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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പാലയാച്യുത പാലയാജിത പാലയാ കമലാലയ
ലീലയാ ധൃത ഭൂധരാംബുരുഹോദര സ്വജനോദര
മധ്വമാനസപദ്മഭാനുസമം സ്മരപ്രതിമം സ്മര
സ്നിഗ്ദനിര്മലശീതകാംതിലസന്മുഖം കരുണോന്മുഖമ്
ഹൃദ്യകംബുജ മാനകംധരമക്ഷയം ദുരിതക്ഷയം
സ്നിഗ്ദ സംസ്തുത രൂപ്യപീഠകൃതാലയം ഹരിമാലയമ്
അംഗദാദിസുശോഭിപാണിയുഗേന സംക്ശുഭിതൈനസം
തുംഗമാല്യ മണീംദ്രഹാരസരോരസം ഖലനീരസമ്
മംഗലപ്രദമംഥദാമവിരാചിതം ഭജതാജിതം തംഗൃണേ
വര രൂപ്യപീഠകൃതാലയം ഹരിമാലയമ്
ഇതി ശ്രീ വാദിരാജതീര്ഥശ്രീ ചരണകൃതം ശ്രീ കൃഷ്ണാഷ്ടകമ്
A Kannada song, in Malayalam
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 of Kannada devotion, the world of 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, for protection, and for trust in the Lord who keeps whoever calls. This version sets the same song in the Malayalam script, so Malayalam readers who love it can follow and sing along, sharing in a devotion that began in Karnataka.