The Lord Helps His Devotees

The voice falters

when it sings of the deeds of the Lord

who's an ocean of mercy.

He gave guileful Putana, who posed as his mother, a

mother's reward!

He of whom the Vedas and the Upanishads sing as the Unmanifest,

let Yashoda bind him with a rope,

lamented Ugrasena's grief,

and after killing Kansa made him king

paying him obeisance, bowing low;

Freed the kings held captive by jardsandha

at which the kingly hosts sang his praises;

removing Gautama's curse

he restored life to stone-turned Ahalya:'

all in a moment he rescued Braj's ruler from the sea-monster running to his

aid as a cow to her calf,"

he came hastening to rescue the king of the elephants;

he got Namadeva's hut thatched.

says Suradasa, O, make Hari hear my prayer.

Translated by: Kalaivani Retnavellu