Sri Gokulananda-Govindadevastaka

 

Eight Payers Glorifying Sri Gokulananda-Govindadeva

 

1          koti-kandarpa-santarpa-vidhvamsana-

                        sviya-rupamrtaplavita-ksma-tala

            bhakta-lokeksanam saksanam tarsayan

                        gokulananda-govinda tubhyam namah

 

Flooding the world with the nectar of Your handsomeness, a million times You drown the happinesses of material love and at every moment increase the devotees thirst to see You with their eyes.  O Govinda, O Gokulananda, I bow down before You.

 

2          yasya saurabhya-saulabhya-bhag-gopika

                        bhagya-lesaya laksmyapi taptam tatah

            ninditendivara-srika tasmai muhur

                        gokulananda-govinda tubhyam namah

 

Your handsomeness rebukes the blue lotus.  The goddess of fortune performed severe austerities to attain a fragment of the good fortune of the gopis, who easily attained Your fragrance.  O Govinda, O Gokulananda, I bow down before You.

 

3          vamsika-kanthayor yah svaras te sacet

                        tala-ragadiman sruty-anubhrajitah

            ka sudha brahma kim ka nu vaikuntha-mud

                        gokulananda-govinda tubhyam namah

 

The tala-raga and other melodies sung by Your voice and flute shine in the ear.  What is nectar in comparison?  What is impersonal Brahman?  What is the happiness of Vaikuntha?  O Govinda, O Gokulananda, I bow down before

You.

 

4          yat-pada-sparsa-madhurya-majjat-kuca

                        dhanyatam yanti gopyo ramato 'py alam

            yad-yaso-dundubher ghosana sarva-jid

                        gokulananda-govinda tubhyam namah

 

The breasts plunged into nectar by the touch of Your feet, the gopis attain a good fortune much greater than the goddess of fortune's.  The sound of the dundubhi drums of Your fame conquers all.  O Govinda, O Gokulananda, I bow

down before You.

 

5          yasya phela-lavasvadane patratam

                        brahma-rudradayo yanti naivanyake

            adharam sidhum ete 'pi vindanti no

                        gokulananda-govinda tubhyam namah

 

Brahma, Siva and the other demigods taste the remnants of Your meals.  They do not find nectar in the remnants from any other lips.  O Govinda, O Gokulananda, I bow down before You.

 

6          yasya lilamrtam sarvathakarsakam

                        brahma-saukhyad api svadu sarve jaguh

            tat-pramanam svayam vyasasunuh suko

                        gokulananda-govinda tubhyam namah

 

Everyone proclaims that the all-attractive nectar of Your pastimes is greater than the impersonal Brahman.  Vyasa's son Sukadeva Gosvami is a testament to this.  O Govinda, O Gokulananda, I bow down before You.

 

7          yat-sad-aisvaryam apy arya-bhaktatmani

                        dhyatam udyac-camatkaram anandayet

            natha tasmai rasambhodhaye kotiso

                        gokulananda-govinda tubhyam namah

 

Your six wonderful opulences delight the hearts of the saintly devotees who meditate on them.  O Lord, O ocean of nectar, O Govinda, O Gokulananda, I bow down before You millions of times.

 

8          gokulananda-govindadevastakam

                        yah pathen nityam utkanthitas tvat-padoh

            prema-sevaptaye so 'ciran madhuri-

                        sindhu-majjan-mana vanchitam vindatam

 

May he who regularly reads this Gokulananda-Govindadevastaka and yearns to attain pure love and service for Your feet find his desire to plunge his heart in the ocean of Your sweetness fulfilled.