Yādava Nī Bā · Selected lines
An invitation to Krishna, addressed by his names as a descendant of the Yadu clan.
Purandara Dāsa
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This selection pairs the refrain with images from a later verse: Krishna’s conch and discus. The familiar Kannada imperative ಬಾರೊ means ‘come.’ Sung versions vary in spelling and verse order.
Yādava means a descendant of Yadu; Mādhava and Madhusūdana are other names for Krishna. The repeated names are direct addresses, not separate characters.
ನೀ ಬಾ (nī bā) is ‘you, come’; ಬಾರೊ (bāro) is an affectionate, familiar call. Use ಬನ್ನಿ (banni) instead when politely inviting someone in everyday conversation.
Kannada Wikisource · Yādava Nī Bā · Textual variants may exist.