Obeisance 12
Song_Obeisance 12
kaṁsāsura-balodvigna-
sva-yādava-kulārti-vit
devakī-saptama-bhruṇa-
dhamān māyā-niyojaka
kaṁsa - by Kaṁsa; asura - the demon; bala - by the sytregnth; udvigna - agitated; sva - own; yādava - Yadu; kula - dynasty; arti - sufferings; vit - O Knower; devakī - of Devakī; saptama - seventh; bhruṇa - child; dhamān - abode; māyā - by the Yogamāyā potency; niyojaka - impelling agency.
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, you understood the sufferings of Your own family the Yadu dynasty, who were greatly harassed by the military stregnth of Kaṁsa. O My Lord, by the agency of Your own Yogamāyā potency, You personally became Devakī's seventh child.
devakī-putratāvāpti-
dvārotsāhita-mayā he
rohiṇī-prāpita-svāṁsa
rauhiṇeya-priyāva mām
devakī - of Devakī; putratā - the state of being a son; avāpti - the attainment; dvāra - means; utsāhita - enabled; māyā - Yogamāyā; he - O; rohiṇī-Rohiṇī; prāpita - caused to attain; sva - own; aṁsa - incarnation; rauhiṇeya - to Lord Balarāma, the Son of Rohiṇī; priya - very dear friend; ava - please protect; mām - me.
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, by the agency of YourYogamāyā, You became the Son of Devakī and Your incarnation as Lord Balarāma was transferred to the womb of Rohiṇī. O dear friend of Lord Balarāma, O Lord Kṛṣṇa, please protect me.
vasudevollasac-chakte
devaky-aṣṭama-garbhaga
sva-savitrī-lasaj-jyotiḥ
kaṁsa-trāsa-visāda-kṛt
vasudeva - Vasudeva; ullasat - delighting; sakte - potency; devakī - of Devakī; aṣṭama - eight; garbhaga - become the child in the womb; sva - own; savitrī - mother; lasat - shining; jyotiḥ--splendor; kaṁsa - of Kaṁsa; trāsa - fear; visāda - depression; kṛt - causing.
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, when You became the eighth child of Devakī, Your splendor made Your mother appear very glorious and the presence of Your transcendental potencies made Your father Vasudeva become jubilant. you caused great fear and despair for Kaṁsa.
sadā kaṁsa - mano-vartin
brahma-rudrādy-abhiṣṭuta
satyātmaka jagan-nātha
ṣuddha-sattvika-rūpa-bhṛt
sada - constantly; kaṁsa - of Kaṁsa; manah - the mind; vartin - staying; brahma - by Lord Brahma; rudra - and by Lord Śiva; ādi - and by the other demigods; abhiṣṭuta - offered prayers; satya - of truth; atmaka - the self; jagat - of the universe; nātha - O Lord; ṣudha - sattvaka - -transcendental; rūap - form; bhṛt - manifesting.
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, O Absolute truth, O Lord of the universe, manifesting Your transcendental form, which is beyond the material nature, You received the prayers of Lord Brahma, Lord Śiva, and the other demigods. You also continually remained within the mind of Kaṁsa.
bhaktaika-labhya-sarvasva
sarva-sarvartha-krd-vapuḥ
rūpa-nāmāṣritāviṣṭa
janma-mātra-dharārti-hṛt
bhakta - by the devotees; eka - only; labhya - thing to be attained; sarvasva - all in all; sarva - of everyone; sarva - all; artha - wixhes; krt - granting; vapuḥ - form; rūpa - form; nāma - name; āṣrita - sheltered; aviṣṭa - entered; janma - by birth; mātra - only; dhara - of the earth; art – the distresses; hṛt - removing.
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, O be-all-and-end-all for devotees, O only desired object of the devotees, by the appearance of Your transcendental form, all the desires of everyone become fulfiilled. O Lord, you personally enter those who take shelter of Your Holy Name or Your spiritual form. O Lord, simply by taking birth here, You removed all the distresses of the earth.
svar-bhūr-bhūṣaṇa-pādābja
vinodaikārtha-jāta he
jaya bhu-bhāraharaṇa
devāṣvāsita-māktṛka
svaḥ - upper planetary system; bhūḥ - middle planetary system; bhūṣaṇa - ornament; pāda - feet; abja - lotus flower; vinoda - pastimes;eka - sole; artha - object; jāta - appeared; he - O; jaya - all glories; bhū - of the earth; bhara - of the burden; haraṇa - O remover; deva - demigods; aṣvāsita - encouraged; mātṛka - mother.
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, You appeared on the earth exclusively to perform Your pastimes and remove the earth's burden. Your lotus feet are the ornament for the upper and middle planetary systems. The demigods thus encouraged Mother Devakī by offering prayers to You. O Lord Kṛṣṇa, all glories unto You.
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Who wrote Obeisance 12?
Obeisance 12 was composed by Sanatana Goswami. It appears in Krsna Lila Stava.
How many verses does Obeisance 12 have?
Obeisance 12 has 6 verses.