Sri Ganga-narayanastakam

kula-sthitān karmiṇa uddidhīrṣur gaṅgaiva yasmin kṛpayāviśeṣa śrī-cakravartī dayatāṁ sa gaṅgā- nārāyaṇaḥ prema-rasāmbudhir mām

Wishing to uplift the ritualists bound to family tradition, Gaṅgā herself mercifully entered into him. May that Śrī Cakravartī, Gaṅgā-nārāyaṇa, an ocean of the nectar of prema, be merciful to me.

narottamo bhakty-avatāra eva yasmin sva-bhaktiṁ nidadhau mudaiva śrī-cakravartī dayatāṁ sa gaṅgā- nārāyaṇaḥ prema-rasāmbudhir mām

Śrī Narottama, the very incarnation of bhakti, joyfully placed his own bhakti in him. May that Śrī Cakravartī, Gaṅgā-nārāyaṇa, an ocean of the nectar of prema, be merciful to me.

vṛndāvane yasya yaśaḥ prasiddhaṁ adyāpi gīyate satāṁ sadaḥsu śrī-cakravartī dayatāṁ sa gaṅgā- nārāyaṇaḥ prema-rasāmbudhir mām

His fame is well known in Vṛndāvana and is sung even today in the assemblies of saints. May that Śrī Cakravartī, Gaṅgā-nārāyaṇa, an ocean of the nectar of prema, be merciful to me.

śrī-govinda-deva-dvibhujatva-śaṁsi- śrutiṁ vadan sad-vipadaṁ nirāsthat śrī-cakravartī dayatāṁ sa gaṅgā- nārāyaṇaḥ prema-rasāmbudhir mām

By citing the śruti that declares Śrī Govindadeva to be two-armed, he removed the danger that faced the saints. May that Śrī Cakravartī, Gaṅgā-nārāyaṇa, an ocean of the nectar of prema, be merciful to me.

sauśīlya-yukto guṇa-ratna-rāśiḥ pāṇḍitya-sāraḥ pratibhā-vivasvān śrī-cakravartī dayatāṁ sa gaṅgā- nārāyaṇaḥ prema-rasāmbudhir mām

He is gentle in character, a treasury of jewel-like virtues, the very essence of learning, and a sun of brilliant insight. May that Śrī Cakravartī, Gaṅgā-nārāyaṇa, an ocean of the nectar of prema, be merciful to me.

janān kṛpā-dṛṣṭibhir eva sadyaḥ prapadyamānān sva-pade'karod yaḥ śrī-cakravartī dayatāṁ sa gaṅgā- nārāyaṇaḥ prema-rasāmbudhir mām

By his merciful glances alone he at once gave a place at his feet to the people who came to him for shelter. May that Śrī Cakravartī, Gaṅgā-nārāyaṇa, an ocean of the nectar of prema, be merciful to me.

loke prabhutvaṁ sthira-bhakti-yogaṁ yasmai svayaṁ gaura-harir vyatānīt śrī-cakravartī dayatāṁ sa gaṅgā- nārāyaṇaḥ prema-rasāmbudhir mām

Gaura-hari Himself granted him spiritual authority in the world and steady bhakti-yoga. May that Śrī Cakravartī, Gaṅgā-nārāyaṇa, an ocean of the nectar of prema, be merciful to me.

vṛndāvanīyātirahasya-bhakter jñānaṁ vinā yan na kuto'pi siddhyet śrī-cakravartī dayatāṁ sa gaṅgā- nārāyaṇaḥ prema-rasāmbudhir mām

Without him, knowledge of the most secret bhakti of Vṛndāvana cannot be gained from anywhere. May that Śrī Cakravartī, Gaṅgā-nārāyaṇa, an ocean of the nectar of prema, be merciful to me.

viśrambhavān yaś caraṇeṣu gaṅgā- nārāyaṇa-premāmbu-rāśeḥ etat paṭhed aṣṭakam eka-cittaḥ sa tat-parīvāra-padaṁ prayāti

Whoever has firm faith in the feet of Gaṅgā-nārāyaṇa, the ocean of prema, and recites this aṣṭaka with a one-pointed mind attains a place among his associates.