Virudavali 4

May Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is a spotless moon rising from the beautiful ocean of the king of Vraja and shining with great moonlight of glory, who maintains the three worlds, who is the talk of Vraja, who went away and for a long time and killed many black-hearted demons, and who has now returned to Vraja, always appear before our eyes.

O splendid dark Lord, O killer of the demons, O Lord conquered by the devotees, O ocean of bliss, O Lord who was born as the ten avatāras, O Lord whose form is pure and transcendental, O Lord who liberated Pūtanā and gave her immortality, O Lord who delivers the saintly devotees, O Lord who broke a cart, O Lord who rubbed the añjana from Your eyes, O Lord who was a crying infant, O Lord who kicked a cart, O Lord whose holy names were explained by Garga Muni, O powerful Lord who killed a whirlwind demon, O Lord whose nectar friendship is glorified by the great sages, O Lord whose pastimes are charming, O Lord who ate dirt, O Lord who showed the entire universe in Your mouth, O Lord who filled Your mother with wonder, O Lord who delivered the calves, O Lord splendid with sandal paste, O charming and handsome Lord, O Lord whose mother saw the fear in Your eyes, O Lord who drank from Your mother's breast, O Lord who was a crying infant, O Lord who stole butter, O Lord who, afraid for the mischief You had done, fled wonderfully, O Lord tied up by Your mother, O Lord who broke two trees, O Lord to whom two persons manifested from the trees bowed down, O Lord released by Your lamenting father, O Lord eager to go to the forest by Govardhana Hill, O Lord who stayed with the cows, O happiness and auspiciousness of Gokula, O Lord who took the calves to the forest, O Lord who killed Vatsāsura and Bakāsura, O Lord who killed Mayāsura's son, O Lord who rescued Vraja, O Lord who crushed the pride of all-devouring Aghāsura, O sinless one, O Lord who defeated Kāliya, O Lord famous as a dancer, O Lord who herds the cows, O killer of Dhenukāsura, O killer of Pralambāsura, O Lord glorified by Your mother, O Lord love for whom and meditation upon whom makes all fears useless, O Lord who drank a forest fire as if it were a cup of nectar, O Lord eager to teach the science of devotional service, O Lord who made the cows prosper, O Lord who worshiped Govardhana Hill, O Lord who proclaimed the glories of worshiping Govardhana Hill, O Lord who brought great auspiciousness by lifting Govardhana Hill, O Lord who thwarted the great rainstorm sent by arrogant Indra, O Lord bathed by a surabhi cow and an elephant from Suraloka, O supremely glorifying Lord, O hero, . .

. . . O Kṛṣṇa, at this moment, with an eager heart You stand by the side of glorious Nanda, the master of many cows. King Nimi spoke words to teach how one can be able to see You. My heart yearns for Your association. Please never stay away from me.

O Lord who rescued Your father, O Lord who removed the fear and bewilderment caused by the offender Varuṇadeva, O victorious Lord, O Lord who always stays with he surabhi cows, O Lord always seen by the people of Gokula, O Lord glorified in the
scriptures, O Lord who released Sudarśana from a serpent's form and made him a handsome demigod, O Lord who killed the yakṣa Śankhacūḍa, removed his jewel, and protected Your own devotees, O Lord who rebuked bellowing Ariṣṭāsura, the bringer of calamities, O Lord who thrust an arm into the demon Keśi's mouth and killed him, O Lord whom Kaṁsa ordered should be killed, O Lord who delighted the city of Mathurā, O Lord who killed a washerman and took garments like those of the demigods, O Lord who blessed a saintly tailor, O Lord who accepted a beautiful garland from the florist Sudāmā, O Lord who was satisfied when a hunchback girl
anointed You with sandal paste and bowed down before You, O Lord who transformed her into a beautiful straight girl, O Lord who accepted her as one of Your liberated associates, O Lord who asked about the dhanur-yajña, O powerful Lord who broke the great bow, O Lord who punished they who harshly rebuked You, O Lord who walked with Your associates, O Lord whose path to the arena was blocked by an elephant, O Lord who killed the elephant-driver, O Lord who took one of the elephant's tusks, O Lord who killed the wrestlers Kaṁsa had ordered to kill You, O Lord who delighted the saintly devotees, O Lord who killed Kaṁsa, O Lord who rescued the glorious devotees, O Lord merciful to the people, O Lord who gave the kingdom to Ugraseṇa, O glorious Lord who stayed among the Yādavas, O husband of the goddess of fortune, O Lord who with appropriate words sent King Nanda back to Vraja, O Lord who filled him with happiness, O Lord who proclaimed that Nanda was Your true father, O Lord who observed the sacred-thread ceremony, O Lord who went to the place of Your guru, O Lord who became absorbed in scripture study, O Lord who became expert at the arts described in scripture, O Lord who killed the demon Pañcajana, O glorious Lord worshiped by the saintly kings, O Lord who brings happiness and auspiciousness, O Lord who as dakṣiṇā returned Your guru's youthful son, O goal of the saintly devotees, O Lord whose eyes are handsome, O auspicious and glorious Lord, O Lord who always remembered the land of Vraja where there are many surabhi cows, O Lord who described the people of Vraja to Uddhava, O Lord who sent Uddhava to Vraja, O Lord flooded with glory, O Lord who heard news from a messenger, O Lord who decided to avoid a full-scale war with Jarāsandha, O hero, . . .

. . . O Lord gazed upon by the king of Vraja, when You hear the description of Your glories You become both shy and happy. If You are merciful to us, our hearts will become wild with happiness. We do not wish for anything else. We wish only for Your mercy.

O Lord who protected the saintly kings, O Lord whose feet were worshiped by the saintly kings, O Lord who rescued many kings from the grip of Jarāsandha, who was planning to offer seventeen yajñas, O Lord who expertly removed the fear caused by a yavana king, O Lord who arranged that Kālayavana be quickly burned to ashes, O Lord who smiled gloriously, O Lord who was chased by Jarāsandha, O Lord who for a long time stayed in Dvārakā City in the middle of the ocean, O Lord who kidnaped Rukmiṇi, O Lord who defeated Rukmi, O Lord who delighted the people of Dvārakā, O Lord who won Satyabhāmā, O Lord who was worshiped by Jāmbavan, O Lord of whom Jāmbavati took shelter, O Lord who enjoyed nectar pastimes with Kālindi, the daughter of the sun-god, O Lord who won the hand of Mitravindā, the princess of Avantipura, O Lord who won the hand of Bhadrā, O Lord who defeated seven bulls and became the dear husband of Nagnajiti, O all-auspicious Lord who won the hand of Lakṣmaṇā, O Lord who became the time of death for Bhaumāsura, O Lord who protects the residents of the earth, O Lord who accepted the hand of many princesses and made them fortunate like demigoddesses, O Lord who removed their sufferings and made them happy, O Lord who stole Indra's pārijāta tree, O Lord who delights the worlds, O Lord who is a lake of transcendental glories, O Lord who killed Śambarāsura, O Lord who made everyone happy, O Lord who bewildered Śiva, O Lord who brought auspiciousness, O Lord who cut off Bāṇāsura's many arms, O Lord who is most artistic and learned, O Lord who punished Pauṇḍraka, who pretended to be wise and learned, O Lord who with Your cakra destroyed the realm of Kāśi's king, O Lord who visited the realm of the Kauravas, O Lord who met with the Pauravas, O Lord who was merciful to Nanda and the other kings, O Lord who returned Devaki's sons, O Lord who brings fearlessness, O Lord who was worshiped by King Bali, O Lord who was worshiped with many offerings, O Lord who was the physician that cured the disease known as Śiśupāla, O Lord who destroyed the Saubha airplane, O Lord who brings auspiciousness to the earth, O Lord who returned to the village of Vraja in Mathurā-maṇḍala, O Lord who accepted Nārada's advice, O Lord who is powerful like an elephant, O Lord who angrily pounced on Dantavakra, O Lord who received the prayers and obeisances of Śiva, O Lord who returned to Vraja, O Lord whose return brought great joy, O Lord who brings auspiciousness, O Lord who destroys all inauspiciousness, O Lord who is dear to Your father's family, O Lord whose pastimes bring great joy, . . .

. . . You are now stunned, conquered by King Nanda's glance and filled with a bliss that does not end. O Lord, how can we please You with our prayers? Now our voices are choked up and we cannot speak.

O Lord who bring auspiciousness to Your father and mother, O Lord of all, O Lord who are a wonderful lake of loving pastimes with Your friends, O shelter of the devotees, O Lord whose marriage to Śri Rādhā filled the land of Vraja with unequaled
joy, O Lord who married thousands of queens, O Lord who stay with the devotees, O Lord whose heart glistens with limitless happiness, O Lord plunged into graceful shyness, O Lord who stay with the saintly devotees, O Lord who are come to Vṛndāvana forest in the east of Vraja where Your heart enjoyed pastimes before, O Lord filled with bliss of many transcendental pastimes, O Lord who delight the people of Vraja, O Lord who stay with the people of Vraja, O Lord who stay on Govardhana Hill and in splendid Vṛndāvana forest, O Lord who enjoy peerless transcendental pastimes, O Lord who bring peace, happiness, auspiciousness, splendor, glory, beauty, and playful joking words to Your father and mother's families, O Lord splendid like a sapphire, O Lord splendid like the greatest of king, O Lord whose cheeks glisten with splendid earrings, O splendidly smiling Lord, O playful and delightful Lord, O Lord whose eyes are like playful khañjana birds, O Lord whose nose is graceful, O Lord whose teeth are more beautiful than jasmine flowers, O Lord whose splendid neck is decorated with jewel necklaces, O Lord splendid with bracelets and armlets, O Lord whose chest is handsome and glorious, O Lord whose handsome face delights the heart, O abode of the goddess of fortune, O handsome Lord, O Lord whose navel-lake charms the heart, O Lord dressed in silken garments, O Lord with broad hips, O Lord with graceful thighs, O incomparably powerful Lord, O Lord whose knees are splendid like dark suns, O Lord whose tinkling ornaments make the humming bees greedy, O Lord whose splendid feet dance gracefully, O Lord who stay with the cows and boys, O protector of the cows, O Lord who play the flute, O Lord splendid like a full moon, O Lord holding a stick in Your hand, O Lord with glistening eyes, O Lord who remember the love of Your friends, O Lord whose glories are described in the Smṛti-śāstra, O Lord who enjoy pastimes of joking words, O Lord who yearn to enjoy pastimes, O Lord who love the surrendered souls, O Lord who are the friend of they who love You, O Lord who protect Your friends, O Lord who are the wealth of the girls who took birth in Vraja, please stay with the devotees who have taken shelter of You and who melt with love for You. Please fill them with bliss that is eternally new and fresh. O Lord who took birth in a family of gopas, O Lord who stay with the gopas, O Lord Kṛṣṇa, O Lord whom the saintly devotees in their hearts thirst to attain, all glories always to You!

O Lord Kṛṣṇa, accompanied by Your dear associates You are splendidly manifested in Your eternally blissful abode, which bears the name Vraja. How merciful are You? We cannot understand how merciful. We cannot understand. Rejecting everything else, we choose only You. In this way we will become pure in heart.

Please protect Your servants! Please delight Your parents! Please protect they who help Your pastimes! O jewel of protectors, O our life, please protect the devotees who think You are dear as life! Your wonderful pastimes in Vraja are all glorious and perfect. O Lord Kṛṣṇa, speaking humble words, we always choose You. Please accept us always.