10 naaTakapriya janya
Aa: S R2 G2 M1 G2 P D1 N2 S
Av: N2 D1 P M1 G2 R1 S N2 S

taaLam: aadi
Composer: Sadaashiva Bruhmendrar
Language: Sanskrit

pallavi

krIDati vanamAlI gOshThE krIDati vanamAlI

caraNam 1

prahlAda parASara paripAlI pavanAtmaja jAmbavadanukUlI

caraNam 2

padmA kuca parirambhaNaSAlI paTuSara SAsita mAli sumAlI

caraNam 3

paramahamsa vara kusuma sumAlI praNava payOruha garbha kapAlI

Meaning:

pallavi

vanamAlI - Krishna, wearing a garland of forest flowers,
krIDati - plays / amuses himself,
gOshThE - in the cows' shelter.

caraNam 1

(Krishna)
prahlAda parASara paripAlI - the protector of (supreme devotees like) Prahlada and Parashara,
pavanAtmaja jAmbavadanukUlI - the one favourable to Hanuman (Son of Vayu) and Jambavan,
(plays in the cow's shelter.)

caraNam 2

(Krishna)
padmA kuca parirambhaNaSAlI - the one who embraces the bosom of Goddess Lakshmi,
paTuSara SAsita mAli sumAlI - the one who punished/killed (the demons) Mali and Sumali with deft arrows,
(plays in the cow's shelter.)

caraNam 3

(Krishna)
paramahamsa vara kusuma sumAlI - the one wearing a garland wherein the enlightened souls are the flowers,
praNava payOruha garbha kapAlI - the one whose seat is the interior of the lotus of Omkara,
(plays in the cow's shelter.)

Note :

KapAla means, among other things, a cup or bowl. It is interpreted as a seat here. The phrase 'praNava payOruha garbha kapAlI' can be also interpreted as praNava payOruha garbhaka pAlI - the one who is the protector (pAlI) of Brahma, who is born of the Pranava lotus (praNava payOruha garbhaka)

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