Merciful to Every Soul

[Verse 1]

Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Prabhu,
merciful to every soul,
Came with His companions,
and His own eternal home.

He came to give the rarest gift,
the treasure of divine love,
And taught us how surrender
is the very life of those who love.

[Refrain]

Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Prabhu,
merciful to every soul.

[Verse 2]

Humility and self-surrender,
taking shelter in the Lord,
Knowing, “Kṛṣṇa surely will protect me,”
trusting fully in His word.

Choosing all that helps devotion,
leaving all that turns away—
These are limbs of true surrender,
these are steps upon the way.

[Instrumental break]

[Verse 3]

One who lives in this surrender,
with these six limbs made complete,
When that soul begins to call Him,
Nanda’s Son will surely hear.

Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Prabhu,
teach my heart to truly bow,
Let surrender not be words alone,
but something living here and now.

[Verse 4]

Holding straw between my teeth,
I fall before Rūpa and Sanātana,
Bhaktivinoda takes their feet,
seeking shelter at their feet.

Crying, crying, he confesses,
“I am fallen, I am low.
Teach me now this path of surrender,
show me how my heart should go.”

[Refrain]

Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Prabhu,
merciful to every soul.

[Final]

Teach me true surrender,
teach me how to serve and love.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Prabhu,
pour Your mercy from above.

Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Prabhu,
merciful to every soul.