Deen bandhu dukh harta Thakur tum mere: meaning
Stanza 6 of the Om Jai Jagdish Hare
दीन-बन्धु दुःख-हर्ता ठाकुर तुम मेरे
स्वामी रक्षक तुम मेरे
अपने हाथ उठाओ अपने शरण लगाओ द्वार पड़ा तेरे
Dīn-bandhu duḥkh-hartā Ṭhākur tum mere / svāmī rakṣak tum mere / apne hāth uṭhāo apne śaraṇ lagāo dvār paṛā tere
Friend of the helpless, remover of sorrow, you are my Lord. Master, you are my protector. Raise your hands and take me into your shelter. I am lying at your door.
Words
दीन-बन्धु Dīn-bandhufriend of the poorSanskrit dīna (poor, wretched) plus bandhu (kinsman).
दुःख-हर्ता duḥkh-hartāremover of sorrow
ठाकुर ṬhākurLord
तुम tumyou
मेरे meremy
स्वामी svāmīO Master
रक्षक rakṣakprotector
तुम tumyou
मेरे meremy
अपने apneyour own
हाथ hāthhands
उठाओ uṭhāoraise
अपने apneyour own
शरण śaraṇshelter
लगाओ lagāotake me in
द्वार dvārdoor
पड़ा paṛālying at
तेरे tereyour