Bavayami Gopala Balam

 

By

Annamacharya

 

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

 

Raga Yamuna kalyani

Thala Kanda Chapu

 

Pallavi

 

Bhavayami  Gopala Balam mana,Sevitham ,

Thath padam  chinthayeham sada

 

Charanam

 

1.Ghati thatitha mekhala kachitha mani kanditha,

Padalanina  thena vibhraja manam,

Kutila  padha  ghatitha  samkula  sinji thedham,

Chatula  natanaa  samujwala vilasam.

 

2.Nirathakara kalitha navaneetham bramhadhi,

Sura nikara bhavanaa  shobitha padam,

Thiru Venkatachala  sathitha  manupamam  harim,

Parama purusham Gopala Balam.

 

English translation

 

Pallavi

 

I bow down before the child Gopala

Who is always  served by my mind,

And also always meditate on his feet.

 

Charanam

 

1.Wearing a broad gem studded golden girdle with bells,

And glittering  due to the sound coming from that,

And whose feet moves in curved angular steps ,

Becoming confused as to why he is not able to take the straight steps,

But  is blessed with shine of a very graceful dance.

 

2.With fresh butter overflowing from his pretty hands,

And his dazzling feet  surrounded by Brahma and other devas,

The divine  lord in the form of child Gopala

Has established himself as Hari on the Venkata mountains,