Lord Krishna

gopāla stotram

(Gopal Stotram in English (IAST))

Also known as navinaniradasyamam nilendivaralocanam

The Gopala Stotram, spoken by Narada — praise of Krishna as Gopala, the cowherd boy of Vrindavan.

śrī gaṇeśāya namaḥ |
śrīnārada uvāca|
navīnanīradaśyāmaṃ nīlendīvaralocanam |
ballavīnandanaṃ vande kṛṣṇaṃ gopālarūpiṇam || 1||
sphuradbarhidalodbaddhanīlakuñcitamūrdhajam |
kadambakusumodbaddhavanamālāvibhūṣitam || 2||
gaṇḍamaṇḍalasaṃsargicalatkuñcitakuntalam |
sthūlaṃ muktāphalodārahārodyotitavakṣasam || 3||
hemāṅgadatulākoṭikirīṭojjvalavigraham |
mandamārutasaṃkṣobhacalitāmbarasañcayam || 4||
rucirauṣṭhapuṭanyastavaṃśīmadhuraniḥsvanaiḥ |
lasadgopālikāceto mohayantaṃ punaḥ punaḥ || 5||
ballavīvadanāmbhojamadhupānamadhuvratam |
kṣobhayantaṃ manastāsāṃ sasmerāpāṅgavīkṣaṇaiḥ || 6||
yauvanodbhidehābhiḥ saṃsaktābhiḥ parasparam |
vicitrāmbarabhūṣābhirgopanārībhirāvṛtam || 7||
prabhinnāñjanakālindījalakelikalotsukam |
yodhayantaṃ kvacidgopān vyāharantaṃ gavāṃ gaṇam || 8||
kālindījalasaṃsargiśītalānilasevite |
kadambapādapacchāye sthitaṃ vṛndāvane kvacit || 9||
ratnabhūdharasaṃlagnaratnāsanaparigraham |
kalpapādapamadhyasthahemamaṇḍapikāgatam || 10||
vasantakusumāmodasurabhīkṛtadiṅmukhe |
govardhanagirau ramye sthitaṃ rāsarasotsukam || 11||
savyahastatalanyastagirivaryātapatrakam |
khaṇḍitākhaṇḍalonmuktamuktāsāraghanāghanam || 12||
veṇuvādyamahollāsakṛtahuṅkāraniḥsvanaiḥ |
savatsairunmukhaiḥ śaśvadgokulairabhivīkṣitam || 13||
kṛṣṇamevānugāyadbhistacceṣṭāvaśavartibhiḥ |
daṇḍapāśodyatakarairgopālairūpaśobhitam || 14||
nāradādyairmuniśreṣṭhairvedavedāṅgapāragaiḥ |
prītisusnigdhayā vācā stūyamānaṃ parātparam || 15||
ya evaṃ cintayeddevaṃ bhaktyā saṃstauti mānavaḥ |
trisandhyaṃ tasya tuṣṭo'sau dadāti varamīpsitam || 16||
rājavallabhatāmeti bhavetsarvajanapriyaḥ |
acalāṃ śriyamāpnoti sa vāgmī jāyate dhruvam || 17||
|| iti śrīnāradapañcarātre gopālastotraṃ samāptam ||

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