Govindashtakam
ಗೋವಿನ್ದಾಷ್ಟಕಮ್
The Sanskrit text in Kannada script. The Roman line and the meaning are the same as in the original.
ಸತ್ಯಂ ಜ್ಞಾನಮನನ್ತಂ ನಿತ್ಯಮನಾಕಾಶಂ ಪರಮಾಕಾಶಂ ಗೋಷ್ಠಪ್ರಾಙ್ಗಣರಿಙ್ಖಣಲೋಲಮನಾಯಾಸಂ ಪರಮಾಯಾಸಮ್।
ಮಾಯಾಕಲ್ಪಿತನಾನಾಕಾರಮನಾಕಾರಂ ಭುವನಾಕಾರಂ ಕ್ಷ್ಮಾಮಾನಾಥಮನಾಥಂ ಪ್ರಣಮತ ಗೋವಿನ್ದಂ ಪರಮಾನನ್ದಮ್॥Satyam jnanamanantam nityamanakasham paramakasham goshthapranganarinkhanalolamanayasam paramayasam, mayakalpitananakaramanakaram bhuvanakaram kshmamanathamanatham pranamata govindam paramanandam.
He is truth, knowledge, infinite and eternal, beyond space yet the supreme space; he crawls restlessly in the cowherds’ yard, effortless yet tired from play; through maya he takes many forms, yet is formless and takes the form of the world; lord of Earth and Lakshmi, he has no lord. Bow to Govinda, the supreme bliss.
ಮೃತ್ಸ್ನಾಮತ್ಸೀಹೇತಿ ಯಶೋದಾತಾಡನಶೈಶವಸನ್ತ್ರಾಸಂ ವ್ಯಾದಿತವಕ್ತ್ರಾಲೋಕಿತಲೋಕಾಲೋಕಚತುರ್ದಶಲೋಕಾಲಿಮ್।
ಲೋಕತ್ರಯಪುರಮೂಲಸ್ತಮ್ಭಂ ಲೋಕಾಲೋಕಮನಾಲೋಕಂ ಲೋಕೇಶಂ ಪರಮೇಶಂ ಪ್ರಣಮತ ಗೋವಿನ್ದಂ ಪರಮಾನನ್ದಮ್॥Mritsnamatsiheti yashodatadanashaishavasantrasam vyaditavaktralokitalokalokachaturdashalokalim, lokatrayapuramulastambham lokalokamanalokam lokesham paramesham pranamata govindam paramanandam.
As a child he was frightened when Yashoda scolded, ‘Did you eat mud?’, and in his open mouth she saw all fourteen worlds. He is the central pillar of the three worlds, the light of the worlds yet unseen, lord of the worlds and supreme lord. Bow to Govinda, the supreme bliss.
ತ್ರೈವಿಷ್ಟಪರಿಪುವೀರಘ್ನಂ ಕ್ಷಿತಿಭಾರಘ್ನಂ ಭವರೋಗಘ್ನಂ ಕೈವಲ್ಯಂ ನವನೀತಾಹಾರಮನಾಹಾರಂ ಭುವನಾಹಾರಮ್।
ವೈಮಲ್ಯಸ್ಫುಟಚೇತೋವೃತ್ತಿವಿಶೇಷಾಭಾಸಮನಾಭಾಸಂ ಶೈವಂ ಕೇವಲಶಾನ್ತಂ ಪ್ರಣಮತ ಗೋವಿನ್ದಂ ಪರಮಾನನ್ದಮ್॥Traivishtaparipuviraghnam kshitibharaghnam bhavarogaghnam kaivalyam navanitaharamanaharam bhuvanaharam, vaimalyasphutachetovrittivisheshabhasamanabhasam shaivam kevalashantam pranamata govindam paramanandam.
He slays the mighty foes of heaven, removes the earth’s burden and cures the sickness of worldly life; he is liberation itself. He eats butter yet needs no food, and swallows the whole world; he shines in a pure mind yet is beyond all appearance, auspicious and utterly peaceful. Bow to Govinda, the supreme bliss.
ಗೋಪಾಲಂ ಪ್ರಭುಲೀಲಾವಿಗ್ರಹಗೋಪಾಲಂ ಕುಲಗೋಪಾಲಂ ಗೋಪೀಖೇಲನಗೋವರ್ಧನಧೃತಿಲೀಲಾಲಾಲಿತಗೋಪಾಲಮ್।
ಗೋಭಿರ್ನಿಗದಿತಗೋವಿನ್ದಸ್ಫುಟನಾಮಾನಂ ಬಹುನಾಮಾನಂ ಗೋಪೀಗೋಚರಪಥಿಕಂ ಪ್ರಣಮತ ಗೋವಿನ್ದಂ ಪರಮಾನನ್ದಮ್॥Gopalam prabhulilavigrahagopalam kulagopalam gopikhelanagovardhanadhritililalalitagopalam, gobhirnigaditagovindasphutanamanam bahunamanam gopigocharapathikam pranamata govindam paramanandam.
He is Gopala, the lord who took a cowherd’s form in play, protector of his clan, who played with the gopis and held up Govardhan to shelter the cowherds; the cows themselves called him Govinda, yet he has many names, and he walks where the gopis can see him. Bow to Govinda, the supreme bliss.
ಗೋಪೀಮಣ್ಡಲಗೋಷ್ಠೀಭೇದಂ ಭೇದಾವಸ್ಥಮಭೇದಾಭಂ ಶಶ್ವದ್ಗೋಖುರನಿರ್ಧೂತೋದ್ಗತಧೂಲೀಧೂಸರಸೌಭಾಗ್ಯಮ್।
ಶ್ರದ್ಧಾಭಕ್ತಿಗೃಹೀತಾನನ್ದಮಚಿನ್ತ್ಯಂ ಚಿನ್ತಿತಸದ್ಭಾವಂ ಚಿನ್ತಾಮಣಿಮಹಿಮಾನಂ ಪ್ರಣಮತ ಗೋವಿನ್ದಂ ಪರಮಾನನ್ದಮ್॥Gopimandalagoshthibhedam bhedavasthamabhedabham shashvadgokhuranirdhutodgatadhulidhusarasaubhagyam, shraddhabhaktigrihitanandamachintyam chintitasadbhavam chintamanimahimanam pranamata govindam paramanandam.
He moves among the circle of gopis, seeming separate yet never separate; his beauty is always grey with the dust raised by the cows’ hooves. His bliss is won through faith and devotion; beyond thought, yet his true nature is found in meditation; his greatness is like the wish-fulfilling gem. Bow to Govinda, the supreme bliss.
ಸ್ನಾನವ್ಯಾಕುಲಯೋಷಿದ್ವಸ್ತ್ರಮುಪಾದಾಯಾಗಮುಪಾರೂಢಂ ವ್ಯಾದಿತ್ಸನ್ತೀರಥ ದಿಗ್ವಸ್ತ್ರಾ ದಾತುಮುಪಾಕರ್ಷನ್ತಂ ತಾಃ।
ನಿರ್ಧೂತದ್ವಯಶೋಕವಿಮೋಹಂ ಬುದ್ಧಂ ಬುದ್ಧೇರನ್ತಃಸ್ಥಂ ಸತ್ತಾಮಾತ್ರಶರೀರಂ ಪ್ರಣಮತ ಗೋವಿನ್ದಂ ಪರಮಾನನ್ದಮ್॥Snanavyakulayoshidvastramupadayagamuparudham vyaditsantiratha digvastra datumupakarshantam tah, nirdhutadvayashokavimoham buddham buddherantahstham sattamatrashariram pranamata govindam paramanandam.
He took the clothes of the women bathing in the river, climbed a tree, and drew them near when they came to ask for them back. Free of the grief and delusion of duality, he is awakened wisdom dwelling within the mind, whose body is pure existence. Bow to Govinda, the supreme bliss.
ಕಾನ್ತಂ ಕಾರಣಕಾರಣಮಾದಿಮನಾದಿಂ ಕಾಲಘನಾಭಾಸಂ ಕಾಲಿನ್ದೀಗತಕಾಲಿಯಶಿರಸಿ ಸುನೃತ್ಯನ್ತಂ ಮುಹುರತ್ಯನ್ತಮ್।
ಕಾಲಂ ಕಾಲಕಲಾತೀತಂ ಕಲಿತಾಶೇಷಂ ಕಲಿದೋಷಘ್ನಂ ಕಾಲತ್ರಯಗತಿಹೇತುಂ ಪ್ರಣಮತ ಗೋವಿನ್ದಂ ಪರಮಾನನ್ದಮ್॥Kantam karanakaranamadimanadim kalaghanabhasam kalindigatakaliyashirasi sunrityantam muhuratyantam, kalam kalakalatitam kalitashesham kalidoshaghnam kalatrayagatihetum pranamata govindam paramanandam.
The beloved, cause of all causes, the first yet without beginning, dark as a rain cloud, who danced again and again on Kaliya’s heads in the Yamuna; he is time itself yet beyond time, knows all, destroys the faults of the Kali age, and moves past, present and future. Bow to Govinda, the supreme bliss.
ವೃನ್ದಾವನಭುವಿ ವೃನ್ದಾರಕಗಣವೃನ್ದಾರಾಧ್ಯಂ ವನ್ದೇಽಹಂ ಕುನ್ದಾಭಾಮಲಮನ್ದಸ್ಮೇರಸುಧಾನನ್ದಂ ಸುಹೃದಾನನ್ದಮ್।
ವನ್ದ್ಯಾಶೇಷಮಹಾಮುನಿಮಾನಸವನ್ದ್ಯಾನನ್ದಪದದ್ವನ್ದ್ವಂ ವನ್ದ್ಯಾಶೇಷಗುಣಾಬ್ಧಿಂ ಪ್ರಣಮತ ಗೋವಿನ್ದಂ ಪರಮಾನನ್ದಮ್॥Vrindavanabhuvi vrindarakaganavrindaradhyam vandeham kundabhamalamandasmerasudhanandam suhridanandam, vandyasheshamahamunimanasavandyanandapadadvandvam vandyasheshagunabdhim pranamata govindam paramanandam.
I bow to him in the land of Vrindavan, worshipped by hosts of gods, whose gentle smile, pure as jasmine, is nectar and joy, the delight of his friends; whose blissful feet are honoured in the hearts of the great sages, an ocean of every worthy virtue. Bow to Govinda, the supreme bliss.
ಗೋವಿನ್ದಾಷ್ಟಕಮೇತದಧೀತೇ ಗೋವಿನ್ದಾರ್ಪಿತಚೇತಾ ಯೋ ಗೋವಿನ್ದಾಚ್ಯುತ ಮಾಧವ ವಿಷ್ಣೋ ಗೋಕುಲನಾಯಕ ಕೃಷ್ಣೇತಿ।
ಗೋವಿನ್ದಾಙ್ಘ್ರಿಸರೋಜಧ್ಯಾನಸುಧಾಜಲಧೌತಸಮಸ್ತಾಘೋ ಗೋವಿನ್ದಂ ಪರಮಾನನ್ದಾಮೃತಮನ್ತಃಸ್ಥಂ ಸ ತಮಭ್ಯೇತಿ॥Govindashtakametadadhite govindarpitacheta yo govindachyuta madhava vishno gokulanayaka krishneti, govindanghrisarojadhyanasudhajaladhautasamastagho govindam paramanandamritamantahstham sa tamabhyeti.
Whoever recites this Govindashtakam with a heart given to Govinda, calling ‘Govinda, Achyuta, Madhava, Vishnu, lord of Gokula, Krishna’, has every sin washed away by the nectar of meditating on Govinda’s lotus feet, and reaches Govinda, the nectar of supreme bliss within.