What is Gita Govinda, First Canto - Samoda Damodara?

Read Gita Govinda, First Canto - Samoda Damodara in English (IAST) script — full lyrics with English meaning and transliteration. Gita Govinda is a monumental masterpiece composed by the 12th-century poet Jayadeva. The first canto, Samoda Damodara, focuses on the divine play and deep devotion between Radha and Krishna. Through its lyrical verses, Jayadeva captures the intense emotions of separation and longing within the sacred landscape of Vrindavan. The text is celebrated for its musicality and spiritual depth, serving as a cornerstone of the Bhakti movement. Chanting these verses is believed to evoke profound divine love, purify the heart, and grant the devotee an intimate experience of Lord Krishna's eternal grace and bliss.

Which deity is Gita Govinda, First Canto - Samoda Damodara dedicated to?

Gita Govinda, First Canto - Samoda Damodara is a Sanskrit hymn dedicated to Lord Krishna.

Who composed Gita Govinda, First Canto - Samoda Damodara?

Gita Govinda, First Canto - Samoda Damodara is traditionally attributed to Jayadeva.

Gita Govinda, First Canto - Samoda… in English (IAST)

|| gītagovindam ||

|| aṣṭapadī ||
|| śrī gopālaka dhyānam ||
yadgopīvadanendumaṇḍanamabhūtkastūrikāpatrakaṃ yallakṣmīkucaśātakumbha kalaśe vyāgocamindīvaram |
yannirvāṇavidhānasādhanavidhau siddhāñjanaṃ yogināṃ tannaśyāmalamāvirastu hṛdaye kṛṣṇābhidhānaṃ mahaḥ || 1 ||

|| śrī jayadeva dhyānam ||
rādhāmanoramaramāvararāsalīla-gānāmṛtaikabhaṇitaṃ kavirājarājam |
śrīmādhavārccanavidhavanurāgasadma-padmāvatīpriyatamaṃ praṇatosmi nityam || 2 ||

śrīgopalavilāsinī valayasadratnādimugdhākṛti śrīrādhāpatipādapadmabhajanānandābdhimagno'niśam ||
loke satkavirājarāja iti yaḥ khyāto dayāmbhonidhiḥ taṃ vande jayadevasadgurumahaṃ padmāvatīvallabham || 3 ||

|| prathamaḥ sargaḥ ||
|| sāmodadāmodaraḥ ||
meghairmeduramambaraṃ vanabhuvaḥ śyāmāstamāladrumai-rnaktaṃ bhīrurayaṃ tvameva tadimaṃ rādhe gṛhaṃ prāpaya |
itthaṃ nandanideśitaścalitayoḥ pratyadhvakuñjadrumaṃ rādhāmādhavayorjayanti yamunākūle rahaḥkelayaḥ || 1 ||

vāgdevatācaritacitritacittasadmā padmāvatīcaraṇacāraṇacakravartī |
śrīvāsudevaratikelikathāsametaṃ etaṃ karoti jayadevakaviḥ prabandham || 2 ||

yadi harismaraṇe sarasaṃ mano yadi vilāsakalāsu kutūhalam |
madhurakomalakāntapadāvalīṃ śṛṇu tadā jayadevasarasvatīm || 3 ||

vācaḥ pallavayatyumāpatidharaḥ sandarbhaśuddhiṃ girāṃ jānīte jayadeva eva śaraṇaḥ ślāghyo durūhadrute |
śṛṅgārottarasatprameyaracanairācāryagovardhana-spardhī ko'pi na viśrutaḥ śrutidharo dhoyī kavikṣmāpatiḥ || 4 ||

|| gītaṃ 1 ||

pralayapayodhijale dhṛtavānasi vedam |
vihitavahitracaritramakhedam ||
keśava dhṛtamīnaśarīra jaya jagadīśa hare || 1 ||

kṣitirativipulatare tava tiṣṭhati pṛṣṭhe |
dharaṇidharaṇakiṇacakragariṣṭhe ||
keśava dhṛtakacchaparūpa jaya jagadīśa hare || 2 ||

vasati daśanaśikhare dharaṇī tava lagnā |
śaśini kalaṅkakaleva nimagnā ||
keśava dhṛtasūkararūpa jaya jagadīśa hare || 3 ||

tava karakamalavare nakhamadbhutaśṛṅgam |
dalitahiraṇyakaśiputanubhṛṅgam ||
keśava dhṛtanaraharirūpa jaya jagadīśa hare || 4 ||

chalayasi vikramaṇe balimadbhutavāmana |
padanakhanīrajanitajanapāvana ||
keśava dhṛtavāmanarūpa jaya jagadīśa hare || 5 ||

kṣatriyarudhiramaye jagadapagatapāpam |
snapayasi payasi śamitabhavatāpam ||
keśava dhṛtabhṛghupatirūpa jaya jagadīśa hare || 6 ||

vitarasi dikṣu raṇe dikpatikamanīyam |
daśamukhamaulibaliṃ ramaṇīyam ||
keśava dhṛtarāmaśarīra jaya jagadīśa hare || 7 ||

vahasi vapuṣi viśade vasanaṃ jaladābham |
halahatibhītimilitayamunābham ||
keśava dhṛtahaladhararūpa jaya jagadīśa hare || 8 ||

nindasi yajñavidherahaha śrutijātam |
sadayahṛdayadarśitapaśughātam ||
keśava dhṛtabuddhaśarīra jaya jagadīśa hare || 9 ||

mlecchanivahanidhane kalayasi karavālam |
dhūmaketumiva kimapi karālam ||
keśava dhṛtakalkiśarīra jaya jagadīśa hare || 10 ||

śrījayadevakaveridamuditamudāram |
śṛṇu sukhadaṃ śubhadaṃ bhavasāram ||
keśava dhṛtadaśavidharūpa jaya jagadīśa hare || 11 ||

vedānuddharate jagannivahate bhūgolamudbibhrate daityaṃ dārayate baliṃ chalayate kṣatrakṣayaṃ kurvate |
paulastyaṃ jayate halaṃ kalayate kāruṇyamātanvate mlecchānmūrcchayate daśākṛtikṛte kṛṣṇāya tubhyaṃ namaḥ || 5 ||

|| gītaṃ 2 ||

śritakamalākucamaṇḍala! dhṛtakuṇḍala! |
kalitalalitavanamāla! jaya, jaya, deva! hare! || 1 ||

dinamaṇīmaṇḍalamaṇḍana! bhavakhaṇḍana! |
munijanamānasahaṃsa! jaya, jaya, deva! hare! || 2 ||

kāliyaviṣadharagañjana! janarañjana! |
yadukulanalinadineśa! jaya, jaya, deva! hare! || 3 ||

madhumuranarakavināśana! garuḍāsana! |
surakulakelinidāna! jaya, jaya, deva! hare! || 4 ||

amalakamaladalalocana! bhavamocan! |
tribhuvanabhavananidhāna! jaya, jaya, deva! hare! || 5 ||

janakasutākṛtabhūṣaṇa! jitadūṣaṇa! |
samaraśamitadaśakaṇṭha! jaya, jaya, deva! hare! || 6 ||

abhinavajaladharasundara! dhṛtamandara! |
śrīmukhacandracakora! jaya, jaya, deva! hare! || 7 ||

śrījayadevakaveridaṃ kurute mudam |
maṅgalamujjvalagītaṃ; jaya, jaya, deva! hare! || 8 ||

padmāpayodharataṭīparirambhalagna-kāśmīramudritamuro madhusūdanasya |
vyaktānurāgamiva kheladanaṅgakheda-svedāmbupūramanupūrayatu priyaṃ vaḥ || 6 ||

vasante vāsantīkusumasukumārairavayavai-rbhramantīṃ kāntāre bahuvihitakṛṣṇānusaraṇām |
amandaṃ kandarpajvarajanitacintākulatayā valadbādhāṃ rādhāṃ sarasamidamuce sahacarī || 7 ||

|| gītaṃ 3 ||

lalitalavaṅgalatāpariśīlanakomalamalayasamīre |
madhukaranikarakarambitakokilakūjitakuñjakuṭīre ||
viharati haririha sarasavasante nṛtyati yuvatijanena samaṃ sakhi virahijanasya durante || 1 ||

unmadamadanamanorathapathikavadhūjanajanitavilāpe |
alikulasaṅkulakusumasamūhanirākulabakulakalāpe || 2 ||

mṛgamadasaurabharabhasavaśaṃvadanavadalamālatamāle |
yuvajanahṛdayavidāraṇamanasijanakharucikiṃśukajāle || 3 ||

madanamahīpatikanakadaṇḍarucikeśarakusumavikāse |
militaśilīmukhapāṭalipaṭalakṛtasmaratūṇavilāse || 4 ||

vigalitalajjitajagadavalokanataruṇakaruṇakṛtahāse |
virahinikṛntanakuntamukhākṛtiketakadanturitāśe || 5 ||

mādhavikāparimalalalite navamālikajātisugandhau |
munimanasāmapi mohanakāriṇi taruṇākāraṇabandhau || 6 ||

sphuradatimuktalatāparirambhaṇamukulitapulakitacūte |
bṛndāvanavipine parisaraparigatayamunājalapūte || 7 ||

śrījayadevabhaṇitamidamudayati haricaraṇasmṛtisāram |
sarasavasantasamayavanavarṇanamanugatamadanavikāram || 8 ||

daravidalitamallīvallicañcatparāga-prakaṭitapaṭavāsairvāsayan kānanāni |
iha hi dahati cetaḥ ketakīgandhabandhuḥ prasaradasamabāṇaprāṇavadgandhavāhaḥ || 8 ||

unmīlanmadhugandhalubdhamadhupavyādhūtacūtāṅkura-krīḍatkokilakākalīkalakalairudgīrṇakarṇajvarāḥ |
nīyante pathikaiḥ kathaṅkathamapi dhyānāvadhānakṣaṇa-prāptaprāṇasamāsamāgamarasollāsairamī vāsarāḥ || 9 ||

anekanārīparirambhasambhrama-sphuranmanohārivilāsalālasam |
murārimārādupadarśayantyasau sakhī samakṣaṃ punarāha rādhikām || 10 ||

|| gītaṃ 4 ||

candanacarcitanīlakalebarapītavasanavanamālī |
kelicalanmaṇikuṇḍalamaṇḍitagaṇḍayugasmitaśālī ||
haririhamugdhavadhūnikare vilāsini vilasati kelipare || 1 ||

pīnapayodharabhārabhareṇa hariṃ pariramya sarāgam |
gopavadhūranugāyati kācidudañcitapañcamarāgam || 2 ||

kāpi vilāsavilolavilocanakhelanajanitamanojam |
dhyāyati mugdhavadhūradhikaṃ madhusūdanavadanasarojam || 3 ||

kāpi kapolatale militā lapituṃ kimapi śrutimūle |
cāru cucumba nitambavatī dayitaṃ pulakairanukūle || 4 ||

kelikalākutukena ca kācidamuṃ yamunājalakūle |
mañjulavañjulakuñjagataṃ vicakarṣa kareṇa dukūle || 5 ||

karatalatālataralavalayāvalikalitakalasvanavaṃśe |
rāsarase sahanṛtyaparā hariṇā yuvatiḥ praśaśaṃse || 6 ||

śliṣyati kāmapi cumbati kāmapi kāmapi ramayati rāmām |
paśyati sasmitacāruparāmaparāmanugacchati vāmām || 7 ||

śrījayadevakaveridamadbhutakeśavakelirahasyam |
vṛndāvanavipine lalitaṃ vitanotu śubhāni yaśasyam || 8 ||

viśveṣāmanurañjanena janayannānandamindīvara-śreṇīśyāmalakomalairupanayannaṅgairanaṅgotsavam |
svacchandaṃ vrajasundarībhirabhitaḥ pratyaṅgamāliṅkitaḥ śṛṅgāraḥ sakhi mūrtimāniva madhau mugdho hariḥ krīḍati || 11

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adyotsaṅgavasadbhujaṅgakavalakleśādiveśācalaṃ prāleyaplavanecchayānusarati śrīkhaṇḍaśailānilaḥ |
kiṃ ca snigdharasālamaulimukulānyālokya harṣodayā-dunmīlanti kuhūḥ kuhūriti kalottālāḥ pikānāṃ giraḥ ||

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rāsollāsabhareṇavibhramabhṛtāmābhīravāmabhruvā-mabhyarṇaṃ pariramyanirbharamuraḥ premāndhayā rādhayā |
sādhu tvadvadanaṃ sudhāmayamiti vyāhṛtya gītastuti-vyājādudbhaṭacumbitasmitamanoharī hariḥ pātu vaḥ || 13 ||

|| iti śrīgītagovinde sāmodadāmodaro nāma prathamaḥ sargaḥ ||

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