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Sri Govindashtakam (Govinda Ashtakam)

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  • verse 1
    सत्यं ज्ञानमनन्तं नित्यमनाकाशं परमाकाशंगोष्ठप्राङ्गणरिङ्खणलोलमनायासं परमायासम् ।मायाकल्पितनानाकारमनाकारं भुवनाकारंक्ष्मामानाथमनाथं प्रणमत गोविन्दं परमानन्दम् ॥ 1 ॥
    satyaṃ jñānamanantaṃ nityamanākāśaṃ paramākāśaṃgōṣṭhaprāṅgaṇariṅkhaṇalōlamanāyāsaṃ paramāyāsam ।māyākalpitanānākāramanākāraṃ bhuvanākāraṃkṣmāmānāthamanāthaṃ praṇamata gōvindaṃ paramānandam ॥ 1 ॥
    meaning

    Truth, knowledge, infinite, eternal, beyond space, supreme space—Govinda plays freely in the cowpen courtyard without effort yet with supreme effort, his form fashioned by maya yet formless, embodying all worlds, the masterless lord of earth; bow to Govinda, supreme bliss.

  • verse 2
    मृत्स्नामत्सीहेति यशोदाताडनशैशवसन्त्रासंव्यादितवक्त्रालोकितलोकालोकचतुर्दशलोकालिम् ।लोकत्रयपुरमूलस्तम्भं लोकालोकमनालोकंलोकेशं परमेशं प्रणमत गोविन्दं परमानन्दम् ॥ 2 ॥
    mṛtsnāmatsīhēti yaśōdātāḍanaśaiśavasantrāsaṃvyāditavaktrālōkitalōkālōkachaturdaśalōkālim ।lōkatrayapuramūlastambhaṃ lōkālōkamanālōkaṃlōkēśaṃ paramēśaṃ praṇamata gōvindaṃ paramānandam ॥ 2 ॥
    meaning

    Bow to Govinda, the Supreme Bliss—He whose open mouth revealed the fourteen worlds and the transcendent realm beyond, whom Yashoda struck in childhood terror (calling Him "butter-thief"), the pillar-root supporting the three worlds, the Lord of worlds, the Supreme Lord.

  • verse 3
    त्रैविष्टपरिपुवीरघ्नं क्षितिभारघ्नं भवरोगघ्नंकैवल्यं नवनीताहारमनाहारं भुवनाहारम् ।वैमल्यस्फुटचेतोवृत्तिविशेषाभासमनाभासंशैवं केवलशान्तं प्रणमत गोविन्दं परमानन्दम् ॥ 3 ॥
    traiviṣṭaparipuvīraghnaṃ kṣitibhāraghnaṃ bhavarōgaghnaṃkaivalyaṃ navanītāhāramanāhāraṃ bhuvanāhāram ।vaimalyasphuṭachētōvṛttiviśēṣābhāsamanābhāsaṃśaivaṃ kēvalaśāntaṃ praṇamata gōvindaṃ paramānandam ॥ 3 ॥
    meaning

    Bow to Govinda, the supreme bliss, who destroys the burden of the three worlds and the disease of becoming, who is liberation itself yet feeds on butter, who consumes yet sustains all worlds, whose mind shines with unsurpassable lucidity beyond appearance, eternally peaceful and Shiva-like.

  • verse 4
    गोपालं प्रभुलीलाविग्रहगोपालं कुलगोपालंगोपीखेलनगोवर्धनधृतिलीलालालितगोपालम् ।गोभिर्निगदितगोविन्दस्फुटनामानं बहुनामानंगोधीगोचरदूरं प्रणमत गोविन्दं परमानन्दम् ॥ 4 ॥
    gōpālaṃ prabhulīlāvigrahagōpālaṃ kulagōpālaṃgōpīkhēlanagōvardhanadhṛtilīlālālitagōpālam ।gōbhirnigaditagōvindasphuṭanāmānaṃ bahunāmānaṃgōdhīgōcharadūraṃ praṇamata gōvindaṃ paramānandam ॥ 4 ॥
    meaning

    Salutation to Govinda, the cowherd whose divine play embodies his nature, protector of clans, playfully cherished through his pastimes of lifting Govardhana and sporting with the gopis, whose name is proclaimed by the cows in its manifold forms, transcending the realm of cattle and pasture—the supreme bliss.

  • verse 5
    गोपीमण्डलगोष्ठीभेदं भेदावस्थमभेदाभंशश्वद्गोखुरनिर्धूतोद्गतधूलीधूसरसौभाग्यम् ।श्रद्धाभक्तिगृहीतानन्दमचिन्त्यं चिन्तितसद्भावंचिन्तामणिमहिमानं प्रणमत गोविन्दं परमानन्दम् ॥ 5 ॥
    gōpīmaṇḍalagōṣṭhībhēdaṃ bhēdāvasthamabhēdābhaṃśaśvadgōkhuranirdhūtōdgatadhūḻīdhūsarasaubhāgyam ।śraddhābhaktigṛhītānandamachintyaṃ chintitasadbhāvaṃchintāmaṇimahimānaṃ praṇamata gōvindaṃ paramānandam ॥ 5 ॥
    meaning

    Bow to Govinda, the supreme bliss, who divides yet unites the circle of gopis, whose glory is eternally adorned by the dust raised from the hooves of cows, who holds the bliss grasped by faith and devotion—inconceivable yet contemplated by the virtuous, possessing the majesty of the wish-fulfilling gem.

  • verse 6
    स्नानव्याकुलयोषिद्वस्त्रमुपादायागमुपारूढंव्यादित्सन्तीरथ दिग्वस्त्रा दातुमुपाकर्षन्तं ताः ।निर्धूतद्वयशोकविमोहं बुद्धं बुद्धेरन्तःस्थंसत्तामात्रशरीरं प्रणमत गोविन्दं परमानन्दम् ॥ 6 ॥
    snānavyākulayōṣidvastramupādāyāgamupārūḍhaṃvyāditsantīratha digvastrā dātumupākarṣantaṃ tāḥ ।nirdhūtadvayaśōkavimōhaṃ buddhaṃ buddhērantaḥsthaṃsattāmātraśarīraṃ praṇamata gōvindaṃ paramānandam ॥ 6 ॥
    meaning

    The bathing-women, clutching garments, mounted upon the chariot at the riverbank, pulling toward him to offer sky-cloth; bow to Govinda, the Buddha free from dual sorrow and delusion, dwelling within the Buddha, whose body is pure existence alone, the supreme bliss.

  • verse 7
    कान्तं कारणकारणमादिमनादिं कालघनाभासंकालिन्दीगतकालियशिरसि सुनृत्यन्तं मुहुरत्यन्तम् ।कालं कालकलातीतं कलिताशेषं कलिदोषघ्नंकालत्रयगतिहेतुं प्रणमत गोविन्दं परमानन्दम् ॥ 7 ॥
    kāntaṃ kāraṇakāraṇamādimanādiṃ kālaghanābhāsaṃkāḻindīgatakāḻiyaśirasi sunṛtyantaṃ muhuratyantam ।kālaṃ kālakalātītaṃ kalitāśēṣaṃ kalidōṣaghnaṃkālatrayagatihētuṃ praṇamata gōvindaṃ paramānandam ॥ 7 ॥
    meaning

    Bow to Govinda, supreme bliss—the beautiful cause of causes, beginningless origin, radiant as a mass of time, dancing exquisitely upon Kalindi's waters on slain Kaliya's head, transcendent beyond time itself, destroyer of all Kali's sins, and the mover of the three temporal cycles.

  • verse 8
    बृन्दावनभुवि बृन्दारकगणबृन्दाराधितवन्द्यायांकुन्दाभामलमन्दस्मेरसुधानन्दं सुमहानन्दम् ।वन्द्याशेषमहामुनिमानसवन्द्यानन्दपदद्वन्द्वंनन्द्याशेषगुणाब्धिं प्रणमत गोविन्दं परमानन्दम् ॥ 8 ॥
    bṛndāvanabhuvi bṛndārakagaṇabṛndārādhitavandyāyāṃkundābhāmalamandasmērasudhānandaṃ sumahānandam ।vandyāśēṣamahāmunimānasavandyānandapadadvandvaṃnandyāśēṣaguṇābdhiṃ praṇamata gōvindaṃ paramānandam ॥ 8 ॥
    meaning

    Bow to Govinda, supreme bliss, worshipped in Brindavan by hosts of cowherds, whose lotus-face showers gentle nectar-smile, whose lotus-feet are revered in the hearts of all great sages, an ocean of endless virtues through Nanda's line.

  • verse 9
    गोविन्दाष्टकमेतदधीते गोविन्दार्पितचेता योगोविन्दाच्युत माधव विष्णो गोकुलनायक कृष्णेति ।गोविन्दाङ्घ्रिसरोजध्यानसुधाजलधौतसमस्ताघोगोविन्दं परमानन्दामृतमन्तःस्थं स तमभ्येति ॥ 9 ॥
    gōvindāṣṭakamētadadhītē gōvindārpitachētā yōgōvindāchyuta mādhava viṣṇō gōkulanāyaka kṛṣṇēti ।gōvindāṅghrisarōjadhyānasudhājaladhautasamastāghōgōvindaṃ paramānandāmṛtamantaḥsthaṃ sa tamabhyēti ॥ 9 ॥
    meaning

    Whoever recites this Govinda Ashtakam with mind offered to Govinda—calling upon Govinda, Achyuta, Madhava, Vishnu, Gokula's Lord, Krishna—is washed clean of all sin by the nectar-water of meditation on Govinda's lotus feet, and dwells within him as the supreme bliss-nectar that is Govinda.

  • verse 10
    इति श्रीमत्परमहंसपरिव्राजकाचार्यस्य श्रीगोविन्दभगवत्पूज्यपादशिष्यस्य श्रीमच्छङ्करभगवतः कृतौ श्री गोविन्दाष्टकम् ।
    iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakāchāryasya śrīgōvindabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyasya śrīmachChaṅkarabhagavataḥ kṛtau śrī gōvindāṣṭakam ।
    meaning

    Colophon: Thus ends the eight verses in praise of Govinda, composed by the blessed Shankara Bhagavat, disciple of the revered feet of Sri Govinda Bhagavat, himself a wandering master of the highest order.

Primary text from vignanam.org