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Bāla Mukundaṣṭakam  
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(1)
karāravindena padāravindaṁ
mukhāravinde viniveśayantam
vaṭasya patrasya puṭe śayānaṁ
bālaṁ mukundaṁ manasā smarāmi
(2)
saṁhṛtya lokānvaṭapatramadhye
śayānamādyantavihīnarūpam
sarveśvaraṁ sarvahitāvatāraṁ
bālaṁ mukundaṁ manasā smarāmi
(3)
indīvaraśyāmalakomalāṅgaṁ
indrādidevārcitapādapadmam
santānakalpadrumamāśritānāṁ
bālaṁ mukundaṁ manasā smarāmi
(4)
lambālakaṁ lambitahārayaṣṭiṁ
śṛṅgāralīlāṅkitadantapaṅktim
bimbādharaṁ cāruviśālanetraṁ
bālaṁ mukundaṁ manasā smarāmi
(5)
śikye nidhāyādyapayodadhīni
bahirgatāyāṁ vrajanāyikāyām
bhuktvā yatheṣṭaṁ kapaṭena suptaṁ
bālaṁ mukundaṁ manasā smarāmi
(6)
kalindajāntasthitakāliyasya
phaṇāgraraṅge naṭanapriyantam
tatpucchahastaṁ śaradinduvaktraṁ
bālaṁ mukundaṁ manasā smarāmi
(7)
ulūkhale baddhamudāraśauryaṁ
uttuṅgayugmārjuna bhaṅgalīlam
utphullapadmāyata cārunetraṁ
bālaṁ mukundaṁ manasā smarāmi
(8)
ālokya māturmukhamādareṇa
stanyaṁ pibantaṁ sarasīruhākṣam
saccinmayaṁ devamanantarūpaṁ
bālaṁ mukundaṁ manasā smarāmi

iti bālamukundāṣṭakam sampūrṇam
 
 
MEANING
(1) My mind remembers that beautiful Bala Mukundam, who with his lotus like hands holds his lotus like feet, and puts the toe in his lotus like mouth, he rests on the fold of the banyan leaf (vata).
 
 
(2) My mind remembers that beautiful Bala Mukundam, who draws the entire world in that banyan leaf (vata), on which he rests with his divine form which is beginningless and endless, he is the lord of all, his incarnation is for the welfare of all.
 
 
(3) My mind remembers that beautiful Bala Mukundam, who is like a dark-blue lotus with tender and soft body, whose lotus feet are worshipped by Indra and other devas, by taking refuge in that never ending wish fulfilling tree.
 
 
(4) My mind remembers that beautiful Bala Mukundam, who has long curly hair and wears a long garland, on whose rows of teeth are marked the enchainting smile of love play, whose lips are like bimba fruits and eyes are wide and lovely.
 
 
(5) My mind remembers that beautiful Bala Mukundam, who steals the milk and curd from the pots fixed on the swing, when the cowherd girls of vraja goes out, and having eaten them according to his wish, he pretends to be sleeping.
 
 
(6) My mind remembers that beautiful Bala Mukundam, who on the Kaliya snake situated inside river Yamuna, the river which originated from mount Kalinda, danced joyfully over the top of its hood, holding its tail with his hand; his face shining like the autumn moon.
 
 
(7) My mind remembers that beautiful Bala Mukundam, who was tied to the mortar (by his mother), but his face radiating unperplexed heroism, he played the divine play of uprooting the pair of lofty Arjuna trees (Arjuna) with his body, he looks out with wide open eyes which stretches like the beautiful lotus petals.
 
 
(8) My mind remembers that beautiful Bala Mukundam, who looks at the face of his mother while drinking milk from her breast, his eyes like a lotus situated over a lake, his divine form reflects the infinite pure consciousness.
 
 
 
 
हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे। हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे हरे॥ हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे। हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे हरे॥हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे। हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे हरे॥