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    The document is a prayer to Lord Krishna in his form as Damodara or Baladeva. It consists of 8 verses praising different aspects of Lord Damodara such as: 1) His beautiful form swinging in a tree in Vrindavan adorned with earrings. 2) Him crying while mother Yasoda threatens him with a stick for stealing butter. 3) How he drowns the residents of Vrindavan in ecstasy through his childhood pastimes. 4) The prayer asks for Krishna's form as Baladeva to always remain in the heart and no other boons.

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    The document is a prayer to Lord Krishna in his form as Damodara or Baladeva. It consists of 8 verses praising different aspects of Lord Damodara such as: 1) His beautiful form swinging in a tree in Vrindavan adorned with earrings. 2) Him crying while mother Yasoda threatens him with a stick for stealing butter. 3) How he drowns the residents of Vrindavan in ecstasy through his childhood pastimes. 4) The prayer asks for Krishna's form as Baladeva to always remain in the heart and no other boons.

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    The document is a prayer to Lord Krishna in his form as Damodara or Baladeva. It consists of 8 verses praising different aspects of Lord Damodara such as: 1) His beautiful form swinging in a tree in Vrindavan adorned with earrings. 2) Him crying while mother Yasoda threatens him with a stick for stealing butter. 3) How he drowns the residents of Vrindavan in ecstasy through his childhood pastimes. 4) The prayer asks for Krishna's form as Baladeva to always remain in the heart and no other boons.

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    Damodar As Taka

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    The document is a prayer to Lord Krishna in his form as Damodara or Baladeva. It consists of 8 verses praising different aspects of Lord Damodara such as: 1) His beautiful form swinging in a tree in Vrindavan adorned with earrings. 2) Him crying while mother Yasoda threatens him with a stick for stealing butter. 3) How he drowns the residents of Vrindavan in ecstasy through his childhood pastimes. 4) The prayer asks for Krishna's form as Baladeva to always remain in the heart and no other boons.

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    Sri Damodarastaka

    (1)

    namamisvaram sac-cid-ananda-rupam
    lasat-kundalam gokule bhrajamanam
    yasoda--bhiyolukhalad dhavamanam
    paramrstam atyantato drutya gopya

    namami - I offer my humble obeisances; isvaram - unto the Supreme Lord; sat-cit-
    ananda-rupam - the very form of eternity, knowledge and bliss; lasat - swinging;
    kundalam - [bedecked with] earrings; gokule - in Gokula; bhrajamanam - full of
    glowing radiance; yasoda-bhaya - in fear of Mother Yasoda; ulukhalad - from the
    wooden mortar; dhavamanam - who is running away; para-amrstam - very upset; ati-
    antah - finally; drutya-gopya - who is caught by the cowherd woman.

    To the Supreme Lord, whose form is the embodiment of eternal existence, knowledge,
    and bliss, whose shark-shaped earrings are swinging to and fro, who is beautifully
    shining in the divine realm of Gokula, who I [due to the offense of breaking the
    pot of yogurt that His mother was churning into butter and then stealing the butter
    that was kept hanging from a swing] is quickly running from the wooden grinding
    mortar in fear of mother Yasoda, but who has been caught from behind by her who ran
    after Him with greater speed--to that Supreme Lord, Sri Damodara, I offer my humble
    obeisances.

    (2)

    rudantam muhur netra-yugmam mrjantam


    karambhoja-yugmena satanka-netram
    muhuh svasa-kampa-trirekhanka-kantha-
    sthita-graivam damodararm bhakti-baddham

    rudantam - crying; muhur - again and again; netra-yugmam - eyes; mrjantam - who is
    rubbing; kara-ambhoja-yugmena - with His two lotus hands; sa-atanka - full of fear;
    netram - eyes; muhur - again and again; svasa - of quick breathing; kampa - is
    shaking; tri-rekha - with three lines; anka - marked; kantha - on the neck; sthita
    - placed around; graivam - necklace; damodaram - whose belly is bound with a rope;
    bhakti-baddham - who is bound with love.

    [Seeing the whipping stick in His mother's hand,] He is crying and rubbing His eyes
    again and again with His two lotus hands. His eyes are filled with fear, and the
    necklace of pearls around His neck, which is marked with three lines like a conch
    shell, is shaking because of His quick breathing due to crying. To this Supreme
    Lord, Sri Damodara, whose belly is bound not with ropes but with His mother's pure
    love, I offer my humble obeisances.

    (3)

    itidrk sva-lilabhir ananda-kunde


    sva-ghosam nimajjantam akkyapayantam
    tadiyesita-jnesu bhaktair jitatvam
    punah prematas tam satavrtti vande

    iti-idrk - similar to this [lila]; sva-lilabhih - by His pastimes; ananda-kunde -


    in pool of bliss; sva-ghosam - who is proclaiming about Himself; nimajjantam -
    drowing; akhyapayantam - intimate relationship [of pure love]; tadiya-ista-jnesu -
    to those who are conscious of His greatness; bhaktaih - to devotees; jitatvam -
    allowing Himself to be conquered; punah - again; prematah - with love; tam - unto
    Him; sata-avrtti - hundreds of times; vande - I offer my obeisances.

    By such childhood pastimes as this He is drowning the inhabitants of Gokula in


    pools of ecstasy, and is revealing to those devotees who are absorbed in knowledge
    of His supreme majesty and opulence that He is only conquered by devotees whose
    pure love is imbues with intimacy and is free from all conceptions of awe and
    reverence. With great love I again offer my obeisances to Lord Damodara hundreds
    and hundreds of times.

    (4)

    varam deva moksam na moksavadhim va


    na canyam vrne 'ham varesad apiha
    idam te vapur natha gopala-balam
    sada me manasy avirastam kim anyaih

    varam - gift; deva - oh Lord; moksam - liberation; na - not; moksa-avadhim -


    highest liveration; va - or; na ca - neither; anyam - anything else; vrne aham - do
    I ask; api - but; iha - here; idam - this; te - Your; vapuh - form; natha - oh
    Lord; gopala-balam - Bala-Gopala; sada - always; me manasi - in my heart; avir-
    astam - manifested; kim anyaih - what else.

    Oh Lord, although You are able to give all kinds of benedictions, I do not pray to
    You for the boon of impersonal liberation, nor the highest liberation of eternal
    life in Vaikuntha, nor any other boon (which may be obtained by executing the nine
    processes of bhakti). O Lord, I simply wish that this form of Yours as Bala Gopala
    in Vrndavana may ever be manifest in my heart, for what is the use to me of any
    other boon besides this?

    (5)

    idam te mukhambhojam atyanta-nilair


    vrtam kuntalaih snigdha-raktais' ca gopya
    muhus cumbitam bimba-raktadharam me
    manasy avirastam alam laksa-labhaih

    idam - this; te - Your; mukha - face; ambhojam - lotus; ati-anta - beautiful;


    nilaih - black; vrtam - encircled; kuntalaih - by hair; snigdha - soft; raktaih -
    reddish; ca - also; gopya - by cowherd lady; muhur - again and again; cumbitam -
    kissed; bimba-rakta - red like bimba fruits; adharam - lips; me manasi - in my
    heart; avirastam - may this be manifested; alam - there is no more need; laksa -
    hundreds of thousands; labhaih - for boons.

    Oh Lord, Your lotus face, which is encircled by locks of soft black hair tinged
    with red, is kissed again and again by mother Yasoda, and Your lips are reddish
    like the bimba fruit. May this beautiful vision of Your lotus face be ever manifest
    in my heart. Thousands and thousands of other benedictions are of no use to me.

    (6)

    namo deva damodarananta visno


    prasida prabho duhkha jalabdhi-magnam
    krpa-drsti-vrsyati-dinam batanu-
    grhanesa mam ajnam edhy aksi-drsyah
    namah - my respectful obeisances; deva - oh Lord; damodara - oh Lord whose belly is
    bound with ropes; ananta - oh unlimited one; visnu - oh all-pervading Lord; prasida
    - kindly be pleased with me; prabho - oh master; duhkha - of sorrow; jala-abdhi -
    in the ocean; magnam - to one who is drowning; krpa-drsti - merciful glance; vrstya
    - please shower; ati-dinam - unto one who is very unhappy; bata-anu-grhana-isa -
    foolish wordly person; ajnam - ignorant; edhi - please become; aksi - to my eyes;
    drsyaih - visible.

    Oh Supreme Godhead, I offer my obeisances unto You. Oh Damodara! Oh Ananta! Oh


    Vishnu! Oh master! Oh my Lord, be pleased upon me. By showering Your glance of
    mercy upon me, deliver this poor ignorant fool who is immersed in an ocean of
    worldly sorrows, and become visible to my eyes.

    (7)

    kuveratmajau baddha-murtyaiva yadvat


    tvaya mocitau bhakti-bhajau krtau ca
    tatha prema-bhaktim svakam me prayaccha
    na mokse graho me 'sti damodareha

    kuvera-atmajau - two sons of Kuvera; baddha - bound; murtya eva - this form; yadvat
    - just as; tvaya - by You; mocitau - are both delivered; bhakti-bhajau - two great
    devotees; krtau - have been made; ca - and; tatha - then; prema-bhaktim - loving
    devotion; svakam - for Yourself; me - to me; prayaccha - please grant; na - not;
    mokse - liberation; grahah me asti - do I need; damodara - oh Lord Damodara; iha -
    here [in this world].

    Oh Lord Damodara, just as the two sons of Kuvera - Manigriva and


    Nalakuvara - were delivered from the curse of Narada and made into great devotees
    by You in Your form as a baby tied with rope to a wooden grinding mortar, in the
    same way, please give to me Your own prema-bhakti. I only long for this and have no
    desire for any kind of liberation.

    (8)

    namas te 'stu damne sphurad-dipti-dhamne


    tvadiyodarayatha visvasya dhamne
    namo radhikayai tvadiya-priyayai
    namo 'nanta-lilaya devaya tubhyam

    namah - obeisances; te - unto You; astu - let it be; damne - to the rope; sphurad-
    dipti - brilliantly effulgent; dhamne - abode; tvadiya - Your; udaraya - belly;
    atha - then; visvasya - of the whole universe; dhamne - shelter; namah -
    obeisances; radhikayai - to Srimati Radhika; tvadiya-priyayai - who is very dear
    for You; namah - obeisances; ananta-lilaya - revealing multitudes of pastimes;
    devaya - unto the Lord; tubhyam - unto You.

    Oh Lord Damodara, I first of all offer my obeisances to the brilliantly effulgent


    rope which binds Your belly. I then offer my obeisances to Your belly, which is the
    abode of the entire universe. I humbly bow down to Your most beloved Srimati
    Radharani, and I offer all obeisances to You, the Supreme Lord, who displays
    unlimited pastimes.

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