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Song Name: Namamisvaram Saccidananda Rupam (12-Matra Version)

Official Name: Damodarastakam

Author: Vyasadeva

Book Name: Padma Purana

Language: Sanskrit

Raga: Asavari

Tala: Bangla Ektal/Lofa

 

 

Popularly known as the Damodarastakam, this song glorifies Lord Krsna in the form of Lord Damodara, the child form being tied by the ropes of love by his mother Yasoda. This song is sung daily in the month of Kartika, which takes place in late October through mid November. This song is in Raga Asavari in the truest sense. Raga Asavari is a raga where the Re can either be komal (as presented here) or suddha. Both versions are sung by devotees worldwide. The most common tala to this song is the Bangla ektal or dadra tala. Because many devotees have trouble either playing the mridanga to tala, singing the song in the tala, or playing kartals, it has been sung to eight matra talas. The tala presented here is the Bangla ektal.

 

 

FORM A:

 

X					2
1		2		3	4	5	6
S	g		S	g	m	m	P
na	ma		mi	sva	ram	sa	ci
0					3
7		8		9	10	11	12
S	g		S	P	m	-	-
da	nan		da	ru	pam
X					2
1		2		3	4	5	6
S	g		S	g	P	m	g
la	sat		kun	da	lam	go	ku
0					3
7		8		9	10	11	12
R		R	g	r	S	-	-
le		braja		ma	na	a	am
X					2
1		2		3	4	5	6
P	P		P	P	P	d	P
ya	so		da	bhi	yo	lu	kha
0					3
7		8		9	10	11	12
m		m	g	P	m	-	-
lad		dha	va	ma	na	a	m
X					2
1		2		3	4	5	6
S	g		S	g	P	m	g
pa	ra		mr	stam	at	yan	ta
0					3
7		8		9	10	11	12
R		R	g	r	S	-	-
to		drut	ya	go	pya	a	a

 

FORM B:

 

X					2
1		2		3	4	5	6
P	S’		S’	S’	S’	r’	S’
i	ti		drk	sva	li	ra	bhir
0					3
7		8		9	10	11	12
n		n	d	n	P	-	-
a		nan	da	kun	de
X					2
1		2		3	4	5	6
m	d		d	d	P	m	g
sva	gho		sam	nir	maj	jan	tam
0					3
7		8		9	10	11	12
R		R	g	r	S	-	-
a		khya	pa	yan	tam
X					2
1		2		3	4	5	6
P	S’		S’	S’	S’	r’	S’
ta	di		ye	si	ta	jne	su
0					3
7		8		9	10	11	12
n		n	d	n	P	-	-
bhak		tair	jit	at	vam	a	m
X					2
1		2		3	4	5	6
m	d		d	d	P	m	g
pu	nah		pre	ma	tas	mam	sa
0					3
7		8		9	10	11	12
R		R	g	r	S	-	-
ta		vrt	ti	van	de	e	e

 

 

 

LYRICS:

(1)

namāmīśvaraḿ sac-cid-ānanda-rūpaḿ 
lasat-kuṇḍalaḿ gokule bhrājamanam 
yaśodā-bhiyolūkhalād dhāvamānaḿ 
parāmṛṣṭam atyantato drutya gopyā

 

(2)

rudantaḿ muhur netra-yugmaḿ mṛjantam 
karāmbhoja-yugmena sātańka-netram 
muhuḥ śvāsa-kampa-trirekhāńka-kaṇṭha- 
sthita-graivaḿ dāmodaraḿ bhakti-baddham

 

(3)

itīdṛk sva-līlābhir ānanda-kuṇḍe 
sva-ghoṣaḿ nimajjantam ākhyāpayantam 
tadīyeṣita-jñeṣu bhaktair jitatvaḿ 
punaḥ prematas taḿ śatāvṛtti vande

 

(4)

varaḿ deva mokṣaḿ na mokṣāvadhiḿ vā 
na canyaḿ vṛṇe ‘haḿ vareṣād apīha 
idaḿ te vapur nātha gopāla-bālaḿ 
sadā me manasy āvirāstāḿ kim anyaiḥ

 

(5)

idaḿ te mukhāmbhojam atyanta-nīlair 
vṛtaḿ kuntalaiḥ snigdha-raktaiś ca gopyā 
muhuś cumbitaḿ bimba-raktādharaḿ me 
manasy āvirāstām alaḿ lakṣa-lābhaiḥ

 

(6)

namo deva dāmodarānanta viṣṇo 
prasīda prabho duḥkha-jālābdhi-magnam 
kṛpā-dṛṣṭi-vṛṣṭyāti-dīnaḿ batānu 
gṛhāṇeṣa mām ajñam edhy akṣi-dṛśyaḥ

 

(7)

kuverātmajau baddha-mūrtyaiva yadvat 
tvayā mocitau bhakti-bhājau kṛtau ca 
tathā prema-bhaktiḿ svakāḿ me prayaccha 
na mokṣe graho me ‘sti dāmodareha

 

(8)

namas te ‘stu dāmne sphurad-dīpti-dhāmne 
tvadīyodarāyātha viśvasya dhāmne 
namo rādhikāyai tvadīya-priyāyai 
namo ‘nanta-līlāya devāya tubhyam

 

UPDATED: June 16, 2009