Verse 1.1.7

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.1.7:

गोवर्धनो जयति शैल-कुलाधिराजो यो गोपिकाभिर् उदितो हरि-दास-वर्यः ।
कृष्णेन शक्र-मख-भङ्ग-कृतार्चितो यः सप्ताहम् अस्य कर-पद्म-तले’प्य् अवात्सीत् ॥ ७ ॥

govardhano jayati śaila-kulādhirājo yo gopikābhir udito hari-dāsa-varyaḥ |
kṛṣṇena śakra-makha-bhaṅga-kṛtārcito yaḥ saptāham asya kara-padma-tale’py avātsīt || 7 ||

Glories to Girirāja Govardhana, whom the gopīs proclaim as Haridāsa-varya, the superexcellent servant of Śrī Hari, who is present in all splendor! By worshipping Śrī Govardhana, Śrī Kṛṣṇa spoiled the yajña of Indra. And having a sovereignty more than Mount Sumeru and other mountains, Śrī Govardhana has been graced with the good fortune of resting continuously on Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s lotus hand for an entire week.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)

Now in the present verse of govardhano, the author describes the supreme glories of Śrī Govardhana. Śrī Govardhana possesses more glories than the Himālaya, the King of mountain ranges (śaila-kulādhirāja), Mount Sumeru and other mountains. Because he is the best among the servants of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, always affectionately serving his Prabhu in various ways, he generates prīti, divine love.

In the Tenth Canto (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam or Bhāgavata Purāṇa 10.21.18) the charming gopīs proclaimed:

हन्तायम् अद्रिर् अबला हरि-दास-वर्यो यद् राम-कृष्ण-चरण-स्परश-प्रमोदः
मानं तनोति सह-गो-गणयोस् तयोर् यत् पनीय-सूयवस-कन्दर-कन्द-मूलैः

hantāyam adrir abalā hari-dāsa-varyo yad rāma-kṛṣṇa-caraṇa-sparaśa-pramodaḥ
mānaṃ tanoti saha-go-gaṇayos tayor yat panīya-sūyavasa-kandara-kanda-mūlaiḥ

(O sakhis!) This Govardhana Hill is supermost among Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s devotees (Śrī Harideva). Simply seeing Śrī Balarāma and Śrī Kṛṣṇa, Śrī Govardhana becomes blissfull and nicely venerates Them along with the cattle by offering fresh drinking water, edible roots, caves for taking rest and with lush grass for the herd.

What more can be said than the spoiler of Indra’s yajña, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, also worships Śrī Govardhana, that is to say: “He is haridāsa-varya, the most excellent servant of Hari.” Śrī Kṛṣṇa personally halted the sacrifice of Indra and inaugurated the natural decree of worshipping him. Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself showed him honor by circumambulating him. And instead of the annual worship of Indra, Śrī Kṛṣṇa made Śrī Nanda and the vraja-vāsīs worship him. This wonderful story is recounted in the Tenth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

In this way, it has been shown that Śrī Govardhana is more glorious than the king of demigods, Indra. He is describing the uncommon glories of Śrī Govardhana by the lines sapta and so forth. “He rested on the lotus hand of Śrī Kṛṣṇa for one week.” What could be more glorious than this? In other words, nothing could be more glorious than this.