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Govindashtakam
गोविन्दाष्टकम्
Govindāṣṭakam
Chant
कान्तं कारणकारणमादिमनादिं कालघनाभासं कालिन्दीगतकालियशिरसि सुनृत्यन्तं मुहुरत्यन्तम् । कालं कालकलातीतं कलिताशेषं कलिदोषघ्नं कालत्रयगतिहेतुं प्रणमत गोविन्दं परमानन्दम् ॥७॥
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Word breakdown
- कान्तं कारणकारणमादिमनादिं कालघनाभासं कालिन्दीगतकालियशिरसि सुनृत्यन्तं मुहुरत्यन्तम् । कालं कालकलातीतं कलिताशेषं कलिदोषघ्नं कालत्रयगतिहेतुं प्रणमत गोविन्दं परमानन्दम् ॥७॥
- Bow to Govinda, supreme bliss: the beloved, cause of causes, beginningless and without beginning, appearing dark as a raincloud, dancing beautifully again and again on Kaliya's head in the Yamuna, time itself, beyond time and its arts, all-containing, destroyer of the faults of Kali, cause of movement through the three times.
Dancing on the serpent's head, he is time and beyond time, the cause of all causes. To know him as Lord of the three times is to discover the witness that was never bound by past, present, or future.
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