Nitai Gaura Nama Author: Locana Dasa Thakura 🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁 (1) nitāi-gaura-nāma, ānandera dhāma, jei jana nāhi laya tāre yama-rāya, dhare la’ye jāya, narake ḍubāya tāya TRANSLATION The holy names of Nitai and Gaura are the abode of all jubilation. Those who never utter these names are taken by Yama Maharaja and immersed in the hellish planets. (2) tulasīra hāra, na pare je chāra, yamālaye vāsa tā’ra tilaka dhāraṇa, na kare je jana, vṛthāya janama tā’ra Those who never wear tulasi neckbeads take their permanent residence in the abode of Yama Maharaja, and those who never adorn their foreheads with tilaka live their lives in vain. (3) nā laya harināma, vidhi tā’re vāma, pāmara pāṣaṇḍa-mati vaiṣṇava-sevana, nā kare je jana, ki ha’be tāhāra gati TRANSLATION Those who never chant harinama have an unfavorable destiny. They are fallen and their stone-like hearts are filled with deceit. And what will be the destination of those who never serve the Vaisnavas? (4) guru-mantr...