Tumi Deva Narayana Jagata Adhikari
Kaliya Nager Stri Stava
tumi deba nārāyaṇa jagata-adhikārī
sṛṣṭi-sthiti-pralayera tumi adhikārī
You are Lord Narayana, the master of the universes. You are the creator, maintainer, and destroyer.
tumi deba nirañjana sabāra karaṇ
tumi deba tumi nara paśu-pakṣi-gan ̣
You are the cause of everything, but You are nevr touched by matter. You incarnate among the demigods, human beings, animals, and birds.
sakala sṛjile tumi jagata-saṁsāre
tumi prāṇa nile prāṇa keba dite pāre
You have created all living beings in this world of birth and death. You have the power to save or to kill.
tumi ta ' sṛjile more khala-rūpa kari
bhāla-manda-jñāna nāi pāile saṁhāri
You have given me this lowly form. No one can stop your order that a living being have good or bad intelligence.
brata-upabāse kata kaila ārādhan
te-karaṇa pāila kāli tomāra caraṇ
How many vows, fasts, and acts of worship must Kaliya have performed in the past that now he has attained Your feet?
koṭi koṭi janma jadi tapa kari mari
tabu ta ' tomāra māyā bujhite na pāri
Even if a person performs austerities for millions of births, he cannot become free from Your illusory potency, Maya.
kata kata janma lakṣmī tapa je karila
tāra phale tomār pāda-padma paraśila
For how many lifetimes did Goddess Laksmi perform austerities before she was able to touch Your feet?
hena pāda-padma kālir mastaka-upari
kālira kateka bhāgya balite nā pāri
I cannot explain how Kaliya became so fortunate that his head became the resting place of Your lotus feet.
bhāla haila nāga-janma haila mahī-tale
bhāla haila ghara kaila jamunāra jale
By the touch of Your feet his birth as a snake in this world became auspicious. By the touch of Your feet his home in the waters of the Yamuna became auspicious.
āji su-prabhāta haila kālir dina-maṇi
mastaka pāda-padma dilena cakra-pāṇi
Today the sun of the Supreme Lord's lotus feet has risen on the horizon of Kaliya's head, a sun that brings a new day of great good fortune.
eta bali nāginī juḍi dui kar
swāmī-dāna deha more tridaśa-īśwar
After speaking these words, Kaliya's wives folded their hands and said: O master of the demigods, please give us our husband. Please give this gift to us.
Translation
You are Lord Narayana, the master of the universes. You are the creator, maintainer, and destroyer.
You are the cause of everything, but You are nevr touched by matter. You incarnate among the demigods, human beings, animals, and birds.
You have created all living beings in this world of birth and death. You have the power to save or to kill.
You have given me this lowly form. No one can stop your order that a living being have good or bad intelligence.
How many vows, fasts, and acts of worship must Kaliya have performed in the past that now he has attained Your feet?
Even if a person performs austerities for millions of births, he cannot become free from Your illusory potency, Maya.
For how many lifetimes did Goddess Laksmi perform austerities before she was able to touch Your feet?
I cannot explain how Kaliya became so fortunate that his head became the resting place of Your lotus feet.
By the touch of Your feet his birth as a snake in this world became auspicious. By the touch of Your feet his home in the waters of the Yamuna became auspicious.
Today the sun of the Supreme Lord's lotus feet has risen on the horizon of Kaliya's head, a sun that brings a new day of great good fortune.
Notes
This song is in Raga Dhanasri.