॥ Sri Damodarastakam Kannada Lyrics ॥
॥ ದಾಮೋದರಾಷ್ಟಕಂ ॥
ನಮಾಮೀಶ್ವರಂ ಸಚ್ಚಿದಾನಂದರೂಪಂ
ಲಸತ್ಕುಂಡಲಂ ಗೋಕುಲೇ ಭ್ರಾಜಮಾನಂ ।
ಯಶೋದಾಭಿಯೋಲೂಖಲಾದ್ಧಾವಮಾನಂ
ಪರಾಮೃಷ್ಟಮತ್ಯಂತತೋ ದ್ರುತ್ಯ ಗೋಪ್ಯಾ ॥ ೧ ॥
ರುದಂತಂ ಮುಹುರ್ನೇತ್ರಯುಗ್ಮಂ ಮೃಜಂತಂ
ಕರಾಂಭೋಜಯುಗ್ಮೇನ ಸಾತಂಕನೇತ್ರಂ ।
ಮುಹುಃ ಶ್ವಾಸಕಂಪತ್ರಿರೇಖಾಂಕಕಂಠ-
ಸ್ಥಿತಗ್ರೈವ-ದಾಮೋದರಂ ಭಕ್ತಿಬದ್ಧಮ್ ॥ ೨ ॥
ಇತೀದೃಕ್ ಸ್ವಲೀಲಾಭಿರಾನಂದಕುಂಡೇ
ಸ್ವಘೋಷಂ ನಿಮಜ್ಜಂತಮಾಖ್ಯಾಪಯಂತಮ್ ।
ತದೀಯೇಷಿತಾಜ್ಞೇಷು ಭಕ್ತೈರ್ಜಿತತ್ವಂ
ಪುನಃ ಪ್ರೇಮತಸ್ತಂ ಶತಾವೃತ್ತಿ ವಂದೇ ॥ ೩ ॥
ವರಂ ದೇವ ಮೋಕ್ಷಂ ನ ಮೋಕ್ಷಾವಧಿಂ ವಾ
ನ ಚಾನ್ಯಂ ವೃಣೇಽಹಂ ವರೇಷಾದಪೀಹ ।
ಇದಂ ತೇ ವಪುರ್ನಾಥ ಗೋಪಾಲಬಾಲಂ
ಸದಾ ಮೇ ಮನಸ್ಯಾವಿರಾಸ್ತಾಂ ಕಿಮನ್ಯೈಃ ॥ ೪ ॥
ಇದಂ ತೇ ಮುಖಾಂಭೋಜಮತ್ಯಂತನೀಲೈರ್-
ವೃತಂ ಕುಂತಲೈಃ ಸ್ನಿಗ್ಧ-ರಕ್ತೈಶ್ಚ ಗೋಪ್ಯಾ ।
ಮುಹುಶ್ಚುಂಬಿತಂ ಬಿಂಬರಕ್ತಧರಂ ಮೇ
ಮನಸ್ಯಾವಿರಾಸ್ತಾಂ ಅಲಂ ಲಕ್ಷಲಾಭೈಃ ॥ ೫ ॥
ನಮೋ ದೇವ ದಾಮೋದರಾನಂತ ವಿಷ್ಣೋ
ಪ್ರಸೀದ ಪ್ರಭೋ ದುಃಖಜಾಲಾಬ್ಧಿಮಗ್ನಂ ।
ಕೃಪಾದೃಷ್ಟಿವೃಷ್ಟ್ಯಾತಿದೀನಂ ಬತಾನು
ಗೃಹಾಣೇಶ ಮಾಂ ಅಜ್ಞಮೇಧ್ಯಕ್ಷಿದೃಶ್ಯಃ ॥ ೬ ॥
ಕುವೇರಾತ್ಮಜೌ ಬದ್ಧಮೂರ್ತ್ಯೈವ ಯದ್ವತ್
ತ್ವಯಾ ಮೋಚಿತೌ ಭಕ್ತಿಭಾಜೌ ಕೃತೌ ಚ ।
ತಥಾ ಪ್ರೇಮಭಕ್ತಿಂ ಸ್ವಕಂ ಮೇ ಪ್ರಯಚ್ಛ
ನ ಮೋಕ್ಷೇ ಗ್ರಹೋ ಮೇಽಸ್ತಿ ದಾಮೋದರೇಹ ॥ ೭ ॥
ನಮಸ್ತೇಽಸ್ತು ದಾಮ್ನೇ ಸ್ಫುರದ್ದೀಪ್ತಿಧಾಮ್ನೇ
ತ್ವದೀಯೋದರಾಯಾಥ ವಿಶ್ವಸ್ಯ ಧಾಮ್ನೇ ।
ನಮೋ ರಾಧಿಕಾಯೈ ತ್ವದೀಯಪ್ರಿಯಾಯೈ
ನಮೋಽನಂತಲೀಲಾಯ ದೇವಾಯ ತುಭ್ಯಂ ॥ ೮ ॥
ಇತಿ ಶ್ರೀಮದ್ಪದ್ಮಪುರಾಣೇ ಶ್ರೀ ದಾಮೋದರಾಷ್ಟಾಕಂ ಸಾಂಪೂರ್ಣಂ ॥
॥ Sri Damodarastakam Meaning ॥
To the supreme controller, who possesses an eternal form of blissful knowledge, whose glistening earrings swing to and fro, who manifested Himself in Gokula, who stole the butter that the gopis kept hanging from the rafters of their storerooms and who then quickly jumped up and ran in retreat in fear of Mother Yasoda but was ultimately caught – to that Supreme Lord, Sri Damodara, I offer my humble obeisances.॥ 1 ॥
Upon seeing His mother’s whipping stick, He cried and rubbed His eyes again and again with His two lotus hands. His eyes were fearful and His breathing quick, and as Mother Yasoda bound His belly with ropes, He shivered in fright and His pearl necklace shook. To this Supreme Lord, Sri Damodara, I offer my humble obeisances.॥ 2 ॥
Those superexcellent pastimes of Lord Krishna’s babyhood drowned the inhabitants of Gokula in pools of ecstasy. To the devotees who are attracted only to His majestic aspect of Narayana in Vaikuntha, the Lord herein reveals: “I am conquered and overwhelmed by pure loving devotion.” To the Supreme Lord, Damodara, my obeisances hundreds and hundreds of times.॥ 3 ॥
O Lord, although You are able to give all kinds of benedictions, I do not pray to You for liberation, nor eternal life in Vaikuntha, nor any other boon. My only prayer is that Your childhood pastimes may constantly appear in my mind. O Lord, I do not even want to know your feature of Paramatma. I simply wish that Your childhood pastimes may ever be enacted in my heart.॥ 4 ॥
O Lord, the cheeks of Your blackish lotus face, which is encircled by locks of curling hair, have become reddened like Bimba fruits due to Mother Yasoda’s kisses. What more can I describe than this? Millions of opulences are of no use to me, but may this vision constantly remain in my mind.॥ 5 ॥
O unlimited Vishnu! O, master! O Lord! Be pleased upon me! I am drowning in an ocean of sorrow and am almost like a dead man. Please shower the rain of mercy on me; uplift me and protect me with Your nectarean vision.॥ 6 ॥
O Lord Damodara, in Your form as a baby Mother Yasoda, bound You to a grinding stone with a rope for tying cows. You then freed the sons of Kuvera, Manigriva and Nalakuvara, who were cursed to stand as trees and You gave them the chance to become Your devotees. Please bless me in this same way. I have no desire for liberation into Your effulgence.॥ 7 ॥
O Lord, the entire universe was created by Lord Brahma, who was born from Your abdomen, which was bound with a rope by Mother Yasoda. To this rope, I offer my humble obeisances. I offer my obeisances to Your most beloved Srimati Radharani and to Your unlimited pastimes.॥ 8 ॥