Balagopala, a composition of Muthuswamy Dikshithar is a wonderful kriti in ragam Bhairavi. The song is an ode to the presiding deity at the temple in Mannargudi. The words of the song along with the meaning can be found here.
The song recording below is from my concert at the ISKCON temple on Janmashtami in 2008. The accompanists are M.S.Govindaswamy (violin) and C.Cheluvaraju (mridangam).
pallavibAla gOpAla pAlayASu mAMbhakta vatsala kRpA jaladhE harE anupallavinIla nIrada SarIra dhIra-taranIraja kara nirupamAnanda-kara(madhyama kAla sAhityam)lIlayA gOpa vEsha dhara muraLI dharaSrI dhara dAmOdara vara caraNamcANUra malla haraNa nipuNa-taracaraNa nihata SakaTAsura mura haramANikya makuTa hAra valaya dharamattEbha kumbha bhEdana paTu-taravANISArcita pItAmbara dharavaijayantI vana mAlA dharaANavAdi vijaya mAnasAkaraapahata kaMsAsura nata bhU-sura(madhyama kAla sAhityam)drONa karNa duryOdhanAdi haradraupadI mAna saMrakshaNa-karavaiNika gAyaka guru guha nutapura vairi vihita gOpikA manOhara
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