Obeisance 42

paugaṇḍāgama gopāla vṛndāvipina-maṇgala vṛndāvanāntaḥ-saṇcārin sammānita-nijāgraja

O Lord Kṛṣṇa, o auspiciousness of Vṛndāvana. As a young boy you wander in the forest of Vṛndāvana, accompanied by Your elder brother (Lord Balarāma).

vrndavana-gunakhyana misa-datta-mahavara ativrndavana-prita nana-rati-vicaksana

O Lord Kṛṣṇa, You are greatly delighted by the forest Vṛndāvana and You are expert in many different exchanges of love.

bhṛṇgānukārin māṁ pāhi kūja-nirjita-kokila upātta-haṁsa-gamana ṣikhi-nṛtyānukāraka

O Lord Kṛṣṇa, Please protect me. You are as lusterous as a bumble-bee and Your words eclipse the warblings of the cuckoos. You walk as gracefuly as the swans and Your dancing is as beautiful s the dancing of the peacocks.

pratidhvāna-pramudita ṣākhā-kūrdana-kovida nāmākārita-go-vṛnda rajju-yajṇopavīta-bhṛt

O Lord Kṛṣṇa, You delight in hearing the sound of the echo and You are expert at climbing the branches of trees. You call the cows by their individual names and You wear a sacred thread and carry a rope.

niyuddha-līlā-saṁhṛṣta balabhadra-sramāpanut gopa-praṣaṁsa-nipuṇa vrkṣa-cchāyā-hṛta-ṣrama

O Lord Kṛṣṇa, You rejoice in the pastime of mock-fighting and relieve Lord Balarāma’s fatigue. You are expert at praising Your cowherd friends, and in the shade of the trees You remove Your own fatigue.

puṣpa-pallava-talpāḍhya gopotsaṇgopavarhaṇa gopa-saṁvāhita-pada gopa-vyajana-vījita

O Lord Kṛṣṇa, You someitmes take rest on a bed fashioned from blossoming flowers, with the lap of a cowherd boyas Your pillow.

gopa-gāna-sukha-svapna jitaiṣya-grāmya-ceṣṭita ramā-lālita-padābjā- `nkita-vṛndāvana-sthala

O Lord Kṛṣṇa, listening to the singing of the cowherd boys, You sleep very happily. Your pastimes inthe village of Vṛndāvana eclipse the grandest opulence. The forest of Vṛndāvana is covered with the marks of Your feet, which are worshiped by the gopīs.