namo gaura-kisoraya
saksad vairagya-murtaye
vipralambha-rasambhodhe
padambujaya te namah
I bow to your lotus feet, Srila Gaura Kishor Das Babaji, the embodiment of renunciation and the ocean of sacred rapture in separation.
It is the disappearance day of Srila Gaura Kishor Das Babaji today. Guru Maharaja asked me to post Gaura Kishor Das Babaji's favorite song here in Tattva-viveka. Extract is taken from the book Sri Chaitanya: His Life & Associates by Swami B.B. Tirtha.
"Narottam Das Thakur's songs were much beloved of Babaji Maharaj. He was often heard to sing one of them in particular. In his view, all Vaishnava teachings are contained in this one song:
gaura pahu na bhajiya moinu
prema-ratana-dhana helaya harainu
I have invited my spiritual death by not worshiping Lord Chaitanya. I have carelessly cast away the treasure of love for Krishna.
adhane yatana kari dhana teyaginu
apana karama-dose apani dubinu
I have rejected the real purpose of my life and given my attention to worthless things. I am drowning because of my own misdeeds.
sat-sanga chari kainu asate vilasa
te-karane lagila je karma-bandha-phansa
Disregarding the association of the holy, I have amused myself in the company of the wicked. Is there any wonder that the noose of karmic reaction is dangling around my neck?
visaya visama visa satata khainu
gaura-kirtana-rase magana na painu
I have constantly drunk the most dangerous poison of sense gratification and so could not absorb myself in the taste of Mahaprabhu's divine sankirtan.
keno va achaye prana ki sukha lagiya
narottama dasa kena na gela mariya
What pleasure keeps me still alive today? Narottama Das wonders, "Why have I not died from this misery?"
Thank you very much for sharing this with us Haripriya
Gaura Kishore Das Babaji Maharaj ki Jaya