कर्मठोवाच
हा कृष्ण करुणासिन्धो शरणागतवत्सल |
क्रोशन्तीमबलां दीनां प्रपन्नां किमुपेक्षसे ||
पीडितं मकरेन्द्रेण गजं रक्षितवानसि |
दीनानां त्वं शरण्योसि भक्तां मां किमुपेक्षसे |
कितवैर्धर्षितां साध्वीं कृष्णां रक्षितवानसि ||
अनाथामाह्वयन्तीं त्वामबलां किमुपेक्षसे ||
प्रह्लादं सिह्मरूपेण बालं रक्षितवानसि |
प्रपन्नमबलां दीनां स्वामिन् मां किमुपेक्षसे ||
कामितां शिशुपालेन भैष्मीं रक्षितवानसि |
क्रोशन्तीमिह कान्तारे कृष्ण किं मामुपेक्षसे ||
या त्वरा द्रौपदीत्राणे या त्वरा करिरक्षणे |
आर्तायां मयि गोविन्द सा त्वरा क्व गता हरे ||
Karmathabai said
Heh! Krishna! Oh! Repository of compassion! The lover of those who have taken refuge in You! Why do you ignore me who am so poor and weak! I have taken refuge in Your feet and am crying bitterly. Why do You neglect me? Didn't You rescue Gajendra caught in the jaws of the whale once? Are You not the final resort of the meek and the poor? Then why do You neglect me? Did You not save Draupadi from the clutches of the wicked? Why do You ignore me alone, an orphan who am shouting out for Your help? Did You not come in the form of Narsimha and save young Prahlada? Then why do You neglect this weak woman who has surrendered to You? Did You not save Rukmini who was coveted by Sishupala? Why are You not saving me who am crying meekly in the midst of this thick forest? Oh! Hari! Govinda! Where has that vigour of Yours exhibited in saving Draupadi and Gajendra, gone now while I am in peril?
