Śrī Nāma Mahimā – Nāma One

 

(1)
yaśomatī-nandana, vraja-vara-nāgara
gokula-rañjana kāna
gopī-parāṇa-dhana, madana-manohara
kāliya-damana-vidhāna

He is the son of Yaśodā; the greatest lover in the land of Vraja; the delight of Gokula; He is known as Kāna; He is the the wealth of the lives of the gopīs. He steals the mind of the god of love, and He chastises Kāliya.

(2)
amala hari-nāma amiya-vilāsā
vipina-purandara, navīna nāgara-vara
vaṁśī-vadana suvāsā

These pure names of Hari are full of ambrosial pastimes. He is the King of the forests groves; He is the greatest of youthful lovers; He plays the vaṁśī flute and dresses beautifully.

 (3)
vraja-jana-pālana, asura-kula-nāśana
nanda-godhana-rākhovālā
govinda mādhava, navanīta-taskara
sundara nanda-gopālā

He is the protector of the residents of Vraja; the destroyer of demoniac dynasties; the tender of Nanda’s cows; He is gives pleasure to the cows and the senses; the Husband of the goddess of fortune; the butter thief; and the beautiful cowherd boy of Nanda.

(4)
yāmuna-taṭa-cara, gopī-vasana-hara
rāsa-rasika, kṛpāmaya
śrī-rādhā-vallabha, vṛndāvana-naṭa-vara
bhakativinoda-āśraya

He wanders along the banks of the Yamunā; He stole the garments of the gopīs; He finds pleasure in the mellows of the rāsa dance; He is most merciful; He is the beloved of Srī Rādhā; the greatest dancer of Vṛndāvana; and the refuge of Bhaktivinoda.