śrīgovindadāmodarastotram

When Draupadi was dragged by her hair and garments by Dushasana before the Kauravas and Pandavas, having no other protector, she cried out, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (1)

O Sri Krishna, Vishnu, enemy of Madhu and Kaitabha, compassionate to devotees, Lord Murari! Protect me, O Keshava, Lord of the worlds, O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava! (2)

A cowherd girl, wishing to sell her wares but with her mind completely absorbed in the lotus feet of Murari, out of divine trance called out for her curds saying, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (3)

While pounding rice in the mortar with a pestle, the enchanting Gopis, their hearts overflowing with love, sing, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (4)

A lotus-eyed Gopi, holding her pet parrot with a red beak like a Kimshuka flower in her lotus hands, teaches it to say, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (5)

In every home, the groups of cowherd women are constantly engaged in making the caged parrots, who speak with faltering voices, recite, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (6)

While putting their little boys to sleep in their cribs, all the cowherd women sing sweet lullabies set to melodious tunes and rhythms, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (7)

Holding a ball of fresh butter, a Gopi calls out to the younger brother of Balarama, who is playfully glancing around, from his early childhood, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (8)

O my tongue, who is like a royal swan in the lotus of my mouth, adorned with wonderful words, always recite on your stage, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (9)

Mother Yashoda joyfully addressed her child, seated on her lap, hidden as a cowherd boy, drinking from her breast, the sole beloved of Lakshmi, saying, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (10)

Seeing her son playing inside Vraja with his cowherd friends, Yashoda called out to Krishna with love, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (11)

When Yashoda tied Him tightly to the mortar with a rope used for tying cows, the butter-thief cried softly, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (12)

Holding a ball of butter in her own courtyard, a Gopi, eager for the play of His bracelets, rubbed His eyes with her palm, singing, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (13)

In house after house, groups of cowherd women gather together in assembly and constantly recite the holy names, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (14)

Standing at the root of a Mandara tree, His enchanting face filling the flute with music from His bimba-like lips, surrounded by cows, cowherd boys, and Gopis, He is sung as, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (15)

Waking up in the early hours of the morning, remembering the childhood pastimes of Yashoda's son, the Gopis sing loudly while churning yogurt, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (16)

Having eaten or given away the lump of butter in the house, when Yashoda inquired, He replied, 'Tell the truth, O Murari, O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (17)

Having worshipped the household, the young women, with a surging flow of love, churn the yogurt. Then the Gopis, along with their friends, sing, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (18)

Somewhere in the morning, having placed the churning rod in a pot full of yogurt, a young woman looks at Mukunda and sings various songs, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (19)

The well-wishing mother Yashoda, with eyes overflowing with love, called her son who was engrossed in play, for eating and bathing, saying, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (20)

The chief sages and divine seers surrender to Vishnu, who is comfortably resting in His abode. By that, they attain oneness with Achyuta, singing, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (21)

Giving up sleep at dawn and completing their duties, the leading brahmanas constantly recite at the end of their Vedic studies, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (22)

In Vrindavana, the cowherd boys and Gopis, seeing Radha distressed by separation from Govinda, sang with tears in their eyes, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (23)

When the cows went out for their morning grazing, Yashoda gently woke up her son to protect them, patting Him with her hand, saying, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (24)

With long hair like coral beauty, their bodies purified by living on air, water, and leaves, the sages sitting at the roots of trees recite, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (25)

Speaking thus, greatly afflicted by separation, the women of Vraja, their minds attached to Krishna, abandoned their shyness and cried out in sweet voices, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (26)

Sometimes a Gopi tries to make the parrot in the jeweled cage speak the words: 'O source of bliss, moon of Vraja, Krishna, O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (27)

While He was tying His child-like hair along with the cowherd boys, the mother held the chin of the lotus-eyed one and said, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (28)

At dawn, the multitude of excellent cowherds, holding cane sticks to protect the cows, called out to the infinite, primeval Lord, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (29)

When Murari fell from the Kadamba tree into the lake to subdue Kaliya, the cowherd women and boys ran there and cried out, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (30)

When Mukunda arrived with Akrura and entered Mathura for the bow festival, the citizens addressed Him saying, 'Victory to You, O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (31)

When the two sons of Vasudeva were taken away from the borders of Vrindavana by Kamsa's messenger, the Gopis wept in the middle of their homes, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (32)

Hearing that the child, Yashoda's son, was bound by the Kaliya serpent in the lake, the cowherd boys rolled on the path crying, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (33)

Seeing the Lord of the Yadu dynasty going to Mathura in Akrura's chariot, the cowherd boys spoke out of separation, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (34)

A Gopi, bereft of Krishna, lying on flowers at the edge of a lotus forest, cried with eyes like fully bloomed blue lotuses, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (35)

Surrounded by her parents and forced to enter her house, a Gopi lamented, 'Come and protect me, O Lord of the universe, O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (36)

Quickly learning that Hari was in Vrindavana, a Gopi went to the forest at night. Not finding Him even there, she spoke out of great fear, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (37)

Even while resting comfortably in their own homes, the mortals who chant the names of Vishnu certainly attain oneness with Him, singing, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (38)

Seeing lotus-eyed Radha distressed by separation from Govinda, her friend cried with eyes like blooming blue lotuses, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (39)

O tongue, knower of taste, you are fond of sweets. I tell you the supreme, beneficial truth: constantly repeat these sweet syllables, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (40)

The knowers of the Vedas say He is the physician who cures the ultimate disease of the people, the seed that destroys the three miseries of material existence: 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (41)

When Ramachandra went to the forest with Lakshmana and Sita on His father's order, Rama's own mother cried out, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (42)

When Sita, having no other protector, was being carried away alone from the Dandaka forest by the ten-headed Ravana, she cried out, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (43)

Separated from Rama, Janaka's daughter Sita, meditating on Rama's form in her heart, wept saying, 'O Raghunatha, protect me! O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (44)

Be pleased, O Vishnu, Lord of the Raghu dynasty, cause of happiness and sorrow for gods and demons! Thus Sita wept in the middle of the ocean, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (45)

When his foot was caught by a crocodile underwater, and all his distressed relatives had left him, Gajendra the elephant king cried out constantly, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (46)

King Hamsadhvaja, holding his conch, saw his son being boiled in a cauldron, chanting the holy names of Hari, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (47)

Faced with the words of Durvasa, Draupadi spoke to the Lord who resides in the forest. Entering within, she called Him in her mind, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (48)

Always meditated upon by yogis, the immeasurable one, the remover of anxieties, the wish-fulfilling tree for those who think of Him, whose dark blue form is adorned with musk: 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (49)

Fallen into the extremely deep well of material existence, full of the darkness of illusion and tormented by sense objects, give me Your helping hand, O Vishnu! 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (50)

O tongue, knower of taste, chant this mantra to be free from the bondage of existence; it is easily available and charming, chanted by sages like Vyasa: 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (51)

I beg only this of you, my tongue: when the punisher of death arrives, you must speak this sweet name with deep devotion, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (52)

O Gopala, holder of the flute, ocean of beauty, Lord of the worlds, Narayana, friend of the poor! Speak loudly and always, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (53)

O tongue, always chant these beautiful, captivating names of Krishna, which destroy all the miseries of the devotees: 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (54)

O Govinda, Govinda, Hari, Murari! O Govinda, Govinda, Mukunda, Krishna! O Govinda, Govinda, holder of the chariot wheel! O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava! (55)

At the end of happiness, this alone is the essence. At the end of sorrow, this alone should be sung. At the end of the body, this alone should be chanted: 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (56)

Hearing the irresistible words, Draupadi, terrified like a doe, somehow entered the assembly and called out in her mind, 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (57)

O Sri Krishna, beloved of Radha, Lord of Gokula, Gopala, Lord of Govardhana, Vishnu! O tongue, drink only this nectar: 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (58)

O Lord of Sri, Lord of the universe, form of the universe, O son of Devaki, enemy of demons! O tongue, drink only this nectar: 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (59)

O Lord of the Gopis, enemy of Kamsa, Mukunda, Lord of Lakshmi, Keshava, Vasudeva! O tongue, drink only this nectar: 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (60)

O delighter of the Gopis, Lord of Vraja, who entered the forest to graze the cows! O tongue, drink only this nectar: 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (61)

O Lord of life, maintainer of the universe, enemy of Kaitabha, Vaikuntha, Narayana, holder of the discus! O tongue, drink only this nectar: 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (62)

O Hari, Murari, Madhusudana, the original one, O Sri Rama, beloved of Sita, enemy of Ravana! O tongue, drink only this nectar: 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (63)

O Lord of the Yadavas, lifter of the mountain, lotus-eyed one, expert in giving happiness to cows, cowherds, and Gopis! O tongue, drink only this nectar: 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (64)

O You who took the form of a cowherd to relieve the earth's burden, who made Shesha Your brother in Your playful pastimes! O tongue, drink only this nectar: 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (65)

O enemy of Putana, Bakasura, Aghasura, and Dhenukasura, expert in destroying Keshi and Trinavarta! O tongue, drink only this nectar: 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (66)

O life of Janaki, Ramachandra, enemy of demons, elder brother of Bharata! O tongue, drink only this nectar: 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (67)

O Narayana, Ananta, Hari, Narasimha, remover of Prahlada's afflictions, O merciful one! O tongue, drink only this nectar: 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (68)

O You who took the human form of Rama in Your pastimes, whose valor made all kings Your servants! O tongue, drink only this nectar: 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (69)

O Sri Krishna, Govinda, Hari, Murari, O Lord, Narayana, Vasudeva! O tongue, drink only this nectar: 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (70)

Even though capable of speaking, no one speaks it; alas, the people's inclination towards misery! O tongue, drink only this nectar: 'O Govinda, Damodara, Madhava!' (71)

Thus ends the Sri Govinda Damodara Stotram composed by Sri Bilvamangalacharya.