Nitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār
Kirtan, Sreela Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj
While writing Chaitanya Mangal, Lochan Das Thakur got fully absorbed in singing the glories of his Gurudev, Srila Narahari Sarakar Thakur. He did not describe Sri Nityananda Prabhu's glories as extensively. Fearful that he may have committed an offence by neglecting Sri Nityananda Prabhu, he later wrote a few songs in his praise. These songs are particularly well appreciated by the devotees. This is one of his songs sung by Sri Madhusudan Maharaj. Srila Gurudev’s transcendental voice is also being heard singing this Kirtan.
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nitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār nitāi guṇa-maṇi
āniyā premer vanyā bhāsāilo avanī
premer vanyā loiyā nitāi āilā gauḍa-deśe
ḍubilo bhakata-gaṇa dīna hīna bhāse
dīna hīna patita pāmara nāhi bāche
brahmār durlabha prema sabākāre jāce
ābaddha karuṇā-sindhu niṭāi kāṭiyā mohān
ghare ghare bule prema-amiyār bān
locan bole mor nitāi jebā nā bhajilo
jāniyā śuniyā sei ātma-ghātī hoilo
Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya
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