Janmastami Special Post! Jagadhodharana Lyrics, Translation And Commentary (By Purandara Dasaru)

 Hare Krishna

All Glories To Sri Guru And Sri Gauranga!

All Glories To Purandara Dasaru!

Refrain

jagaḍoḍārana ādisiḍaḷesodē

He who is the saviour of the entire world, plays with him, Mother Yashoda.

NOTE: jagaḍoḍārana also means the womb which holds the entire world, or the one in whom the entire creation rests.

jagaḍoḍārana maganenḍu ṭiḷiyuṭa

suguṇānṭa rangana ādisiḍaḷeṣodē

Mother Yashoda assumes that, the lord who is an embodiment of recitudes, is her own son, and she plays with him!

nigamake silukaḍa agaṇīṭa mahīmanā

magugaḷa mānikyanā ādisiḍaḷēṣoḍē

Mother Yashoda plays with him, whose greatness is fathomless, he whose glories are inapprehensible, he who is incalculable, who, cannot be even described by the vedas, who is the crest jewel amongst the children.

aṇoraṇiyanā mahaṭomahīmanā

apramēyanā ādisiḍaḷeṣoḍe

Mother Yashoda plays with him who is the smallest of the small and the biggest of the big, and the One who cannot be defined, explained, measured through mental speculations or logical means.

parama purūṣana para vāsuḍēvana

puranḍara viṭtalana ādisiḍaḷeṣoḍe

Mother Yashoda plays with Vittala, whom Purandara adores, he who is the greatest amongst men and who is the supreme lord of everything that be.

NOTE: The following is an extract from the video's rendition of Jagadhodharana song, not a part of the composition by Purandara Dasaru.

The lord of this entire universe, who rests upon the the Ocean Of Milk, you are fed by your mother Yashoda.

Oh Lord, you, who defeated ferocious demons, were startled when Mother Yashoda, tossed you in her arms.

My beloved Lord!, you covered the entire creation with your two steps in your form of Trivikrama, but you took your two little steps as an adorable child, with mother Yashoda.

You delighted mother Yashoda, with your sweet flute, and yet had fun teasing her, as your very own mother.

Lord, you hold the multiverses together, but Lord, you also broke the butter pots of Mother Yashoda, with those same hands.

The same Lord who flies on the back of the eagle Garuda, were delighted when your mother showed you a bird in flight.

Dear Lord you were, enthralled when your mother showed you the Earth, when she told you, your radiance surpasses that of the sun and you dazzle more than the twinkling stars.

Though you sleep on the coils of many hooded snake ananta shesha, you let your mother dress you, you allowed her to lavish you with her love, she rocked you to sleep in her arms.

Although you are the protector of the universe and maintain the entire world stable, your mother swings you to and fro in your cradle.

Though you are the sole refugee to this entire creation, she prayed for you.

Oh lord what is this, if not for you causeless mercy!

NOTE: The lines are not as it is from the video, changes have been made.

My favourite renditions of the song:

1. HH Vidyabhushana Thirtha Swami.
   
2. M.S. Subbalakshmi
   
3. Rahul Vellal
   
4. Jayashri Ramnath

Hare Krishna!

Happy Sri Krishna Janmastami!

ṣri kṛṣnārpaṇamasṭu!