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Song: gOvardhana girIsham


gOvardhana girIsham
raagam: hindOLa

Aa:S G2 M1 D1 N2 S
Av: S N2 D1 M1 G2 S

taaLam: rUpaka
Composer: Muttuswaamee Dikshitar
Language: Sanskrit

pallavi

gOvardhana girIsham smarAmi anisham gOpikAdi manOharam garvita kamsAdi haram

caraNam

gOvinda nAma sAram gajEndra rakSaNa dhIram kavijana hrN-mandAram kanakajita susharIram
ravi shashi nayana vilAsam ramaNIya mukhAbhAsam shiva gANAdi vishvAsam shrI guruguha manOllAsam


Meaning:

gOvardhana girIsham - KrishNa, lord of mount gOvardhana
smarAmi - think of
Anisham - always
gOpikAdi - gOpika and others
manOharam - heart stealer
Garvita - arrogant
kamsAdi - Kamsa and others
Haram - destroyer

gOvinda nAma - the name gOvinda
sAram - essence
gajEndra - GajEndra, king of elephants
rakSaNa - protected
dhIram - courageous
Kavijana - poet’s
hriNmandAram - delight to their hearts
Kanakajita - defeating the shining of gold
susharIram - handsome body
ravi - sun
sashi - moon
nayana - eyes
vilAsam - sporting
ramaNIya - beautiful
mukhAbhAsam - shining face
Shiva - siva's
gANAdi - singing
vishvAsam - enjoys
shrI guruguha - srI guruguha
manOllAsam - enchanter of his mind

Summary:

Think of KrishNa, the lord of gOvardhana mountain. He is heart stealer of the gOpikas and the destroyer of the arrogant Kamsa and others. His name is the essence of gOvinda and he is the courageous one who protected the gajEndra, the king of elephants. He is the delight of the poets and has a handsome body that defeats the shining beauty of gold. He sports the shining sun and cooling moon as his eyes and he has beautiful and radiant face. He enjoys the music by Siva & others and he is the enchanter of Guruguha's mind.


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Other information:
Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde. Meaning contributed by Aparna Gunupudi.


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updated on 07/15/2025