Both Srimad Bhagvatam and Sri Rupa Goswami glorify Mount Govardhan in a most exalted manner as the greatest devotee.
The two verses below are cited in praise yet both could be seen in dasya-rasa or sakhya rasa.
Raghunath Das Goswami has offered such pure madhurya prayers for the raganuga devotees, we must recite and memorise such rasik verses for our worship of Govardhan Hill. All are listed below.
namaste girirajaya sri govardhana namine
ashesa klesa nashaya param ananda dayine
“Let us offer our obeisances to the King of Mountains. His name is Govardhan and he destroys all one’s miseries replacing them with the supreme bliss” (Preyo-bhakti-rasarnava)
hantāyam adrir abalā hari-dāsa-varyo
yad rāma-kṛṣṇa-caraṇa-sparaśa-pramodaḥ
mānaṁ tanoti saha-go-gaṇayos tayor yat
pānīya-sūyavasa-kandara-kandamūlaiḥ
Of all the servants, this Govardhana Hill is the best! O my friends! This hill, blissful with the touch of the feet of Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, along with their calves, cows and cowherd friends, gives respect with all kinds of necessities—water for drinking, honey, very soft grass, caves, bulbs and roots. (SB 10.21.18)
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Raghunath Das Goswami’s verses on Sri Sri Govardhan highlight the madhurya-rasa mood perfect for the raganuga sadhana one should cultivate towards Govardhan Hill, as opposed to a fraternal mood displayed in the more commonly known verses above, which are often cited by some when discussing the king of mountains. These 5 verses are listed below:
O Govardhana! The youthful couple Radha-Krishna play passionate loving pastimes in your every cave and I became very eager to witness them. Please allow me to live close to you!.” (Sri Govardhana-Vasa-Prarthana-Dasakam, verse 2)
O Govardhana! Revealing the beautiful and fragrant Dana-Ghati, the place witnessing the Dana-Keli of the young Divine Couple Radha and Krishna, who are an ocean of rasa, you increase the ecstasy of the rasika devotees. Please allow me to live close to you! (Sri Govardhana-Vasa-Prarthana-Dasakam, verse 4)
Vilap Kusumanjali
O Rati Manjari! You are the most fortunate cowherdgirl in the abode of the king of Vraja! When Your mistress (Sri Radhika) forgets Her beloved sash of bells due to absorption in Her loveplay, She asks You to fetch it from the cave where She left it! (Verse 3)
Madhusudana is the crest-jewel of clever pranksters! One day He obstructs Your path on the pretext of collecting tax from You as You are walking near Govardhana Hill! Will I then see Your proud eyes crowned with frowned eyebrows? (Verse 73)
O Sadaye (merciful girl)! When will You shyly take me far away from Your girlfriends to a cave of Govardhana Hill to teach me beautiful songs in different tunes there? (Verse 89)
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Radhanath Das
Translation source – Books of Sri Ananta Das Babaji