Bāla Mukundāṣṭakam VERSE 2
संहृत्य लोकान्वटपत्रमध्ये
शयानमाद्यन्तविहीनरूपम्
सर्वेश्वरं सर्वहितावतारं
बालं मुकुन्दं मनसा स्मरामि
saṃhṛtya lokān vaṭa-patramadhye
śayānam-ādyanta-vihīna-rūpam
sarveśvaraṃ sarvahitāvatāraṃ
bālaṃ mukundaṃ manasā smarāmi
SYNONYMS
saṃhṛtya: having withdrawn | lokān: all the worlds | vaṭa-patra-madhye: within the banyan leaf | śayānam: sleeping | ādi-anta-vihīna-rūpam: whose form has no beginning or end | sarva-īśvaram: the Lord of all | sarva-hita-avatāram: who incarnated for the welfare of all | bālam: the infant | mukundam: Mukunda (Kṛṣṇa) | manasā: with the mind | smarāmi: I remember, meditate upon |
TRANSLATION
I meditate on that infant Mukunda who is sleeping, holding all the worlds together on the leaf of a banyan tree in such form, which has no beginning or no end. He is the incarnation of God for the welfare of all mankind and the Lord of all.
