ನಮಾಮೀಶ್ವರಂ ಸಚ್ಚಿದಾನನ್ದರೂಪಂ,ಲಸತ್ಕುಣ್ಡಲಂ ಗೋಕುಲೇ ಭ್ರಾಜಮಾನಮ್।
ಯಶೋದಾಭಿಯೋಲೂಖಲಾಧಾವಮಾನಂ,ಪರಾಮೃಷ್ಟಮತ್ಯಂ ತತೋ ದ್ರುತ್ಯ ಗೋಪ್ಯಾ।।೧।।
I bow down to the Supreme Lord, whose form is the embodiment of eternity, knowledge, and bliss. His shark-shaped earrings swing to and fro. He is shining beautifully in Gokula. Out of fear of mother Yashoda, He is running swiftly away from the wooden grinding mortar, but He is caught from behind by her who ran faster than Him. (1)
ರುದನ್ತಂ ಮುಹುರ್ನೇತ್ರಯುಗ್ಮಂ ಮೃಜನ್ತಂ,ಕರಾಮ್ಭೋಜ-ಯುಗ್ಮೇನ ಸಾತಂಕನೇತ್ರಮ್।
ಮುಹುಃಶ್ವಾಸಕಮ್ಪ – ತ್ರಿರೇಖಾಪ್ರಕಣ್ಠ –ಸ್ಥಿತ ಗ್ರೈವ-ದಾಮೋದರಂ ಭಕ್ತಿಬದ್ಧಮ್।।೨।।
[Seeing the whipping stick in His mother's hand,] He is crying and rubbing His eyes again and again with His two lotus hands. His eyes are filled with fear, and the necklace of pearls around His neck, which is marked with three lines like a conch shell, is shaking because of His quick breathing due to crying. To this Supreme Lord, Sri Damodara, whose belly is bound not with ropes but with His mother's pure love, I offer my humble obeisances. (2)
ಇತೀದೃಕ್ ಸ್ವಲೀಲಾಭಿರಾನನ್ದ ಕುಣ್ಡೇ,ಸ್ವಘೋಷಂ ನಿಮಜ್ಜನ್ತಮಾಖ್ಯಾಪಯನ್ತಮ್।
ತದೀಯೇಶಿತಜ್ಞೇಷು ಭಕ್ತೈರ್ಜಿತತ್ವಂ,ಪುನಃ ಪ್ರೇಮತಸ್ತಂ ಶತಾವೃತ್ತಿ ವನ್ದೇ।।೩।।
By such childhood pastimes as this, He is drowning the inhabitants of Gokula in pools of ecstasy, and is revealing to those devotees who are absorbed in knowledge of His supreme majesty and opulence that He is only conquered by devotees whose pure love is imbued with intimacy and is free from all conceptions of awe and reverence. With great love I again offer my obeisances to Lord Damodara hundreds and hundreds of times. (3)
ವರಂ ದೇವ ! ಮೋಕ್ಷಂ ನ ಮೋಕ್ಷಾವಧಿಂ ವಾ,ನ ಚಾನ್ಯಂ ವೃಣೇಽಹಂ ವರೇಶಾದಪೀಹ।
ಇದನ್ತೇ ವಪುರ್ನಾಥ! ಗೋಪಾಲಬಾಲಂ,ಸದಾ ಮೇ ಮನಸ್ಯಾವಿರಾಸ್ತಾಂ ಕಿಮನ್ಯೈಃ।।೪।।
O Lord, although You are able to give all kinds of benedictions, I do not pray to You for the boon of impersonal liberation, nor the highest liberation of eternal life in Vaikuntha, nor any other boon. O Lord, I simply wish that this form of Yours as Bala Gopala in Vrindavana may ever be manifest in my heart, for what is the use to me of any other boon besides this? (4)
ಇದನ್ತೇ ಮುಖಾಮ್ಭೋಜಮವ್ಯಕ್ತನೀಲೈ -ರ್ವೃತಂ ಕುನ್ತಲೈಃ ಸ್ನಿಗ್ಧ-ರಕ್ತೈಶ್ಚ ಗೋಪ್ಯಾ।
ಮುಹುಶ್ಚುಮ್ಬಿತಂ ಬಿಮ್ಬರಕ್ತಾಧರಂ ಮೇ,ಮನಸ್ಯಾವಿರಾಸ್ತಾಮಲಂ ಲಕ್ಷಲಾಭೈಃ।।೫।।
O Lord, Your lotus face, which is encircled by locks of soft black hair tinged with red, is kissed again and again by mother Yashoda, and Your lips are reddish like the bimba fruit. May this beautiful vision of Your lotus face be ever manifest in my heart. Thousands and thousands of other benedictions are of no use to me. (5)
ನಮೋ ದೇವ ದಾಮೋದರಾನನ್ತ ವಿಷ್ಣೋ ! ಪ್ರಸೀದ ಪ್ರಭೋ ! ದುಃಖಜಾಲಾಬ್ಧಿಮಗ್ನಮ್।
ಕೃಪಾದೃಷ್ಟಿ-ವೃಷ್ಟ್ಯಾತಿದೀನಂ ಬತಾನುಗೃಹಾಣೇಶ ! ಮಾಮಜ್ಞಮೇಧ್ಯಕ್ಷಿದೃಶ್ಯಃ।।೬।।
O Supreme Godhead, I offer my obeisances unto You. O Damodara! O Ananta! O Vishnu! O master! O my Lord, be pleased upon me. By showering Your glance of causeless mercy upon me, deliver this poor ignorant fool who is immersed in an ocean of worldly sorrows, and become visible to my eyes. (6)
ಕುಬೇರಾತ್ಮಜೌ ಬದ್ಧಮುರತ್ಯೈವ ಯದ್ವತ್,ತ್ವಯಾ ಮೋಚಿತೌ ಭಕ್ತಿಭಾಜೌ ಕೃತೌ ಚ।
ತಥಾ ಪ್ರೇಮಭಕ್ತಿಂ ಸ್ವಕಾಂ ಮೇ ಪ್ರಯಚ್ಛ,ನ ಮೋಕ್ಷೇ ಗ್ರಹೋ ಮೇಽಸ್ತಿ ದಾಮೋದರೇಹ।।೭।।
O Lord Damodara, just as the two sons of Kuvera—Manigriva and Nalakuvara—were delivered from the curse of Narada and made into great devotees by You in Your form as a baby tied with rope to a wooden grinding mortar, in the same way, please give to me Your own prema-bhakti. I only yearn for this and have no desire for any kind of liberation. (7)
ನಮಸ್ತೇಽಸ್ತು ದಾಮ್ನೇ ಸ್ಫುರದ್ದೀಪ್ತಿಧಾಮ್ನೇ,ತ್ವದೀಯೋದರಾಯಾಥ ವಿಶ್ವಸ್ಯ ಧಾಮ್ನೇ।
ನಮೋ ರಾಧಿಕಾಯೈ ತ್ವದೀಯ-ಪ್ರಿಯಾಯೈ,ನಮೋಽನನ್ತಲೀಲಾಯ ದೇವಾಯ ತುಭ್ಯಮ್।।೮।।
O Lord Damodara, I first of all offer my obeisances to the brilliantly effulgent rope which binds Your belly. I then offer my obeisances to Your belly, which is the abode of the entire universe. I humbly bow down to Your most beloved Srimati Radharani, and I offer all obeisances to You, the Supreme Lord, who displays unlimited pastimes. (8)
