by Damodara Rao Dasu

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Emani nera - saurAshTra - chApu

P Emani nera nammukondunu krushNa endukinta vAdu || Oh Krishna, how can we really trust you? Why so much debate?
C 1 jalakamADu vELa valuvalu dAchi
mammalayimpaga lEdA ||
While we were bathing, did you not harass us by hiding our garments?
C 2 muditala rammani tilakamuliDi
panTa mOvi nokkalEdA ||
You called some young maids to put Tilakam mark on their foreheads. Did you not bite their lips then?
C3,C4 munu neevu vennAraginchi taruNula mOmuna poosi pOlEdA ||
vadinagAri chandamu vachchi pAvaDa vadilinchi pOlEdA ||
You ate butter from Gopikas' pots and smeared butter on their faces. Did you not do that?
Did you not come in the disguise of a sister-in-law and pull a Gopika's skirt?
C5,C6 dorikitivani chADi cheppabOte talli yuramuna nunDalEdA ||
kAminchi yajNapatulu vEDaga vENugAna monarpalEdA ||
When Gopikas went to complain to Mother Yasoda, did you not pretend lying on your mother's lap. Did you not please the wives of sages performing Yajna, playing on flute?
C7,C8 AnADu pongali neekiDi konnALLu vAnanunDalEdA ||
dharanu tyAgarAja vinutuni palukulu tappi pOvanalEdA
We diverted Indra's rice pongali to you on your behest. Did we not suffer in torrential rain caused by angry Indra?
Oh Krishna worshipped by Tyagaraja, you said that your words never fail.