by Damodara Rao Dasu

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ataDevvaDo chooparE

P ataDevvaDo chooparE ammalAlA
ETula nADETi krushNu DeetaDe kAdu gadA ||
Oh maidens, who is he? Show him. Hope he is not Krishna who performed great deeds.
C 1 kanduva dEvaki biDDa ganenaTa naDurEyi
andi yaSOdaku koDukainADaTa
sandaDinchi pootaki chanTi pAlu tAgenaTa
mandala Avula gAchi malasenaTa
Devaki gave birth to him in prison but mysteriously he was brought up by Yasoda as her own son. He sucked poisonous milk from wicked Pootaki's breast and killed her. He tended cows along with other cowherd boys.
C 2 manchi banDi tannenaTa maddula virichenaTa
inchukanta vEla konDa nettinADaTa
manchAlapai golletala chEkonenaTa
minchula pillagOvi paTTi merasenaTa ||
He killed Sakatasura sent by wicked Kamsa. He pulled down two 'Maddi" trees and redeemed two Gandharwas from curse. He lifted Govardhana mountain with his little finger to protect villagers and cows. He enticed Gopikas. He looks beautiful playing flute sweetly.
C 3 kALinguni meTTenaTa kamsuni porigonenaTa
pAlinchi surala chEpaTTenaTa
ee leela Sri vEnkaTAdri niravaina dEvuDaTa
ElenaTa padAru vEla intula nindarini ||
He danced on the hood of Kalinga serpent and killed it. He killed Kamsa and made Devatas happy.He established himself as Venkatesa on Venkatadri. He rescued sixteen thousand women from Narakasura.