Kalaya Yashode
ಕಲಯ ಯಶೋದೇ
The Sanskrit text in Kannada script. The Roman line and the meaning are the same as in the original.
ಕಲಯ ಯಶೋದೇ ತವ ಬಾಲಮ್।
ಖಲಬಾಲಕಖೇಲನಲೋಲಮ್॥Kalaya yashode tava balam, khalabalakakhelanalolam.
Yashoda, just look at your little boy, so eager to play with the naughty children.
ಅಪಹೃತಬಹುತರನವನೀತಮ್।
ಅನುಪಮಲೀಲಾನಟನಕೃತಮ್।
ಕಪಟಮಾನುಷಬಾಲಕಚರಿತಮ್।
ಕನಕಕನ್ದುಕಖೇಲನನಿರತಮ್॥Apahritabahutaranavanitam, anupamalilanatanakritam, kapatamanushabalakacharitam, kanakakandukakhelananiratam.
He has stolen heaps of fresh butter, dances with matchless playfulness, acts like a human child though he is not one, and loves to play with a golden ball.
ಪಥಿ ಪಥಿ ಲುಣ್ಠಿತದಧಿಭಾಣ್ಡಮ್।
ಪಾಪತಿಮಿರಶತಮಾರ್ತಾಣ್ಡಮ್।
ಅಧಿಕಬಲೋದ್ಧೃತಜಗದಣ್ಡಮ್।
ಆನನ್ದಬೋಧರಸಮಖಣ್ಡಮ್॥Pathi pathi lunthitadadhibhandam, papatimirashatamartandam, adhikabaloddhritajagadandam, anandabodharasamakhandam.
On every path he breaks the pots of curd; he is a hundred suns to the darkness of sin; with great strength he holds up the universe; he is unbroken bliss and awareness.
ಮಲ್ಲಬಾಲಕಖೇಲನಚತುರಮ್।
ಮನಸಿಜಕೋಟಿಲಾವಣ್ಯಭರಮ್।
ಕಲ್ಯಾಣಗುಣನವಮಣಿನಿಕರಮ್।
ಕಮನೀಯಕೌಸ್ತುಭಮಣಿಶೇಖರಮ್॥Mallabalakakhelanachaturam, manasijakotilavanyabharam, kalyanagunanavamaninikaram, kamaniyakaustubhamanishekharam.
He is clever at wrestling games with the boys, more beautiful than countless Kamadevas, a cluster of fresh jewels of every good quality, crowned by the lovely Kaustubha gem.
ನವನೀತಚೋರಬಾಲಕಚರಿತಮ್।
ನನ್ದಾದಿವ್ರಜಪುಣ್ಯತರುಫಲಿತಮ್।
ಧ್ರುವಪದಫಲಮೇತದತಿಲಲಿತಮ್।
ಭುವಿ ನಾರಾಯಣತೀರ್ಥಯತಿಭಣಿತಮ್॥Navanitachorabalakacharitam, nandadivrajapunyataruphalitam, dhruvapadaphalametadatilalitam, bhuvi narayanatirthayatibhanitam.
This is the tale of the little butter thief, the fruit of the merit of Nanda and the people of Vraja. This very charming refrain was sung on earth by the monk Narayana Teertha.