Carana Kamal
(refrain) caraṇa
kamal bandauṅ hari rāī
By His mercy, a lame person crosses mountains, a blind person sees everything, a deaf person hears, a dumb person again speaks, and even a poor person walks with a servant holding an umbrella over his head.
jākī
kṛpā paṅgu giri laṅghai andhe
koṅ saba kachu darasāī
By His mercy, a lame person crosses mountains, a blind person sees everything, a deaf person hears, a dumb person again speaks, and even a poor person walks with a servant holding an umbrella over his head.
bahiro
sunai mūka puni bolai raṅka
calai sira chatra dharāī
The Lord of Sura Dasa is full of compassion. Therefore, I offer my obeisances unto His lotus feet, again and again.
sūradāsa
swāmī karunāmaya bāra
bāra bandauṅ tehi pāī
Translation
By His mercy, a lame person crosses mountains, a blind person sees everything, a deaf person hears, a dumb person again speaks, and even a poor person walks with a servant holding an umbrella over his head.
By His mercy, a lame person crosses mountains, a blind person sees everything, a deaf person hears, a dumb person again speaks, and even a poor person walks with a servant holding an umbrella over his head.
The Lord of Sura Dasa is full of compassion. Therefore, I offer my obeisances unto His lotus feet, again and again.
Notes
This song was popularized by Vaiyasaki Das in his 1994 album Charan Kamal. This song was one of Mohandas Gandhi's inspirational songs featured in his anthology of favorite devotional songs, "Ashram Bhajanavali." The way Vaiyasaki Das rendered this song was in Raga Asavari in Tri-Tala. The way it was meant to be originally rendered was in Raga Kalyani in Tintal.