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Sourceप्रथमं श्रीगोवर्धनाष्टकं नमः श्रीगोवर्धनाय । गोविन्दास्योत्तंसित वंशीक्वणितोद्य ल्लास्योत्कण्ठामत्तमयूरव्रजवीत । राधाकुण्डोत्तुङ्गतरङ्गाङ्कुरिताङ्ग प्रत्याशां मे त्वं कुरु गोवर्धन पूर्णाम् ॥ १॥
prathamaṃ śrīgovardhanāṣṭakaṃ namaḥ śrīgovardhanāya | govindāsyottaṃsita vaṃśīkvaṇitodya llāsyotkaṇṭhāmattamayūravrajavīta | rādhākuṇḍottuṅgataraṅgāṅkuritāṅga pratyāśāṃ me tvaṃ kuru govardhana pūrṇām || 1||
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The first Śrī Govardhanāṣṭakam. Obeisance to Śrī Govardhana. O Govardhana, fulfill my hope. You are encircled by hosts of peacocks maddened with eagerness to dance when Govinda raises the flute to his face and plays; your body sprouts from the lofty waves of Rādhā-kuṇḍa.
41.002
Sourceयस्योत्कर्षाद् विस्मितधीभिर्व्रजदेवी वृन्दैर्वर्षं वणितमास्ते हरिदास्यम् । चित्रैर्युञ्जन स द्युतिपुञ्जैरखिलाशां प्रत्याशां मे त्वं कुरु गोवर्धन पूर्णाम् ॥ २॥
yasyotkarṣād vismitadhībhirvrajadevī vṛndairvarṣaṃ vaṇitamāste haridāsyam | citrairyuñjana sa dyutipuñjairakhilāśāṃ pratyāśāṃ me tvaṃ kuru govardhana pūrṇām || 2||
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O Govardhana, fulfill my hope. Because of your excellence, assemblies of Vraja's goddesses, their minds astonished, describe Hari's service throughout the year; you join every direction with wonderful masses of radiance.
41.003
Sourceविन्दद्भिर्यो मन्दिरतां कन्दरवृन्दैः कन्दैश्चेन्दोर्बन्धुभिरानन्दयतीशम् । वैदूर्याभैर्निर्झरतोयैरपि सोऽयं प्रत्याशां मे त्वं कुरु गोवर्धन पूर्णाम् ॥ ३॥
vindadbhiryo mandiratāṃ kandaravṛndaiḥ kandaiścendorbandhubhirānandayatīśam | vaidūryābhairnirjharatoyairapi so'yaṃ pratyāśāṃ me tvaṃ kuru govardhana pūrṇām || 3||
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O Govardhana, fulfill my hope. Your many caves serve as temples and delight the Lord, together with roots related to the moon and with cascading waters that shine like vaidūrya gems.
41.004
Sourceशश्वद्विश्वालङ्करणालङ्कृतिमेध्यैः प्रेम्णा धौतैर्धातुभिरुद्दीपितसानो । नित्याक्रन्दत्कन्दर वेणुध्वनिहर्षात् प्रत्याशां मे त्वं कुरु गोवर्धन पूर्णाम् ॥ ४॥
śaśvadviśvālaṅkaraṇālaṅkṛtimedhyaiḥ premṇā dhautairdhātubhiruddīpitasāno | nityākrandatkandara veṇudhvaniharṣāt pratyāśāṃ me tvaṃ kuru govardhana pūrṇām || 4||
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O Govardhana, fulfill my hope. Your slopes blaze with sacred minerals that decorate the eternal ornament of the universe and are washed by love. Your caves resound forever, crying out in joy at the sound of the flute.
41.005
Sourceप्राज्या राजिर्यस्य विराजत्युपलानां कृष्णेनासौ सन्ततमध्यासितमध्या । सोऽयं बन्धुर्बन्धुरधर्मा सुरभाणां प्रत्याशां मे त्वं कुरु गोवर्धन पूर्णाम् ॥ ५॥
prājyā rājiryasya virājatyupalānāṃ kṛṣṇenāsau santatamadhyāsitamadhyā | so'yaṃ bandhurbandhuradharmā surabhāṇāṃ pratyāśāṃ me tvaṃ kuru govardhana pūrṇām || 5||
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O Govardhana, fulfill my hope. A splendid, abundant row of your stones is forever occupied at its center by Kṛṣṇa. You are the lovely friend whose nature benefits the surabhi cows.
41.006
Sourceनिर्धुन्वानः संहृतिहेतुं घनवृन्दं जित्वा जभारातिमसम्भावितबाधम् । स्वानां वैरं यः किल निर्यापितवान् सः प्रत्याशां मे त्वं कुरु गोवर्धन पूर्णाम् ॥ ६॥
nirdhunvānaḥ saṃhṛtihetuṃ ghanavṛndaṃ jitvā jabhārātimasambhāvitabādham | svānāṃ vairaṃ yaḥ kila niryāpitavān saḥ pratyāśāṃ me tvaṃ kuru govardhana pūrṇām || 6||
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O Govardhana, fulfill my hope. Shaking off the mass of clouds that threatened destruction, defeating the inconceivable assault of Jambha's enemy, you drove away the enmity directed toward your own people.
41.007
Sourceबिभ्राणो यः श्रीभुजदण्डोपरिभर्तुश् छत्रीभावं नाम यथार्थं स्वमकार्षीत् । कृष्णोपज्ञं यस्य मखस्तिष्ठति सोऽयं प्रत्याशां मे त्वं कुरु गोवर्धन पूर्णाम् ॥ ७॥
bibhrāṇo yaḥ śrībhujadaṇḍoparibhartuś chatrībhāvaṃ nāma yathārthaṃ svamakārṣīt | kṛṣṇopajñaṃ yasya makhastiṣṭhati so'yaṃ pratyāśāṃ me tvaṃ kuru govardhana pūrṇām || 7||
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O Govardhana, fulfill my hope. Borne upon your Lord's splendid, stafflike arm, you made your name ‘the one who nourishes the cows’ true by becoming an umbrella. The sacrifice instituted by Kṛṣṇa remains established for you.
41.008
Sourceगान्धर्वायाः केलिकलाबान्धव कुञ्जे क्षुण्णैस्तस्याः कङ्कणहारैः प्रयताङ्ग । रासक्रीडामण्डितयोपत्यकयाढ्य प्रत्याशां मे त्वं कुरु गोवर्धन पूर्णाम् ॥ ८॥
gāndharvāyāḥ kelikalābāndhava kuñje kṣuṇṇaistasyāḥ kaṅkaṇahāraiḥ prayatāṅga | rāsakrīḍāmaṇḍitayopatyakayāḍhya pratyāśāṃ me tvaṃ kuru govardhana pūrṇām || 8||
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O Govardhana, fulfill my hope. In the grove, companion to Gāndharvā's arts of play, your pure body is strewn with her crushed bracelets and necklaces; your foothills are rich with the decorations of the rāsa play.
41.009
Sourceअद्रोश्रेणीशेखर पद्याष्टकमेतत् कृष्णाम्भोदप्रेष्ठ पठेद् यस्तव देही । प्रेमानन्दं तुन्दिलयन् क्षिप्रममन्दं तं हर्षेण स्वीकुरुतां ते हृदयेशः ॥ ९॥
adrośreṇīśekhara padyāṣṭakametat kṛṣṇāmbhodapreṣṭha paṭhed yastava dehī | premānandaṃ tundilayan kṣipramamandaṃ taṃ harṣeṇa svīkurutāṃ te hṛdayeśaḥ || 9||
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O beloved of the Kṛṣṇa rain cloud, when an embodied person recites these eight verses that crown the range of mountains, may your heart's Lord joyfully accept that person and quickly make the abundant joy of love flourish.
41.010
Sourceइति श्रीरूपगोस्वामिविरचितस्तवमालायां मत्तमयूराख्यं प्रथमं श्रीगोवर्धनाष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ।
iti śrīrūpagosvāmiviracitastavamālāyāṃ mattamayūrākhyaṃ prathamaṃ śrīgovardhanāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |
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Thus ends the first Śrī Govardhanāṣṭakam, called Matta-mayūra, in the Stava-mālā composed by Śrī Rūpa Goswāmī.