(1)

vraje prasiddham navanita-cauram

gopańgananam ca dukula-cauram

aneka-janmarjita-papa-cauram

cauragraganyam purusam namami

 

(2)

sri radhikaya hrdayasya cauram

navambuda-syamala-kanti-cauram

padasritanam ca samasta-cauram

cauragraganyam purusam namami

 

(3)

akishcani-krtya padasritam yah

karoti bhiksum pathi geha-hinam

kenapy aho bhisana-caura idrg

drstah-sruto va na jagat-traye ’pi

 

(4)

yadiya namapi haraty asesam

giri-prasaran api papa-rasin

ascarya-rupo nanu caura idrg

drstah sruto va na maya kadapi

 

(5)

dhanam ca manam ca tathendriyani

pranams ca hrtva mama sarvam eva

palayase kutra dhrto ’dya caura

tvam bhakti-damnasi maya niruddhah

 

(6)

chinatsi ghoram yama-pasa-bandham

bhinatsi bhimam bhava-pasa-bandham

chinatsi sarvasya samasta-bandham

naivatmano bhakta-krtam tu bandham

 

(7)

man-manase tamasa-rasi-ghore

karagrhe duhkha-maye nibaddhah

labhasva he caura! hare! ciraya

sva-caurya-dosocitam eva dandam

 

(8)

karagrhe vasa sada hrdaye madiye

mad-bhakti-pasa-drdha-bandhana-niscalah san

tvam krsna he! pralaya-koti-satantare ’pi

sarvasva-caura! hrdayan na hi mocayami

 

(1) I offer pranama to that foremost of thieves – who is famous in Vraja as the butter-thief and He who steals the gopis’ clothes, and who, for those who take shelter of Him, steals the sins which have accrued over many lifetimes.

(2) I offer pranama to the foremost of thieves – who steals Srimati Radhika’s heart, who steals the dark luster of a fresh raincloud, and who steals all the sins and sufferings of those who take shelter of His feet.

(3) He turns His surrendered devotees into paupers and wandering, homeless beggars – aho! such a fearsome thief has never been seen or heard of in all the three worlds.

(4) Mere utterance of His name purges one of a mountain of sins – such an astonishingly wonderful thief I have never seen or heard of anywhere!

(5) O Thief! Having stolen my wealth, my honour, my senses, my life and my everything, where can You run to? I have caught You with the rope of my devotion.

(6) You cut the terrible noose of Yamaraja, You sever the dreadful noose of material existence, and You slash everyone’s material bondage, but You are unable to cut the knot fastened by Your own loving devotees.

(7) O stealer of my everything! O Thief! Today I have imprisoned You in the miserable prison-house of my heart which is very fearful due to the terrible darkness of my ignorance, and there for a very long time You will remain, receiving appropriate punishment for Your crimes of thievery!

(8) O Krsna, thief of my everything! The noose of my devotion remaining forever tight, You will continue to reside in the prison-house of my heart because I will not release You for millions of aeons.