രാഗം - സുറുട്ടി

താളം - ചെമ്പട

ആട്ടക്കഥ പദം - കുചേലവൃത്തം

ദേവത - കൃഷ്ണൻ  

രചന -   മുരിങ്ങൂർ ശങ്കരൻ പോറ്റി

Ragam - Surutti

Thaalam - Chembada

Kathakali Padam (Kuchelavrutham)

Deity - Krishna

Lyrics -   Muringoor Sankaran Potti

|ചരണം-1|

പൂഷ്കര വിലോചന ത്വൽകൃപാ കാരണേന

ചൊൽക്കൊണ്ട കൃതാർതേശു ഇക്കാലം അഗ്രഗണ്യൻ ...

|ചരണം-2|

നിഷ്കിഞ്ചന ഭൂസുരനെ പൊക്കമേറും സൗധമേറ്റി

സൽക്കരിച്ചതും ഓർത്താൽ സൽഭാഗ്യമെന്തു ചൊല്ലവു ...

|ചരണം-3|

ത്വൽപാദം ചേരുവോളും കൃഷ്ണാ ...

ത്വൽപാദം ചേരുവോളും അൽപ്പേതരയാം ഭക്തി

അപ്രമേയ തന്നീടേണം ഇപ്പോളഹം യാമിഗേഹം ...

|ചരണം-4|

പാരാതെ മൽ കുടുംബിനി വരവും മേ ഹരേ പാർത്തു

മരുവുന്നു ശിശുക്കളും ദർശനം പുനരസ്തു ...

പൂഷ്കര വിലോചന......

|Charanam-1|

Pushkara vilochana thwalkripaa kaaranena

Cholkkonda krithaartheshu ikkaalam agraganyam ...

|Charanam-2|

Nishkinchana bhoosuranne pokkamerum sowdhametti

Salkkaricchathum oorthaal salbhaagyamenthu chollavu ...

|Charanam-3|

Thwalpaadam cheruvolum krishnaa ...

Thwalpaadam cheruvolum alppetharayaam bhakthi

Aprameya thanneedanam ippolaham yaamigeham ...

|Charanam-4|

Paaraathe mal kudumbini varavum me hare paartthu

Maruvunnu shishukkalum dharshanam punarastu ...

Pushkara vilochana......

Singer : Attur Lakshmanan

Audio reference :

Summary :      This devotional composition captures the poignant departure and prayer of Kuchela (Sudama) taking leave of his beloved childhood companion and supreme Lord, Lord Krishna. Overwhelmed by divine grace, the impoverished Brahmin expresses profound wonder at how he—the poorest of mendicants—has been elevated to the foremost among the fulfilled, having been welcomed into Krishna's towering palace and treated with boundless honor. As he prepares to return home to his awaiting wife and starving children, he seeks neither earthly riches nor personal aggrandizement, praying solely for unflinching, supreme devotion (alpetarayam bhakti) at Krishna's lotus feet until life's end, and yearning for the blessing to behold the Lord once again. While reflecting the immortal Bhagavata narrative popularized in the Kathakali and Sopanam classical repertoires of Kerala (such as Kuchelavrittam),

Charanam-1 : O lotus-eyed Lord, solely on account of Your boundless grace and compassion, I stand today as the foremost and most blessed among all those who have attained the supreme fulfillment of life.

Charanam-2 : When I reflect upon how You elevated this utterly penniless, destitute Brahmin into Your lofty, magnificent palace and honored me with such royal hospitality, how can I ever describe the greatness of my immense fortune?

Charanam-3 : Until the moment this soul unites with Your sacred feet, O Krishna, O immeasurable Supreme Lord, grant me steadfast, immense, and unswerving devotion to You; now, I take leave to journey back to my humble dwelling.

Charanam-4 : Without delay, my wife anxiously awaits my return, O Lord Hari, and my young children dwell in earnest longing; may I be blessed to behold Your divine vision once again!