Song Name: Krsna Deva Bhavantam Vande

Author: Rupa Goswami

Book Name: Stavamala (Section: Volume 6 Song 24)

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 (refrain) kṛṣṇa deva bhavantaṁ vande

man-mānasa-madhukaram arpaya nija-padapaṅkaja-makarande

(1)

yad api samādhiṣu vidhir api paśyati

na tava nakhāgra-marīcim

idam icchāmi niśamya tavācyuta

tad api kṛpādbhuta-vīcim

(2)

bhaktir udañcati yady api mādhava

na tvayi mama tila-mātrī

parameśvaratā tad api tavādhika

durghaṭa-ghaṭana-vidhātrī

(3)

ayam avilolatayādya sanātana

kalitādbhuta-rasa-bhāram

nivasatu nityam ihāmṛta nindati

vindan madhurima-sāram

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TRANSLATION

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Refrain: O Lord Sri Krsna!  I am offering a prayer unto You.  Please let the bee of my mind be offered the nectarian honey of Your lotus feet.

1) Although Brahma in full samadhi cannot catch a glimpse of even a ray of the effulgence from the tips of Your toe-nails still, O Acyutah!  Having heard of the waves of Your astonishing mercy, I long to receive Your grace.

2) O Madhava!  Although I don't possess even a sesame seed of bhakti for You, still, by Your inconceivable power which makes the impossible possible, please fulfill the desires of my heart.

3) He Sanatana!  Because Your lotus feet are filled with such wonderful rasa, let the bee of my mind always reside unwaveringly in that nectar which puts everything else to shame, for they are the essence of all sweetness.  This is my only prayer.

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