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Tum Meri Rakho Laja Hari lyrics

Braja Bhasa lyrics with IAST diacritics, Devanagari, and English meaning.

Author
Sura Dasa
Source
Tum Meri Rakho Laja Hari
Language
Braja Bhasa
  1. Verse 1

    tum meri rākho lāja hari tum jānata saba antarayāmī karanī kachu na karī

    tum meri rakho laja hari tum janata saba antarayami karani kachu na kari

    तुम मेरि राखो लाज हरि तुम जानत सब अन्तरयामी करनी कछु न करी

    Please protect my honor, O Hari. You know everything, O Omniscient One. The doer does not do anything.

  2. Verse 2

    avaguṇa mose bisarata nāhi pala china gharī gharī sab prapañca kī poṭa bāṅdh kari apne sīs dharī

    avaguna mose bisarata nahi pala china ghari ghari sab prapanca ki pota bandh kari apne sis dhari

    अवगुण मोसे बिसरत नाहि पल छिन घरी घरी सब प्रपञ्च की पोट बाङ्ध करि अप्ने सीस धरी

    I am unable to be redeemed of my faults as each moment passes. I carry a bundle bound of this worldly existence upon my head.

  3. Verse 3

    dārā suta dhana moha liye hauṅ sudhi-budhi saba bisarī sūra patita ko bega udhāro ab merī nāva bharī

    dara suta dhana moha liye haun sudhi-budhi saba bisari sura patita ko bega udharo ab meri nava bhari

    दारा सुत धन मोह लिये हौङ सुधिबुधि सब बिसरी सूर पतित को बेग उधारो अब मेरी नाव भरी

    My friends, sons, wealth, attachments, and everything I own have left me. The fallen and destitute, Sura Dasa, begs to be delivered. Now my boat is filled (i.e. my life will thus be completed).

About this song

This song is popularized by Jagjit Singh’s performance of this song during the concert at ISKCON Hare Krishna Land Juhu in 1994. It was rendered in Raga Misra Jhinjhoti in Dadra Tala. It can also be rendered in Raga Asa or Mand in either Tintala or Dipchandi Tala.