Govinda Damodara Stotram (Selected Verses)

govinda dāmodara stotram (laghu)

Śloka 1

karāravindena padāravindaṃ

mukhāravinde viniveśayantam |

vaṭasya patrasya puṭe śayānaṃ

bālaṃ mukundaṃ manasā smarāmi ||

śrīkṛṣṇa govinda hare murāre

he nātha nārāyaṇa vāsudeva |

jihve pibasvāmṛtametadeva

govinda dāmodara mādhaveti || 1

vikretukāmākhilagopakanyā

murāripādārpitacittavṛttiḥ |

dadhyādikaṃ mohavaśādavocat

govinda dāmodara mādhaveti || 2

gṛhe gṛhe gopavadhūkadambāḥ

sarve militvā samavāpya yogam |

puṇyāni nāmāni paṭhanti nityaṃ

govinda dāmodara mādhaveti || 3

sukhaṃ śayānā nilaye nije'pi

nāmāni viṣṇoḥ pravadanti martyāḥ |

te niścitaṃ tanmayatāṃ vrajanti

govinda dāmodara mādhaveti || 4

jihve sadaivaṃ bhaja sundarāṇi

nāmāni kṛṣṇasya manoharāṇi |

samasta bhaktārtivināśanāni

govinda dāmodara mādhaveti || 5

sukhāvasāne idameva sāraṃ

duḥkhāvasāne idameva jñeyam |

dehāvasāne idameva jāpyaṃ

govinda dāmodara mādhaveti || 6

jihve rasajñe madhurapriye tvaṃ

satyaṃ hitaṃ tvāṃ paramaṃ vadāmi |

avarṇayethā madhurākṣarāṇi

govinda dāmodara mādhaveti || 7

tvāmeva yāce mama dehi jihve

samāgate daṇḍadhare kṛtānte |

vaktavyamevaṃ madhuraṃ subhaktyā

govinda dāmodara mādhaveti || 8

śrīkṛṣṇa rādhāvara gokuleśa

gopāla govardhananātha viṣṇo |

jihve pibasvāmṛtametadeva

govinda dāmodara mādhaveti || 9