Dadhi Nirmanthanarambhi

Song Name: Dadhi Nirmanthanarambhi

Official Name: Obeisance 27 Verses 102 to 107

Author: Sanatana Goswami

Book Name: Krsna Lila Stava

Language: Sanskrit

LYRICS:

(1)

dadhi-nirmanthanārāmbhi-savitrī-stanya-lolupa

jananī-gīta-carita dadhi-manthana-daṇḍa-dhṛk

(2)

mātṛ-stanyāmṛtātṛpta kṣīrottāra-gatāmbika

mṛṣā kopa-prakampoṣṭha dadhi-bhājana-bhāñjana

(3)

śikya-haiyańgavastena navanīta-mahāśana

haiyańgavīna-rasika navanītāvakīrṇaka

(4)

navanīta-viliptāńga kińkiṇī-kvaṇa-sūcita

navanīta-mahā-dātar mṛṣāśro caurya-śańkita

(5)

mātṛ-bhī-dhāvana-para goṣṭāńgana-vinodana

jananī-śrama-vijñātar dāmodara namo’stu te

(6)

dāmākalpa-calāpāńga gāḍhyolūkhala-bandhana

yaśodā-vatsalānanta-dāma-bandha-niyantrita

TRANSLATION

1) O Krsna, one day singing the glories of Your pastimes, Mother Yasoda began to churn yogurt. Very hungry, You desired to drink her breast milk, and You grabbed the churning rod from her.

2) O Krsna, when the milk spilled from the pot, Your mother left You. Your desire to drink the nectar of Your mother’s milk unsatisfied, Your lips trembled with feigned anger, and You broke the jar full of yogurt.

3) O Krsna, stealing the fresh butter, You took great pleasure in eating a great quantity of it, and also strewing it about.

4) O Krsna, you anointed Your limbs with that butter and You gave much of it away. When You heard the sound of Your mother’s ankle-bells, You became afraid that she would punish You for Your thieving activities and You pretended to cry.

5) O Krsna, afraid of Your mother You fled from her as she chased You within the courtyard in Vrndavana. Understanding how she had become fatigued (by chasing You, You allowed her to catch You and) tie You about the waist with a rope. O Lord, I offer respectful obeisances unto You.

6) O Krsna, You restlessly glanced from the corners of Your eyes which were decorated with black ointment. Using the rope of her unlimited parental love, mother Yasoda bound You to the grinding mortar.