22 kharaharapriya janya
Aa: S R2 M1 P N2 D2 S
Av: S N2 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S

taaLam: aadi
Composer: NaaraayaNa Teertar
Language:

pallavi

krSNam kalaya sakhi sundaram bAla
(krSNam)

caraNam 1

krSNam gataviSaya trSNam jagat-prabhaviSNum surArigaNa jiSNum sadA bAla
(krSNam)

caraNam 2

nrtyantamiha muhuratyantam aparimita bhrtyAnukUlam akhila satyam sadA bAla
(krSNam)

caraNam 3

dhIram bhavajaladhi pAram sakala vEdasAram samasta yOgi tAram sadA bAla
(krSnam)

caraNam 4

shrngAra rasabhara sangIta sAhitya gangA laharI khEla sangam sadA bAla
(krSNam)

caraNam 5

rAmENa jagadabhi rAmENa bala bhadra rAmENa samavApta kAmEna saha bAla
(krSNam)

caraNam 6

dAmOdaram akhila kAmAkaram ghana shyAmAkrtim asura bhImam sadA bAla
(krSNam)

caraNam 7

rAdhAruNAdhara sudhApam saccidAnanda rUpam jagatraya bhUpam sadA bAla
(krSNam)

caraNam 8

artham shithilI krtAnartham shrI nArAyaNa tIrtha parama puruSArtham sadA bAla
(krSNam)

Meaning:
pallavi

sakhi = O friend ! bAla krSNam kalaya - Think of Krishna, the child, sundaram - the handsome one,

caraNam 1

gathaviSaya trSNam - bereft of all desire for sense pleasures,
jagat prabhaviSNum - the most powerful one in all the world,
surArigaNa jiSNum = the conquerer of asuras ( the enemies of Suras/Devas)

caraNam 2

nrtyantam iha - the one who dances here,
muhur atyantam - often, very much,
aparimita bhrty anukUlam - the one favourable to dependents,
akhila satyam - the entire truth,

caraNam 3

dhIram - the wise, brave one,
bhavajaladhi pAram - the one who takes us to the shore of the ocean of births,
sakala vEda sAram - the essence of all the Vedas,
samasta yOgi tAram - the one who delivers all Yogis,

caraNam 4

gangA laharI khEla sangam - the one sporting in the waves of the Ganga that is
shrngAra rasabhara sangIta sAhitya - the poetry and music filled with the Rasa of love.

caraNam 5

saha - (the one who is always ) with
rAmENa - the pleasing
jagad abhirAmENa - the most handsome one to the world
bala bhadra rAmENa - Balarama,
samavApta kAmEna - who has all desires fulfilled,

caraNam 6

dAmOdaram - the one bearing rope marks on his stomach (when Yashoda tied him)
akhila kAmAkaram - the repository of all desire,
ghana shyAma Akrtim - the one with a cloud-like dark form,
asura bhImam - the terrible one to Asuras,

caraNam 7

rAdhAruNAdhara sudhApam - the one who drinks the nectar of Radha's red lips,
saccidAnanda rUpam - the embodiment of Truth, Awareness, Bliss,
jagatraya bhUpam - the king of the three worlds,

caraNam 8

artham - the purpose (of our life),
shithilI krta anartham - one who destroys ( lit. shakes loose) all disasters,
shrI nAryaNa tIrtham parama puruSArtham - and is the ultimate end of human endeavour to NarayanaTirtha.

Other information:
Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde. Corrections and meaning by Rajani Arjun Shankar.