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Eulogy on Baby Krishna

I remember the infant Mukunda, Who

sleeps inside a hollow Banyan leaf¹, and
Who, by His lotus-hands, is putting His
lotus-feet in His lotus-mouth.||1||

I remember the infant Mukunda, Who,

having collected the worlds in His mouth,
sleeps on a Banyan leaf, Whose form is
without a beginning or an end, Who is
the Lord of all, and Who incarnates for
the benefit of everyone.||2||

I remember the infant Mukunda, Who

has a blue-lotus like delicate and soft
body, and Whose lotus-feet is reverred
by Indra and other demi-gods².||3||

I remember the infant Mukunda, Who is

adorned with long tresses and a long
garland, Who, for the sake of
amusement, has attained ornate and
shiny teeth, Who has red lips, and Who
has enticing and large eyes.||4||

I remeber the infant Mukunda, Who, in

the absence of milkmaids (literally when
the milkmaids went out), used a sling
and having broken the earthen pots
containing butter and eaten, used to
pretend that He is sleeping.||5||

I meditate on the infant Mukunda, Who

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loves dancing on the hood of the serpent

Kaliya situated in the river Kalindi
(Yamuna), Who holds the tail of Kaliya in
His hands (while dancing), and Whose
face is resplendent like moon.||6||

I remember the infant Mukunda, Who

allowed Yashoda to tie Him to wooden-
mortar, Who is immense in valor, Who
uprooted the two trees of Arjun with a
mighty but effortless pull, and Whose
eyes are like abode of blooming
lotuses.||7||

I remember the infant Mukunda, Who,

having looked at the resplendent face of
Mother Yashoda with respect, starts
suckling Her breasts, Who has eyes like
blooming lotus, Who has pure bliss, Who
is Divine, and is infinite in every way.||8||

Notes:

¹ The poem is inspired by the episode of

sage Markandeya's vision of the lord as
an infant lying on leaf of a banyan tree,
in the midst of the primordeal ocean.
The venrable sage gets sucked into the
mouth of this infant and is surprized to
find the entire world arrayed safely
inside him, while the pralaya seemed to
have destroyed everything, on the
outside. [Credits: Sushil Sharma]

² The meaning of
sa.mtaanakalpadruma.m
aa"sritaanaa.m is unclear.

Poet: Bilwamangalacharya

Source:

Thanks: Sushil Sharma (notes); Arvind

Kolhatkar (corrections).

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