Mother Yasodas complexion is Shyam Like Her son Krsna

[Paramananda das]

Mother Yasodas complexion is Shyam Like Her son Krsna

Official Name: Damodarastakam

Author: Vyasadeva

Book Name: Padma Purana

LYRICS:

(1)

namāmīśvaraṁ sac-cid-ānanda-rūpaṁ

lasat-kuṇḍalaṁ gokule bhrājamanam

yaśodā-bhiyolūkhalād dhāvamānaṁ

parāmṛṣṭam atyantato drutya gopyā

(2)

rudantaṁ muhur netra-yugmaṁ mṛjantam

karāmbhoja-yugmena sātaṅka-netram

muhuḥ śvāsa-kampa-trirekhāṅka-kaṇṭha-

sthita-graivaṁ dāmodaraṁ bhakti-baddham

(3)

itīdṛk sva-līlābhir ānanda-kuṇḍe

sva-ghoṣaṁ nimajjantam ākhyāpayantam

tadīyeṣita-jñeṣu bhaktair jitatvaṁ

punaḥ prematas taṁ śatāvṛtti vande

(4)

varaṁ deva mokṣaṁ na mokṣāvadhiṁ vā

na canyaṁ vṛṇe ‘haṁ vareṣād apīha

idaṁ te vapur nātha gopāla-bālaṁ

sadā me manasy āvirāstāṁ kim anyaiḥ

(5)

idaṁ te mukhāmbhojam atyanta-nīlair

vṛtaṁ kuntalaiḥ snigdha-raktaiś ca gopyā

muhuś cumbitaṁ bimba-raktādharaṁ me

manasy āvirāstām alaṁ lakṣa-lābhaiḥ

(6)

namo deva dāmodarānanta viṣṇo

prasīda prabho duḥkha-jālābdhi-magnam

kṛpā-dṛṣṭi-vṛṣṭyāti-dīnaṁ batānu

gṛhāṇeṣa mām ajñam edhy akṣi-dṛśyaḥ

(7)

kuverātmajau baddha-mūrtyaiva yadvat

tvayā mocitau bhakti-bhājau kṛtau ca

tathā prema-bhaktiṁ svakāṁ me prayaccha

na mokṣe graho me ‘sti dāmodareha

(

namas te ‘stu dāmne sphurad-dīpti-dhāmne

tvadīyodarāyātha viśvasya dhāmne

namo rādhikāyai tvadīya-priyāyai

namo ‘nanta-līlāya devāya tubhyam

WORD FOR WORD TRANSLATION: Namamisvaram Saccidananda Rupam

1) To the Supreme Lord, whose form is the embodiment of eternal existence, knowledge, and bliss, whose shark-shaped earrings are swinging to and fro, who is beautifully shining in the divine realm of Gokula, who I (due to the offense of breaking the pot of yogurt that His mother was churning into butter and then stealing the butter that was kept hanging from a swing) is quickly running from the wooden grinding mortar in fear of mother Yasoda, but who has been caught from behind by her who ran after Him with greater speed--to that Supreme Lord, Sri Damodara, I offer my humble obeisances.

2) (Seeing the whipping stick in His mother's hand) He is crying and rubbing His eyes again and again with His two lotus hands. His eyes are filled with fear, and the necklace of pearls around His neck, which is marked with three lines like a conch shell, is shaking because of His quick breathing due to crying. To this Supreme Lord, Sri Damodara, whose belly is bound not with ropes but with His mother's pure love, I offer my humble obeisances.

3) By such childhood pastimes as this He is drowning the inhabitants of Gokula in pools of ecstasy, and is revealing to those devotees who are absorbed in knowledge of His supreme majesty and opulence that He is only conquered by devotees whose pure love is imbues with intimacy and is free from all conceptions of awe and reverence. With great love I again offer my obeisances to Lord Damodara hundreds and hundreds of times.

4) O Lord, although You are able to give all kinds of benedictions, I do not pray to You for the boon of impersonal liberation, nor the highest liberation of eternal life in Vaikuntha, nor any other boon (which may be obtained by executing the nine processes of bhakti). O Lord, I simply wish that this form of Yours as Bala Gopala in Vrndavana may ever be manifest in my heart, for what is the use to me of any other boon besides this?

5) O Lord, Your lotus face, which is encircled by locks of soft black hair tinged with red, is kissed again and again by mother Yasoda, and Your lips are reddish like the bimba fruit. May this beautiful vision of Your lotus face be ever manifest in my heart. Thousands and thousands of other benedictions are of no use to me.

6) O Supreme Godhead, I offer my obeisances unto You. O Damodara! O Ananta! O Vishnu! O master! O my Lord, be pleased upon me. By showering Your glance of mercy upon me, deliver this poor ignorant fool who is immersed in an ocean of worldly sorrows, and become visible to my eyes.

7) O Lord Damodara, just as the two sons of Kuvera, Manigriva and Nalakuvara, were delivered from the curse of Narada and made into great devotees by You in Your form as a baby tied with rope to a wooden grinding mortar, in the same way, please give to me Your own prema-bhakti. I only long for this and have no desire for any kind of liberation.

O Lord Damodara, I first of all offer my obeisances to the brilliantly effulgent rope which binds Your belly. I then offer my obeisances to Your belly, which is the abode of the entire universe. I humbly bow down to Your most beloved Srimati Radharani, and I offer all obeisances to You, the Supreme Lord, who displays unlimited pastimes.

REMARKS/EXTRA INFORMATION:

This song was originally spoken by Satyavrata Muni in a conversation with Narada Muni and Saunaka Rsi.

This song is sung during the Month of Kartik, also known as the month of Damodara. As quoted in the Sri Hari-Bhakti-Vilasa, "In the month of Kartika one should worship Lord Damodara and daily recite the prayer known as Damodarastaka, which has been spoken by the sage Satyavrata and which attracts Lord Damodara. (Sri Hari-bhakti-vilasa 2.16.198).”

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Sri Sri Radha Krsna Ganodesse Dipika by Srila Rupa Goswami clearly mentions that mOther Yasoda has a dark complextion like Krsna, so all these Deities around the world with Golden complextion is actually nit correct

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http://www.vrindavan.de/KRISHNA-GANODDESA-DIPIKA.htm

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SRI SRI RADHA-KRSNA-GANODDESA-DIPIKA

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TEXT 27

Krnsa's mother is named Yasoda because she bestows (da) fame (yasah) on the cowherd residents of Vraja. She is like the personification of parental love for Krnsa. Her complexion is dark and her garments are like a rainbow.

TEXT 28

Mother Yasoda's body is of a medium size, neither large nor small. She has long black hair. Her closest friends are Aindavi and Kirtida.

TEXT 29

Yasoda is the wife of Nanda, the king of Gokula. She is the queen of the cowherd men in Vraja, the friend of Devaki and the mother of Lord Krsna.

TEXT 30

The friendship of Yasoda is described in the following statement of the Adi Purana : " The wife of Maharaja Nanda was known by two names, Yasoda and Devaki. Partly because they share the same name (Devaki) the wife of Maharaja Nanda and the wife of Maharaja Vasudeva were great friends."