neenE anaatha bandhu kaaruNya sindhu

By
Sage Purandara Dasa

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander and Chakravarthy Madhusudana

Raga: Nandanamkriya/Sudha saveri 
Thala: Chapu/Mishra 

Pallavi: nInE anAtha bandhu kAruNya sindhu

Charanams:

1: patigaLaivriddarEnu 
satiya bhanga bidisalilla 
gati nInE mukunda enalu 
ati vEgadi akShayavitte krShNa

2: madagajavella kUDidarEnu 
adara samayakodagalilla 
madananayya madhusUdana enalu
mudadindali bandodagide krShNa 

3: shileya meTTi kulake tande 
balige olidu padaviyitte 
sulabhadi bhaktara salahuva namma 
celuva purandara viTTalarAya 

Meaning: 
Pallavi: You alone are the kinsman in need), (you are) a fountain head of kindness

Charanams:
1: what if there were five husbands [story of Draupadi], 
(they) did not relieve the torment of their wife; 
(but when she) cried ‘Mukunda you are my only hope’, 
(you ) very quickly gave her an unending drape.

2: What if all the rutting elephants gathered together (to help him)
(they) were of no avail to him at that time; 
(when he) called out ‘O MadhusUdana, O Father of madana’, 
(you) lovingly came and rescued him, O KrSNa. 

3: (you) stepped on on the stone and brought (Ahalya) back to the community, 
you were kind to king Bali and rewarded him; 
(you are) our handsome purandaraviThala, 
the one who easily protects his devotees.