6) Sri Damodarastaka
(found in the Padma Purana of Krsna Dvaipayana Vyasa, spoken
by Satyavrata Muni in a conversation with Narada Muni and Saunaka Rsi)
"In the month of Kartika one should worship Lord
Damodara and daily recite the prayer known as Damodarastaka, which has been
spoken by the sage Satyavrata and which attracts Lord Damodara. (Sri
Hari-bhakti-vilasa 2.16.198)
1
namamisvaram sac-cid-ananda-rupam
lasat-kundalam gokule bhrajamanam
yasoda--bhiyolukhalad dhavamanam
paramrstam atyantato drutya gopya
2
rudantam muhur netra-yugmam mrjantam
karambhoja-yugmena satanka-netram
muhuh svasa-kampa-trirekhanka-kantha-
sthita-graivam damodararm bhakti-baddham
3
itidrk sva-lilabhir ananda-kunde
sva-ghosam nimajjantam akkyapayantam
tadiyesita-jnesu bhaktair jitatvam
punah prematas tam satavrtti vande
4
varam deva moksam na moksavadhim va
na canyam vrne 'ham varesad apiha
idam te vapur natha gopala-balam
sada me manasy avirastam kim anyaih
5
idam te mukhambhojam atyanta-nilair
vrtam kuntalaih snigdha-raktais' ca gopya
muhus cumbitam bimba-raktadharam me
manasy avirastam alam laksa-labhaih
6
namo deva damodarananta visno
prasida prabho duhkha jalabdhi-magnam
krpa-drsti-vrsyati-dinam batanu-
grhanesa mam ajnam edhy aksi-drsyah
7
kuveratmajau baddha-murtyaiva yadvat
tvaya mocitau bhakti-bhajau krtau ca
tatha prema-bhaktim svakam me prayaccha
na mokse graho me 'sti damodareha
8
names te 'stu damne sphurad-dipti-dhamne
tvadiyodarayatha visvasya dhamne
namo radhikayai tvadiya-priyayai
namo 'nanta-lilaya devaya tubhyam
TRANSLATION
(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, Sri
Damodara, 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) 0 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 Gopala in 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 my Lord, 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) 0 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) 0 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.
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