Chapter 8 - Indra's Prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa (Pāhiḍā-rāga)

Text 1

tumi deba narayana saṃsara-adhikarī ama hena koṭi indra nimeṣe saṃhari

tumi-Yiu; deba-the Lord; narayaṇa-Narayana; saṃsara- adhikarī-the master of the world; ama-of me; hena-like that; koṭi-millions; indra-of Indras; nimeṣe-in the blinking of an eye; saṃhari-destroy.

You are Lord Nārāyaṇa, the controller of the material worlds. In the blinking of an eye You can destroy many millions of Indras like me.

 

Text 2

sṛṣṭi-sthiti-pralayera tumi se karan tomara mayate sthira nahe kona jan

sṛṣṭi-sthiti-pralayera-of creation, maintenance, and destruction; tumi-You; se-that; karan-the cause; tomara-of You; mayate-Maya; sthira-stop; nahe-not; kona-any; jan-person.

You are the creator, maintainer, and destroyer of the material worlds. No one can stop the power of Your Māyā.

 

Text 3

lakṣa lakṣa janma jadi tapa kari mari tabu ta' tomara maya bujhite na pari

lakṣa lakṣa-many hundreds of thousands; janma-of births; jadi-if; tapa-austerities; kari mari-does; tabu ta'-then; tomara-of You; maya-maya; bujhite-to know; na-not; pari-is able.

If if he performs austerities for many hundreds of thousands of births, a person cannot solve the riddle posed by Your Māyā.

 

Text 4

tyaja kopa narayana paḍahuṃ carane amake karaha kṛpa deba narayan

tyaja-please give up; kopa-anger; narayaṇa-O Narayana; paḍahum-I fall; caraṇe-at Your feet; amake-to me; karaha-please do; kṛpa-mercy; deba-O Lord; narayaṇ-Narayana.

O Lord Nārāyaṇa, please give up Your anger. I fall down before Your feet. O Lord Nārāyaṇa, please be merciful to me.