It is time to worship Nitai Gaura and chant Hare Krsna!

[Paramananda das]

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Srila Prabhupada



Song Name: Nitai Gaura Nama

Official Name: None

Author: Locana Dasa Thakura

Book Name: None

Language: Bengali



LYRICS:

(1)

nitāi-gaura-nāma, ānandera dhāma, jei jana nāhi laya

tāre yama-rāya, dhare la’ye jāya, narake ḍubāya tāya



(2)

tulasīra hāra, na pare je chāra, yamālaye vāsa tā’ra

tilaka dhāraṇa, na kare je jana, vṛthāya janama tā’ra



(3)

nā laya harināma, vidhi tā’re vāma, pāmara pāṣaṇḍa-mati

vaiṣṇava-sevana, nā kare je jana, ki ha’be tāhāra gati



(4)

guru-mantra sāra, kara ei bāra, vrajete haibe vāsa

tamo-guṇa jā’be, sattva-guṇa pā’be, haibe kṛṣṇera dāsa



(5)

e dāsa locana, bale anukṣana, (nitāi) gaura-guṇa gāo sukhe

ei rase jā’ra, rati nā haila, cūṇa kāli tā’ra mukhe



TRANSLATION

1) The holy names of Nitai and Gaura are the abode of all jubilation. Those who never utter these names are taken by Yama Maharaja and immersed in the hellish planets.



2) Those who never wear tulasi neckbeads take their permanent residence in the abode of Yama Maharaja, and those who never adorn their foreheads with tilaka live their lives in vain.



3) Those who never chant harinama have an unfavorable destiny. They are fallen and their stone-like hearts are filled with deceit. And what will be the destination of those who never serve the Vaisnavas?



4) Now the time has come to receive diksa from Sri Guru. If one chants these mantras carefully, one will come to live in Vraja forever. The mode of ignorance will go, goodness will come in the heart, and one will become the eternal servant of Krsna.



5) This Locana dasa instructs everyone to always chant Gaura-Nitai’s holy names. Those who have no affection for gaura-rasa will be publicly defamed – their faces will be covered with lime and black tar





Nitai Gaura is asking us to constantly chant the Mahamantra and develop love for Radha Krsna, the tongue has no other function but to constantly glorify Krsna.



Srila Bhaktivinoda Thaura has written:

1-5) Nityandanda has come to the Marketplace of the Name. Whoever's coming, run quickly. Those two rascals Jagai and Madhai have looted the storehouse and taken all the goods. You will find the partners Adwaita, Sanatan, the store house managers. Gadadhar Pandit is the guard, Haridas is the watch man, Sanjay and Sridhar are the bearers. Kesava Bharati and Vidyavacaspati are brokers and Krsna Das and others are managers. Srivas Pandit is the treasurer, and Kedarnath is the sweeper. The cost of the goods in the store, are nine kinds of devotional service. The gold coin is prema. There is no limit, with whatever you have, buy, there is no shortage people, take as much of the goods as you can. For obtaining love of God this is good advice. The message is the nectarean name of the Lord, so let there be no useless strife. Let everyone, whoever he may be, eat from the same plate.





This is no time for fighting over name and fame and positions and temporary material wealth and useless enjoyments of tongue, belly and genitals(which are the desires of the demoniac),

the real wealth of the vaisnavas is chanting Hare Krsna.

Lord Gauranga has asked us to never chant less than 64 rounds daily with great faith and love.Shame on those who do not even chant minimum 16 rounds as is the very bare minimum by Srila Prabhupada, they will surely be defamed by the illusory energy in the words of Locana das Thakura:

"Those who never chant harinama have an unfavorable destiny. They are fallen and their stone-like hearts are filled with deceit"

Gaudiya vaisanvas are eager to constantly hear Gaura lila and dive in the Gaura rasa, otherwise the result will be:(in the words of Locana das Thakura)

"Those who have no affection for gaura-rasa will be publicly defamed – their faces will be covered with lime and black tar"

your servant

Payonidhi das