Obeisance 86
Song_Obeisance 86
yamunā-majjitākrūra
jayākrūra-ratha-sthita
svāphalki-jala-sandṛṣṭa
paramāṣcarya-darṣaka
yamuna--in the Yamuna river; majjita--immersed; akrura--Akrura; jaya--all glories; akrura--of Akrura; ratha--on the chariot; sthita--situated; svaphalki--by Akrura, the son of Svaphalka; jala--in the water; sandrsta--seen; parama--supreme; ascarya--amazement; darsaka--revealing.
O Lord krsna, all glories unto You. As Akrura, the son of Svaphalka took his bath in the Yamuna, You remained on his chariot. When Akrura was immersed in the water, You showed a supremely amazing thing to him.
akrūra-saṁstutānāde
padma-nābhādi-kāraṇa
jagad-durvijṇeya-gate
bhajamānaika-gamya he
akrura--by Akrura; samstuta--offered prayers; anade--without a beginning; padma--lotus flower; nabha--navel; adi--original; karana--cause; jagat--by the entire universe; durvijneya--difficult bo be understood; gate--movements; bhajamana--by those engaged in pure devotional service; eka--only; gamya--approachable; he--O.
O Lord Krsna, Akrura offered prayers to You, saying that You are beginningless and without an origin, and that indeed the lotus flower sprouted from Your navel is the origin of the entire universe. (He said that) Your movements and activities are not understandable by the conditioned souls within the universe, an that You can be approached only by those engaged in Your pure devotional service.
nānā-jṇārcanīyāṇghre
nānākhya-rūpa-mārga-bhāk
sarva-gatyāpagāmbhodhe
sarva-deva-mayṣevara
nana--various; yajna--with sacrifices; arcaniya--able to be
worshipped; anghre--feet; nana--various; akhya--names; rupa--forms; marga--paths; bhak--possessing; sarva--all; gati--movements; apaga--rivers; ambodhe--in the ocean; sarva--all; deva--of the demigods; maya--consisting of; isvara--O Lord.
jagad-āṣraya-sarvānga
brahmāṇḍāli-guhodara
ṣoka-ghnānandada ṣrīmad-
avatārāvalī-yaṣaḥ
jagat--of the universe; asraya--the shelter; sarva--all; anga--limbs; brahmanda--of universes; ali--multitude; guha--cave; udara--of the abdomen; soka--grief; ghna--removing; ananda--spiritual bliss; da--granting; srimad--beautiful and opulent; avatara--of incarnations; avali--multitude; yasah--fame.
O Lord Krsna, Akrura said that Your limbs are the shelter for the entire universe, and the myriad of universes are all contained within the cave of Your abdomen. He said that with the glorious fame of Your beautiful and opulent incarnations, You grant spiritual bliss (to Your devotees) and remove the distresses (of material existance).
nānā-kārpaṇya-vijṇāpi-
mumukṣv-akrūra-yācita
sva-prema-bhakti-sat-saṇga-
dāyi-svaika-kṛpā-bhara
nana--various; karpanya-vijnapi--humbly appealing for mercy; mumuksu--eager for liberation; akrura--by Akrura; yacita--begged; sva--own; prema--in pure love of God; bhakti--devotional service; sat--of the saintly devotees; sanga--in the association; dayi--granting; sva--own; eka--one; krpa--of mercy; bhara--sustaining.
O Lord Krsna, eager for liberation, and humbly begging for Your mercy, Akrura offered these prayers to You. Bestowing on him a small fragment of Your mercy, You gave to him devotional service in pure love of God, as well as the association of Your saintly devotees.
gopy-avajṇā-hatākrūra-
ṣuṣka-stotrābhivandita
pitṛvya-vismayodānta-
pracchakādbhuta-sāgara
gopi--towards the gopis; avajna--by the neglect; hata--struck; akrura--Akrura; suska--dry; stotra--with prayers; abhivandita--offered obeisances; pitrvya--uncle; vismaya--amazement; udanta--news; pracchaka--asking; adbhuta--of amazement; sagara--O ocean.
O Lord Krsna, Although You cruelly neglected the gopis, Akrura offered these formal dry prayers to You. O ocean of amazing qualities, You asked Your uncle Akrura why he had become amazed.
Frequently asked
Who wrote Obeisance 86?
Obeisance 86 was composed by Sanatana Goswami. It appears in Krsna Lila Stava.
How many verses does Obeisance 86 have?
Obeisance 86 has 6 verses.