Manipuri
Manipuri by Bimbavati Devi
- pralaya-payodhijale Gopala Krishna, dhrutavanasivedam vihita-vahitra-caritramakhedam | kesavadhruta-mina-sharira jayajagadisa hare ||dhruvapada|| Oh Lord, in the form of a Fish! In the flood of dissolution, you have held up the revealed knowledge of the Vedas, like a boat, without effort. Hail! Hari, God of the world, Victory to Thee!
- kitirati-vipulatare Gopala Krishna tava tihatiphe dharai-dharaa-kina-cakra-garihe | kesavadhruta-kaccapa-rupa jayajagadisa hare ||1|| Oh Lord, in the form of the Tortoise! On the ample expanse of your back, calloused by the burden of the earth that it bears, securely stands the world. Hail! Hari, God of the world, Victory to Thee!
- vasatidasana-sikhare Gopala Krishna dharani tava lagna shasinikalaka-kalevanimagna | kesavadhruta-sukara-rupa jayajagadisa hare ||2|| Oh Lord, in the form of the Boar! The world rests in peace on the tip of your tusk, like the dark marking on the disc of the moon. Hail! Hari, God of the world, Victory to Thee!
- tava kara-kamala-vare ,nakhaadbhuta-shringam dalita-hirayakasipu-tanu-bhga | kesavadhruta-nara-hari-rupa jayajagadisa hare ||3|| Oh Lord, in the form of Man-lion! In your hand of lotus-like beauty, are the finger nails with their wonderful tips, which have torn asunder the most powerful demon Hiranyakashipu as if he was a huge insect. Hail! Hari, God of the world, Victory to Thee!
- chalayasivikramane ,balimadbhuta-vamana pada-nakha-nira-janita-jana-pavana | kesavadhruta-vamana-rupa jayajagadisa hare ||4|| Oh Lord, in the form of the Dwarf! By planting your feet you have cheated Bali, the mighty. Ganga, the river, which sanctifies the world, has come out of your toenails. Hail! Hari, God of the world, Victory to Thee!
- kashtriya-rudhira-maye ,jagadapagata-papam snapayasipayasisamita-bhava-tapam | kesavadhruta-bhrugu-pati-rupa jayajagadisa hare ||5|| Oh Lord, in the form of the Lord of the Bhrigus, you have bathed the world in the blood of the tyrannous rulers, thus cleansing it of sin and destroying the misery of its relative existence. Hail! Hari, God of the universe, Victory to Thee!
- vitarasidikshurane ,dik-pati-kamaniyam dasa-mukha-mauli-baliramaiyam | kesavadhruta- Raghupathirupa jayajagadisa hare ||6|| Oh Lord, in the body of Sri Rama! You have made a beautiful offering of the ten heads of the demon Ravana in battle to the guardians of the cardinal directions. Hail! Hari, God of the world, Victory to Thee!
- vahasivapushivishade ,vasanajaladabham hala-hati-bhiti-milita-yamunabham | kesavadhruta-hala-dhara-rupa jayajagadisa hare ||7|| Oh Lord, in the form of the Balaraama, the bearer of the plough! You wear on your immaculate body a garment of the color of the cloud, blue like the Yamuna, darkened by the fear of being dragged by your plough. Hail! Hari, God of the world, Victory to Thee!
- nindasiyajña-vidheahaha! sruti-jatam sadaya-hrudayadarshita-pashu-ghatam | kesavadhruta-buddha-sharira jayajagadisa hare ||8|| Oh Lord, in the body of Buddha, the enlightened one! Out of Compassion o your heart you have condemned the ritualistic part of the Yagnas ordaining the killing of animals. Hail! Hari, God of the world, Victory to Thee!
- mleccha-nivaha-nidhanekalayasikaravalam dhuma-ketumivakimapikaralam | kesavadhruta-kalki-sharira jayajagadisa hare ||9|| Oh Lord, in the form of the Kalki! For the destruction of the wicked, you carry a meteor-like sword in your hand, trailing a train of disaster to them. Hail! Hari, God of the World, Victory to Thee!
- sri-jayadeva-kaveridamidamuditamudaram shrunusukhadamshubhadam bhava-saram | kesavadhruta-dashavidha-rupa jayajagadisa hare ||10|| Oh Lord, who took ten forms! Please listen to this song of jayadeva. It bestows goodness and joy; it is the essence of life. Hail! Hari, God of the world, victory to Thee!