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पंरा�मो&ष्टमो� अत्यन्त्त्� द्रुत्य गो�प्य� ॥ ॥ 

namāmīśvaraṁ sac-cid-ānanda-rūpaṁlasat-kuṇḍalaṁ gokule bhrājamanamyaśodā-bhiyolūkhalād dhāvamānaṁ

parāmṛṣṭam atyantato drutya gopyā ॥ 1॥

रुदान्त् मो�हुरा� न�त्र-य�ग्मो मो&जन्त्मो�कंरा�म्भो�ज-य�ग्मो�न स�त्ङ्� कं-न�त्रमो�

मो�हु1 श्व�स-कंम्प-त्रित्ररा�ख�ङ्� कं-कंण्ठस्थि6त्-ग्रै8व दा�मो�दारा !चि9-बद्धमो� ॥ ॥

rudantaṁ muhur netra-yugmaṁ mṛjantamkarāmbhoja-yugmena sātaṅka-netram

muhuḥ śvāsa-kampa-trirekhāṅka-kaṇṭhasthita-graivaṁ dāmodaraṁ bhakti-baddham ॥ 2॥

इत्�दृकं� स्व-ल�ल�भि!रा� आनन्दा-कं� ण्ड�स्व-घो�षं त्रिनमोज्जन्त्मो� आख्य�पंयन्त्मो�

त्दाCय�त्रिषंत्-ज्ञे�षं� !98 रा� जिजत्त्वपं�न1 प्रे�मोत्स� त् शोत्�व&भिG वन्दा� ॥ ॥ 

itīdṛk sva-līlābhir ānanda-kuṇḍesva-ghoṣaṁ nimajjantam ākhyāpayantam

tadīyeṣita-jñeṣu bhaktair jitatvaṁpunaḥ prematas taṁ śatāvṛtti vande ॥ 3॥

वरा दा�व मो�क्षं न मो�क्षं�वधिंधाJ व�न च्न्य व&णे� ‘हं वरा�षं�दा� अपं�हंइदा त्� वपं�रा� न�थ गो�पं�ल-ब�ल

सदा� मो� मोनस्य� आत्रिवरा�स्त्� त्रिकंमो� अन्य81 ॥ ॥ 

varaṁ deva mokṣaṁ na mokṣāvadhiṁ vā

na canyaṁ vṛṇe ‘haṁ vareṣād apīhaidaṁ te vapur nātha gopāla-bālaṁ

sadā me manasy āvirāstāṁ kim anyaiḥ ॥ 4॥

इदा त्� मो�ख�म्भो�जमो� अत्यन्त्-न�ल8रा�व&त् कं� न्त्ल81 स्निस्नग्धा-रा98 शो� च् गो�प्य�

मो�हुशो� च्�स्निOबत् त्रिबOब-रा9�धारा मो�मोनस्य� आत्रिवरा�स्त्�मो� अल लक्षं-ल�!81 ॥ ॥ 

idaṁ te mukhāmbhojam atyanta-nīlairvṛtaḿ kuntalaiḥ snigdha-raktaiś ca gopyāmuhuś cumbitaṁ bimba-raktādharaṁ memanasy āvirāstām alaṁ lakṣa-lābhaiḥ ॥ 5॥ 

नमो� दा�व दा�मो�दारा�नन्त् त्रिवष्णे�प्रेस�दा प्रे!� दुः1ख-ज�ल�ब्धिS-मोग्नमो�

कं& पं�-दृष्टिष्ट-व&ष्ट्या�त्रित्-दाCन बत्�न�गो&हं�णे�षं मो�मो� अज्ञेमो� एध्य� अभिक्षं-दृश्य1 ॥ ॥ 

namo deva dāmodarānanta viṣṇoprasīda prabho duḥkha-jālābdhi-magnam

kṛpā-dṛṣṭi-vṛṣṭyāti-dīnaṁ batānugṛhāṇeṣa mām ajñam edhy akṣi-dṛśyaḥ ॥ 6॥ 

कं� व�रा�त्मोजY बद्ध-मो"त्यZव यद्वत्�त्वय� मो�चिच्त्Y !चि9-!�जY कं& त्Y च्त्थ� प्रे�मो-!क्तिं9J स्वकं� मो� प्रेयच्छ

न मो�क्षं� ग्रैहं� मो� ‘ब्धिस्त् दा�मो�दारा�हं ॥ ॥ 

kuverātmajau baddha-mūrtyaiva yadvattvayā mocitau bhakti-bhājau kṛtau ca

tathā prema-bhaktiṁ svakāṁ me prayacchana mokṣe graho me ‘sti dāmodareha ॥ 7॥ 

नमोस� त्� ‘स्त्� दा�Oन� स्फु� रादा�-दाCप्तिप्त्-धा�Oन�त्वदाCय�दारा�य�थ त्रिवश्वस्य धा�Oन�नमो� रा�ष्टिधाकं�य8 त्वदाCय-त्रिप्रेय�य8

नमो� ‘नन्त्-ल�ल�य दा�व�य त्�भ्यमो� ॥ ॥

namas te ‘stu dāmne sphurad-dīpti-dhāmnetvadīyodarāyātha viśvasya dhāmne

namo rādhikāyai tvadīya-priyāyainamo ‘nanta-līlāya devāya tubhyam ॥ 8॥

  

1) To the Supreme Lord, whose form is the embodiment of eternal existence, knowledge, and bliss, whose shark-shaped earrings are swinging to and fro, who is beautifully shining in the divine realm of Gokula, who I (due to the offense of breaking the pot of yogurt that His mother was churning into butter and then stealing the butter that was kept hanging from a swing) is quickly running from the wooden grinding mortar in fear of mother Yasoda, but who has been caught from behind by her who ran after Him with greater speed--to that Supreme Lord, Sri Damodara, I offer my humble obeisances.

2) (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, SriDamodara, whose belly is bound not with ropes but with His mother's pure love, I offer my humble obeisances.

3) 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 imbues 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.

4) 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 (which may be obtained by executing the nine processes of bhakti). O Lord, I simply wish that this form of Yours as Bala Gopalain Vrndavana may ever be manifest in my heart, for what is the use to me of any other boon besides this?

5) O Lord, Your lotus face, which is encircled by locks of soft black hair tinged with red, is kissed again and again by mother Yasoda, 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.

6) O Supreme Godhead, I offer my obeisances unto You. O Damodara! O Ananta! O Vishnu! O master! O myLord, be pleased upon me. By showering Your glance of mercy upon me, deliver this poor ignorant fool who is immersed in an ocean of worldly sorrows, and become visible to my eyes.

7) 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 long for this and have no desire for any kind of liberation.

8) 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 Yourmost beloved Srimati Radharani, and I offer all obeisances to You, the Supreme Lord, who displays unlimited pastimes.