CC Madhya 5.47
Madhya-līlā, Chapter 5, Text 47
‘মোর ধর্ম রক্ষা পায়, না মরে নিজ-জন ।
দুই রক্ষা কর, গোপাল, লইনু শরণ ॥’ ৪৭ ॥
দুই রক্ষা কর, গোপাল, লইনু শরণ ॥’ ৪৭ ॥
‘mora dharma rakṣā pāya, nā mare nija-jana
dui rakṣā kara, gopāla, lainu śaraṇa’
dui rakṣā kara, gopāla, lainu śaraṇa’
Word by word
mora — my; dharma — religious principles; rakṣā pāya — spared; nā — not; mare — die; nija-jana — own kinsmen; dui — two; rakṣā kara — You kindly protect; gopāla — my Lord Gopāla; lainu — I have taken; śaraṇa — shelter under Your lotus feet.
Translation
The elderly brāhmaṇa prayed, “My dear Lord Gopāla, I have taken shelter of Your lotus feet, and therefore I request You to please protect my religious principles from disturbance and at the same time save my kinsmen from dying.”