Aa:S R2 M1 P D2 S
Av: S N3 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S

taaLam: tripuTa
Composer: Badraacala Raamadaas
Language:

pallavi

ghOra bhavArNava tAraka nAmadEya nIraja nEtra shrI nArAyaNa harE

anupallavi

gOvinda gOvinda gOvinda gOvinda gOvinda gOpAla nArAyaNa harE

caraNam 1

ArtiharAmala kIrtividhAyaka mUrti parigraha nArAyaNa harE

caraNam 2

mANikya kOTIra vANIsha vandyapada vENI nibaddha hAra nrAyaNa harE

caraNam 3

kara dhrta kOdaNda karuNArasa bhANDa karivarAvana shauNDa nArAyaNa harE

caraNam 4

anAtha bandhO harE shrInAtha jagadIsha vinAtha kEtana nArAyaNa harE

caraNam 5

dvijarAja vAhana dvijarAja kulajAta dvijarAja pAlana nArAyaNa harE

caraNam 6

phAla kastUri tilaka nIlAmbarAnuja bAla gOpAla vESa nArAyaNa harE

caraNam 7

mAdhava jagadIsha mAdhavAnanda rUpa rAdhA samEta shrI nArAyaNa harE

caraNam 8

gOpAla vESadhara shrIpatE gOpIjana tApa vimOcana nArAraNa harE

caraNam 9

niravadhi dayAnidhE naravara rUpadhara parama puruSa shrI nArAyaNa harE

caraNam 10

nAga samhAra sarasa divya carita nara nArAyaNa rUpa nArAyaNa harE

caraNam 11

bhujagAdi rAja bhuja nija dAsa pAlana gajarAja gamana shrI nArAyaNa harE

caraNam 12

bhImAgha sangha hara nAma vaibhava jayarAma bhadrAdrIsha nArAyaNa harE

Meaning:

pallavi

ghOra bhavArNava tAraka nAmadhEya - O one whose name takes across the terrible ocean of births nIraja nEtra - O Lotus-eyed one!
shrI nArAyaNa harE - O Narayana, Hari!
gOvinda - O Govinda

(anupallavi has various names of the Lord)

caraNam 1

Artihara - O remover of mental distress!
amala kIrti vidhAyaka mUrti parigraha - O one who has assumed a form that has a pure reputation!

caraNam 2

mANikya kOTIra - O one with a ruby-studded crown!
vANIsha vandyapada - O one whose feet are worthy of Brahma's worship!
vENI nibaddha hAra - O One whose hair is adorned with garlands !

caraNam 3

kara dhrta kOdaNda - O one holding a bow in your hands!
karuNArasa bhANDa - O receptacle of mercy!
karivarAvana shauNDa - O expert in protecting the elephant king Gajendra!

caraNam 4

anAtha bandhO - O kin of the orphaned!
harE shrInAtha - O Hari, lord of Lakshmi!
jagadIsha - O Lord of the world!
vi nAtha kEtana - O one whose flag-emblem is Garuda (the king of birds) !

caraNam 5

dvijarAja vAhana - O one who has the king of birds for a vehicle!
dvijarAja kulajAta - O one born in the Lunar dynasty (as Krishna)!
dvijarAja pAlana - O protector of eminent Brahmins ( eg Sudama)!

caraNam 6

phAla kastUri tilaka - O bearer of the Kasturi tilaka on the forehead!
nIlAmbarAnuja - O younger brother to Balarama who wears blue silk!
bAla gOpAla vESa - O one attired as a young cowherd!

caraNam 7

mAdhava - O lord of Lakshmi!
jagadIsha - O lord of the world!
Ananda rUpa - O blissful one!
rAdhA samEta - O companion of Radha!

caraNam 8

gOpAla vESadhara - O one attired as a cowherd!
shrIpatE - O lord of Lakshmi!
gOpIjana tApa vimOcana - O remover of the yearning of the Gopikas!

caraNam 9

niravadhi dayAnidhE- O limitless ocean of mercy!
naravara rUpadhara - O one attired as a king!
parama puruSa - O supreme one!

caraNam 10

nAga samhAra - O one who killed the elephant (Kuvalayapida)!
sarasa divya carita - O one whose stories are fascinating & divine!
nara nArAyaNa rUpa - O one who took the forms of the ascetics Nara and Narayana!

caraNam 11

bhujagAdi rAja bhuja - O one (stationed) on the shoulder(hood) of the king of snakes (Kaliya)!
nija dAsa pAlana - O protector of your devotees!
gajarAja gamana - O one with the gait of an elephant-king!

caraNam 12

bhImAgha sangha hara nAma vaibhava - O one who name has the glory of destroying the heap of terrible sins!
jayarAma - O victorious Rama!
bhadrAdrIsha - O lord of Bhadrachalam!

Notation:

Other information:
Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde. Meaning and corrections contributed by Rajani Arjun Shankar.