Krsna Deva Bhavantam Vande

Official Name: Volume 6 Song 24

Author: Rupa Goswami

Book Name: Stavamala

Language: Sanskritअ

LYRICS:

(1)

(kṛṣṇa) deva! bhavantaḿ vande

man-mānasa-madhukaram arpaya nija-pada-pańkaja-makarande

(2)

yadyapi samādhiṣu vidhir api paśyati na tava nakhāgra-marīcim

idam icchāmi niśamya tavācyuta! tad api kṛpādbhuta-vīcim

(3)

bhaktir udañcati yadyapi mādhava! na tvayi mama tila-mātrī

parameśvaratā tad api tavādhika-durghaṭa-ghaṭana-vidhātrī

(4)

ayam avilolatayādya sanātana! kalitādbhuta-rasa-bhāram

nivasatu nityam ihāmṛta-nindini-vindan madhurima-sāram

TRANSLATION

Refrain: O Lord Sri Krsna! I am offering a prayer unto You. Please let the bee of my mind be offered the nectarian honey of Your lotus feet.

1) Although Brahma in full samadhi cannot catch a glimpse of even a ray of the effulgence from the tips of Your toe-nails still, O Acyuta! Having heard of the waves of Your astonishing mercy, I long to receive Your grace.

2) O Madhava! Although I don't possess even a sesame seed of bhakti for You, still, by Your inconceivable power which makes the impossible possible, please fulfill the desires of my heart.

3) He Sanatana! Because Your lotus feet are filled with such wonderful rasa, let the bee of my mind always reside unwaveringly in that nectar which puts everything else to shame, for they are the essence of all sweetness. This is my only prayer.

REMARKS/EXTRA INFORMATION:This song can be rendered in Raga Misra Gara in Rupak Tala.