Obeisance 17
Song_Obeisance 17
addatta-pūrva-svapadābja-sauhṛda-
pradāna-dīkṣocita-deṣa-sangata
sva-sevaka-brahma-sukhādhikotsava-
premākara krīdana-kṛn namo `stu te
adatta - not given; pūrva - previously; sva - own; pada - feet; abjā - lotus; sauhṛda - love; pradāna - gift; dīkṣita - initiated; ucita - appropriate; deṣa - place; saṇgata - contacted; sva - own; sevaka - of the servants; brahma - spiritual; sukha - happiness; adhika - abundance;utsava - festival; premā - pure love; kara - granting; krīdana - pastimes; kṛt - O performer; namaḥ - obeisances; astu - let there be; te - unto You;
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, entering the appropriate place (Vrajabhūmi), You appear to have become initiated in the vow of givine the unprecedented gift of love for Your lotus feet. O Performer of pastimes, You grant pure love for Yourself to Your devotees. That love is like a great festival of spiritual happiness.
nanda-nandana saṇjāta-
jāta-karma-mahotsava
nānā-=dānaugha-kṛt-tāta
ṣrīmad-gokula-maṇgala
nanda - of Nanda Maharāja; nandana - the delightful son; saṇjāta - became jāta-karma - birth ceremony; mahā - great; utsava - festival; nānā - various; dāna - of gifts; augha - abundance; kṛt - performer; tāta - father; ṣrīmad- gokula - in opulent Gokula; maṇgala - auspiciousness.
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, , O delightful Son of Maharāja Nanda, when the (time) for Your birth-ceremony arrived, Your father arranged for a great festival and gave many gifts in charity, thus making the opulent land of Gokula very auspicious.
kṛtālaṇkāra-gopāla
gopī-gaṇa-kṛtotsava
gopī-prema-mudāṣīṛ-bhak
vraja-gorasa-kīṛṇa he
kṛta-alaṇkāra - decorated with ornaments; gopāla - cowherd boy; gopī - of gopīs; gaṇa - by the community; kṛta - performed; utsava - festival; gopī - of the gopīs; prema - pure love; mudā - delight; aṣīḥ - benediction; bhak - possessing; vraja - of Vraja; gorasa - milk; kīrṇa - sprinkled; he - O.
O Lord Gopaāla, you were then decorated with ornaments and the gopīs celebrated a great festival, lovingly and jubilantly showering their benedictions upon You and sprinkling You with the milk of the cows of Vraja.
nanda-vraja-janānandin
nanda-sanmānita-vraja
datta-vraja-mahā-bhūte
ṣrī-yaṣoda-staanandhaya
nanda - of Nanda Maharāja; vraja - of Vrajabhumi; jana - of the people; anandin - O delighter; nanda - by Nanda; sammānita - honbored; vraja - the people of Vraja; datta - given; vraja - of Vraja; mahā - great; bhūte - auspiciousness; ṣrī-yaṣodā - of mother Yaṣodā; stanandhaya - drinking the breast milk.
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, O Delight of the people of Vraja, Nanda Maharāja then greatly honored the people of Vraja and heopulently gave many opulent giftrs to them as You drank the breast milk of Your mother Yaṣodā.
prāpta-putra-mahā-ratna-
rakṣā-vyākula-tāta he
kara-dānārtha-mathurā-
gata-nanda-gṛhāvita
prāpta - attained; putra - a son; mahā - great; ratna - jewel; rakṣā - for the protection; vyākula - anxious; tāta - father; he - ); kara - tas; dāna - giving; artha - for the purpose; mathurā - to Mathurā; gata - gone; nanda - Nanda Maharāja; gṛha - house; avita - protected.
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, attaing You as his son, King Nanda considered that he had a great jewel as a son, and he became very anxious for Your protection. When he went to Mathurā to pay taxes, he asked the cowherd men to protect his home (in his absence).
vasudeva-ṣubha-praṣna-
samānandita-nanda me
prasīda nanda-sad-vākya-
vasudevāti-nandaka
vasudeva - of Vasudeva; ṣubha - auspicious; praṣna - enquiry; samānandita - delighted; nanda - Nanda Maharāja; me - to me; prasīda - please be merciful; nanda - of Nanda; sat - transcendental; vakya - words; vasudeva; ati-nandaka - greatly delighting.
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, please be merciful to me. Nanda Maharāja became delighted when he heard the auspicious questions of Vasudeva, who also became jubilant, hearing Nand's transcendental reply.
vasudeva-ṣubha-praṣna-
samānandita-nanda me
prasīda nanda-sad-vākya-
vasudevāti-nandaka
vasudeva--of Vasudeva; ṣubha--auspicious; praṣna--enquiry; samānandita--delighted; nanda--Nanda Maharāja; me--to me; prasīda--please be merciful; nanda--of Nanda; sat--transcendental; vakya--words; vasudeva; ati-nandaka--greatly delighting.
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, please be merciful to me. Nanda Maharāja became delighted when he heard the auspicious questions of Vasudeva, who also became jubilant, hearing Nand's transcendental reply.
Frequently asked
Who wrote Obeisance 17?
Obeisance 17 was composed by Sanatana Goswami. It appears in Krsna Lila Stava.
How many verses does Obeisance 17 have?
Obeisance 17 has 7 verses.