Song:
bhajarE yadunaatham
bajarE yadhunaatham
raagam: piloo
22 kharaharapriyaa janya
Aa: N2 S G3 M1 P N2 D2 P S
Av: S N2 D2 P D2 P M1 G2 R2 S N2 S
taaLam: aadi
Composer: Sadaashiva Bruhmendrar
Language: Sanskrit
pallavi
bhajarE yadunAthaM mAnasa bhajarE yadunAtham
caraNam 1
gOpa vadhU parirambhaNa lOlaM gOpa kiSOrakam-adbhuta lIlam
caraNam 2
kapaTAngIkRta mAnusha vEshaM kapaTa nATya kRtsna suvEsham
caraNam 3
paramahamsa hRt-tatva svarUpaM praNava payOdhara praNava svarUpam
Meaning:
pallavi
rE mAnasa - O Mind!
bhaja - Worship
yadunAtham - Krishna, the lord of the Yadu dynasty.
caraNam 1
(Worship Krishna)
gOpa vadhU parirambhaNa lOlaM - the one eager to embrace the Gopikas,
gOpa kiSOrakam - the child of Nandagopa,
adbhuta lIlam - the one whose sports are amazingly wonderful.
caraNam 2
(Worship Krishna)
kapaTAngIkRta mAnusha vEshaM - the one who has deceptively assumed a human form,
kapaTa nATya kRta kRtsna suvEsham - the one who plays every role in the deceptive drama (of his
deeds or of this universe)
caraNam 3
(Worship Krishna)
paramahamsa hrt-tatva svarUpam - the embodiment of the truth found in the hearts of supreme
enlightened souls,
praNava payOdhara - the one resembling a freshly-formed cloud,
praNava svarUpam - the one whose form is the sacred mantra "Om".
Note:
Variation in caraNam 2 :
kapaTa nATya kRta kutsita vEsham - the one who played an unseemly role in the illusory/deceptive drama (of the Mahabharata war etc.)
Meaning also available here.
Other information:
Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde. Meaning and corrections contributed by Rajani Arjun Shankar.