkha-grām—multitude of miseries; saṁsāra-anala—the blazing fire of this material world; hoite—from; māgibo biśrāma—I will beg for relief
Translation

Weeping and weeping, I will inform him of my host of material miseries, and I will beg for relief from the blazing fire of this material world.

śuniyā āmār duḥkha vaiṣṇava ṭhākur āmā lāgi' kṛṣṇe āvedibena pracur
Word for word
śuniyā—hearing; āmār duḥkha—about my sufferings; vaiṣṇava ṭhākur—the venerable devotee; āmā lāgi'—on my behalf; kṛṣṇe—unto Lord Kṛṣṇa; āvedibena—will submit an appeal; pracur—profuse
Translation

Hearing about all my miserable sufferings, the Vaiṣṇāva Ṭhākura will submit an appeal to Lord Kṛṣṇa on my behalf.

vaiṣṇaver āvedane kṛṣṇa doyāmoy e heno pāmara prati ha'bena sadoy
Word for word
vaiṣṇaver āvedane—by the prayer of the Vaiṣṇavas; kṛṣṇa—Lord Kṛṣṇa; doyāmoy—the all merciful one; e heno—such as; pāmara—a sinner; prati—toward; ha'bena sadoy—will become compassionate
Translation

By the prayer of the Vaiṣṇava, the all-merciful Lord Kṛṣṇa will then become compassionate toward such a sinner as me.

vinoder nivedana vaiṣṇava-caraṇe kṛpā kori' saṅge loho ei akiñcane
Word for word
vinoder nivedana—Bhaktivinoda's prayer; vaiṣṇava-caraṇe—unto the feet of the Vaiṣṇavas; kṛpā kori'—being merciful; saṅge loho—take into your association; ei akiñcane—this worthless person
Translation

Bhaktivinoda prays unto the lotus feet of the Vaiṣṇava, "Please be merciful and take this worthless person into your association."

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Who wrote Kabe Sri Caitanya More Koribena Doya?

Kabe Sri Caitanya More Koribena Doya was composed by Bhaktivinoda Thakura. It appears in More Songs of the Vaisnava Acaryas.

What is the meaning of Kabe Sri Caitanya More Koribena Doya?

When will Śrī Chaitanya Mahāprabhu show His causeless mercy to me by allowing me to attain the shade of the lotus feet of His Vaiṣṇava devotee?

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Kabe Sri Caitanya More Koribena Doya has 7 verses.