Obeisance 42
Song_Obeisance 42
paugaṇḍāgama gopāla
vṛndāvipina-maṇgala
vṛndāvanāntaḥ-saṇcārin
sammānita-nijāgraja
paugaṇḍa - early teens; agama - arrived; gopāla - O Lord Gopāla; vṛndā-vipina - in the forest of Vṛndāvana; maṇgala - auspiciousness; vṛndāvana - Vṛndāvana; antaḥ - within; saṇcārin - moving; sammāhita - accompanied; nija - own; agraja - elder brother (Balarāma).
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, o auspiciousness of Vṛndāvana. As a young boy you wander in the forest of Vṛndāvana, accompanied by Your elder brother (Lord Balarāma).
vṛndāvana - in Vṛndāvana; guṇa - transcendental qualitites; ākhyāna - description; miṣa - a false appearance; datta - given; mahā - great vara - benediction; ati - very; vṛndāvana - with Vṛndāvana; prīta - pleased; nānā - various; rati - exchanges of love; vicakṣaṇa - expert;
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, You are greatly delighted by the forest Vṛndāvana and You are expert in many different exchanges of love.
bhṛṇgānukārin māṁ pāhi
kūja-nirjita-kokila
upātta-haṁsa-gamana
ṣikhi-nṛtyānukāraka
bhṛṇga - bumble-bee; anukārin - appearing like; mām - me; pāhi - please protect; kūja - warbling; nirjita - defeated; kolila - cuckoo; upātta - taken;haṁsa - of the swan; gamana - graceful movements; ṣikhi - of the peacocks; nṛtya - dancing; anukāraka - resemblance;
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, Please protect me. You are as lusterous as a bumble-bee and Your words eclipse the warblings of the cuckoos. You walk as gracefuly as the swans and Your dancing is as beautiful s the dancing of the peacocks.
pratidhvāna-pramudita
ṣākhā-kūrdana-kovida
nāmākārita-go-vṛnda
rajju-yajṇopavīta-bhṛt
Word for word
pratidhvāna by the echo; pramudita delighted; ṣākhā on the branches; kūrdana playing; kovida expert; nāma-
akārita - calling by name; go of cows; vṛnda the community; rajju a rope; yajṇa upavīta - and a sacred thread; bhṛt holding
niyuddha-līlā-saṁhṛṣta
balabhadra-sramāpanut
gopa-praṣaṁsa-nipuṇa
vrkṣa-cchāyā-hṛta-ṣrama
niyuddha - of fighting; līlā - by the pastimes; saṁhṛṣṭa - jubilant; balabhadra - of balabhadra; srama - fatigue; apanut - removing; gopa - of the cowherd boys; prasāṁsa--praise; nipuṇa - expert; vrkṣa - of a tree; chāyā - by the shade; hṛta - removed; ṣrama - weariness.
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, You become jubilant by the pastime of mock-
puṣpa-pallava-talpāḍhya
gopotsaṇgopavarhaṇa
gopa-saṁvāhita-pada
gopa-vyajana-vījita
puṣpa - -of flowers; pallava - blossoms; talpa - bed; āḍhya- - enrriched; gopa - of the cowherd boys; utsaṇga - the lap; upavarhaṇa - pillow; gopa - by a cowherd boy; saṁvāhita - massaged; pada - feet; goap - by a cowherd boy; vyajana - fanned.
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, You someitmes take rest on a bed fashioned from blossoming flowers, with the lap of a cowherd boyas Your pillow.
gopa-gāna-sukha-svapna
jitaiṣya-grāmya-ceṣṭita
ramā-lālita-padābjā-
`nkita-vṛndāvana-sthala
gopa - of the cowherd boys; gāna - because of the singing; sukha - happy; svapna - sleep; jita - defeated; aiṣya - opulence; grāmya - in the village; ceṣṭita - pastimes; ramā - by the gopīs; lālita - caressed; pada - feet; abja - lotus; aṇkita - marked; vṛndāvana - the forest of Vṛndāvana; sthala - the place;
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, listening to the singing of the cowherd boys, You sleep very happily. Your pastimes inthe village of Vṛndāvana eclipse the grandest opulence. The forest of Vṛndāvana is covered with the marks of Your feet, which are worshiped by the gopīs.
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Who wrote Obeisance 42?
Obeisance 42 was composed by Sanatana Goswami. It appears in Krsna Lila Stava.
How many verses does Obeisance 42 have?
Obeisance 42 has 7 verses.