Prathama Govardhanastakam

Sri Krsna, Prathama Govardhanastakam

Rupa Goswami has written this song “Govindasyottamsita Vamsi”. The official name of this song is Volume 6; Prathama Govardhanastakam. This song is taken from the book Stavamala. In this song, Rupa Goswami sings the wonderful glories of the Govardhana Hill. He also prays that Sri Krsna accept anyone who recites these 4 verse, among his associates.

(1)
govindāsyottaḿsita-vaḿśī-kvaṇitodyal-
lāsyotkaṇṭhā-matta-mayūra-vraja-vīta
rādhā-kuṇḍottuńga-tarańgāńkuritāńga
praty-āśāḿ me tvaḿ kuru govardhana pūrṇām

(2)
yasyotkarṣād vismita-dhībhir vraja-devī-
vṛndair varyaḿ varṇitam āste hari-dāsyam
citrair yuñjan sa dyuti-puñjair akhilāśāḿ
praty-āśāḿ me tvaḿ kuru govardhana pūrṇām

(3)
vindadbhir yo mandiratāḿ kandara-vṛndaiḥ
kandaiś cendor bandhubhir ānandayatīśam
vaidūryābhair nirjhara-toyair api so ‘yaḿ
praty-āśāḿ me tvaḿ kuru govardhana pūrṇām

(4)
śaśvad-viśvālańkaraṇālańkṛti-medhyaiḥ
premṇā dhautair dhātubhir uddīpita-sāno
nityākrandat-kandara veṇu-dhvani-harṣāt
praty-āśāḿ me tvaḿ kuru govardhana pūrṇām

(5)
prājyā rājir yasya virājaty upalānāḿ
kṛṣṇenāsau santatam adhyāsita-madhyā
so ‘yaḿ bandhura-dharmo surabhīṇāḿ
praty-āśāḿ me tvaḿ kuru govardhana pūrṇām

(6)
nirdhunvānaḥ saḿhṛti-hetuḿ ghana-vṛndaḿ
jitvā jambhārātim asambhāvita-bādham
svānāḿ vairaḿ yaḥ kila niryāpitavān saḥ
praty-āśāḿ me tvaḿ kuru govardhana pūrṇām

(7)
bibhrāṇo yaḥ śrī-bhuja-daṇḍopari bhartuś
chatrī-bhāvaḿ nāma yathārthaḿ svam akarṣīt
kṛṣṇopajñaḿ yasya makhas tiṣṭhati so ‘yaḿ
praty-āśāḿ me tvaḿ kuru govardhana pūrṇām

(8)
gāndharvāyāḥ keli-kalā-bāndhava kuñje
kṣunnais tasyāḥ kańkana-hāraiḥ prayatāńga
rāsa-krīḍā-maṇḍitayopatyakāḍhya
praty-āśāḿ me tvaḿ kuru govardhana pūrṇām

(9)
adri-śreṇi-śekhara padyāṣṭakam etat
kṛṣṇāmbhoda-preṣṭha paṭhed yas tava dehī
premānandaḿ tundilayan kṣipram amandaḿ
taḿ harṣeṇa svī-kurutāḿ te hṛdayeśa

(1) O hill filled with peacocks madly dancing to the musi of the flute on Lord Govinda’s mouth, O hill splashed by the high waves of Radha’-kunda, O Govardhana, please fulfill my desires.
(2) O hill the goddesses of Vraja, astonished by your glory, described as the best servant of Lord Hari, O hill that fills all directions with the most wonderful splendor, OGovardhana, please fulfill my desires.
(3) O hill that with your palatial caves and clouds that are the moon’s friends pleases the Supreme Personality of Godhead, O hill the water of whose swiftly-flowing streams is the color of lapis lazuli, O Govardhana, please fulfill my desires.
(4) O hill whose peaks are splendid with mineral colors washed with love and suitable to decorate the Supreme Lord who is the Himself the eternal decoration of all the worlds, O hill whose valley eternally resounds with the joyful sound of the flute, O Govardhana, please fulfill my desires.
(5) O hill whose rocks are the regular sitting place of Lord Krsna, O charming friend of the surabhi cows, O Govardhana, please fulfill my desires.
(6) O hill that stopped the destructive clouds, O hill that defeated Indra and made him harmless, O hill that ended Indra’s hatred of your relatives, the hills and mountains, OGovardhana, please fulfill my desires.
(7) O hill that became an umbrella above the handle of the Supreme Lord’s arm, O hill very appropriately named, O hill Lord Krsna ordered to be worshipped in a Vedi yajna, OGovardhana, please fulfill my desires.
(8) O friend of Srimati Radharani’s transcendental pastimes, O hill in whose forest groves She dropped Her necklaces and bracelets, O hill decorated with the rasa-lila, OGovardhana, please fulfill my desires.
(9) O king of hills, O dear friend of the black cloud Krsna, I pray that to whoever reads these eight verses glorifying you, the Lord of your heart (Sri Krsna, will, quickly granting the intense bliss of pure love, happily accept among His associates.