Nanda nandastakam

 GOVARDHAN DHARAM VANDE GOPALAM GOPAROOPINAM |

GOKUL UTSAVA MISHAANAM GOVINDAM GOPIKA PRIYAM ||

Oh Lord! Oh Girirajdhar! One who held the Govardan mountain in His hand, Oh Hari ! May you similarly hold my faith and devotion. May devotion grow steadily in my life through Your blessings. May my Faith strengthened by Your blessings protect me in the form of Govardhan. Oh Govardhan dhari, I offer my obeisances to You, Your capability is boundless, yet You displayed pleasant recreations of a child. May this festival of selfless service and remembrance always enlighten my heart. Pray I never get tired of doing japa, sadhana and service. May my senses never get attracted to the worldly pleasures, grant me pure intellect such that my senses in the form of Gopi always yearn for you, never for this world.

Sri Nanda-Nandanastakam

sucaru-vaktra-mandalam sukarna-ratna-kundalam sucarcitanga-candanam namami
nanda-nandanam
sudirgha netra-pankajam sikhi-sikhanda-murdhajam ananga-koti-mohanam
namami nanda-nandanam
sunasikagra-mauktikam svacchanda danta-panktikam navambudanga-cikkanam
namami nanda-nandanam
karena venu-ranjitam gati-karindra-ganjitam dukula-pita sobhanam namami
nanda-nandanam
tri-bhanga-deha-sundaram nakha-dyuti-sudhakaram amulya ratna-bhusanam
namami nanda-nandanam
sugandha-anga-saurabham-uroviraji-kaustubham sphuracchri-vatsalanchanam
namami nanda-nandanam
vrndavana-sunagaram vilasanuga-vasasam surendra-garva-mocanam namami
nanda-nandanam
vrajangana-sunayakam sada sukha-pradayakam jagan-manah pralobhanam namami
nanda-nandanam
sri-nanda-nandanastakam pathed ya sraddhayanvitah tared-bhavabdhim
dustaram labhet tadanghri-yugmakam

TRANSLATION:
I offer pranama to Sri Nandanandana (the son of Nanda Maharaja, Krishna), whose face is extremely delightful, from whose beautiful ears hang jewelled earrings, and whose entire body is anointed with fragrant candana.

I offer pranama to Sri Nandanandana, whose eyes are more beautiful than the fully-bloomed lotus, whose head is beautifully adorned with an arrangement of peacock feathers, and who enchants millions of Cupids.

I offer pranama to Sri Nandanandana, from whose beautiful nose hangs an elephant-pearl, whose teeth are brilliantly shining, and whose bodily complexion is more beautiful and lustrous than a fresh rain cloud.

I offer pranama to Sri Nandanandana, whose lotus hands hold the flute, whose lingering gait defeats even that of an impassioned elephant, and whose dark limbs are beautified by a yellow shawl.

I offer pranama to Sri Nandanandana, whose three-fold bending posture is exquisitely elegant, the effulgence of whose toe-nails puts to shame even the moon, and who wears invaluable jewels and ornaments.

I offer pranama to Sri Nandanandana, whose body exudes an extraordinarily beautiful fragrance and whose broad chest is adorned with the kaustubha jewel and the mark of Srivatsa.

I offer pranama to Sri Nandanandana, Vrindavana’s expert lover who dresses in a manner that enhances His charming, playful pastimes, and who pulverized the pride of Indra.

I offer pranama to Sri Nandanandana, who as the lover of the Vraja gopis perpetually delights them and who enchants the minds of all living entities.

Whoever regularly recites this Sri Nanda-Nandanastakam with deep faith will easily cross the seemingly insurmountable ocean of material existence and attain eternal residence at the lotus feet of Sri Krishna.

satataḿ kīrtayanto māḿ
yatantaś ca dṛḍha-vratāḥ
namasyantaś ca māḿ bhaktyā
nitya-yuktā upāsate 

Gange cha yamune chaiva godavari saraswathi
narmade sindhu kaveri jalesmin sannidhim kuru  

गङ्गे च यमुने चैव गोदावरि सरस्वति ।
नर्मदे सिन्धु कावेरि जलेऽस्मिन् संनिधिं कुरु ॥