Govinda Nama - in praise of Venkatesha Govinda

Govinda Nama


Sri Srinivasa Govinda Sri Venkatesa Govinda
bhakthavatsala Govinda bhagavatha priya Govinda
nithya nirmala Govinda neelamega shyama Govinda
Govinda Hari Govinda gokula nandana Govinda

purana purusha Govinda pundareekaksha Govinda
nanda nandana Govinda navaneeda chora Govinda
pashupalka Govinda papa vimochana Govinda
dushta samhara Govinda duritha nivarana Govinda
Govinda Hari Govinda gokula nandana Govinda

shishta paripalaka Govinda kashta nivaraka Govinda
vajra makuta dara Govinda varaha murthe Govinda
gopi jana lola Govinda govardhano dhara Govinda
dasharatha nandana Govinda dashamukha mardhana Govinda
Govinda Hari Govinda gokula nandana Govinda

pakshi vahana Govinda pandava priya Govinda
mathsya kurma Govinda madhu soodhana Hari Govinda
varaha nrsimha Govinda vama pragurama Govinda
balaramanuja Govinda bauda kalki Govinda
Govinda Hari Govinda gokula nandana Govinda

venu gana priya Govinda venkataramana Govinda
seetha nayaka Govinda srutha paripalaka Govinda
daridra jana poshaka Govinda darma samsthapaka Govinda
anadha rakshaka Govinda apath pandava Govinda
Govinda Hari Govinda gokula nandana Govinda

Sharanagatha vatsala Govinda Karuna sagara Govinda
Kamala dalaksha Govinda Kamitha palatha Govinda
papa vinashaka Govinda pahi murare Govinda
Srimuthrangitha Govinda Srivatsangitha Govinda
Govinda Hari Govinda Gokula Nandana Govinda

daranhe nayaka Govinda dinakara deja Govinda
padmavati priya Govinda prasanna murthe Govinda
abhaya hastha Govinda akshaya varada Govinda
shanka chakra dhara Govinda saranga gadA dara Govinda
Govinda Hari Govinda gokula nandana Govinda

viraja theertha Govinda virodhi mardhana Govinda
salagrama hara Govinda sahasranama Govinda
lakshmi vallabha Govinda lakshmanagraja Govinda
kasturi thilaka Govinda kanchanam barapara Govinda
Govinda Hari Govinda gokula nandana Govinda

Garuda vahana Govinda gaja raja rakshaka Govinda
vanara sevitha Govinda varithi bandhana Govinda
edukuntala vada Govinda Ekathva roopa Govinda
ramakrishna Govinda ragukula nanda Govinda
Govinda Hari Govinda gokula nandana Govinda

prathyaksha deva Govinda parama dayakara Govinda
vajramakuta dara Govinda vaijayanthi mala Govinda
vatti kasula vada Govinda vasudeva sutha Govinda
bilvapathrArchitha Govinda bikshuka samsthutha Govinda
Govinda Hari Govinda gokula nandana Govinda

sthri pum roopa Govinda sivakesava murthi Govinda
brahmanda roopa Govinda baktha tharaka Govinda
nithya kalyana Govinda neeraja nabha Govinda
hathi rama priya Govinda Hari sarvothama Govinda
Govinda Hari Govinda gokula nandana Govinda

janardhana murthi Govinda jagath sakshi roopa Govinda
abhisheka priya Govinda abhannirasada Govinda
Govinda Hari Govinda gokula nandana Govinda

nithya shubhatha Govinda nikila lokesha Govinda
ananda roopa Govinda athyantha rahitha Govinda
ihapara dayaka Govinda iparaja rakshaka Govinda
padma dalaksha Govinda padmanaba Govinda
Govinda Hari Govinda gokula nandana Govinda

Tirumala nivasa Govinda tulasi vanamala Govinda
shesha sayi Govinda seshadri nilaya Govinda
sri srinivasa Govinda sri venkatesa Govinda
Govinda Hari Govinda gokula nandana Govinda

The words of the cowherd girl:

You were gone the whole day,
grazing cows, KaNNA!
Your sweet words burn my soul.
Evening tramples like a rogue [elephant],
and the fragrance of the jasmine buds,
unleashing my desires, blows upon me.
Embrace my beautiful breasts,
with the fragrance of the wild jasmine,
upon your radiant chest.
Give me the nectar of your mouth,
and adorn my lowly head
with your jeweled lotus hands.

- NammAzhvAr, TiruvAymoLi 10.3.5

Do you have audio recording of that Govinda Nama kirtan. I have somewhere but it's highly abridged and a bit differant, it goes;

gopAla hari gopAla gokula nananda gopAla; repeated line

nanda nandana gopAla navanita corA gopAla;
bhaktavatsala gopAla bhAgavata priya gopAla;
punyazloka gopAla purAna puruSa gopAla;

Similar is'nt it, you can certainly sing it to the same tune

Hmmm... No I don't have a recording. I just heard people singing it in Tirupati temple while waiting in the line for darshan.

I also have the text in telugu here, but that doesn't help too much.

Yeah, your version seems highly abridged, but then generally though the first two lines of the keerthana I posted are the most familiar

Sri Srinivasa Govinda Sri Venkatesha Govinda
Govinda Hare Govinda Gokul Nandana Govinda
Bhakta Vatsala Govinda Bhagavata Priya Govinda
Govinda Hare Govinda Gokul Nandana Govinda.

It's something like a variation on a theme.
You often find with audio recordings they don't sing the whole song, but it at least gives you the raga and the tala to sing the rest yourself. Anyway it's a very nice sankirtanam

I think the moderators should have a word with you about you transliteration though

I know- and it's not that I don't know all the different phonemes... I am just too lazy to learn the proper rules for transcription.

Sorry there.

In my defense I copied and pasted the text from another website.