पालयाच्युत स्तोत्रम्
"Palayachyutha" means "Protect me, O Infallible One." Sri Vadiraja Tirtha wrote this as a personal plea to the Krishna deity at Udupi, describing his beauty from face to feet. It's one of the most beloved compositions in the Madhwa tradition. The melody is simple, the Sanskrit is accessible, and the devotion is completely direct. No philosophical abstraction, just a saint asking Krishna for protection. He calls Udupi "Raupya Peeta," the silver seat. If you've been to the Krishna Matha, you'll feel it in every verse.
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ಪಾಲಯಾಚ್ಯುತ ಪಾಲಯಾಜಿತ ಪಾಲಯಾ ಕಮಲಾಲಯ
ಲೀಲಯಾ ಧೃತ ಭೂಧರಾಂಬುರುಹೋದರ ಸ್ವಜನೋದರ
ಮಧ್ವಮಾನಸಪದ್ಮಭಾನುಸಮಂ ಸ್ಮರಪ್ರತಿಮಂ ಸ್ಮರ
ಸ್ನಿಗ್ದನಿರ್ಮಲಶೀತಕಾಂತಿಲಸನ್ಮುಖಂ ಕರುಣೋನ್ಮುಖಮ್
ಹೃದ್ಯಕಂಬುಜ ಮಾನಕಂಧರಮಕ್ಷಯಂ ದುರಿತಕ್ಷಯಂ
ಸ್ನಿಗ್ದ ಸಂಸ್ತುತ ರೂಪ್ಯಪೀಠಕೃತಾಲಯಂ ಹರಿಮಾಲಯಮ್
ಅಂಗದಾದಿಸುಶೋಭಿಪಾಣಿಯುಗೇನ ಸಂಕ್ಶುಭಿತೈನಸಂ
ತುಂಗಮಾಲ್ಯ ಮಣೀಂದ್ರಹಾರಸರೋರಸಂ ಖಲನೀರಸಮ್
ಮಂಗಲಪ್ರದಮಂಥದಾಮವಿರಾಚಿತಂ ಭಜತಾಜಿತಂ ತಂಗೃಣೇ
ವರ ರೂಪ್ಯಪೀಠಕೃತಾಲಯಂ ಹರಿಮಾಲಯಮ್
ಇತಿ ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜತೀರ್ಥಶ್ರೀ ಚರಣಕೃತಂ ಶ್ರೀ ಕೃಷ್ಣಾಷ್ಟಕಮ್
In its own Kannada
Palayachyutha is a heartfelt plea to Krishna, palaya achyuta, protect me, O Achyuta, composed by Sri Vadiraja Tirtha, the sixteenth-century Madhva saint of Sode, 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, at Sode, 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. People sing it for refuge, for protection, and for the trust that Krishna will keep the one who calls. Here it is in its own Kannada script, the letters it was written in.