Damodarastaka 3/4 - harmonium (complex)

Sita-pati demonstrates a more complex melody for Damodarastakam in 3/4 time for the harmonium or other keyboard.

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Music

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• damodarastakam
• iskcon
• kirtan

[10lululuv]

(8)

namas te ’stu damne sphurad-dipti-dhamne

tvadiyodarayatha visvasya dhamne

namo radhikayai tvadiya-priyayai

namo ‘nanta-lilaya devaya tubhyam

[10lululuv]

(5) idam te mukhambhojam atyanta-nilair vrtam kuntalaih snigdha-raktais ca gopya muhus cumbitam bimba-raktadharam me manasy avirastam alam laksa-labhaih (6) namo deva damodarananta visno prasida prabho duhkha-jalabdhi-magnam krpa-drsti-vrstyati-dinam batanu grhanesa mam ajnam edhy aksi-drsyah (7) kuveratmajau baddha-murtyaiva yadvat tvaya mocitau bhakti-bhajau krtau ca tatha prema-bhaktim svakam me prayaccha na mokse graho me ’sti damodareha

[mziluus]

(3) itidrk sva-lilabhir ananda-kunde sva-ghosam nimajjantam akhyapayantam tadiyesita-jnesu bhaktair jitatvam punah prematas tam satavrtti vande (4) varam deva moksam na moksavadhim va na canyam vrne 'ham varesad apiha idam te vapur natha gopala-balam sada me manasy avirastam kim anyaih 5,6,7 etc

[mziluus]

(1)

namamisvaram sac-cid-ananda-rupam

lasat-kundalam gokule bhrajamanam

yasoda-bhiyolukhalad dhavamanam

paramrstam atyantato drutya gopya

(2)

rudantam muhur netra-yugmam mrjantam

karambhoja-yugmena satanka-netram

muhuh svasa-kampa-trirekhanka-kantha­-

sthita-graivam damodaram bhakti-baddham

[mindbodylightsound10]

I believe the traditional chords for this (at least how I learned it) alternate between Dm and Gm then put an Amaj over "-bhrajamanam" for the first verse. The next verse, over "yasoda-bhiyolukhalad" goes Dm Gm Bbmaj Gm Amaj then back to Dm.