Ki Rupe Paiba Seba, Narottam Das Thakur, Prarthana

Narottam Das Thakur has written this song “Ki Rupe Paiba Seva”. This song is taken from the book Prarthana (Section: Vaisnava Vijnapti Song 3). In this song, the humility of Narottam Das Thakur has been expressed. He requests for the mercy of the saintly devotees to become free from material illusion.

(1)
ki rūpe pāibo sevā mui durācāra
śrī guru vaiṣṇave rati nā hoilo āmāra

(2)
aśeṣa māyāte mana magana hoilo
vaiṣṇavete leśa mātra rati nā janmilo

(3)
viṣaye bhuliyā andha hoinu divā-niśi
gale phāńsa dite phire māyā se piśācī

(4)
ihāre koriyā jaya chāḍāno nā yāya
sādhu kṛpā vinā āra nāhiko upāya

(5)
adoṣa-daraśi prabhu! patita uddhāra
ei bāra narottame koroho nistāra

1) I have no devotion for either the Vaisnavas or my own spiritual master. How is it possible for a rascal like me to attain devotional service?

2) My mind is always drowning in illusion. I have not even the smallest fragment of devotion for the Vaisnavas.

3) I have become blind by constantly meditating on the objects of the senses. The maya-witch has placed a hangman;s noose around my neck.

4) Even if I can cure my blindness and defeat the maya-hangman, I cannot become free from material illusion without the mercy of the saintly devotees.

5) O master, O purifier of the sinful, O savior of the fallen souls, please rescue this Narottama dasa.

Listen:

Ki Rupe Paiba Seba – Sung by HG Jai Sachinanadana Prabhu