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Song Lyrics: Hari
Hari Biphale Janama Gonainu
Purport Author: A.C. Bhaktivedanta
Swami
September 10, 1969 Hamburg, Germany
Hari hari! bifale
janama gonainu. This is a
song sung by Narottama dasa
Thakura, very stalwart acarya
in the line of Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s
sampradaya, disciplic
succession. He has sung many songs, important songs, and his songs are accepted
as Vedic conclusion. [break] ...very authoritative
songs. So he says, praying to Lord Krsna, “My dear Lord,” hari
hari, “I have simply spoiled my life.” Hari hari bifale janama
gonainu. Why you have spoiled your life? He says,manusya-janama paiya, “I got this human form of life,” radha-krsna
na bhajiya, “but I did not
care to worship Radha-Krsna. Therefore I have spoiled
my life.” And how it is? It is exactly like one takes poison knowingly. If
somebody takes poison unknowingly, there is excuse; but if somebody takes
poison knowingly, it is suicidal. So he says, “I have committed suicide simply
by not worshiping Radha and Krsna in this human form
of life.”
Then
he says, golokera prema-dhana,
hari-nama-sankirtana. This Krsna consciousness
movement, sankirtana movement, is nothing material.
It is directly imported from the spiritual kingdom known as Goloka
Vrndavana. So golokera
prema-dhana. And it is not ordinary song. It
is just the treasure of love of Godhead. So... “But I
have no attraction for this.” Rati na janmilo
tay. “I have no attraction for it. On the contrary,” visaya-bisanale, diba-nisi hiya jwale, “and because I did
not accept it, therefore the blazing fire of the poison of material existence
is constantly burning me.” Diba-nisi hiya jwale.
“Day and night, my heart is burning on account of this poisonous effect of
material existence.” And taribare na koinu upay. “But I did not seek any remedy for this.” In other
words, the remedy for this blazing fire of material existence is this sankirtana movement. It is imported from the spiritual
kingdom. And who has imported it? Who has brought it?
Then
he says, brajendra-nandana jei,
saci-suta hoilo sei. Brajendra-nandana, the son of the King of Braja.
That is Krsna. Krsna is known as son of Nanda
Maharaja. He was King of Brajabhumi. So brajendra-nandana jei, the same
personality who was formerly the son of Nanda
Maharaja has now appeared as the son of Mother Saci. Saci-suta hoilo sei. And balarama hoilo
nitai. And Lord Balarama
has become Nityananda. So these two brothers adventing, They are delivering all
kinds of fallen souls. Papi-tapi jata chilo.
As many fallen souls there were within this world, They’re
delivering them simply by this chanting process. Hari-name uddharilo,
simply by this chanting. How it is possible? Then he says,
So
Narottama dasa Thakura’s explanation says that in this age although people
are drunkard, woman-hunter, meat-eater, and all..., gambler, all kinds of
sinful actor, still, if they take to this Krsna consciousness movement and
chant Hare Krsna, they’ll be delivered, undoubtedly. This is the blessings of
Lord Caitanya. Then Narottama
dasa Thakura prays, ha ha prabhu nanda-suta,
vrsabhanu-suta-juta. “My dear Lord Krsna, You are son
of King Nanda, and Your consort Radharani
is the daughter King Vrsabhanu. So You are together
here standing.” Narottama dasa
kahe, na theliho ranga pay, “Now I am
surrendering unto You, please do not kick me away or push me away with Your
lotus feet because I have no other shelter. I am just taking shelter unto Your
lotus feet without having any other means. So please accept me and deliver me.”
This is the sum and substance of this song.
UPDATED: April 1, 2009