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Song Name: Ambudanjanendra
Nila
Official Name: Sri Krsna Candrastakam
Author: Krsnadasa Kaviraja
Book Name: Govinda Lilamrta (Suka Sari Stava Lila)
Language: Sanskrit
LYRICS
(1)
ambudāñjanendranīla-nindi-kānti-ḍambaraḥ
kuńkumodyad-arka-vidyud-aḿśu-divyad-ambaraḥ
śrīmad-ańga-carcitendu-pītanākta-candanaḥ
svāńghri-dāsyado 'stu me sa ballavendra-nandanaḥ
(2)
gaṇḍa-tāṇḍavāti-paṇḍitāṇḍajeśa-kuṇḍalaś
candra-padma-ṣaṇḍa-garva-khaṇḍanasya-maṇḍalaḥ
ballavīṣu
vardhitātma-gūḍha-bhāva-bandhanaḥ
svāńghri-dāsyado 'stu me sa ballavendra-nandanaḥ
(3)
nitya-navya-rūpa-veṣa-harda-keli-ceṣḍitaḥ
keli-narma-sārma-dāyi-mitra-vṛnda-veṣḍitaḥ
svīya-keli-kānanāḿśu-nirjitendra-nandanaḥ
svāńghri-dāsyado 'stu me sa ballavendra-nandanaḥ
(4)
prema-hema-maṇḍitātma-bandhutābhinanditaḥ
ksauṇi-lagna-bhāla-lokapāla-pāli-vanditaḥ
nitya-kāla-sṛṣḍa-vipra-gauravāli-vandanaḥ
svāńghri-dāsyado 'stu me sa ballavendra-nandanaḥ
(5)
līlayendra-kāliyoṣṇa-kaḿsa-vatsa-ghātakas
tat-tad-ātma-keli-vṛṣḍi-puṣḍa-bhakta-cātakaḥ
vīrya-śīla-lilāyātma-ghosa-vāsi-nandanaḥ
svāńghri-dāsyado 'stu me sa ballavendra-nandanaḥ
(6)
kuñja-rāsa-keli-sīdhu-rādhikādi-toṣaṇas
tat-tad-ātma-keli-narma-tat-tad-āli-poṣaṇaḥ
prema-śīla-keli-kīrti-viśva-citta-nandanaḥ
svāńghri-dāsyado 'stu me sa ballavendra-nandanaḥ
(7)
rāsa-keli-darśitātma-śuddha-bhakti-sat-pathaḥ
svīya-citra-rūpa-veṣa-manmathalī-manmathaḥ
gopīkasu netra-koṇa-bhāva-vṛnda-gandhanaḥ
svāńghri-dāsyado 'stu me sa ballavendra-nandanaḥ
(8)
puṣpa-cāyi-rādhikābhimarṣa-labdhi-tarṣitaḥ
prema-vāmya-rāmya-rādhikāsya-dṛṣḍi-harṣitaḥ
rādhikorasīha lepa eṣa hari-candanaḥ
svāńghri-dāsyado 'stu me sa ballavendra-nandanaḥ
(9)
aṣḍakena
yas tv anena
rādhikā-suvallabhaḿ
saḿstavīti darśane 'pi sindhujādi-durlabham
taḿ yunakti tuṣḍa-citta eṣa
ghoṣa-kānane
rādhikāńga-sańga-nanditātma-pāda-sevane
TRANSLATION
1) His abundantly beautiful
complexion belittles the splendor of combined rain clouds, black eye cosmetics,
and sapphires. His garments appear effulgent like a rising sun tinted like kunkum powder enhanced by shining bolts of lightning. His
perfectly-formed limbs are anointed with sandalwood paste mixed with camphor
and saffron. May Sri Krsna, the Son of the king of the cowherd men, grant me
the service of His own lotus feet.
2) He wears shark-shaped
earrings that dance very expertly upon His cheeks. The beauty of the orb of His
face destroys the pride of the multitude of moons and lotus flowers. He causes
the knot of His own secret ecstatic love-moods to increasingly tighten amongst
the gopis. May Sri Krsna, the Son of the king of the
cowherd men, grant me the service of His own lotus feet.
3) He is eternally engaged
in designing ever-fresh variations of His youthful form, mode of dress, and
loving pastimes. He is surrounded by the assembly of His cowherd boyfriends,
who excel in giving Him delight by their playful joking words. Even a single
brilliant ray of splendor from His personal pleasure-forest defeats the
heavenly Nandana gardens of Lord Indra.
May Sri Krsna, the Son of the king of the cowherd men, grant me the service of
His own lotus feet.
4) He is delighted by the
friendship of His devotees, whose consciousness is decorated with golden
ornaments of pure love for Him. He is praised by great demigods who protect
various planets in the universe and offer who obeisances
to Him by touching their foreheads to the ground. He honors the brahmanas with great reverence at specific times of the
day. May Sri Krsna, the Son of the king of the cowherd men, grant me the
service of His own lotus feet.
5) He easily removed the
pride of Indra as well as the violent anger of Kaliya, and He killed the demons like Kamsa
and Vatasura. With the rainfall of these variegated
pastimes, He nourishes the chataka birds who are His
devotees. By performing His pastimes of heroic nature, He delights the
residents of His own cowherd community. May Sri Krsna, the Son of the king of
the cowherd men, grant me the service of His own lotus feet.
6) He satisfies Sri Radhika and the other gopis with
the nectar of the sportive rasa dance performed in
the groves of Vrndavana. During the various intrigues
of those amorous pastimes, He devises many playful jokes to sustain the assmebly of gopis. He thus
delights the minds of all people in the universe by the glory of His loving
pastimes. May Sri Krsna, the Son of the king of the cowherd men, grant me the
service of His own lotus feet.
7) By revealing His
pastimes of festive rasa dance, He also shows the
eternal path of His pure devotional service. By His amazing beauty and
fascinating mode of dress, He churns the minds of a vast multitude of cupids.
Through the outer corners of His eyes, He casts sidelong glances, aimed at the gopis, that
give hints of a host of affectionate ecstatic moods. May Sri Krsna, the Son of
the king of the cowherd men, grant me the service of His own lotus feet.
8) He becomes excited with
desire by suddenly touching Sri Radhika while She is busy picking flowers. Then He becomes jubilant when
He sees Her charming face decorated with the
contrariness of pure love. Verily He is the sandlewood
paste that decorates Radhika’s breasts. May Sri
Krsna, the Son of the king of the cowherd men, grant me the service of His own
lotus feet.
9) It is very difficult for
Laksmi Devi and other
exalted gods and goddesses to attain even a glimpse of Sri Krsna, who is very
dear to Sri Radhika. But if someone glorifies Him by
reciting these eight verses with full attention, then He who is delighted by
the intimate of association with Radhika’s limbs will
become pleased with that person and engage them in the serve of His own lotus
feet within the cowherd forests of Goloka Vrndavana.
Remarks/ Extra Information:
This
song is sung by the male parrot Suka in the Govinda Lilamrta. The other
counterpart of this bhajan is Sri Radhikastaka
(Kunkumakta Kancanabja)
sung by the female parrot, Sari.
DEVANAGARI SCRIPT:
Ambudanjanendra Nila Nindi (DEVA)
UPDATED: November 18, 2010