Devaki Nandana Gopala
Krishna
Bhajan
Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar
Sanskrit
Lyrics
Devaki Nandana Gopala
Devaki Nandana Gopala
Devaki Nandana Gopala
Gopala, Gopala, Gopala
Translations
- [देवकी] devakī: mother of Krishna
- [नन्दन] nandana: son, beloved child
- [गोपाल] gopāla: Krishna as the protector of cows
Purport
Devaki is revered as the birth mother of Lord Krishna and his brother Balarama. As the wife of Vasudeva and sister to the tyrant Kamsa of Mathura, she endured immense suffering, including the imprisonment and murder of her first six children before Krishna's birth