Jagadoddharana (Purandaradasa) — Complete Lyrics

ಜಗದೋದ್ಧಾರನ

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Verse 1

ಜಗದೋದ್ಧಾರನ ಆಡಿಸಿದಳೆಶೋದೆ ಜಗದೋದ್ಧಾರನ ಮಗನೆಂದು ತಿಳಿಯುತ ಸುಗುಣಾಂತರಂಗನ ಆಡಿಸಿದಳೆಶೋದೆ

jagadōddhārana āḍisidaḷeśōde jagadōddhārana maganendu tiḷiyuta suguṇāntaraṅgana āḍisidaḷeśōde

Yashoda dandled and played with the Uplifter of all the worlds — thinking Him simply her little son! She played with Him whose inmost being is all goodness, the Saviour of the world.

Verse 2

ನಿಗಮಕೆ ಸಿಲುಕದ ಅಗಣಿತ ಮಹಿಮನ ಮಗುವೆಂದು ತಿಳಿಯುತ ಆಡಿಸಿದಳೆಶೋದೆ

nigamake silukada agaṇita mahimana maguvendu tiḷiyuta āḍisidaḷeśōde

Thinking Him a mere baby, Yashoda played with Him whose glory is beyond counting, who cannot be grasped even by the Vedas.

Verse 3

ಪರಮ ಪುರುಷನ ಪರವಾಸುದೇವನ ಪರಿಪರಿ ವಿಧದಲಿ ಆಡಿಸಿದಳೆಶೋದೆ

parama puruṣana paravāsudēvana paripari vidhadali āḍisidaḷeśōde

In many tender ways Yashoda played with the Supreme Person, the transcendent Para-Vasudeva.

Verse 4

ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾದಿ ವಂದಿತ ಅಗಮ್ಯ ಮಹಿಮನ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಂಡ ನಾಯಕ ಆಡಿಸಿದಳೆಶೋದೆ

brahmādi vandita agamya mahimana brahmāṇḍa nāyaka āḍisidaḷeśōde

Yashoda played with Him whose unfathomable glory is worshipped by Brahma and all the gods — the Master of the whole universe!

Verse 5

ಸುರ ವರ ಮುನಿಜನ ತೋರಿ ಪೊಗಳುತಿರೆ ಪರಮ ಪುರುಷನ ಆಡಿಸಿದಳೆಶೋದೆ

sura vara munijana tōri pogaḷutire parama puruṣana āḍisidaḷeśōde

While the great gods and the company of sages stood pointing to Him and singing His praise, Yashoda played with that Supreme Person.

Verse 6

ನಿತ್ಯ ನಿರಾಮಯ ನಿಗಮ ಗೋಚರನ ಸತ್ಯಮೂರ್ತಿ ಪುರಂದರ ವಿಠಲನ ಭಕ್ತ ವತ್ಸಲನ ಆಡಿಸಿದಳೆಶೋದೆ

nitya nirāmaya nigama gōcarana satyamūrti purandara viṭhalana bhakta vatsalana āḍisidaḷeśōde

Yashoda played with the eternal, ever-flawless Lord, knowable only through the Vedas — the embodiment of Truth, Purandara Vithala, who is tender and loving to His devotees.

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