Indradyumna Swami - Damodarastaka and Hare Krishna Kirtan - Vrindavan 2009 - Part 1

Indradyumna Swami sings Damodarastaka bhajan. Vrindavan 2009. DAMODARASTAKA (from Padma Purana) namamisvaram sac-cid-ananda-rupam lasat-kundalam gokule bhrajamanam yasoda-bhiyolukhalad dhavamanam paramrstam atyantato drutya gopya rudantam muhur netra-yugmam mrjantam karambhoja-yugmena satanka-netram muhuh svasa-kampa-trirekhanka-kantha- sthita-graivam damodaram bhakti-baddham itidrk sva-lilabhir ananda-kunde sva-ghosam nimajjantam akhyapayantam tadiyesita-jñesu bhaktair jitatvam punah prematas tam satavrtti vande varam deva moksam na moksavadhim va na canyam vrne ham varesad apiha idam te vapur natha gopala-balam sada me manasy avirastam kim anyaih idam te mukhambhojam atyanta-nilair vrtam kuntalaih snigdha-raktais ca gopya muhus cumbitam bimba-raktadharam me manasy avirastam alam laksa-labhaih namo deva damodarananta visno prasida prabho duhkha-jalabhi-magnam krpa-drsti-vrstyati-dinam batanu- grhanesa mam ajñam edhy aksi-drsyah kuveratmajau baddha-murtyaiva yadvat tvaya mocitau bhakti-bhajau krtau ca tata prema-bhaktim svakam me prayaccha na mokse graho me sti damodareha namas te stu damne sphurad dipti-dhamne tvadiyadarayatha visvasya dhamne namo radhikayai tvadiya-priyayai namo nanta-lilaya devaya tubyam namamisvaram sac-cid-ananda-rupam lasat-kundalam gokule bhrajamanam yasoda-bhiyolukhalad dhavamanam paramrstam atyantato drutya gopya To the Supreme Lord, whose form is the embodiement of eternal existence, knowldege, and bliss, whose shark-shaped earrings are swinging to and fro, who is beautifully shining in the divine realm of Gokula, who (due to the offense of breaking the pot of yogurt that His mother was churning into butter and then stealing the butter that was kept hanging from a swing) is quickly running from the wooden grinding mortar in fear of mother Yasoda, but who has been caught from behind by her who ran after Him with greater speed -- to that Supreme Lord, Sri Damodara, I offer my humble obesiances. (Seeing the shipping stick in His mother´s hand,) He is crying and rubbing His eyes again and again with His two lotus hands. His eyes are filled with fear, and the necklace of pearls around His neck, which is marked with three lines like a conchshell, is shaking because of His quick breathing due to crying. To this Supreme Lord, Sri Damodara, whose belly is bound not with ropes but with His mother´s pure love, I offer my humble obeisances. By such childhood pastimes as this He is drowning the inhabitants of Gokula in pools of ecstasy, and is revealing to those devotees who are absorbed in knowldege of His supreme majesty and opulence that He is only conquered by devotees whose pure love is imbued with intimacy and is free from all conceptions of awe and reverence. With great love I again offer my obeisances to Lord Damodara hundreds and hundreds of time. O Lord, although You are able to give all kinds of benedictions, I do not pray to You for the boon of impersonal liberation, nor the highest liberation of eternal life in Vaikuntha, nor any other boon (which may be obtained by executing the nice processes of bhakti). O Lord, I simply wish that form of Yours as Bala Gopala in Vrindavana may ever be manifest in my heart, for what is the use to me of any other boon besides this? O Lord, Your lotus face, which is encircled by locks of soft black hair tinged with red, is kissed again and again by mother Yasoda, and Your lips are reddish like tha bimba fruit. May this beautiful vision of Your lotus face be ever manifest in my heart. Thousand and thousands of other benedictions are of no use to me. O Supreme Godhead, I offer my obeisances unto You. O Damodara! O Ananta! O Visnu! O master! O my Lord, be pleased upon me. By showering Your glance of mercy upon me, deliver this poor ignorant fool who is immersed in an ocean of worldly sorrows, and become visible to my eyes. O Lord Damodara, just as the sons of Kuvera -- Manigriva and Nalakuvara- were delivered from the curse of Narada and made into great devotees by You in Your form as a baby tied with rope to a wooden grinding mortar, in the same way, please give to me Your own prema-bhakti. I only long for this and have no desire for any kind of liberation. O Lord Damodara, I first of all offer my obeisances to the brilliantly effulgent rope wihich binds Your belly. I then offer my obeisances to Your belly, which is the abode of the entire universe. I humbly bow down to Your most beloved Srimati Radharani, and I offer all obeisances to You, the Supreme Lord, who displays unlimited pastimes.