Saptaham Murajit Karambuja

saptāhaṁ murajit-karāmbuja-paribhrājat-kanisthanguli- prodyad-valgu-varatakoparimilan-mugdha-dvirepho 'pi yaḥ pāthaḥ-kṣepaka-śakra-nakra-mukhataḥ kroḍe vrajaṁ drāg apāt kas taṁ gokula-bandhavam giri-varaṁ govardhanaṁ nāśrayet

Who will not take shelter of Govardhana Hill, the best of mountains, the friend of Gokula, the charming bumblebee that for seven days stood on the graceful whorl of the lotus flower of Lord Krsna's hand and protected Vraja from the mouth of the Indra-crocodile raining a great monsoon?

indratve nibhṛtaṁ gavāṁ suranadī-toyena dīnātmanā śakreṇānugatā cakāra surabhir yenābhiṣekaṁ hareḥ yat-kacche 'jani tena nandita-janaṁ govinda-kuṇḍaṁ kṛtī kas taṁ go-nikarendra-paṭṭa-śikharaṁ govardhanaṁ nāśrayet

What pious person will not take shelter of Govardhana Hill, whose peak is the place of pastimes for Lord Krsna, the master of the surabhi cows, and near which is blissfulGovinda-kunda, where a surabhi cow, followed by humbled Indra bearing the waters of the celestial Ganges, bathed Lord Krsna and secretly crowned Him king of the surabhicows?

svar-dhuny-ādi-vareṇya-tīrtha-gaṇato hṛdyāny ajasraṁ hareḥ sīri-brahma-harāpsaraḥ-priyaka-tat-śrī-dāna-kuṇḍāny api prema-kṣema-ruci-pradāni parito bhrājanti yasya vrati kas taṁ manya-munīndra-varṇita-guṇaṁ govardhanaṁ nāśrayet

What pious person will not take shelter of Govardhana Hill, which is glorified by the great sages, and which is encircled by the lakes Siri-kunda, Brahma-kunda, Hara-kunda,Apsarah-kunda, Priyaka-kunda, and Sri-dana-kunda, which are splendid with the happiness of pure love and more dear to Lord Hari than the celestial Ganges and a host of other sacred places?

jyotsnāmokṣaṇa-mālya-hāra-sumano-gaurī-balāri-dhvaja gāndharvādi-sarāṁsi nirjhara-giriḥ śṛṅgāra-siṁhāsanam gopālo 'pi hari-sthalaṁ harir api sphūrjanti yat-sarvataḥ kas taṁ go-mṛga-pakṣi-vṛkṣa-lalitaṁ govardhanaṁ nāśrayet

Who will not take shelter of Govardhana Hill, which is charming with cows, deer, birds, and trees, and which is the place where the lakes Jyotsnamoksana-kunda, Malya-kunda, Hara-kunda, Sumanah-kunda, Gauri-kunda, Balaridhvaja-kunda, Gandharva-kunda, many other lakes, many swiftly-moving mountain streams, many lion-thrones for amorous pastimes, many places for Lord Hari's other pastimes, and the cowherd boy Lord Hari Himself, are all splendidly manifest?

gaṅgā-koṭy-adhikaṁ bakāri-pada-jāriṣṭāri-kuṇḍaṁ vahan bhaktyā yaḥ śirasā natena satataṁ preyān śivād apy abhūt rādhā-kuṇḍa-maṇiṁ tathaiva murajit-prauḍha-prasādaṁ dadhat preyaḥ-stavyamano 'bhavat ka iha taṁ govardhanaṁ nāśrayet

Who will not take shelter of Govardhana Hill? He who with always devotedly caries on his bowed head the lake known as Syama-kunda, which is millions of times greater than the Ganges, and which was born from the foot of Lord Krsna, becomes more dear to the Lord than even the demigod Siva. He who in the same way carries the jewel known as Radha'-kunda attains the full mercy of Lord Krsna. He becomes the most dear and glorious of devotees.

yasyāṁ mādhava-nāviko rasavatīm ādhāya rādhāṁ tarau madhye cañcala-keli-pāta-valanāt trāsaiḥ stuvatyās tataḥ svabhistham paṇam ādadhe vahati sā yasmin mano-jāhnavī kas taṁ tan nava-dam-pati-pratibhuvaṁ govardhanaṁ nāśrayet

Who will not take shelter of Govardhana Hill, where the divine couple enjoy Their rescue-fee pastimes, and where the Manasa-ganga flows? In the Manasa-ganga the pilotMadhava took sweetly beautiful Radha' on His boat, and when She, frightened by a great storm, prayed that He calm it, He claimed from Her as a rescue-fee the fulfillment of His amorous desires.

rāse śrī-śata-vandya-sundara-sakhī vṛndāñcitā saurabha- bhrājat-kṛṣṇa-rasāla-bāhu-vilasat-kaṇṭhī madhau mādhavī rādhā nṛtyati yatra cāru valate rāsa-sthalī sā parā yasmin sa sukṛtī tam unnatam aye govardhanaṁ nāśrayet

Ah, what pious person will not take shelter of lofty Govardhana Hill, the beautiful and transcendental place of the rasa dance, where Sri Radha, accompanied by Her beautiful friends worshiped by hundreds of goddesses of fortune, and the splendid, nectar arm of Lord Krsna playfully resting on Her neck, dances in the springtime rasa-lila?

yatra svīya-gaṇasya vikrama-bhṛtā vācā muhuḥ phullatoḥ smera-krūra-dṛg-anta-vibhrama-śaraiḥ śaśvan mitho viddhayoḥ tad yūnor nava-dāna-sṛṣṭija-kalir bhaṅgyā hasan jṛmbhate kas taṁ tat-pṛthu-keli-sūcana-śilaṁ govardhanaṁ nāśrayet

Who will not take shelter of Govardhana Hill where, blossoming with happiness at the outrageous joking words of Their friends, perpetually wounded by the swift arrows shot from the corners of Their cruel, smiling eyes, and laughing at the crooked words of the ever-new dana-keli quarrel, the youthful divine couple displayed so many transcendental pastimes?

śrīdāmādi-vayasya-sañcaya-vṛtaḥ saṅkarṣaṇenollasan yasmin go-caya-cāru-cāraṇa-paro rīrīti gāyaty asau raṅge gūḍha-guhāsu ca prathayati smara-kriyāṁ rādhayā kas taṁ saubhaga-bhūṣitāñcita-tanuṁ govardhanaṁ nāśrayet

Who will not take shelter of graceful and auspicious Govardhana Hill, where, accompanied by Sridama and His other friends, playing with Sankarsana, and carefully herding the cows, Lord Krsna happily sings ri ri, and where Lord Krsna enjoys amorous pastimes with Radha' in the rasa dance arena and deep in the hidden caves?

kālindīṁ tapanodbhavam giri-gaṇān aty-unnama-cekharan śrī-vṛndāvipinaṁ janepsita-dharaṁ nandīśvaraṁ cāśrayam hitvā yaṁ pratipūjayan vraja-kṛte mānaṁ mukundo dadau kas taṁ śṛṅgi-kirīṭinaṁ giri-nṛpaṁ govardhanaṁ nāśrayet

Who will not take shelter of Govardhana Hill, the crowned king of all mountains? For the people of Vraja's sake Lord Mukunda neglected the sun-god's daughter Yamuna, a host of other lofty hills, the wish-fulfilling forest of Vrndavana, and the town of Nandisvara, and respectfully worshiped Govardhana Hill.

tasmin vāsadam asya ramya-daśakaṁ govardhanasyeha yat prādurbhūtam idaṁ yadīya-kṛpayā jīrṇāndha-vaktrād api tasyodyad-guṇa-vṛnda-bandhura-khaner jīvātu-rūpasya tat- toṣāyāpi alaṁ bhavatv iha phalaṁ pakvaṁ mayā mṛgyate

By the mercy of Govardhana Hill these ten beautiful verses about Govardhana Hill, which grant residence at Govardhana Hill, have come from the mouth of a blind old man. The pleasure of Govardhana Hill, which is my life and soul, and which is a beautiful jewel-mine of transcendental virtues, is the ripe fruit I seek from my labor in writing these verses.