Keshava Nama

Isha ninna charaNa bhajane
Asheyinda mADu venu
dOsharAshi nAshamADu shreesha kEshava ||

Meaning : O keshava, I will pray your feet with love. Remove all paapa that I have done immensely.

sharaNu hokkenayya yenna
maraNa samayadalli ninna
carana smaraNe karuNisayya nArAyaNa ||

Meaning : O nArAyaNa, I pray you to remid me of your name at the time of my death.

shOdhisenna bhavada kalusha
bhOdisayya gyAnavenage
bAdhisuva yamana bAdhe biDisu mAdhavA ||

Meaning : O mAdhava, filter out my earthly sufferings, teach me (divine) knowledge, remove distress (caused) from yama.



hindanEka yOnigaLali
bandu bandu nondenayya
indu bhavada bandha biDisu tande gOvindA ||

Meaning : O gOvindA, I have suffered by coming (on this earth) thru many wombs. Today, you free me from this (earthly) sufferings.

bhrashTanenisa bEDa krishNa
ishTu mAtra bEDikombe
shishTaroDane ishTu kashTa biDisu vishNuvE ||

Meaning : O vishNu, I pray you only to make me not to be called selfish. Free the difficulties from good people.

madananayya ninna mahime
vadanadalli nuDiyuvante
hrudayadoLage hudugisayya madhusUdhanA ||

Meaning : O madhusuudhana, father of madana, make me always praise your qualities and keep them in my heart.

kavidukonDu iruva pApa
savidu pOguvante mADo
javana bAdheyannu biDisu trivikramA ||

Meaning : O trivikrama, Deplete the pApa which surrounds me (bcos of prev janumas) and give freedom from yama (ie., give mukti).

kAmajanaka ninna nAma
prEmadinda pADuvantha
nEmavenage pAlisayya swAmi vAmanA ||

Meaning : O vAmana, father of kAma, make me recite your name with affection as a routine.

modalu ninna pAda pUje
odaguvante mADO yenna
hrudayalli sadana mADo mudadi shriidara ||

Meaning : O sridhara, make me to pray your feet first (in a day) and be there in my heart always.

husiyanADi hoTTe horeva
vishayadalli rasikanendu
husige hAkadiirayya hrushiikEshanE ||

Meaning : O hrushikEsha, Do not neglect me by considering me the one who is interested only in feeding his stomach by telling lies.

biddu bhavadanEka januma
baddhanAgi kalushadinda
geddupOpa buddhi tOrO padmanAbhane ||

Meaning : O padmanAbha, I have done pApa again and again, in all pervious januma. and I am caught in that cycle. Show me knowledge to win over this.

kAma krOdha biDisi ninna
nAma jihveyoLage nuDiso
shrii mahAnubhAvanAda dAmOdarA ||

Meaning : O great dAmodara, put your name on my tongue and free me from lust and anger.

pankajAksha nEnu yenna
manku buddhyannu biDisi
kinkaranna mADikoLLo sankarushaNA ||

Meaning : O sankarshaNa, who has eyes resembling lotus, make me your servant by removing idiotness (in me).

yEsu januma bandarEnu
dAsanalla vEno nAnu
ghAsi mADadiru yenna vAsudEvanE ||

Meaning : O vAsudeva, Do not hurt me because, afterall I am your servant however times may I take birth on this earth.

buddhi shOnyanAgi yenna
paddha kArya kuhakamanava
tiddi hrudaya shuddhi mADo pradyumnanE ||

Meaning : O pradyumna, Cleanse my heart by removing the bad thoughts which come from bad deeds which I have done without proper knowledge.

jananijanaka nIne yendu
nenevenayya diina bandhu
yenage mukti pAlisayya aniruddhanE ||

Meaning : O aniruddha, I remember always that you are my both my parents, and that you lift the downtrodden, give me mukti.

harushadinda ninna nAma
smarisuvate mADu nEma
virisu caraNa dalli pushOttamA ||

Meaning : O purushottama, Make me to recite your name sincerely, and with pleasure.

sAdhusanga koTTu ninna
pAdabhajaneyiTTu enna
bhEdamAdi nODadirO shri adhOkshajA ||

Meaning : O adhOkshaja, do not treat me as different (not your son), give me good company and give me your service.

cAru caraNa tOri yenage
pArugANisayya konege
bhAra hAkutiruve ninage nArasimhanE ||

Meaning : O narasimha, I depend on you to show me the right path which will lead me (eventually) to the goal (mukti).

sancitArtha pApagaLanu
kincitAda piiDegaLanu
muncitavAgi kaLedu poreyo swAmi accyutA ||

Meaning : O accyuta, you have to take care of me by removing the accumulated pApa and sufferings first.

gyAna bhakti koTTu ninna
dhyAnadalli yiTTu sadA
hiina buddhi biDisu munna shrii janArdhana ||

Meaning : O janArdhana, give me (divine) knowledge, keep me in your dhyAna, remove bad thoughts.

japatapAnushTAna villade
kupathAgAmiyAda yenna
krupeyamADi kshamisabEku upEndranE ||

Meaning : O upEndra, you have to please forgive me for I have tread in wrong paths without japas or anusTAnas.

moreya iDuvenayya ninage
sharadhi shayana shubhamatIya
irisu bhaktanendu paramapurusha shri harI ||

Meaning : O shri hari, paramapurusha, one who lies on ocean, I pray you to give me divine knowledge by considering me as your bhakta.

puTTisalEbEDa innu
puTTisidake pAlisenna
ishTu mAtra bEDikombe shrii krishNanE ||

Meaning : O shri krishNa, My only request you is not give me birth anymore, but since you have given this birth you have to bring me up.

satyavAda nAmagaLanu
nityadalli paThisuvavara
arthiyinda salahuvanu kartru kEshavA ||

Meaning : keshava will protect the one who recites His name (this deveranAma) always.

mareyadale hariyanAma
baredu Odi kELidavage
karedu mukti koDuva neleyAdikEshavA ||

Meaning : neleyAdikEshava (ankita of shri kanakadAsa) will call and gives mukti to the one who writes, reads His name (always) without fail.