Stotram
1
pālayācyuta pālayājita pālayā kamalālaya
līlayā dhṛta bhūdharāṃburuhodara svajanodara
2
madhvamānasapadmabhānusamaṃ smarapratimaṃ smara
snigdanirmalaśītakāṃtilasanmukhaṃ karuṇonmukham
3
hṛdyakaṃbuja mānakaṃdharamakṣayaṃ duritakṣayaṃ
snigda saṃstuta rūpyapīṭhakṛtālayaṃ harimālayam
4
aṃgadādisuśobhipāṇiyugena saṃkśubhitainasaṃ
tuṃgamālya maṇīṃdrahārasarorasaṃ khalanīrasam
5
maṃgalapradamaṃthadāmavirācitaṃ bhajatājitaṃ taṃgṛṇe
vara rūpyapīṭhakṛtālayaṃ harimālayam
Stotram
20
iti śrī vādirājatīrthaśrī caraṇakṛtaṃ śrī kṛṣṇāṣṭakam
Reading it in Roman letters
Palayachyutha is a heartfelt plea to Krishna, palaya achyuta, protect me, O Achyuta, composed by the sixteenth-century Madhva saint Sri Vadiraja Tirtha before the Lord of Udupi. It belongs to the Haridasa tradition, the great stream of Kannada devotion that gave us Purandara Dasa and Kanaka Dasa, and it is sung at Udupi and in Madhva homes across Karnataka. Simple, melodic and deeply personal, it is the cry of a devotee who has placed everything in Krishna's hands, sung for refuge and protection. This version is written in Roman letters with diacritic marks, so anyone who reads the Roman alphabet can follow the words and sing along. A line above a vowel holds it longer, and a dot beneath a letter marks the sounds made with the tongue curled back.