Gītā-mālā

(1)
hari he
hena duṣṭa karma nāi, yāhā āmi kari nāi
sahasra sahasra-bāra hari
sei saba karma-phala, peye avasara bala
āmāya piśiche yantropari

O Hari! There is no wicked deed that I have not committed thousands upon thousands of times. Receiving the results of all those actions and finding the opportunity, they have crushed me upon the machine.*

*Translator’s Note: Bhaktivinoda uses the word yantopari (yantra-upari – ‘upon a machine’). The most obvious parallel is Bhagavad-gītā 18.61:

īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe ‘rjuna tiṣṭhati
bhrāmayan sarva-bhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā

The Lord resides in the hearts of all beings, causing them to wander, as if mounted upon a machine, by māyā.

(2)
gati nāhi dekhi āra, kānde hari anivāra
tomāra agrete ebe āmi
yā tomāra haya mane, daṇḍa deha akiñcane
tumi mora daṇḍa-dhara svāmī

Seeing no other refuge, I now weep continually before you, O Hari. Whatever you deem fit, punish this destitute one accordingly, for you are my master, the holder of the rod of chastisement.

(3)
kleśa-bhoga bhāgye yata, bhoga mora ha’uka tata
kintu eka mama nibedana
ye ye daśā bhoga āmi, āmāke nā chāḍo svāmī
bhaktivinodera prāṇa-dhana

Whatever suffering destiny has allotted to me, let me undergo it. But I have one request – whatever condition I may experience, do not abandon me, O Lord, for you are Bhaktivinoda’s life-treasure.