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(written at Boston Harbor, September 18, 1965)

baro-kṛpā kaile kṛṣṇa adhamer prati ki lāgiyānile hethā koro ebe gati

Translation: My dear Lord Kṛṣṇa, You are so kind upon this useless soul, but I do not know why You …

āche kichu kārja taba ei anumāne nahe keno āniben ei ugra-sthāne

Translation: But I guess You have some business here, otherwise why would You bring me to this terrible place?

rajas tamo guṇe erā sabāi ācchanna bāsudeb-kathā ruci nahe se prasanna

Translation: Most of the population here is covered by the material modes of ignorance and passion. Absorbed in material life, …

tabe jadi taba kṛpā hoy ahaitukī sakal-i sambhava hoy tumi se kautukī

Translation: But I know Your causeless mercy can make everything possible, because You are the most expert mystic.

ki bhāve bujhāle tārā bujhe sei rasa eta kṛpā koro prabhu kori nija-baśa

Translation: How will they understand the mellows of devotional service? O Lord, I am simply praying for Your mercy so …

tomāra icchāya saba hoy māyā-baśa tomāra icchāya nāśa māyār paraśa

Translation: All living entities have come under the control of the illusory energy by Your will, and therefore, if You …

taba icchā hoy jadi tādera uddhār bujhibe niścai tabe kathā se tomār

Translation: I wish that You may deliver them. Therefore if You so desire their deliverance, then only will they be …

bhāgavater kathā se taba avatār dhīra haiyā śune jadi kāne bār bār

Translation: The words of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam are Your incarnation, and if a sober person repeatedly receives it with submissive aural reception, …

śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ hṛdy antaḥ-stho hy abhadrāṇi vidhunoti suhṛt satām

naṣṭa-prāyeṣv abhadreṣu nityaṁ bhāgavata-sevayā bhagavaty uttama-śloke bhaktir bhavati naiṣṭhikī