Sri Vrndavanastaka
[Eight Prayers Glorifying Sri Vrndavana]

1
na yoga-siddhir na mamastu mokso
vaikuntha-loke pi na parsadatvam
premapi na syad iti cet taram tu
mamastu vrndavana eva vasah

Let me not have mystic powers, impersonal liberation, the Lord’s association in Vaikuntha, or even pure love for Him, if instead of them I may reside in Vrndavana.

2
tarnam janur yatra vidhir yayace
sad-bhakta-cudamanir uddhavo pi
viksyvaiva madhurya-dhuram tad asmin
mamastu vrndavana eva vasah

When Brahma and Uddhava, the crest jewels of devotees, saw the intense sweetness here, they begged to take birth here even as a blade of grass. For this reason I pray to reside in Vrndavana.

3
kim te krtam hanta tapah ksititi
gopyo pi bhume stuvate sma kirtim
yenaiva krsnanghri-padankite smin
mamastu vrndavana eva vasah

Here the gopis glorified the earth, saying: "O Earth, what austerities have you done, so that your surface is now marked with Krsna’s footprints?“ May I reside in Vrndavana.

4
gopangana-lampatataiva yatra
yasyam rasah purnatamatvam apa
yato raso vai sa iti srutis tan
mamastu vrndavana eva vasah

May I reside in Vrndavana where, because the Vedas say raso vai sah (The Supreme Personality of Godhead is sweetness), transcendental sweetness attained its highest perfection in the gopis’ passionate love.

5
bhandira-govardhana-rasa-pithais
tri-simake yojana-pancakena
mite vibhutvad amite pi casmin
mamastu vrndavana eva vasah

Although only five yojanas in circumference, bounded by Bhandiravana, Govardhana Hill and the rasa-dance arena, it is unlimited in transcendental opulence. May I reside in Vrndavana.

6
yatradhipatyam vrsabhanu-putrya
yenodayet prema-sukham jananam
yasmin mamasa balavat yato smin
mamastu vrndavana eva vasah

Because Vrsabhanu’s daughter is the queen, and because here the happiness of pure love of God rises, I yearn to live here. I pray: May I reside in Vrndavana.

7
yasmin maha-rasa-vilasa-lila
na prapa yam srir api sa tapobhih
tatrollasan-manju-nikunja-punje
mamastu vrndavana eva vasah

Even by performing many austerities goddess Laksmi could not enter the great rasa-dance pastime here. May I reside in the splendidly beautiful groves of Vrndavana.

8
sada ruru-nyanku-mukha visankam
khelanti kujanti pikali kirah
sikhandino yatra natanti tasmin
mamastu vrndavana eva vasah

May I reside in Vrndavana, where the ruru and nyanku deer fearlessly play, the cuckoos, bumblebees, and parrots sing, and the peacocks dance.

9
vrndavanasyastakam etad uccaih
pathanti ye niscala-buddhayas te
vrndavanesanghri-saroja-sevam
saksat labhante januso ‘nta eva

They who with great concentration read aloud this Vrndavanastaka, at the end of this life attain direct service to the lotus feet of Vrndavana’s master.

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