वसुदेवसुतं देवं कंसचाणूरमर्दनम् ।
देवकीपरमानन्दं कृष्णं वन्दे जगद्गुरुम् ॥
vasudevasutam devam kansachanuramardanam |
devakiparamanandam krishnam vande jagadgurum ||
वसुदेवाचे पुत्र, देव, कंस आणि चाणूर यांचे मर्दन करणारे, देवकीचा परम आनंद, जगद्गुरू कृष्ण यांना मी वंदन करतो.
वसुदेव के पुत्र, देव, कंस और चाणूर का मर्दन करने वाले, देवकी के परम आनन्द, जगद्गुरु कृष्ण की मैं वन्दना करता हूँ।
I bow to Kṛṣṇa, the teacher of the world: the son of Vasudeva, the god, the crusher of Kaṃsa and Cāṇūra, the supreme joy of Devakī.
Word by word (English) & note
- वसुदेवसुतम्
- the son of Vasudeva
- देवम्
- the god
- कंसचाणूरमर्दनम्
- the crusher of Kaṃsa and Cāṇūra
- देवकीपरमानन्दम्
- the supreme joy of Devakī
- कृष्णम्
- Kṛṣṇa
- वन्दे
- I bow to
- जगद्गुरुम्
- the teacher of the world
Vasudeva and Devakī are Kṛṣṇa’s father and mother. Kaṃsa, king of Mathurā, set his wrestler Cāṇūra against Kṛṣṇa, and Kṛṣṇa killed them both. The Garga Saṃhitā printing, the Kṛṣṇāṣṭakam and the Gītā Dhyāna read the verse word for word alike.