Govindashtakam
Krishna
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- verse 1सत्यं ज्ञानमनन्तं नित्यमनाकाशं परमाकाशम् ।गोष्ठप्राङ्गणरिङ्खणलोलमनायासं परमायासम् ।मायाकल्पितनानाकारमनाकारं भुवनाकारम् ।क्ष्मामानाथमनाथं प्रणमत गोविन्दं परमानन्दम् ॥ 1 ॥satyaṃ jñānamanantaṃ nityamanākāśaṃ paramākāśam ।gōṣṭhaprāṅgaṇariṅkhaṇalōlamanāyāsaṃ paramāyāsam ।māyākalpitanānākāramanākāraṃ bhuvanākāram ।kṣmāmānāthamanāthaṃ praṇamata gōvindaṃ paramānandam ॥ 1 ॥meaning
Verse 1: Bow to Govinda, the supreme bliss — who is truth, knowledge, infinite, and eternal; who is the transcendent sky but also plays rolling effortlessly in the cowherd courtyard; whose many forms are fashioned by Maya yet who is formless, taking the shape of the universe; who is the lord and protector of the earth, yet himself without a lord.
word by wordसत्यंSatyamAbsolute Truth · Truly · [I Proclaim the] Truth · [I Speak about the] Truthगोविन्दGovinda[O] Govinda · Govinda, another name of Sri Vishnu · Sri Govindaपरमानन्दंParama-AanandamWho is the embodiment of Supreme Joy - verse 2मृत्स्नामत्सीहेति यशोदाताडनशैशव सन्त्रासम् ।व्यादितवक्त्रालोकितलोकालोकचतुर्दशलोकालिम् ।लोकत्रयपुरमूलस्तम्भं लोकालोकमनालोकम् ।लोकेशं परमेशं प्रणमत गोविन्दं परमानन्दम् ॥ 2 ॥mṛtsnāmatsīhēti yaśōdātāḍanaśaiśava santrāsam ।vyāditavaktrālōkitalōkālōkachaturdaśalōkālim ।lōkatrayapuramūlastambhaṃ lōkālōkamanālōkam ।lōkēśaṃ paramēśaṃ praṇamata gōvindaṃ paramānandam ॥ 2 ॥meaning
Verse 2: Bow to Govinda, the lord, the supreme bliss — who, when Yashoda said 'You ate mud!', showed childlike fear at her scolding; and when she opened his mouth, revealed in it the row of all fourteen worlds — both the illumined and the dark; who is the primordial pillar of the three-world city, both beyond and within all light.
word by wordगोविन्दGovinda[O] Govinda · Govinda, another name of Sri Vishnu · Sri Govindaपरमानन्दंParama-AanandamWho is the embodiment of Supreme Joy - verse 3त्रैविष्टपरिपुवीरघ्नं क्षितिभारघ्नं भवरोगघ्नम् ।कैवल्यं नवनीताहारमनाहारं भुवनाहारम् ।वैमल्यस्फुटचेतोवृत्तिविशेषाभासमनाभासम् ।शैवं केवलशान्तं प्रणमत गोविन्दं परमानन्दम् ॥ 3 ॥traiviṣṭaparipuvīraghnaṃ kṣitibhāraghnaṃ bhavarōgaghnam ।kaivalyaṃ navanītāhāramanāhāraṃ bhuvanāhāram ।vaimalyasphuṭachētōvṛttiviśēṣābhāsamanābhāsam ।śaivaṃ kēvalaśāntaṃ praṇamata gōvindaṃ paramānandam ॥ 3 ॥meaning
Verse 3: Bow to Govinda, the solely peaceful one, the supreme bliss — who slays the heroes of the gods' enemies, removes the burden of the earth, and cures the disease of worldly existence; who is liberation itself, who eats butter (as the child-god) yet has no need to eat, being the sustenance of all worlds; whose wisdom manifests in clear pure consciousness, yet is the unmanifest.
word by wordकैवल्यKaivalyaKaivalya, Emancipationगोविन्दGovinda[O] Govinda · Govinda, another name of Sri Vishnu · Sri Govindaपरमानन्दंParama-AanandamWho is the embodiment of Supreme Joy - verse 4गोपालं प्रभुलीलाविग्रहगोपालं कुलगोपालम् ।गोपीखेलनगोवर्धनधृतिलीलालालितगोपालम् ।गोभिर्निगदित गोविन्दस्फुटनामानं बहुनामानम् ।गोपीगोचरदूरं प्रणमत गोविन्दं परमानन्दम् ॥ 4 ॥gōpālaṃ prabhulīlāvigrahagōpālaṃ kulagōpālam ।gōpīkhēlanagōvardhanadhṛtilīlālālitagōpālam ।gōbhirnigadita gōvindasphuṭanāmānaṃ bahunāmānam ।gōpīgōcharadūraṃ praṇamata gōvindaṃ paramānandam ॥ 4 ॥meaning
Verse 4: Bow to Govinda, the supreme bliss — the cowherd who is the Lord's playful form, the cowherd of the noble lineage; who is endearingly tended to in the game of Govardhana-lifting with the Gopi women; whose clearly pronounced name 'Govinda' was given by the cows, who has many names yet is beyond the range of the Gopi's senses.
word by wordगोपालGopaalaAnother name of Sri Krishnaगोविन्दGovinda[O] Govinda · Govinda, another name of Sri Vishnu · Sri Govindaपरमानन्दंParama-AanandamWho is the embodiment of Supreme Joy - verse 5गोपीमण्डलगोष्ठीभेदं भेदावस्थमभेदाभम् ।शश्वद्गोखुरनिर्धूतोद्गत धूलीधूसरसौभाग्यम् ।श्रद्धाभक्तिगृहीतानन्दमचिन्त्यं चिन्तितसद्भावम् ।चिन्तामणिमहिमानं प्रणमत गोविन्दं परमानन्दम् ॥ 5 ॥gōpīmaṇḍalagōṣṭhībhēdaṃ bhēdāvasthamabhēdābham ।śaśvadgōkhuranirdhūtōdgata dhūḻīdhūsarasaubhāgyam ।śraddhābhaktigṛhītānandamachintyaṃ chintitasadbhāvam ।chintāmaṇimahimānaṃ praṇamata gōvindaṃ paramānandam ॥ 5 ॥meaning
Verse 5: Bow to Govinda, the supreme bliss — who is differentiated within the circle of Gopi groups yet appears as both separated and non-separated; whose blessed form is ever dusty from the cows' hooves; who is grasped in the bliss of faith and devotion, who is unthinkable yet truly felt; who is like a Chintamani gem in his glory.
word by wordगोविन्दGovinda[O] Govinda · Govinda, another name of Sri Vishnu · Sri Govindaपरमानन्दंParama-AanandamWho is the embodiment of Supreme Joy - verse 6स्नानव्याकुलयोषिद्वस्त्रमुपादायागमुपारूढम् ।व्यादित्सन्तीरथ दिग्वस्त्रा दातुमुपाकर्षन्तं ताःनिर्धूतद्वयशोकविमोहं बुद्धं बुद्धेरन्तस्थम् ।सत्तामात्रशरीरं प्रणमत गोविन्दं परमानन्दम् ॥ 6 ॥snānavyākulayōṣidvastramupādāyāgamupārūḍham ।vyāditsantīratha digvastrā dātumupākarṣantaṃ tāḥnirdhūtadvayaśōkavimōhaṃ buddhaṃ buddhērantastham ।sattāmātraśarīraṃ praṇamata gōvindaṃ paramānandam ॥ 6 ॥meaning
Verse 6: Bow to Govinda, the pure being, the supreme bliss — who took the garments of the distressed women bathing, climbed a tree (to watch), and called them toward him to receive their clothes, who requires them to stand unclothed to retrieve them; who is free from the dual grief and delusion, the Awakened One dwelling within the intellect.
word by wordगोविन्दGovinda[O] Govinda · Govinda, another name of Sri Vishnu · Sri GovindaतTaThatबुधBudhaIntelligentपरमानन्दंParama-AanandamWho is the embodiment of Supreme Joy - verse 7कान्तं कारणकारणमादिमनादिं कालधनाभासम् ।कालिन्दीगतकालियशिरसि सुनृत्यन्तं मुहुरत्यन्तम् ।कालं कालकलातीतं कलिताशेषं कलिदोषघ्नम् ।कालत्रयगतिहेतुं प्रणमत गोविन्दं परमानन्दम् ॥ 7 ॥kāntaṃ kāraṇakāraṇamādimanādiṃ kāladhanābhāsam ।kāḻindīgatakāliyaśirasi sunṛtyantaṃ muhuratyantam ।kālaṃ kālakalātītaṃ kalitāśēṣaṃ kalidōṣaghnam ।kālatrayagatihētuṃ praṇamata gōvindaṃ paramānandam ॥ 7 ॥meaning
Verse 7: Bow to Govinda, the supreme bliss — the beloved, the cause of all causes, the first without beginning, shining like a dark cloud; who dances again and again on the hood of Kaliya in the Yamuna; who is Time, yet beyond time and all arts; who pervades all, and destroys the sins of the Kali Age; the motive behind the movements of all three times.
word by wordकान्तKaantaDesired, Loved, DearकालKaalaKala, Timeगोविन्दGovinda[O] Govinda · Govinda, another name of Sri Vishnu · Sri Govindaकान्तांKaantaamBeloved or Lovely WomanकलांKalaamPart or Portion of the wholeपरमानन्दंParama-AanandamWho is the embodiment of Supreme Joy - verse 8बृन्दावनभुवि बृन्दारकगणबृन्दाराधितवन्देहम् ।कुन्दाभामलमन्दस्मेरसुधानन्दं सुहृदानन्दम् ।वन्द्याशेष महामुनि मानस वन्द्यानन्दपदद्वन्द्वम् ।वन्द्याशेषगुणाब्धिं प्रणमत गोविन्दं परमानन्दम् ॥ 8 ॥bṛndāvanabhuvi bṛndārakagaṇabṛndārādhitavandēham ।kundābhāmalamandasmērasudhānandaṃ suhṛdānandam ।vandyāśēṣa mahāmuni mānasa vandyānandapadadvandvam ।vandyāśēṣaguṇābdhiṃ praṇamata gōvindaṃ paramānandam ॥ 8 ॥meaning
Verse 8: Bow to Govinda, the supreme bliss — who is worshipped by the multitude of divine beings on the earth of Vrindavana; of moonlike pure gentle smile like the kunda flower, the bliss of his companions; whose pair of blissful feet are worthy of worship by all great sages; the ocean of all worthy qualities.
word by wordमानसMaanasabelonging to Mindगोविन्दGovinda[O] Govinda · Govinda, another name of Sri Vishnu · Sri GovindaमनसाManasaain my Mind · With Mindपरमानन्दंParama-AanandamWho is the embodiment of Supreme Joy - verse 9गोविन्दाष्टकमेतदधीते गोविन्दार्पितचेता यः ।गोविन्दाच्युत माधव विष्णो गोकुलनायक कृष्णेति ।गोविन्दाङ्घ्रि सरोजध्यानसुधाजलधौतसमस्ताघः ।गोविन्दं परमानन्दामृतमन्तस्थं स तमभ्येति ॥gōvindāṣṭakamētadadhītē gōvindārpitachētā yaḥ ।gōvindāchyuta mādhava viṣṇō gōkulanāyaka kṛṣṇēti ।gōvindāṅghri sarōjadhyānasudhājaladhautasamastāghaḥ ।gōvindaṃ paramānandāmṛtamantasthaṃ sa tamabhyēti ॥meaning
Phala-shruti: Whoever studies this Govindashtakam with the mind offered to Govinda, chanting 'Govinda, Achyuta, Madhava, Vishnu, Gokulanayaka, Krishna' — his sins all washed by the nectar-flood of meditation on Govinda's lotus feet — attains Govinda, the innermost Supreme Bliss.
word by wordयYaHe · He WhoमाधवMaadhavaMadhavaविष्णोVissnnoO Vishnuगोविन्दGovinda[O] Govinda · Govinda, another name of Sri Vishnu · Sri GovindaसSaYourयःYahHe WhoसाSaaShe - verse 10इति श्री शङ्कराचार्य विरचित श्रीगोविन्दाष्टकं समाप्तंiti śrī śaṅkarāchārya virachita śrīgōvindāṣṭakaṃ samāptaṃmeaning
Colophon: Thus concludes the Sri Govindashtakam composed by the revered Sri Shankaracharya.
word by wordइतिItiRefers to something that precedesश्रीShriiBeauty, Splendour, Lustreसमाप्तम्SamaaptamEnds
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