Govinda - Yamuna Devi Dasi - ISKCON Vrindavan - February 2006

Venum kvanantam aravinda-dalayataksam barhavatam samasitambuda-sundarangam kandarpa-koti-kamaniya vishesha-shobham govindam adi-purusham tam aham bhajami I worship Govinda, the Primeval Lord, Who is adept in playing on His flute, with blooming eyes like lotus petals, with head bedecked with peacock’s feather, with the figure of beauty tinged with the hue of blue clouds, and His unique loveliness charming millions of cupids. angani yasya sakalendriya-vrittimanti pashyanti panti kalayanti chiram jaganti ananda-chinmaya-sad-ujjvala-vigrahasya govindam adi-purusham tam aham bhajami I worship Govinda, the Primeval Lord, Whose transcendental form is full of bliss, truth, substantiality and is thus full of the most dazzling splendour. Each of the limbs of that Transcendental Figure possesses in Himself, the fullfledged functions of all the organs, and eternally sees, maintains and manifests the infinite universes, both spiritual and mundane.