Kalaya Yashode
கலய யஶோதே³
The Sanskrit text in Tamil script. The Roman line and the meaning are the same as in the original.
கலய யஶோதே³ தவ பால³ம்।
கல²பால³ககேல²நலோலம்॥Kalaya yashode tava balam, khalabalakakhelanalolam.
Yashoda, just look at your little boy, so eager to play with the naughty children.
அபஹ்ருʼதப³ஹுதரநவநீதம்।
அநுபமலீலாநடநக்ருʼதம்।
கபடமாநுஷபால³கசரிதம்।
கநககந்து³ககேல²நநிரதம்॥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.
பதி² பதி² லுண்டி²தத³தி⁴பா⁴ண்ட³ம்।
பாபதிமிரஶதமார்தாண்ட³ம்।
அதி⁴கபலோ³த்³த்ருʼ⁴தஜக³த³ண்ட³ம்।
ஆநந்த³போ³தர⁴ஸமக²ண்ட³ம்॥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.
மல்லபால³ககேல²நசதுரம்।
மநஸிஜகோடிலாவண்யபர⁴ம்।
கல்யாணகு³ணநவமணிநிகரம்।
கமநீயகௌஸ்துப⁴மணிஶேகர²ம்॥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.
நவநீதசோரபால³கசரிதம்।
நந்தா³தி³வ்ரஜபுண்யதருபலி²தம்।
த்ரு⁴வபத³பல²மேதத³திலலிதம்।
பு⁴வி நாராயணதீர்த²யதிப⁴ணிதம்॥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.