Sri Vrindadevi Ashtaka

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"Eight Prayers Glorifying Srimati Vrinda Devi"

 

by Visvanatha Cakravarh Thakura

(Translation by Baba Madhava Dasa)

 

(1)

 

gangeya-campeya-tadid-vinindi-

rocih-pravaha-snapitayma-vrinde

bandhuka-bandhu-dyuti-divya-vaso

vrinde namas te caranaravindam

 

O Vrinda Devi, I offer my respectful obeisances to your lotus feet. You are bathed in your own splendor, which defeats the effulgence of lightning and the golden cam-paka flower. The luster of your transcendental garments is the friend of the leandhilia flower.

 

(2)

 

bimbadharoditvara-manda-hasya-

nasagra-mukta-dyuti-dipitasye

vicitra-ratnabharana-sriyadhye

vrinde namas te caranaravindam

 

O Vrinda Devi, I offer my respectful obeisances to your lotus feet. Your face is illuminated by the splendor of the pearl decorating the tip of your nose, and by the extraordinary gentle smile on the two bimba fruits which are your lips. You are enriched by the beauty of the amazing and colorful jewels and ornaments you wear.

 

(3)

 

samasta-vaikuntha-siromanau sri-

k.rsnasya vrindavana-dhanya-dhamni

dattadhikare vrsabhanu-putrya

vrinde namas te caranaravindam

 

O Vrinda Devi, I offer my respectful obeisances to your lotus feet. Srimati Radharani, the daughter of King Vrsabhanu, has made you the ruling monarch of Lord Krsna's opulent and auspicious abode of Vrindavana, which is the crest jewel of all the Vaikuntha planets.

 

(4)

 

tvad-ajnaya pallava-puspa-bhrnga-

mrgadibhir madhava-keli-kunjah

madhv-adibhir bhanti vibhusyamana

vrinde namas te caranaravindam

 

O Vrinda Devi, I offer my respectful obeisances to your lotus feet. Because of your order, the groves where Lord Madhava performs His pastimes appear very splendid, decorated with blossoming flowers, bumblebees, deer, and other auspicious animals, flowers, and birds.

 

(5)

 

tvadiya-dutyena nikunja-yunor

atyutkayoh keli-vilasa-siddhih

tvat-saubhagam kena nirucyatam tad

vrinde namas te caranaravindam

 

O Vrinda Devi, I offer my respectful obeisances to your lotus feet. Who can describe your good fortune? You were the messenger who brought about the perfection of the amorous pastimes of Radha and Krsn. a, the youthful couple, who enthusiastically sport in the groves of Vrindavana.

 

(6)

 

rasabhilaso vasatis ca vrinda-

vane tvad-isanghri-saroja-seva

labhya ca pumsam krpaya tavaiva

vrinde namas te caranaravindam

 

Vrinda Devi, I offer my respectful obeisances to your lotus feet. The living entities who attain the service of the lotus feet of your Lord reside in Vrindavana. And the desire to understand the Lord's amazing pastimes of the rasa dance is only by your mercy.

 

(7)

 

tvam kirtyase satvata-tantra-vidbhir

lilabhidhatvna kila krsna-saktih

tavaiva murtis tulasi nr-loke

vrinde namas te caranaravindam

 

Vrinda Devi, I offer my respectful obeisances to your lotus feet. Those who have studied the Satvata-tantra glorify you. You are Lord Krsna's potency for performing pastimes, and you are known as Tulasi Devi in the human society.

 

(8)

 

bhaktya vihina aparadha-laksaih

ksiptas ca kamadi-taranga-madhye

k.rpamayi tvam saranam prapanna

vrinde namas te caranaravindam

 

O Vrinda Devi, I offer my respectful obeisances to your lotus feet. Those who are devoid of devotion to Lord Hari, and who are thrown by their offenses into the waves of lust and other inauspicious qualities, may take shelter of you.

 

(9)

 

vrindastakam yah srnuyat pathed va

vrindavanadhisa-padabja-bhrngah

sa prapya vrindavana-nitya-vasam

tat-prema-sevam labhate krtarthah

 

O Vrinda Devi, I offer my respectful obeisances to your lotus feet. Let a person who becomes like a bumblebee at the lotus feet of Radha-Krsna, and who reads or hears these eight verses describing the glories of Vrinda Devi, eternally reside at Goloka Vrindavana. He attains devo-tional service in pure love of Godhead, and all his spiritual aspirations become fulfilled.