by Damodara Rao Dasu

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AtaDevvADu chooparE - dhanyAsi

P AtaDevvADu chooparE ammalAla
ETula nADETi krushNuDeetaDE kADukadA ||
Oh women, who is he?. Show him to us. Is he not Krishna who played with Gopikas.
C 1 kanduva dEvaki biDDa ganenaTa naDurEyi
andi yaSOdaku koDukainADaTa
sandaDinchi pootaki chanTi pAlu tAgenaTa
mandala Avulu gAchi malasenaTa ||
Devaki delivered him at midnight in prison but he became the son of Yasoda latter. He drank milk from Pootaki's breast. He tended cows moving with cowherd boys.
C 2 manchi banDi tannenaTa maddulu virichenaTa
inchukanta vEla konDa ettinADaTa
manchAlapai golletala mAnAlu chEkonenaTa
minchula pillagOvi paTTi merasenaTa ||
He kicked a demon's cart and killed him. He crawled between two 'Maddi' trees and the trees fell down. He lifted Govardhana hill with little finger. He stole the hearts of Gopikas. He shines with flute on his lips.
C 3 kALinguni meTTenaTa kamsuni porigenaTa
pAlinchi surala chEpaTTenaTa
eeleela Sri vEnkaTAdri niravaina dEvuDaTa
yElEnaTa padAruvEla intula nindarini ||
He killed Kalinga serpent. He destroyed evil Kamsa. He protected Devatas and rescued sixteen thousand maids. He is Sri Venkatesa, settled on Venkatadri.