Balagopala, a composition of Muthuswamy Dikshithar is a wonderful kriti in ragam Bhairavi. The song is an ode to the presiding deity at the temple in Mannargudi. The words of the song along with the meaning can be found here.
The song recording below is from my concert at the ISKCON temple on Janmashtami in 2008. The accompanists are M.S.Govindaswamy (violin) and C.Cheluvaraju (mridangam).
pallavi
bAla gOpAla pAlayASu mAM
bhakta vatsala kRpA jaladhE harE
anupallavi
nIla nIrada SarIra dhIra-tara
nIraja kara nirupamAnanda-kara
(madhyama kAla sAhityam)
lIlayA gOpa vEsha dhara muraLI dhara
SrI dhara dAmOdara vara
caraNam
cANUra malla haraNa nipuNa-tara
caraNa nihata SakaTAsura mura hara
mANikya makuTa hAra valaya dhara
mattEbha kumbha bhEdana paTu-tara
vANISArcita pItAmbara dhara
vaijayantI vana mAlA dhara
ANavAdi vijaya mAnasAkara
apahata kaMsAsura nata bhU-sura
(madhyama kAla sAhityam)
drONa karNa duryOdhanAdi hara
draupadI mAna saMrakshaNa-kara
vaiNika gAyaka guru guha nuta
pura vairi vihita gOpikA manOhara
Chitra Srikrishna 