krpayA pAlaya - Lyrics

krpayA pAlaya

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taaLam: cApu Composer: Swaati TirunaaL Language:

pallavi

krpayA pAlaya shaurE karuNA rasAvAsa kaluSArtti virAma

anupallavi

tapanIya nibhacEla tuhinAmshu su-vadana shrI padmanAbha sarasija lOcana

caraNam 1 amara nikara cAru hEma mauLi rAjita tAmarasa ghana mada dAraNa caNa pAda vimala bhakti lOlupa sama sEvakAkhila kAma dAna nirata kamanIya tarApAnga caraNam 2 kunda dyuti lasita mandahAsa ruci nandita nuti para brndAraka sancaya vandAru samudaya mandAra paramAravinda sAyaka sama sundarAnga bhAsita caraNam 3 kuru mE kushalam mudA kuruvinda nibha danta nirupama samsAra nIradhi varapOta nArada mukha muni nikara gEya carita vAraya mamAkhila pApajAtam bhagavan

Meaning:

pallavi

krpayA - Kindly pAlaya - protect (me), shaurE - O Krishna ( grandson of Shura) ! karuNA rasAvAsa - O abode of mercy ! kaluSa Artti virAma - O finisher of sin and distress !

anupallavi

tapanIya nibhacEla - O one wearing a garment shining like gold ! tuhinAmshu su-vadana - O moon-faced one ! shrI padmanAbha - O Padmanabha ! sarasija lOcana - O lotus-eyed one !

caraNam 1

amara nikara cAru hEma mauLi rAjita tAmarasa ghana mada dAraNa caNa pAda - O one with feet(pAda) that are skilled(caNa) in destroying(dArana) great pride(ghana mada) of lotuses (tAmarasa) and which shine(rAjita) with the lovely (cAru) golden crowns(hEma mauli) of the group of Devas(amara nikara) ! vimala bhakti lOlupa sama - O one eager for pure devotion like the bee for honey sEvaka akhila kAma dAna nirata kamanIya tara apAnga - O one with very beautiful (kamanIya-tara) side-glances(apAnga) that are habituated (nirata) to granting all the desires(akhila kAma dAna) of devotees(sevaka) !

caraNam 2

kunda dyuti lasita mandahAsa ruci nandita nuti para brndAraka sancaya - O delighter(nandita) of the groups(sancaya) of praising (nuti-para) devas (brndAraka ), with the beauty (ruci) of your jasmine-like (kunda dyuti lasita) smile (mandahAsa) ! vandAru samudaya mandAra - O wish-fulling tree(mandAra) to the horder(samudAya) of devotees(vandAru) ! parama - O supreme one (parama) ! aravinda sAyaka sama sundarAnga bhAsita - O one shining (bhAsita) with limbs (anga) that equal to (sama) Manmatha (Aravinda sAyaka) in beauty(sundara) !

caraNam 3

kuru mE kushalam - Be beneficent to me, mudA - with joy, kuruvinda nibha danta - O one with shiny teeth like precious kuruvinda gems ! nirupama - O peerless one ! samsAra nIradhi varapOta - O excellent boat to the ocean of worldly existence! nArada mukha muni nikara gEya carita - O one whose stories(carita) are worthy of being sung(gEya) by Narada and other (nArada mukha) ascetics' hordes (muni nikara)! vAraya - Stop mama akhila pApa jAtam - all my miseries born of sin, bhagavan - O Lord !