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Surdas

Maiyā Morī, Main Nahīñ Mākhan Khāyo

A beloved Surdas song of child Krishna’s playful innocence.

Why return to it: It brings divinity near enough to laugh with; devotion becomes playful, domestic, and tender.

Source note: Traditional Surdas bhajan; source-safe summary and original rendering included.

Original / noted line

Maiyā Morī, Main Nahīñ Mākhan Khāyo

Maiyā morī, main nahīñ mākhan khāyo.

English transliteration

Transliteration

Maiyā morī, main nahīñ mākhan khāyo.

Poetic English rendering

Rendering

Mother, I did not eat the butter — says the child with eyes too bright to be entirely believed.