Other versions majhāre in place samsāre
Verse 5 is found in the older books.
gaura premamaya tanu paṇḍita gadādhara
srīnivāsa haridāsa doyāra sāgara (5)
Translation: Gaura’s love embodiment is shown by Gadadhara Pandita. Srinivasa Pandita and Haridasa Thakura are the ocean of mercy.
PURPORT
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Svāmī Prabhupāda
This is a song composed by Narottama dāsa Thakura. He prays to Lord Caitanya, “My dear Lord, please be merciful upon me, because who can be more merciful than Your Lordship within these three worlds?” Actually, this is a fact. Not only Narottama dāsa Thakura, but Rūpa Gosvāmī also prayed to Lord Caitanya in this way. At the time of the first meeting of Lord Caitanya and Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī at Prayāga, (Allahabad), Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī said, “My dear Lord, You are the most munificent of all incarnations because You are distributing love of Krşņa, Krsna consciousness.” When Krsna was personally present, He simply asked us to surrender, but He did not distribute Himself so eas- ily. He made the condition: “First of all you surrender.” But here in this incarnation, Lord Caitanya, although He’s Krsna Himself, He makes no condition. He simply distributes, “Take love of Krsna.” Therefore Lord Caitanya is approved as the most munificent incarnation. Narottama dāsa Thakura says, “Please be merciful upon me. You are so magnanimous because You have seen the fallen souls of this age, and You are very much compassionate upon them. But you should know also that I am the most fallen. Nobody is more fallen than me,” Patita-pāvana-hetu tava avatara, “Your incarnation is just to reclaim the conditioned souls, fallen souls. But I assure You that You will not find a greater fallen soul than me. Therefore my claim is first.”
Then he prays to Lord Nityananda. He says, hā hā prabhu nityananda, premānanda sukhī, “My dear Lord Nityananda, You are always joyful in spiritual bliss, and You always appear very happy. So I have come to You because I am most unhappy. So if You kindly put Your glance over me, I may also become happy.” Then he prays to Advaita Prabhu: hā hā prabhu sītā-pati advaita gosāi. Advaita Prabhu’s wife’s name was Sītā, therefore He is sometimes addressed as sītā-pati. So Narottama dāsa Thakura prays, “My dear Advaita Prabhu, the husband of Sītā, You are so kind. Please be kind upon me. If You become kind upon me, then naturally Lord Caitanya and Nityananda will also be kind to me.” Actually Advaita Prabhu invited Lord Caitanya to come down. When Advaita Prabhu saw the fallen souls all engaged simply in sense gratificatory processes without understanding Krsna consciousness, He felt very much compas- sionate upon the fallen souls, and He also felt Himself incapable of claim- ing them all. He therefore prayed to Lord Krşņa, “You come Yourself. Without Your personal presence, it is not possible to deliver these fallen souls.” Thus by His invitation Lord Caitanya appeared. “Narottama dāsa Thakura prays to Advaita Prabhu, “If You be kind to me, naturally Lord Caitanya and Nityananda will also be kind to me.”
Then he prays to the Gosvāmīs: hā hā svarūpa, sanātana, rūpа, raghunatha. Svarūpa refers to Svarūpa Damodara, the personal secre- tary of Lord Caitanya. He was always with Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and immediately arranged for whatever Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted. Two personal attendants, Svarūpa Damodara and Govinda were always constantly with Lord Caitanya. Therefore Narottama dāsa Thakura also prays to Svarūpa Damodara, then to the six Gosvāmīs, then next to the disciples of Lord Caitanya-Śrī Rūpa, Śrī Sanātana, Śrī Bhatta Raghunatha, Śrī Gopāla Bhatta Gosvāmī, Jīva Gosvāmī, and Raghunatha dāsa Gosvami. These six Gosvāmīs were directly instructed by Lord Caitanya to spread this movement of Krsna consciousness. Narottama dāsa Thakura also prays for their mercy.
After the six Gosvāmīs the next ācārya was Śrīnivāsa ņcārya. Actually, Narottama dāsa Thakura was in the disciplic succession after Śrīnivāsa ņcārya. Śrīnivāsa ncārya was almost his contemporary. And Narottama dāsa Thakura’s personal friend was Rāmacandra Kavirāja. Therefore he prays, “I always desire the company of Ramacandra.” He desires a devotee’s company. The whole process is that we should always be praying for the mercy of the superior ācāryas and keep company with pure devotees. Then it will be easier for us to advance in Krşņa conscious- ness and receive the mercy of Lord Caitanya and Lord Krşņa. This is the sum and substance of this song sung by Narotama dāsa Thakura.