Obeisance 19
Song_Obeisance 19
autthānikotsavāmbābhi-
ṣikta saṇjāta-pnidra-dṛk
mahocca-ṣakaṭādhaḥ-stha-
bāla-paryaṇka-ṣāyita
autthānika--the small infant's attempt to rise and turn around; utsava--celebration; amba--by the mother; ābhiṣikta--bathed; saṇjāta--produced; nidra--sleepiness; dṛk--eyes; mahā--great; ucca--tall; ṣakaṭa--cart; adhaḥ--beneath; stha--staying; bāla--child's paryaṇka--bed; ṣāyita--asleep.
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, when You were three or four months old, Your mother performed a great festival to celebrate the auspicious occasion of Your being able to attempt to rise and turn around. She ceremoniously bathed You at that ceremony, but when she saw that Your eyes had all the symptoms of sleepiness, she let You fall asleep in a small bed placed under a large cart.
aṇjana-snigdha-nayana
paryāyānkurita-smita
līlākṣa-taralāloka
mukhārpita-padāṇgule
aṇjana--with ointment; snigdha--anointed; nayana--eyes; paryāya--after a time; ankurita--sprouted; smita--smile; līlā--with playfulness; akṣa--of the eyes; tarala--restless; aloka--glances; mukha--in the mouth; arpita--placed; pada-aṇgule--toes.
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, Whose eyes are anointed with black cosmetic, after a time a smile sprouted (upon Your face), Your playful eyes began to restlessly look about, and You placefd Your toe in Your mouth.
jayotsava-kriyāsakta-
dhātrī-stanyārtha-rodana
utkṣipta-caraṇāmbhoja
he'no-viparivartaka
jaya--of victory; utsava--celebration; kriya--to the activities; asakta--attached; dhātrī--for Your mother; stanya--for the breast-milk; artha--for the purpose; rodana--crying; utkṣipta--overturned; upraised; caraṇa--feet; ambhoja--lotus; he--O; naḥ-viparivartaka--upturning the cart.
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, because Your mother was absorbed in the festive activities, she did not hear when you cried for her breast milk. O Lord, You then lifted Your lotus-foot and upturned the cart.
vrajānirṇeya-carita
ṣakaṭāsura-bhaṇjana
dvijodita-svasty-ayana
mantra-pūta-jlaāpluta
vraja--of the residents of Vraja; anirṇeya--uncertainty; carita--about these activities; ṣakaṭa-asura--the cart-demon; bhaṇjana--destroying; dvija--by the brahmanas; udita--svasti-ayana--auspicious ritualistic ceremony for good fortune; mantra--by mantras; pūta--purified; jala--with water; apluta--bathed;
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, when You killed that demon who had assumed the form of a cart, all the people of Vraja were not able to understand what had happened or how. for Your protection, the brahmanas performed a ritualistic ceremony to attain good-fortune, vedic hyms were chanted to purify You, and You were bathed with water.
Frequently asked
Who wrote Obeisance 19?
Obeisance 19 was composed by Sanatana Goswami. It appears in Krsna Lila Stava.
How many verses does Obeisance 19 have?
Obeisance 19 has 4 verses.