Obeisance 18
Song_Obeisance 18
vasudevoditopāta-
ṣaṇkā nanda-ṣubhaṣrita
vraja-mohana-sad-veṣa-
viṣa-stana-bakīkṣita
vasudeva--by Vasudeva; udita--described; utpāta--calamities; ṣaṇkā--fear; nanda--Nanda Maharaja; ṣubha--the auspicious Personality of Godhead; aṣrita--sheltered and bewildering; sat--beautiful; veṣa--appearance; viṣa--poison; stana--breasts; bakī--Pūtanā, the sister of Bakāsura; ikṣita--was seen.
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, Nanda Maharāja became frightened by Vasudeva's description of impending calamity and he took shelter of the all-auspicious Supreme Personality of Godhead. O Lord, the sister of Bakāsura, Pūtanā, smeared poison upon her breasts and assumed the form of a beautiful woman, enchanting and bewlidering the residents of Vrajabhumi. O Lord, this demoness had the opportunity to see You.
lajjā-mīlita-netrābja
pūtanāṇkādhiropita
bakī-prāṇa-payaḥ-pāyin
pūtanā-stana-pīḍana
lajjā--with embarrassment; mīlita--closed; netra--eyes; abja--lotus; pūtana--of Pūtānā; aṇka--on the lap; adhiropita--raised; bakī--of the sister of Bakāsura; prāṇa--life; pāyaḥ--milk; pāyin--drinking; pūtanā--of Pūtanā; stana--the breats; pīḍana--causing pain.
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, embarrassed, You closed Your lotus-eyes and Pūtanā placed You upon her lap. You caused her great pain and by drinking out her life-breath as You drank her milk.
pūtanā-kroṣa-janaka
putanā-prāṇa-ṣoṣaṇa
ṣaṭ-krosī-vyāpi-bhī-dāyi-
pūtanā-deha-pātana
pūtanā--of Pūtanā; kroṣa--of the crying; janaka--the source; putanā--of Putana; prāṇa--of the life; ṣoṣana--the drying up; ṣaṭ--six; kroṣī--kroṣas (two miles); vyāpi--extending; bhī--fear; dāyi--giving; pūtanā--of Pūtanā; deha--of the body; pātana--falling;
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, drying up Pūtanā's life, You caused her to cry out. Her body fell and became a very frightening twelve-mile long corpse.
nānā-rakṣā-vidhāna-jṇa-
gopa-strī-kṛta-rakṣaṇa
vinyasta-rakṣā-go-dhūle
go-mūtra-ṣakṛd-āpluta
nānā--various; rakṣā--protection; vidhāna--methods; jṇa--knowing; gopa-strī--the gopīs; kṛta--performed; rakṣaṇa--protection; vinyasta--placed; rakṣā--for protection; go--of the cows; dhūle--the dust; go--of the cows; mūtra--urine; ṣakṛt--and stool; āpluta--bathed.
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, the gopīs, expert at performing various protective measures, sprinkled you with dust upraised by the cows, covered You with scow dung and bathed You wwith cow-urine, to protect You.
gopikā-vihitājādi-
bīja-nyāsābhimantrita
dahyamāna-bakī-deha-
saurabhy-vyāpita-kṣite
gopikā--by the gopis; vihitā--performed; aja--with the word Aja; ādi-etc; bīja-nyāsa-abhimantrita-bīja and nyāsa mantras; dahyamāna--being burned; bakī--of Pūtanā; deha--the body; saurabhy--sweet fragrance; vyāpita--distributed; kṣite--on the earth.
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, the gopīs protected You by chanting bīja and myāsa mantras beginning with the word Aja. When the body of Pūtanā was burned, it spread a sweet fragrance everywhere.
pūtanā-mocana dveṣṭṛ-
rākṣasī-sad-gati-prada
nandāghrāta-ṣiro-madhya
jaya vismāpita-vraja
pūtanā--of Pūtanā; mocana--O liberator; dveṣṭṛ--full of hate; rākṣasī--demoness; sat--transcendental; gati--destination; prada--granting; nanda--by Nanda Maharāja; aghrāta--smelled; ṣiraḥ--of the head; madhya--middle; jaya--all glories; vismāpita--amazxed; vraja--the residents of Vrajabhūmi.
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, You thus liberated the demoness Pūtanā, Who hated You, and permitted her to return to the spiritual world. (Seeing all these pastimes), the residents of Vrajabhūmi became amazed, and Nanda Maharāja smelled Your head (with paternal affection). O Lord all glories unto You.
Frequently asked
Who wrote Obeisance 18?
Obeisance 18 was composed by Sanatana Goswami. It appears in Krsna Lila Stava.
How many verses does Obeisance 18 have?
Obeisance 18 has 6 verses.