where's your Govardhana sloka for me?

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Dear Bhakti Brnga Govinda Maharaja,

Dear Mahamantra Prabhu,

Please accet my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 

> Can I get a Translation of this verse from any of you sanskrit pandits

> out-there?-------

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> govardhan jayate saila-kuladhiraja

> yo gopika bhirudhita haridasa varya

>

> krsnena sakramahabhanga krtarcita yo

> saptaham asya karapadma-tale apyavat sit

>

> saptaham evacyuta hasta-pankaje

> bhrnga yamanair phala-mula-kandaraih

>

> sainsevyamanair harimatma-vrndakair

> govardhanadri sirasa namami

 

These two verses are known as the sri-govardhana-pranama-mantra.

In the above version there are a couple of mistakes. The correct spelling

goes as follows:

 

govardhano jayati aila-kul€dhi-r€jo

yo gopik€bhirudito hari-d€sa-varyaƒ

kŠena akra-makha-bha‰ga-kt€rcito yaƒ

sapt€ham asya kara-padma-tale 'py av€ts…t

 

sapt€ham ev€cyuta-hasta-pa‰kaje

bh‰g€yam€naˆ phala-m™la-kandaraiƒ

saˆsevyam€naˆ harim €tma-vndakair

govardhan€driˆ iras€ nam€mi

 

"Glorious is Sri Govardhana, the great King in the dynasty of hills, whom

the gopis praised as the best of Krsna's servants; who was resting for seven

days in Krsna's lotus hand and whom Krsna made worshipable by disrupting

Indra's sacrifice."

 

"I offer my prostrated obeisances to the Govardhana Hill, who was kept for

seven days in the lotus hand of the infallible Lord Krsna and who served Him

with his own paraphernalia—swarms of black bees and an abundance of

delicious fruits and roots."

 

NOTE:

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Both verses are related to SB 10.21.18 and that is why I have translated

"gopikabhiruditah" as "praised" by the gopis. The word would normally mean

"bewailed by the gopis". It must have been used to refer to the special

state of mind in which the gopis were when they glorified Krsna's flute.

 

Your servant

Ekanatha dasa