श्रीगोवर्द्धनाष्टकम् (१)
Śrī Govardhanāṣṭakam (1)
Eight verses in praise of Śrī Govardhana
By Śrīmad Rūpa Gosvāmīpāda
नमः श्रीगोवर्द्धनाय
namaḥ śrī-govardhanāya |
Obeisance unto Śrī Govardhana.
गोविन्दास्योत्तंसित वंशीक्वणितोद्य-
ल्लास्योत्कण्ठामत्तमयूरव्रजवीत ।
राधाकुण्डोत्तुङ्गतरङ्गाङ्कुरिताङ्ग
प्रत्याशां मे त्वं कुरु गोवर्द्धन पूर्णाम् ॥१॥
govindāsyottaṁsita vaṁśī-kvaṇitodyal-
lāsyotkaṇṭhā-matta-mayūra-vraja-vīta |
rādhā-kuṇḍottuṅga-taraṅgāṅkuritāṅga
pratyāśāṁ me tvaṁ kuru govardhana pūrṇām ||1||
O you who are ornamented by the face of Govinda!
O you who are covered with flocks of peacocks
Maddened with longing and dancing
Inspired by the sound of the flute!
O you whose body is sprouting [with fresh green grass]
As a result of high waves from Rādhā Kuṇḍa!
O Govardhana!
May you please fulfill my desire
[for prema-sevā to Śrī Rādhā and Govinda].
यस्योत्कर्षाद्विस्मितधीभिर्व्रजदेवी
वृन्दैर्वर्यं वर्णितमास्ते हरिदास्यम् ।
चित्रैर्युञ्जस्त द्युतिपुञ्जैरखिलाशां
प्रत्याशां मे त्वं कुरु गोवर्द्धन पूर्णाम् ॥२॥
yasyotkarṣād vismita-dhībhir vraja-devī-
vṛndair varyaṁ varṇitam āste hari-dāsyam |
citrair yuñjan sa dyuti-puñjair akhilāśāṁ
pratyāśāṁ me tvaṁ kuru govardhana pūrṇām ||2||
He whose service to Hari
Is described as the best
By the Vraja-devīs
Whose minds were astonished
By his excellence—
He [who] fills all directions
With wondrous splendor
[By virtue of his sun-crystals, blue sapphires, rubies, and so forth]—
O Govardhana!
May you please fulfill my desire.
विन्दद्भिर्यो मन्दिरतां कन्दरवृन्दैः
कन्दैश्चेन्दोर्बन्धुभिरानन्दयतीशम् ।
वैदूर्याभैर्निर्झरतोयैरपि सोऽयं
प्रत्याशां मे त्वं कुरु गोवर्द्धन पूर्णाम् ॥३॥
vindadbhir yo mandiratāṁ kandara-vṛndaiḥ
kandaiś cendor bandhubhir ānandayatīśam |
vaidūryābhair nirjhara-toyair api so’yaṁ
pratyāśāṁ me tvaṁ kuru govardhana pūrṇām ||3||
He who delights Īśa [i.e., Kṛṣṇa, along with his companions,
As though offering excellent hospitality to guests]
With caves felt to be like palaces,
With roots that are friends of the moon
[i.e., well nourished and thus very colorful and tasty],
And with water from waterfalls
Bright like cat’s eye—
O Govardhana!
May you please fulfill my desire.
शश्वद्विश्वालङ्करणालङ्कृतिमेध्यैः
प्रेम्णा धौतैर्धातुभिरुद्दीपितसानो ।
नित्याक्रन्दत्कन्दर वेणुध्वनिहर्षा-त्
प्रत्याशां मे त्वं कुरु गोवर्द्धन पूर्णाम् ॥४॥
śaśvad-viśvālaṅkaraṇālaṅkṛti-medhyaiḥ
premṇā dhautair dhātubhir uddīpita-sāno |
nityākrandat-kandara veṇu-dhvani-harṣāt
pratyāśāṁ me tvaṁ kuru govardhana pūrṇām ||4||
O you whose peaks are splendid with minerals
[Of numerous bright colors]
That are pure
By virtue of the constant ornament
[Upon them in the form]
Of the ornamenter of the universe [i.e., Kṛṣṇa],
And [so also] washed with prema,
O you whose valleys
Forever, out of delight, cry
[i.e., shed tears in the form of streams]
At the sound of the flute—
O Govardhana!
May you please fulfill my desire.
प्राज्या राजिर्यस्य विराजत्युपलानां
कृष्णेनासौ सन्ततमध्यासितमध्या ।
सोऽयं बन्धुर्बन्धुरधर्मा सुरभीणां
प्रत्याशां मे त्वं कुरु गोवर्द्धन पूर्णाम् ॥५॥
prājyā rājir yasya virājaty upalānāṁ
kṛṣṇenāsau santatam adhyāsita-madhyā |
so’yaṁ bandhur bandhura-dharmā surabhīṇāṁ
pratyāśāṁ me tvaṁ kuru govardhana pūrṇām ||5||
He whose abounding range of stones
Shines with Kṛṣṇa seated continuously in their midst,
He who is the friend of the surabhis [i.e., cows],
And [thus] of charming nature—
O Govardhana!
May you please fulfill my desire.
निर्धुन्वानः संहृतिहेतुं घनवृन्दं
जित्वा जम्भारातिमसम्भावितबाधम् ।
स्वानां वैरं यः किल निर्यापितवान्सः
प्रत्याशां मे त्वं कुरु गोवर्द्धन पूर्णाम् ॥६॥
nirdhunvānaḥ saṁhṛti-hetuṁ ghana-vṛndaṁ
jitvā jambhārātim asambhāvita-bādham |
svānāṁ vairaṁ yaḥ kila niryāpitavān saḥ
pratyāśāṁ me tvaṁ kuru govardhana pūrṇām ||6||
He who repelled the clouds
Which are the cause of total destruction [of the universe],
[Thereby] Defeated Indra,
Who was annoyed by being disregarded,
And [thus] vanquished the enemy of his kinsmen—
O Govardhana!
May you please fulfill my desire.
बिभ्राणो यः श्रीभुजदण्डोपरिभर्तु-
श्छत्रीभावं नाम यथार्थं स्वमकार्षीत् ।
कृष्णोपज्ञं यस्य मखस्तिष्ठति सोऽयं
प्रत्याशां मे त्वं कुरु गोवर्द्धन पूर्णाम् ॥७॥
bibhrāṇo yaḥ śrī-bhuja-daṇḍopari-bhartuś
chatrī-bhāvaṁ nāma yathārthaṁ svam akārṣīt |
kṛṣṇopajñaṁ yasya makhas tiṣṭhati so’yaṁ
pratyāśāṁ me tvaṁ kuru govardhana pūrṇām ||7||
He who assumed the state of being an umbrella
Of the protector [of the people of Vraja, i.e., Kṛṣṇa],
Atop the staff of his [i.e., Kṛṣṇa’s] beautiful arm,
And made his own name factual
[i.e., proved he was appropriately named ‘Govardhana,’
That is, “one who causes the cows to prosper,”
By protecting them from Indra’s destructive rains],
He whose sacrifice was first established by Kṛṣṇa [himself]—
O Govardhana!
May you please fulfill my desire.
गान्धर्वायाः केलिकलाबान्धव कुञ्जे
क्षुण्णैस्तस्याः कङ्कणहारैः प्रयताङ्ग ।
रासक्रीडामण्डितयोपत्यकयाढ्य
प्रत्याशां मे त्वं कुरु गोवर्द्धन पूर्णाम् ॥८॥
gāndharvāyāḥ keli-kalā-bāndhava kuñje
kṣuṇṇais tasyāḥ kaṅkaṇa-hāraiḥ prayatāṅga |
rāsa-krīḍā-maṇḍitayopatyakayāḍhya
pratyāśāṁ me tvaṁ kuru govardhana pūrṇām ||8||
O friend [i.e., assistant] of the amorous play of Gāndharvā [i.e., Śrī Rādhikā],
O you whose body is sanctified
With her ornaments and necklaces
[After they are] Broken in [your] kuñjas [in the course of līlā],
O you whose lowlands are adorned with the play of rāsa,
O Govardhana!
May you please fulfill my desire.
अद्रोश्रेणीशेखर पद्याष्टकमेतत्
कृष्णाम्भोदप्रेष्ठ पठेद्यस्तव देही ।
प्रेमानन्दं तुन्दिलयन्क्षिप्रममन्दं
तं हर्षेण स्वीकुरुतां ते हृदयेशः ॥९॥
adro-śreṇī-śekhara padyāṣṭakam etat
kṛṣṇāmbhoda-preṣṭha paṭhed yas tava dehī |
premānandaṁ tundilayan kṣipram amandaṁ
taṁ harṣeṇa svīkurutāṁ te hṛdayeśaḥ ||9||
O foremost of mountains!
O favorite of the cloud Kṛṣṇa!
[By your grace]
May the Lord of your heart [i.e., Śrī Kṛṣṇa],
With delight,
Accept and swiftly enrich
With an abundance of the bliss of prema [for himself]
An embodied being
Who shall recite this poem
Of eight verses about you.
इतिमत्तमयूराख्यं श्रीगोवर्द्धनस्तोत्रम् ॥
iti matta-mayūrākhyaṁ śrī-govardhana-stotram ||
Thus ends this hymn about Śrī Govardhan related in mattamayūra [meter].
Sources
Stava-mālā editions by Śrī Purī Dāsa Mahāśaya, Śrī Rāma Nārāyaṇa Vidyāratna, and Nirṇaya Sāgara Press.