Krishna - Lord of the Universe

Krishna is perhaps the god favoured by all Indians irrespective of age. Children can identify with him for his childish pranks, so can the teenagers for his adventures, so can the lovers for his love of music and dance, so can the adults for his sagacious advice and so can the very old for his profound teachings. In that sense Krishna is a sampUrNAvatAra, a complete manifestation of self. Since it is gOkulAshTami time, here is a puraMdaradAsa kriti on Krishna. If the infants and toddlers are adamant and refuse to pay attention to the parents, we have a habit of scaring them with "gumma" or "bUchivADu" or "pUcchANDi". yaSOdA too got fed up with the antics of Krishna and invoked the name of gumma and the child Krishna got scared and begs her not to call him.

gummana kareyadire ammA nInu * Don't send for gummA, mother,
gummana kareyadire - pallavi * please don't send for him

summane iddEnu ammiya bEDenu * I'll keep quiet and won't pester you for milk
mammu uNNuttEne amma aLuvudilla * I'll eat food made for me and I won't cry
- anupallavi

heNNugaLiruvallige pOgi avara * I won't go to the places where women assemble
kaNNu muccuvadillavE * and I won't close their eyes from behind
ciNNara baDiyenu aNNana baiyenu * I won't beat the young ones and curse my brother
beNNeya bEDenu maNNu tinnuvadilla * I will eat neither butter nor sand
- 1

bAvige hOge kaNE amma nA nA * I won't go near the wells, mother,
hAvi noLagADe kaNE * I won't play with snakes
aavina mole yUDe karugaLa biDe nODe * I won't set free the calves
dEvaraMte baMdu ThAvinil^ kUDuve * and play with the udders of cows
- 2 I'll sit before you like an angel

magana mAtanu kELuta gOpidEvi * After listening to these entreaties
muguLu nageyu naguta * yaSOdA smiled tenderly
jaga doDeyana SrI puraMdara viThalana * and affectionately hugged purandara viThala,
bigi dappikoMDaLu mOha diMdalAga * the Lord of the Universe
- 3

ಗುಮ್ಮನ ಕರೆಯದಿರೆ ಅಮ್ಮಾ ನೀನು
ಗುಮ್ಮನ ಕರೆಯದಿರೆ - ಪಲ್ಲವಿ

ಸುಮ್ಮನೆ ಇದ್ದೇನು ಅಮ್ಮಿಯ ಬೇಡೆನು
ಮಮ್ಮು ಉಣ್ಣುತ್ತೇನೆ ಅಮ್ಮ ಅಳುವುದಿಲ್ಲ - ಅನುಪಲ್ಲವಿ

ಹೆಣ್ಣುಗಳಿರುವಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಪೋಗಿ ಅವರ
ಕಣ್ಣು ಮುಚ್ಚುವದಿಲ್ಲವೇ
ಚಿಣ್ಣರ ಬಡಿಯೆನು ಅಣ್ಣನ ಬೈಯೆನು
ಬೆಣ್ಣೆಯ ಬೇಡೆನು ಮಣ್ಣು ತಿನ್ನುವದಿಲ್ಲ - ೧

ಬಾವಿಗೆ ಹೋಗೆ ಕಣೇ ಅಮ್ಮ ನಾ ನಾ
ಹಾವಿ ನೊಳಗಾಡೆ ಕಣೇ
ಆವಿನ ಮೊಲೆ ಯೂಡೆ ಕರುಗಳ ಬಿಡೆ ನೋಡೆ
ದೇವರಂತೆ ಬಂದು ಠಾವಿನಿಲ್‍ ಕೂಡುವೆ - ೨

ಮಗನ ಮಾತನು ಕೇಳುತ ಗೋಪಿದೇವಿ
ಮುಗುಳು ನಗೆಯು ನಗುತ
ಜಗ ದೊಡೆಯನ ಶ್ರೀ ಪುರಂದರ ವಿಠಲನ
ಬಿಗಿ ದಪ್ಪಿಕೊಂಡಳು ಮೋಹ ದಿಂದಲಾಗ - ೩

Here is an attempt to translate it in Telugu. This can be sung in the same tune.

gummaDi biluvakumu ammA nIvu
gummaDi biluvakumu - pallavi

kimmana kuMdunu pAla naDuganu
kammaga annamunu tiMdu nEDvanu nEnu - anupallavi

kannela naDumanu cani nEnu vAri
kannula mUyanu nammavE
pinnala goTTanu annanu tiTTanu
venna tinanu nE mannu bhujiMca namma - 1

bAviki veLLa namma nijamugA nA
pAmula paTTa namma ika
aavula mola dAka dUDala viDa nammu
dEvunivale vacci tAvuna nuMDeda - 2

sutuni mATala vInula vini yaSOda
smita mukhammu tODa
pRthivipatini SrI puraMdara viThalu na-
mitamuga muddADe mOhavaSAna - 3

గుమ్మడి బిలువకుము అమ్మా నీవు
గుమ్మడి బిలువకుము - పల్లవి

కిమ్మన కుందును పాల నడుగను
కమ్మగ అన్నమును తిందు నేడ్వను నేను - అనుపల్లవి

కన్నెల నడుమను చని నేను వారి
కన్నుల మూయను నమ్మవే
పిన్నల గొట్టను అన్నను తిట్టను
వెన్న తినను నే మన్ను భుజించ నమ్మ - ౧

బావికి వెళ్ళ నమ్మ నిజముగా నా
పాముల పట్ట నమ్మ ఇక
ఆవుల మొల దాక దూడల విడ నమ్ము
దేవునివలె వచ్చి తావున నుండెద - ౨

సుతుని మాటల వీనుల విని యశోద
స్మిత ముఖమ్ము తోడ
పృథివిపతిని శ్రీ పురందర విఠలు న-
మితముగ ముద్దాడె మోహవశాన - ౩

One or two links to the song -

http://www.kannadaaudio.com/Songs/Devotional/home/DaasaraKritigalu.php
http://ishare.rediff.com/music/KannadaDevotional/Gummana-Kareyadire/10007385

Since Krishna mentioned about snakes, here is a simple snake pattern I created. This can be considered as a hridayakamalm too. This is a string drawing I made. I wrote a poem also fitting this pattern. It is in the metre tETagIti, a very common one in Telugu literature. Since it contains God's names, no special meanings are required. Such patterned poetry is called bandha kavitva. I wrote in English letters so that people may follow it easily. It starts at the north-east junction.

tETagIti -
mAdhavA kESavA kRshNa rAdha sakhuDa * O mAdhavA, kESavA, and the friend of rAdhA
dEva yO rAsakELikAjIva yanagha * O God, the life of rAsakrIDa, O pure one,
rAra yAnaMdarAgAbdhi mArajanaka * O Ocean of joy and father of manmathA,
jIvabhAvArtha naMdAtma dEva vinuta * O meaning of life, the soul of nandA,
O Lord worshipped by angels, come and bless me!
మాధవా కేశవా కృష్ణ రాధ సఖుడ
దేవ యో రాసకేళికాజీవ యనఘ
రార యానందరాగాబ్ధి మారజనక
జీవభావార్థ నందాత్మ దేవ వినుత

Regards! - mOhana