Lord Krishna

śrī kṛṣṇa cālīsā

(Krishna Chalisa in English (IAST))

Also known as Shri Krishna Chalisa · Banshi Shobhit Kar Madhur · shree krishna chalisa

A forty-verse chalisa to Shri Krishna, moving through the loved episodes of his life — the birth at Mathura, the crossing of the Yamuna, the butter and the flute at Gokul, the lifting of Govardhan, the rescue of Draupadi and the counsel given to Arjuna on the field — and asking at the last for nothing but his shelter.

dohā

baṃśī śobhita kara madhura,
nīla jalada tana śyāma,
aruṇa adhara janu bimbaphala,
nayana kamala abhirāma |
pūrṇa indra, aravinda mukha,
pītāmbara śubha sāja,
jaya manamohana madana chavi,
kṛṣṇacaṃdra mahārāja |

caupāī

jaya yadunaṃdana jaya jagavaṃdana,
jaya vasudeva devakī nandana,
jaya yaśudā suta nanda dulāre,
jaya prabhu bahktana ke dṛga tāre |
jaya naṭanāgara nāga nathaiyā,
kṛṣṇa kanhaiyā dhenu caraiyā,
puni nakha para parabhū girivara dhāro,
āo dīnana kaṣṭa nivāro |
vaṃśī madhura adhara dharī ṭerau,
hove pūrṇa manoratha merau,
āo harī puni mākhana cākho,
āja lāja bhaktana kī rākhayo |
gola kapola, cibuka aruṇāre,
mṛdu muskāna mohinī ḍāre,
raṃjita rājiva nayana viśālā,
mora mukuṭa vaijayaṃtī mālā |
kuṇḍala śravaṇa pītapaṭa āche,
kaṭi kiṃkaṇī kāchana kāche,
nīla jalaja sundara tanu sohe,
chavi lakhi, sura nara munimana mohe |
mastaka tilaka, alaka ghuṃgharāle,
āo kṛṣṇa bāṃsurī vāle,
karī paya pāna, putanahiṃ tārayo,
akā bakā kāgāsura mārayo |
madhuvana jalata agni jaba jvālā,
bhai śītala, lakhitahiṃ nandalālā,
surapati jaba braja caḍhāyo risāī,
masūra dhāra vāri barṣāī |
lagata lagata braja cahana bahāyo,
govardhana nakhadhārī bacāyo,
lakhi yasudā mana bhrama adhikāī,
mukha mahaṃ caudaha bhuvana dikhāī |
duṣṭa kaṃsa ati adhama macāyo,
koṭi kamala jaba phula maṃgāyo,
nāthi kāliyahiṃ taba tuma līnheṃ,
caraṇacinha dai nirbhaya kīnheṃ |
kari gopina saṃga rāsa vilāsā,
sabakī pūraṇa karī abhilāṣā,
ketika mahā asura saṃhārayo,
kaṃsahi kesa pakaṛī dai mārayo |
māta – pitā kī bandī chuṛāī,
ugrasena kahaṃ rāja dilāī,
mahi se mṛtaka chahoṃ suta lāyo,
mātu devakī śoka miṭāyo |
bhaumāsura mura daitya saṃhārī,
lāye ṣaṭa daśa sahasakumārī,
dai bhīmahiṃ tṛṇa cīra sahārā,
jarāsiṃdhu rākṣasa kaha~ mārā |
asura bakāsura ādika māryo,
bhaktana ke taba kaṣṭa nivāryo,
dīna sudāmā ke duḥkha ṭāryo,
taṃdula tīna mūṃṭha mukha ḍāryo |
prema ke sāga vidura ghara mā~ge,
daryodhana ke mevā tyāge,
lakhī prema kī mahimā bhārī,
aise śyāma dīna hitakārī |
bhārata ke pāratha ratha hā~ke,
liye cakra kara nahiṃ bala thāke,
nija gītā ke jñāna sunāe,
bhaktana hṛdaya sudhā varṣāe |
mīrā thī aisī matavālī,
viṣa pī gaī bajākara tālī,
rānā bhejā sā~pa piṭārī,
śālīgrāma bane banavārī |
nija māyā tuma vidhihiṃ dikhāyo,
ura te saṃśaya sakala miṭāyo,
taba śata nindā kari tatkālā,
jīvana mukta bhayo śiśupālā |
jabahiṃ draupadī ṭera lagāī,
dīnānātha lāja aba jāī,
turatahi vasana bane naṃdalālā,
baṛhe cīra bhai ari mu~ha kālā |
asa anātha ke nātha kanhaiyā,
ḍūbata bhaṃvara bacāvai naiyā,
sundaradāsa ā ura dhārī,
dayā dṛṣṭi kījai banavārī |
nātha sakala mama kumati nivāro,
kṣamahu begi aparādha hamāro,
kholo paṭa aba darśana dījai,
bolo kṛṣṇa kanhaiyā kī jai |

dohā

yaha cālīsā kṛṣṇa kā,
pāṭha karai ura dhāri,
aṣṭa siddhi navanidhi phala,
lahai padāratha cāri |

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