Kandenaa Govindanaa

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.