Kandenaa Govindanaa

 

By

 

Sage Purandara Dasa

 

Translated by

 

P.R.Ramachander

 

Raga Chandrakouns

Thala Aadhi

 

Pallavi

 

Kandena Govindana, Sri Krishanana, Pandavana Pakshana

 

Anupallavi

 

Kesava Narayana Sri Krishna ,

Vasudeva Achyuthananda

Sasira namada  aDri Hrishi kesana,

Sesha sayana Namma Vasudeva suthana.

 

Charanam

 

Purushothama  Nara hari Sri Krishna ,

Sharanagatha Rakshana

Karunakara namma Purandara vittalana

Nera nambidano Belura Sannigana

 

English Translation

 

Pallavi

 

Did I see Govinda, Sri Krishna,

Who was on the side of Pandavas

 

Anupallavi

 

The God who is Keasava, Narayana , Sri Krishna,

Vasudeva , Achyuthananda.

The God Hrishikesa who is on our mountain,

Who sleeps on snake  and is the son of our Vasudeva

 

Charanam

The greatest among men, the man lion, Sri Krishna,

Who protects those who surrender to him,

He is merciful and our Purandara Vittala,

And I believe him as the God present in Belur.