Bavayami Gopala Balam

Bavayami Gopala Balam

By
Annamacharya

Translated by
P.R.Ramachander

Raga Yamuna kalyani
Thala Kanda Chapu

Pallavi

Bhavayami Gopala Balam mana,Sevitham ,
Thath padam chinthayeham sada

Charanam

1.Ghati thatitha mekhala kachitha mani kanditha,
Padalanina thena vibhraja manam,
Kutila padha ghatitha samkula sinji thedham,
Chatula natanaa samujwala vilasam.

2.Nirathakara kalitha navaneetham bramhadhi,
Sura nikara bhavanaa shobitha padam,
Thiru Venkatachala sathitha manupamam harim,
Parama purusham Gopala Balam.

English translation

Pallavi

I bow down before the child Gopala
Who is always served by my mind,
And also always meditate on his feet.

Charanam

1.Wearing a broad gem studded golden girdle with bells,
And glittering due to the sound coming from that,
And whose feet moves in curved angular steps ,
Becoming confused as to why he is not able to take the straight steps,
But is blessed with shine of a very graceful dance.

2.With fresh butter overflowing from his pretty hands,
And his dazzling feet surrounded by Brahma and other devas,
The divine lord in the form of child Gopala
Has established himself as Hari on the Venkata mountains,