Srila Rupa Gosvami's Sri Padyavali Text 34

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Text 34

 

shrI-kAnta kR^iSNa karuNAmaya ka~nja-nAbha

 

kaivalya-vallabha mukunda murAntaketi

 

nAmAvali.m vimala-mauktika-hAra-lakSmi

 

lAvaNya-va~ncana-kari.m karavANi kaNThe

 

shrI-of the goddess of fortune; kAnta-o husband;

kR^iSNa-kR^iSNa; karuna-maya-merciful; ka~nja-lotus;

nabha-navel; kaivalya-vallabha-o liberator; mukunda-o

mukunda; mura-of the mura demon; antaka-o death;

iti-thus; nAma-of holy names; avalim-the series;

vimala-splendid; mauktika-of pearls; hara-of a

necklace; lakSmI-lavanya-the great beauty;

va~ncana-theft; karim-doing; karavAni-let me place;

kaNThe-on the neck.

 

“Calling out, .ao shrIkAnta (husband of the goddess of

fortune), o kR^iSNa, (all-attractive one), o

karuNAmaya (merciful one), o ka~njanAbha (whose navel

is like a lotus flower), o kaivalyavallabha (o master

of liberation), o mukunda (giver of liberation), o

murAntaka (killer of the Mura demon),.a I will place

upon my neck the Lord's holy names, which eclipse the

beauty of a splendid strand of pearls.” - shrI

lakSmIdhara

 

PHONETIC TRANSLATION:

 

“Calling out, 'O Srikanta (husband of the goddess of

fortune), O Krsna, (all-attractive one), O

Karunamaya(merciful one), O Kanjanabha (whose navel is

like a lotus flower), O Kaivalyavallabha (O master of

liberation), O Mukunda (giver of liberation), O

MurAntaka (killer of the Mura demon),' I will place

upon my neck the Lord's holy names, which eclipse the

beauty of a splendid strand of pearls.” - Sri Laksmidhara

 

 

 

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