Day 12: Joy

1. Sucharu vaktra mandalam sukarna
ratna kundalam sucharchitanga chandanam
namami nanda-nandanam
2. Sudirgha netra pankajam sikhi
sikhanda murdhajam ananga koti
mohanam namami nanda-nandanam
3. Sunasikagra mauktikam svacchanda
danta panktikam navambudanga chikkanam
namami nanda-nandanam
4. Karena venu ranjitam gati karindra
ganjitam dukula pita shobhanam namami
nanda-nandanam
5. Tribhanga deha sundaram nakha
dyuti sudhakaram amulya ratna
bhusanam namami nanda-nandanam
6. Sugandha anga saurabham uroviraji
kaustubham sphuracchri vatsalanchanam
namami nanda-nandanam
7. Vrindavana sunagaram vilasanuga
vasasam surendra garva mochanam
namami nanda-nandanam
8. Vrajangana sunayakam sada sukha
pradayakam jagan manah pralobhanam
namami nanda-nandanam
9. Sri nanda-nandanastakam pathed
ya shraddhayanvitah tared bhavabdhim
dustaram labhet tadanghri-yugmakam

1. I offer salutations to Nandanandana, whose face is
extremely delightful, in whose beautiful ears hang jeweled
earrings and whose entire body is anointed with fragrant
sandalwood.
2. I offer salutations 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. I offer salutations 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. I offer salutations to Nandanandana, whose lotus hands
hold the fl ute, whose lingering gait defeats even that of an
impassioned elephant and whose dark limbs are beautifi ed by
a yellow shawl.
5. I offer salutations 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. I offer salutations 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. I offer salutations to Nandanandana, the expert lover
of Vrindavan who performs immaculate pastimes and who is
attired in clothes which are suitable for those pastimes and who
pulverized the pride of Indra.
8. I offer salutations to Nandanandana, who as the lover of
the Vraja gopis perpetually delights them and who enchants the
minds of all living entities.
9. Whoever recites this regularly will easily cross the
insurmountable ocean of material existence and attain to the
lotus feet of Shri Krishna.

Inner Tuning:
Uplifted by the sounds of this beautiful prayer, I embody the spirit of joy and playfulness that dances throughout existence – the earth touching the sky.