līlāśukaviracita bālamukundāśṭakam
karāravindena padāravindaṃ
mukhāravinde viniveśayantam
vaṭasya patrasya pute śayānaṃ
bālaṃ mukundaṃ manasā smarāmi
indīvaraśyāmala komalāngaṃ
indrādidevārcitapādapadmam
santānakalpadrumamāśritānāṃ
bālaṃ mukundaṃ manasā smarāmi
smarāmi manasā - I remember and pray in my mind to
bālaṃ mukundaṃ - the infant Mukunda, Krishna, who
karāravindena padāravindaṃ -(lifting) with His tiny lotus-like hands His little lotus-like feet,
mukhāravinde viniveśayantam -in His lotus-like mouth, places the big toe for sucking (something every infant wants to do!)
vaṭasya patrasya pute śayānaṃ - and is resting on a holy fig leaf cradle!
smarāmi manasā - I remember and pray in my mind to
bālaṃ mukundaṃ - the infant Mukunda, Krishna, who is
indīvaraśyāmala komalāngaṃ -endowed with tender limbs resembling a blue lotus,
indrādidevārcitapādapadmam- whose lotus feet are worshipped by all the gods starting from Indra,
santānakalpadrumamāśritānāṃ - and bestows the boon of progeny like the wish-fulfilling tree on all those who come to Him for grace/succour!
Am image of the baby Krishna sucking his big toe lying on a rather large Ashwattha leaf is an image engraved on my memory for all time.
This Ashwattha/peepal/holy fig leaf was brought by me from Sidhbari, HImachal Pradesh, Sandeepany Ashram of Swami Chinmayananda after attending the Geeta Camp there in October 2015.
Hari Om!
