Kalaya Yashode
കലയ യശോദേ
The Sanskrit text in Malayalam script. The Roman line and the meaning are the same as in the original.
കലയ യശോദേ തവ ബാലമ്।
ഖലബാലകഖേലനലോലമ്॥Kalaya yashode tava balam, khalabalakakhelanalolam.
Yashoda, just look at your little boy, so eager to play with the naughty children.
അപഹൃതബഹുതരനവനീതമ്।
അനുപമലീലാനടനകൃതമ്।
കപടമാനുഷബാലകചരിതമ്।
കനകകന്ദുകഖേലനനിരതമ്॥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.
പഥി പഥി ലുണ്ഠിതദധിഭാണ്ഡമ്।
പാപതിമിരശതമാര്താണ്ഡമ്।
അധികബലോദ്ധൃതജഗദണ്ഡമ്।
ആനന്ദബോധരസമഖണ്ഡമ്॥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.
മല്ലബാലകഖേലനചതുരമ്।
മനസിജകോടിലാവണ്യഭരമ്।
കല്യാണഗുണനവമണിനികരമ്।
കമനീയകൌസ്തുഭമണിശേഖരമ്॥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.
നവനീതചോരബാലകചരിതമ്।
നന്ദാദിവ്രജപുണ്യതരുഫലിതമ്।
ധ്രുവപദഫലമേതദതിലലിതമ്।
ഭുവി നാരായണതീര്ഥയതിഭണിതമ്॥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.