Another favorite prayer to add to my collection. An ancient prayer by an unknow Vaisnava. Click on the video below for a lovely melody. Also this is for Gopi, who loves to sing to Radha-Govinda each Friday and Saturday when I put Them to rest:
Sri Nanda-nandanastakam
1) sucaru-vaktra-mandalam
sukarna-ratna-kundalam
sucarcitanga-candanam
namami nanda-nandanam
I offer pranama to Nandanandana, whose face is extremely delightful, in whose beautiful ears hang jeweled earrings and whose entire body is anointed with fragrant candana.
2) sudirgha netra-pankajam
sikhi-sikhanda-murdhajam
ananga-koti-mohanam
namami nanda-nandanam
I offer pranama to Nandanandana, whose eyes are more beautiful than the fully bloomed lotus, whose head is beautifully adorned with an arrangement of peacock feathers and who enchants millions of Cupids.
3) sunasikagra-mauktikam
svacchanda danta-panktikam
navambudanga-cikkanam
namami nanda-nandanam
I offer pranama to Nandanandana, from whose beautiful nose hangs an elephant-pearl, whose teeth are immensely effulgent, whose bodily complexion is more beautiful and lustrous than a fresh rain cloud
4) karena venu-ranjitam
gati-karindra-ganjitam
dukula-pita sobhanam
namami nanda-nandanam
I offer pranama to Nandanandana, whose lotus hands hold the flute, whose lingering gait defeats even that of an impassioned elephant and whose dark limbs are beautified by a yellow shawl.
5) tri-bhanga-deha-sundaram
nakha-dyuti-sudhakaram
amulya ratna-bhusanam
namami nanda-nandanam
I offer pranama to Nandanandana, whose threefold-bending posture is exquisitely elegant, the effulgence of whose toe-nails puts to shame even the moon, and who wears invaluable jewels and ornaments.
6) sugandha-anga-saurabham-
uroviraji-kaustubham
sphuracchri-vatsalanchanam
namami nanda-nandanam
I offer pranama to Nandanandana, whose body exudes an especially beautiful fragrance, and whose broad chest is adorned with the kaustubha jewel and the mark of srivatsa.
7) vrndavana-sunagaram
vilasanuga-vasasam
surendra-garva-mocanam
namami nanda-nandanam
I offer pranama to Nandanandana, the expert lover of Vrindavana who performs immaculate pastimes and who is attired in clothes which are suitable for those pastimes and who pulverized the pride of Indra.
8) vrajangana-sunayakam
sada sukha-pradayakam
jagan-manah pralobhanam
namami nanda-nandanam
I offer pranama to Nandanandana, who as the lover of the Vraja gopis perpetually delights them and who enchants the minds of all living entities.
9) sri-nanda-nandanastakam
pathed ya sraddhayanvitah
tared-bhavabdhim dustaram
labhet tadanghri-yugmakam
Whoever regularly recites this (Sri Nanda-nandanastakam) will easily cross the seemingly insurmountable ocean of material existence and attain eternal residence at the lotus feet of Krsna.