Sri Krishna sthavam

Sri Krishna sthavam

By

Kadathanattu .K.Padmanabha variar

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

1.Gorchananalankrutha phala desam,

Gopi janaraditha  pada  Padmam,

Go gopa vrundhair anugamyamanam,

Gopala balam Hrudhi Bhavayami

1,I  think in mind  that cowherd boy  ,

Who has decorated his  forehead with musk,

Whose lotus like feet is worshipped  by Gopis  ,

And who is followed by  crowds of cows and gopas.

2.Dharadharoddharana lolupam tham,

Dharadharabham   dharani sutharim,

Dhara dharm  bimba phaladharoshtam,

Dharapathim   Madhavameva  noumi.

2.I salute that Madhava   who is the lord of earth,

Who is engaged  in uplifting the earth,

Who is of the colour of the cloud , who is the enemy of son of earth,

Who lifts the earth     and has lips like red BImba fruit.

3.Maheeramasamsritha padha  yugmam,

Mayura pinchavali   shobhi moulim,

Mahendra vandhyam  madhu vairininam tham ,

Mahendra neelabham aham smarami

3.I am meditating on the god of the  blue colour of  Mahendra   gem,

Whose lotus feet is  embraced  by mother  earth and Goddess Lakshmi.

Whose crown shines  by the  peacock feathers  he wears,

Who is saluted by Indra   and who is the enemy  of Madhu

4.Vrundavanastham   pasu gopa   gopee ,

Vrundhair  asritham , Sundara mindhiresam,

Vrndarakair vanditha  pada yugmam,

Vandhe sadaa   nanda sutham mukundam,

I  always salute  Mukunda  the son of Nanda ,

Who lived in Brindavan , who is depended to by,

Cows, gopas   and gopis , who is the pretty king of Indra ,

Whose   lotus like feet are  worshipped by eminent people.

5.Padmekshanam  padma kara prashobham,

Padmalaya lalitha  pada padmam,

Padmasanadhyair  vibudhair  praneetham,

Padmananam  Padmadaram namani

5.I salute  the one with lotus like face  , who carries a lotus,

Whose   eyes are like lotus flower, who shines  with lotus in hand ,

Whose  lotus like fet are fondled by Goddess Lakshmi sitting on lotus  ,

Who is worshipped   by great ones like those  sitting on a lotus.

6.Nagendra paryanga sayanaam eesam,

Nagendra kanyaa  sahajam, Madhugnam,

Nagendra seersharpitha Pada  Padmam,

Naggari vaham   hrudhi bhavayami

6. I think in my mind he  who has enemy of   snaka as his steed,

Who is god who sleeps on the bed of the king of snakes,

Who is  the friend of the daughter of the mountain, Who killed Madhu,

Who has a lotus feet  where the king of snakes  salutes.

7.Maha varaha akruthi mathavadgam,

Mahee dharm  , Madhavam , aadhi devam,

Mahahi paryanahale  sayaanam,

Mahanubhavam , Manasa smarami

7. I think in my mind   the great gentleman,

Who assumed   the form of a  great boar  .

Who lifted  the earth , Who is madhava , who is primeval God ,

Who sleeps   on the  bed of the  great serpent.

8.Sada shiva  aaraditha   eesa meede,

SAdaa  sarojthbhava sannathagrim,

Sudha sanendraathmaja saradhim tham,

Sudhamna datha akhila  sanpadougham.

8.I praise   the God  who is worshipped by Sada  Shiva  ,

In  whose presence   the one born out of lotus sits  ,

Who drove the chariot of the   son of DEvendra  ,

And who was responsible    for all wealth of  Sudhama.