This rendition has 1st stanza from bAlamukundashtakam and rest from sri govinda damodara stotram authored by Vilvamangalam Swamy. Once a young lad crossed a flowing river with a log and rope to visit devadasi’s place. Devadasi told him, if he had shown a small percentage of that dedication to Krishna, he would have become a realized soul. The lad became vilvamangalam swamy devoted to Krishna for the rest of his life.
bhaktis tvayi sthiratarā bhagavan yadi syād
daivena naḥ phalati divya-kiśora-mūrtiḥ |
muktiḥ svayaṁ mukulitāñjaliḥ sevate’smān
dharmārtha-kāma-gatayaḥ samaya-pratīkṣāḥ - KrSna karnAmrta -107
Vilvamangalam swamy authored krSna karnamRta that became popular all over India for its exposition of Krishna bhakti. He puts forth in sloka 107 that if one has firm bhakti in beautiful, young form of Krisha, mukti along with fruits of dharma, artha, kAma awaits them with folded hands, ie, bhakti is a way to jnana.
A part of sri govinda damodara stotram translation sung in tamil, essence in english
bhaktis tvayi sthiratarā bhagavan yadi syād
daivena naḥ phalati divya-kiśora-mūrtiḥ |
muktiḥ svayaṁ mukulitāñjaliḥ sevate’smān
dharmārtha-kāma-gatayaḥ samaya-pratīkṣāḥ - KrSna karnAmrta -107
Vilvamangalam swamy authored krSna karnamRta that became popular all over India for its exposition of Krishna bhakti. He puts forth in sloka 107 that if one has firm bhakti in beautiful, young form of Krisha, mukti along with fruits of dharma, artha, kAma awaits them with folded hands, ie, bhakti is a way to jnana.
A part of sri govinda damodara stotram translation sung in tamil, essence in english
