॥ Vrindavana Ashtakam English Lyrics & Meaning ॥
na yoga siddhir na mamastu mokso
vaikuntha loke pi na parsadatvam
premapi na syad iti cet taram tu
mamastu vrndavana eva vasah ॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
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.
taraam janur yatra vidhir yayace
sad bhakta cudamanir uddhavo’ pi
viksyvaiva madhurya dhuram tad asmin
mamastu vrndavana eva vasah ॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
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.
kim te krtam hanta tapah ksititi
gopyo pi bhume stuvate sma kirtim
yenaiva krsnanghri padankite smin
mamastu vrndavana eva vasah ॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
Here the gopis glorified the earth, saying: “O Earth, what austerities have you done, so that your surface is now marked with Krishna’s footprints?” May I reside in Vrndavana.
gopangana lampata taiva yatra
yasyam rasah purnatamatvam apa
yato raso vai sa iti srutis tan
mamastu vrndavana eva vasah ॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
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.
bhandira govardhana rasa pithais
tri simake yojana pancakena
mite vibhutvad amite pi casmin
mamastu vrndavana eva vasah ॥ 5 ॥
Meaning:
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.
yatradhipatyam vrsabhanu putrya
yenodayet prema sukham jananam
yasmin mamasa balavat yato smin
mamastu vrndavana eva vasah ॥ 6 ॥
Meaning:
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.
yasmin maha rasa vilasa lila
na prapa yam srirapi sa tapobhih
tatrollasan manju nikunja punje
mamastu vrndavana eva vasah ॥ 7 ॥
Meaning:
Even by performing many austerities goddess Lakshmi could not enter the great rasa-dance pastime here. May I reside in the splendidly beautiful groves of Vrndavana.
sada ruru nyanku mukha visankam
khelanti kujanti pikali kirah
sikhandino yatra natanti tasmin
mamastu vrndavana eva vasah ॥ 8 ॥
Meaning:
May I reside in Vrndavana, where the ruru and nyanku deer fearlessly play, the cuckoos, bumblebees, and parrots sing, and the peacocks dance.
vrndavanasyastakam etad uccaih
pathanti ye niscala buddhayas te
vrndavanesanghri saroja sevam
saksallabhante januso ‘nta eva ॥ 9 ॥
Meaning:
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.