Kamsa Karita Mancaugha Ranga

Kamsa Karita Mancaugha Ranga

Sanatana Goswami has written this song “Kamsa Karita Mancaugha Ranga”. The official name of this song is Obeisance 92 Verses 364 to 366. This song is taken from the book Krsna Lila Stava. In this song, Sanatana Goswami describes how Sri Krsna briefly played with the elephant Kuvalayapida and subsequently killed him and his driver.

(1)
kaḿsa-kārita-mañcaugha rańga-bhū-gamanotsuka
jīyāt kuvalayāpīḍa-gaja-ruddha-patho bhavān 364

(2)
sańkruddhāmbaṣṭha-nirdiṣṭa karīndra-krīḍitāva mām
sadyaḥ kuvalayāpīḍa-ghātin siḿha-parākrama 365

(3)
samutpāṭita-nāgendra mahā-danta-varāyudham
vande kuvalayāpīḍa-mardanaḿ hata-hastipam

TRANSLATION

1) O Lord Krsna, all glories unto You. Although You were very eager to go to the arena full of raised platforms constructed by Kamsa, the elephant Kuvalayapida obstructed Your path.

2)  O Lord Krsna, please protect me. As powerful as a lion, You briefly played with the elephant Kuvalayapida, who was goaded on by his angry driver, and the killed him.

3) O Lord Krsna, killing the Kuvalayapida elephant and his driver, You pulled out the large tusk of that royal elephant and wielded it as a great weapon.