Mother's Day Favourite

In the thirteenth century or so, a poet by the name bilvamaMgaLa lIlASuka lived. He was the author of SrIkRshNakarNAmRtam. Besides jayadEva's gitagOviMda and nArAyaNatIrtha's SrIkRshNalIlAtaraMgiNi, this is one of the best works in Sanskrit on kRshNa. It is not certain where he lived. Some say he is from the Andhra region and others he is from Kerala. That is beside the point. This is one book I try to read when I am sad. Here is my mother's day favourite from this book. mAta@h - O mother kim yadunAtha - what is it my darling dEhi chashakam - please give me a cup kim tEna - why pAtum payas - to drink milk nAstadya - there is no milk now kadAsti - when then vA niSi - in the night niSA kA - what is night vA aMdhakArOdayE - when darkness descends aamilyAkshiyugam - then he closed both his eyes niSApyupagatA dEhIti - it is dark now and so it is night, give me now mAtur muhur vakshOjAMbarakarshaNOdayatakara@h kRshNa@h - krshNa began to pull the sari end from the bosom of his mother sa pushNAtu na@h - may He protect us all! The poem after this is also equally beautiful. I'll post it tomorrow. Happy Mother's Day! Regards! - mOhana