Prayers by the child in the womb

from Caitanya Bhagavata

Madhya Khanda (Chapter-1)

TEXT 211

“rakṣa, kṛṣṇa! jagat-jīvera prāṇa-nātha

tomā bai duḥkha—jīva nivedibe kāta

“O Kṛṣṇa, O life and soul of the universe, please protect me! Other than You, to whom can a living entity
submit his sorrows?

TEXT 212

ye karaye bandī, prabhu! chāḍāya se-i se

sahaja-mṛtere, prabhu! māyā kara’ kise

“O Lord, one who binds someone can alone set him free. Therefore, O Lord, why do You deceive one
who is dead by nature?

TEXT 213

mithyā dhana-putra-rase goṅāiluṅ janama

nā bhajiluṅ tora dui amūlya caraṇa

“I have wasted My life in vain, seeking pleasure in wealth and children. Thus I have not worshiped Your
priceless lotus feet.

TEXT 214

ye-putra poṣaṇa kailuṅ aśeṣa vidharme

kothā vā se saba gela mora ei karme

“Where are the sons that I raised through endless sinful activities now gone, leaving me alone to enjoy the
results of my deeds?

TEXT 215

ekhana e-duḥkhe mora ke karibe pāra?

tumi se ekhana bandhu karibā uddhāra

“Now who will deliver me from this miserable condition? O Lord, You are the only friend who can
deliver me.

TEXT 216

eteke jāninu—satya tomāra caraṇa

rakṣa, prabhu kṛṣṇa! tora lainu śaraṇa

“I have therefore understood that Your lotus feet are the Truth. O Kṛṣṇa, I take shelter of You. Please
protect me.

TEXT 217

tumi-hena kalpa-taru-ṭhākura chāḍiyā

bhulilāṅa asat-pathe pramatta haiyā

“Giving up a desire tree like You, I became maddened and took to sinful life.

TEXT 218

ucita tāhāra ei yogya śāsti haya

karilā ta’ ebe kṛpā kara, mahāśaya!

“O Lord, You have certainly awarded me proper punishment, but now please bestow mercy on me!

TEXT 219

ei kṛpā kara,—yena tomā nā pāsari

yekhāne-sekhāne kene nā janmi, nā mari

“Be merciful to me so that I may not forget You, wherever I take birth and die.

TEXT 220-221

yekhāne tomāra nāhi yaśera pracāra

yathā nāhi vaiṣṇava-janera avatāra

yekhāne tomāra yātrā-mahotsava nāi

indraloka haile o tāhā nāhi cāi

“Any place where Your glories are not heard, where the Vaiṣṇavas do not advent, and where there are no
festivals for Your pleasure—I do not wish to live there even if it is the celestial abode of Indra.