rāgaṃ: mukhāri
tāḻaṃ: ādi

kṛṣṇaṃ kalaya sakhi sundaraṃ bāla kṛṣṇaṃ kalaya sakhi sundaraṃ

kṛṣṇaṃ kathaviṣaya tṛṣṇaṃ jagatprabha viṣṇuṃ surārigaṇa jiṣṇuṃ sadā bāla
kṛṣṇaṃ kalaya sakhi sundaraṃ

nṛtyantamiha muhuratyantamaparimita bhṛtyānukūlaṃ akhila satyaṃ sadā bāla
kṛṣṇaṃ kalaya sakhi sundaraṃ

dhīraṃ bhavajalabhāraṃ sakalavēdasāraṃ samastayōgidhāraṃ sadā bāla
kṛṣṇaṃ kalaya sakhi sundaraṃ

śṛṅgāra rasabhara saṅgīta sāhitya gaṅgālaharikēḻa saṅgaṃ sadā bāla
kṛṣṇaṃ kalaya sakhi sundaraṃ

rāmēṇa jagadabhirāmēṇa balabhadrarāmēṇa samavāpta kāmēna saha bāla
kṛṣṇaṃ kalaya sakhi sundaraṃ

dāmōdaraṃ akhila kāmākaraṅgana śyāmākṛtiṃ asura bhīmaṃ sadā bāla
kṛṣṇaṃ kalaya sakhi sundaraṃ

rādhāruṇādhara sutāpaṃ sachchidānandarūpaṃ jagatrayabhūpaṃ sadā bāla
kṛṣṇaṃ kalaya sakhi sundaraṃ

arthaṃ śitilīkṛtānarthaṃ śrī nārāyaṇa tīrthaṃ paramapuruṣārthaṃ sadā bāla
kṛṣṇaṃ kalaya sakhi sundaraṃ