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Sourceमुकुन्दमुरलीरवश्रवणफुल्लहृद्वल्लरी कदम्बककरम्बितप्रतिकदम्बकुञ्जान्तरा । कलिन्दगिरिनन्दिनीकमलकन्दलान्दोलिना सुगन्धिरनिलेन मे शरणमस्तु वृन्दाटवी ॥ १॥
mukundamuralīravaśravaṇaphullahṛdvallarī kadambakakarambitapratikadambakuñjāntarā | kalindagirinandinīkamalakandalāndolinā sugandhiranilena me śaraṇamastu vṛndāṭavī || 1||
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May Vṛndāvana forest be my shelter. Within each of its kadamba-filled groves the heart-vines blossom upon hearing the sound of Mukunda's flute; a fragrant breeze rocks the beds of lotuses belonging to the daughter of Kalinda mountain.
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Sourceविकुण्ठपुरसंश्रयाद् विपिनतोऽपि निःश्रेयसात् सहस्रगुणितां श्रियं प्रदुहती रसश्रेयसीम् । चतुर्मुखमुखैरपि स्पृहिततार्णदेहोद्भवा जगद्गुरुभिरग्रिमैः शरणमस्तु वृन्दाटवी ॥ २॥
vikuṇṭhapurasaṃśrayād vipinato'pi niḥśreyasāt sahasraguṇitāṃ śriyaṃ praduhatī rasaśreyasīm | caturmukhamukhairapi spṛhitatārṇadehodbhavā jagadgurubhiragrimaiḥ śaraṇamastu vṛndāṭavī || 2||
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May Vṛndāvana forest be my shelter. It yields the highest fortune of rasa, a glory a thousand times greater than taking refuge in Vaikuṇṭha city or even in the forest of liberation. The foremost teachers of the world headed by four-faced Brahmā long to take birth there even as grass.
43.003
Sourceअनारतविकस्वरव्रततिपुञ्जपुष्पावली विसारिवरसौरभोद्गमरमाचमत्कारिणी । अमन्दमकरन्दभृद्विटपिवृन्दवृन्दीकृत द्विरेफकुलवन्दिता शरणमस्तु वृन्दाटवी ॥ ३॥
anāratavikasvaravratatipuñjapuṣpāvalī visārivarasaurabhodgamaramācamatkāriṇī | amandamakarandabhṛdviṭapivṛndavṛndīkṛta dvirephakulavanditā śaraṇamastu vṛndāṭavī || 3||
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May Vṛndāvana forest be my shelter. The far-spreading excellent fragrance rising from rows of flowers upon ceaselessly blossoming masses of vines astonishes Ramā. Its multitude of trees holds abundant nectar and hosts of bees gather to worship it.
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Sourceक्षणद्युतिघनश्रियोव्रजनवीनयूनोः पदैः सुवग्लुभिरलङ्कृता ललितलक्ष्मलक्ष्मीभरैः । तयोर्नखरमण्डलीशिखरकेलिचर्योचितै र्वृता किशलयाङ्कुरैः शरणमस्तु वृन्दाटवी ॥ ४॥
kṣaṇadyutighanaśriyovrajanavīnayūnoḥ padaiḥ suvaglubhiralaṅkṛtā lalitalakṣmalakṣmībharaiḥ | tayornakharamaṇḍalīśikharakelicaryocitai rvṛtā kiśalayāṅkuraiḥ śaraṇamastu vṛndāṭavī || 4||
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May Vṛndāvana forest be my shelter. It is decorated by the most graceful feet of Vraja's youthful pair, whose beauty is lightning and rain cloud, and filled with the fortune of their charming marks. Tender sprouts rise there, suited to the play of the tips of their clusters of nails.
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Sourceव्रजेन्द्रसखनन्दिनीशुभतराधिकारक्रिया प्रभावजसुखोत्सवस्फुरितजङ्गमस्थावरा । प्रलम्बदमनानुजध्वनितवंशिकाकाकली रसज्ञमृगमण्डला शरणमस्तु वृन्दाटवी ॥ ५॥
vrajendrasakhanandinīśubhatarādhikārakriyā prabhāvajasukhotsavasphuritajaṅgamasthāvarā | pralambadamanānujadhvanitavaṃśikākākalī rasajñamṛgamaṇḍalā śaraṇamastu vṛndāṭavī || 5||
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May Vṛndāvana forest be my shelter. Its moving and unmoving beings thrill in a festival of joy born from the power of the most auspicious authority of Vraja's king's friend's daughter. Its herds of deer relish the soft notes of the flute sounded by Pralamba's destroyer's younger brother.
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Sourceअमन्दमुदिरार्बुदाभ्यधिकमाधुरीमेदुर व्रजेन्द्रसुतवीक्षणोन्नट्ण्तनीलकण्ठोत्करा । दिनेशसुहृदात्मजाकृतनिजाभिमानोल्लसल् लताखगमृगाङ्गना शरणमस्तु वृन्दाटवी ॥ ६॥
amandamudirārbudābhyadhikamādhurīmedura vrajendrasutavīkṣaṇonnaṭṇtanīlakaṇṭhotkarā | dineśasuhṛdātmajākṛtanijābhimānollasal latākhagamṛgāṅganā śaraṇamastu vṛndāṭavī || 6||
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May Vṛndāvana forest be my shelter. Its flocks of peacocks dance wildly upon seeing the son of Vraja's king, whose intense sweetness is greater than ten million mighty rain clouds. Its vines, birds, and does exult in the pride of belonging to the sun's friend's daughter.
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Sourceअगण्यगुणनागरीगणगरिष्ठगान्धर्विका मनोजरणचातुरीपिशुनकुञ्जपुञ्जोज्ज्वला । जगत्त्रयकलागुरोर्ललितलास्यवल्गत्पद प्रयोगविधिसाक्षिणी शरणमस्तु वृन्दाटवी ॥ ७॥
agaṇyaguṇanāgarīgaṇagariṣṭhagāndharvikā manojaraṇacāturīpiśunakuñjapuñjojjvalā | jagattrayakalāgurorlalitalāsyavalgatpada prayogavidhisākṣiṇī śaraṇamastu vṛndāṭavī || 7||
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May Vṛndāvana forest be my shelter. Its shining host of groves reveals the clever battle of Love waged by Gāndharvikā, foremost among innumerable virtuous heroines. It witnesses the artful placement of the dancing feet of the graceful instructor in all the arts of the three worlds.
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Sourceवरिष्ठहरिदासतापदसमृद्धगोवर्धना मधूद्वहवधूचमत्कृतिनिवासरासस्थला । अगूढगहनश्रियो मधुरिमव्रजेनोज्ज्वला व्रजस्य सहजेन मे शरणमस्तु वृन्दाटवी ॥ ८॥
variṣṭhaharidāsatāpadasamṛddhagovardhanā madhūdvahavadhūcamatkṛtinivāsarāsasthalā | agūḍhagahanaśriyo madhurimavrajenojjvalā vrajasya sahajena me śaraṇamastu vṛndāṭavī || 8||
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May Vṛndāvana forest be my shelter. Govardhana flourishes there in the supreme station of being Hari's finest servant; its rāsa ground is the astonishing dwelling of the bride of the bearer of Madhu. Brilliant with Vraja's innate sweetness, it possesses a forest beauty that is not concealed.
43.009
Sourceइदं निखिलनिष्कुटावलिवरिष्ठवृन्दाटवी गुणस्मरणकारि यः पठति सुष्ठु पद्याष्टकम् । वसन् व्यसनमुक्तधीरनिशमत्र सद्वासनः स पीतवसने वशी रतिमवाप्य विक्रीडति ॥ ९॥
idaṃ nikhilaniṣkuṭāvalivariṣṭhavṛndāṭavī guṇasmaraṇakāri yaḥ paṭhati suṣṭhu padyāṣṭakam | vasan vyasanamuktadhīraniśamatra sadvāsanaḥ sa pītavasane vaśī ratimavāpya vikrīḍati || 9||
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The person who carefully recites these eight verses, which cause remembrance of the virtues of Vṛndāvana, foremost among all groves, lives here with good spiritual aspiration and a mind freed from affliction. Attaining controlled love for the yellow-clad Lord, that person sports with him.
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Sourceइति श्रीरूपगोस्वामिविरचितस्तवमालायां श्रीवृन्दावनाष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ।
iti śrīrūpagosvāmiviracitastavamālāyāṃ śrīvṛndāvanāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |
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Thus ends the Śrī Vṛndāvanāṣṭakam in the Stava-mālā composed by Śrī Rūpa Goswāmī.