GANDHARVIKA
Vrinda Devi Ashtakam
Mantra
गाङ्गेयचाम्पेयतडिद्विनिन्दिरोचिःप्रवाहस्नपितात्मवृन्दे । बन्धूकबन्धुद्युतिदिव्यवासो वृन्दे नमस्ते चरणारविन्दम् ॥
gāṅgeya-cāmpeya-taḍid-vinindi-rociḥ-pravāha-snapitātma-vṛnde / bandhūka-bandhu-dyuti-divya-vāso vṛnde namas te caraṇāravindam
"O Vrinda, your splendour surpasses gold, lightning and the champaka flower, and your garments rival the bandhuka flower. I bow to your lotus feet."
Meaning
Eight prayers to Vrinda-devi, the guardian goddess of Vrindavana forest who, by Radha's will, arranges the meetings of Radha and Krishna; Tulasi is one of her forms. The author is Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakura; the devotee asks her for the right to serve the Divine Couple in Vrindavana.
