Passage 1
जयति प्रिय जन्मभृता भवता सरयूतटभूमिरुदञ्चशुभा। त्वदुदारमुखेन्दुविलोकनजं परिदीव्यति यत्र मुदां प्रसरः॥१॥
Dear one, because you have taken birth, the land along the Sarayū triumphs, its auspiciousness rising high. There the outpouring of joy born from gazing upon the moon of your noble face shines intensely.
Passage 2
अथ चेद्बहुलार्तिरिहास्ति पते भवदेकपरास्वबलासु भृशम्। रघुनन्दन सापि परं भवता परिहार्यतमा स्मितपूर्वदृशा॥२॥
Lord, if the women wholly devoted to you suffer great distress here, then, Raghunandana, you above all must remove it with a glance preceded by a smile.
Passage 3
अथ याध्वसहस्रं वियोगभवा प्रिय नार्त्तिरसौ ह्रियते भवता। तदिहैष्यति सन्ततमुज्वलतः करुणारस एव कठोरतरम्॥३॥
Dear one, if you do not take away this anguish born of a separation of a thousand leagues, then your very rasa of compassion, though ever more radiant, will become harder still here.
Passage 4
प्रलयाभ्रगणाद्दववह्निभरात् पवनप्रचयाद्विविधारिभयात्। परिरक्षितवानसि नः प्रणयिन् विरहार्तिमहाभयभोगकृतः॥४॥
Lover, you protected us from masses of doomsday clouds, the force of forest fire, violent winds, and fear of many enemies. Yet now you have made us undergo the immense terror of separation’s anguish.
Passage 5
अपि पद्मभवादिभिरर्थित इत्युदयत्वमितोऽसि ककुत्स्थकुले। धरणीभरसंहरणाय तथा निजभक्तजनामितदुःखकृते॥५॥
Prayed for by Brahmā and the other gods, you have thus come into manifestation in Kakutstha’s line to remove the earth’s burden and the immeasurable sorrow of your own devotees.
Passage 6
तदिदं स्वजनाभयदानदृढं सकलेप्सितपूरणकल्पतरुम्। निजपाणिमिमं पुरुषोत्तम नः शिरसि प्रणयेन निधेहि तमाम्॥६॥
Puruṣottama, place upon our heads with the greatest love this hand of yours, firmly pledged to grant fearlessness to your own people and a wish-fulfilling tree that supplies everything desired.
Passage 7
अयि वीरवर व्रजवल्लभ हे रघुवंशविभूषण चारुमते। निजदास्यकरीर्भज सुन्दर नः प्रियदर्शनचारुमुखाम्बुरुहम्॥७॥
O best of heroes, beloved of Vraja, ornament of Raghu’s line, lovely-minded one: beautiful Lord, accept us as women who perform your own service, and grant us the charming lotus of your face, so dear to behold.
Passage 8
भुवनत्रयसन्तततापहरं जनपापहरं कमलासदनम्। चरणाब्जयुगं कुरु वक्षसि नः शमय स्मरदुर्जयवाणरुजम्॥८॥
Place upon our breasts your pair of lotus feet, the dwelling of Kamalā, which forever removes the three worlds’ torment and takes away people’s sins. Quell the wound made by Love’s unconquerable arrows.
Passage 9
तव दर्शनसङ्गमसंस्पृहिता सुमहार्त्तिकरा विरहादधुना। हृदि सम्मथिताः रघुनन्दन नः कृपयाधरसिन्धुसुधाभिद्रवैः॥९॥
Longing to see and meet you, we are now ground down within the heart by separation, which produces immense anguish. Raghunandana, show mercy and drench us with streams of nectar from the ocean of your lips.
Passage 10
रुचिरस्मरण प्रिय सम्प्रति नस्तव दिव्यकथामृतमेव गतिः। विबुधेश न चेद्विरहाग्निभरो भसितोत्तरकं कलयेन्न किमु॥१०॥
Dear one, lovely to remember, now the nectar of your divine story is our only refuge. Lord of the gods, without it would not the crushing separation-fire reduce us to something beyond even ashes?
Passage 11
रघुनाथ भवत्परिरम्भभुवः प्रमुदः स्मृतिमात्रमिता अधुना। व्यथयन्तितमां हृदयानि न नः प्रतिकूलतया खलु चित्रमिदम्॥११॥
Raghunātha, the joys born from your embrace have now been reduced to memory alone, and they torment our hearts exceedingly. Their reversal into the opposite is truly strange.
Passage 12
मृदुलेन पदाब्जयुगेन भवान् यदि नाथ निकुञ्जवनेष्वटसि। तदिहेहि कठोरतृणाङ्कुरकै- र्भृशमर्द्द्यत एव मनः खलु नः॥१२॥
Lord, if you walk through the bower-forests upon your tender lotus feet, then come here. The thought that hard shoots of grass are crushing them sorely grinds down our minds.
Passage 13
विलुलत्कुटिलालकजालवृतं भ्रमरीगणसेवितमब्जमिव। स्मृतिमेति यथा तव नाथ मुखं भवतीव तथा व्यथितं हृदयम्॥१३॥
Lord, as your face comes to memory, covered by a tossing web of curling locks like a lotus attended by swarms of bees, the heart becomes correspondingly afflicted.
Passage 14
कमलाकरसेवनभाजनकं तव चारु पदाब्जयुगं जयति। स्तनकोरकयोः कृतमात्रमथो खलु यत्स्मरदुःखहरं भवति॥१४॥
Victorious is your lovely pair of lotus feet, worthy of service by Kamalā. The moment it is placed upon our breast-buds, it takes away the pain caused by Love.
Passage 15
विरहज्वरसम्भवतापहरं विषमेषुभवव्यथनाशमनम्। अधरामृतसीधुरसं रुचिरं रघुदेव वितीर्य सुखं वितर॥१५॥
God of Raghu’s line, grant us the lovely wine-like savor of nectar from your lips, which removes the burning born of separation-fever and stills the pain produced by the Uneven-arrowed god; thereby bestow happiness.
Passage 16
यदुदारमनर्घ्यभवद्वदनं प्रविलोक्य रसोढतमो निमिषः। अधुना तदनेकदिनान्तरितं स्तवगम्य धिगस्तु दृशौ सुदृशौ॥१६॥
When we gazed upon your noble, priceless face, even an instant became filled to overflowing with rasa. Now that face is separated from us by so many days and can be reached only through praise. Shame upon these supposedly lovely eyes.
Passage 17
पतिपुत्रसहोदरबन्धुसुखं स्वजनं परिहृत्य जवात्स्वमितः। अबलाः प्रबलात्मभुवा ग्रथिताः क उदार जहातु भवन्तमृते॥१७॥
We left at once the pleasures of husbands, sons, brothers, relatives, and our own people and came here, helpless women bound by mighty Love. Generous one, who but you could now abandon us?
Passage 18
तदनेकरहस्यकथावसरे परिरम्भरसाकुलमात्तमुरः। तव कान्त तमालसमप्रतिमं स्मरतीः किमु मूर्छयसे वत नः॥१८॥
Beloved, why do you make us faint as we remember your chest, dark as a tamāla tree and ardently offered for the savor of embrace during our many intimate conversations?
Passage 19
मृदुलोपलवत्कठिमानमिमं कुत एव भवानसि शिक्षितवान्। यदिमाः स्वगतीरिह नाक्षिकला- कलनादवसि व्रजवामदृशः॥१९॥
From whom did you learn this hardness, like a stone falsely called tender? For you do not protect these fair-eyed women of Vraja, whose sole refuge you are, even by the slightest play of your eyes.
Passage 20
भवतो वपुरङ्गशिरीषमृदु स्पृहया कठिनेषु कुचेषु यथा। कलयाम तथा भयमेति मनः पुलकाङ्कुरकण्ठरुगञ्चतु मा॥२०॥
We long to place your body, every limb soft as a śirīṣa blossom, upon our hard breasts. Yet fear enters the mind: may the sharp sprouts of our horripilation not rise and hurt it.
Passage 21
स भवान्विजने विपिने निशि नः प्रविधाय खलु स्मरहस्तगताः। अवधिं गतवानसि किं नितरा- मितरां भजमान उदारमनाः॥२१॥
You placed us in Love’s hands at night in this lonely forest. Generous-minded one, have you now gone utterly beyond all bounds while devoting yourself to another woman?
Passage 22
अथ धन्यतमा खलु सा रमणी रमणीनिवहादपकृष्य वने। विजनेऽत्र भवन्तमतिप्रणयं प्रिय नीतवती बहुसाहसिका॥२२॥
Then that exceedingly fortunate and greatly daring woman drew you away from the company of women and, dear one, led you with intense love into a secluded place in this forest.
Passage 23
अयि धूर्त्तधुरन्धर धीरमते विलपन्तमिमं रमणीनिवहम्। नयनेन निभालयसे न कथं कलयन्नपि सन्तमघे रमणम्॥२३॥
O foremost of rogues, firm-minded one, why do you not look with your own eyes upon this lamenting company of women, even while recognizing the delight that remains amid this wrong?
Passage 24
प्रणयेन पुरा खलु यामनयो विलपत्यति सापि सहैव चिरम्। प्रणयिन्यबलेयमितोऽप्यपरा प्रिय कास्ति भवत्सविधे रमणी॥२४॥
The woman whom you previously led away in love has also been lamenting here with us for a long time. Dear one, is there near you some beloved woman other than even this helpless lover?
Passage 25
नहि तत्र भवान्विजनेऽस्ति परं स्वयमेव नरेन्द्रकुमारमणे। न खलु क्षणमप्यसि केलिकला- रहितोऽखिलकोककलैकपटुः॥२५॥
Prince and lover, you are surely not alone there in that secluded place. You yourself are never without the arts of dalliance for even an instant, being the sole master of all the erotic arts taught by Koka.
Passage 26
अथ या भवदङ्गसुसङ्गकरी त्वितरैव विभाति रमा खलु सा। नहि नाथ तया रहितोऽस्ति भवान् नहि सा सहते विरहं क्वचन॥२६॥
Yet the woman who brings the blessed contact of your limbs can shine as none other than Ramā herself. Lord, you are never without her, nor can she ever endure separation.
Passage 27
वयमीश तथा तव सङ्गमने प्रिय विघ्नलवं कलयाम कदा। युगलं खलु तद्भवतोः सुचिरं व्यतिभातु विशेषविलासकरम्॥२७॥
Lord, dear one, when have we ever created even the slightest obstacle to your union with her? May that couple formed by you two shine for a very long time, producing exceptional play.
Passage 28
तनुकान्तिरिव प्रथिता भवतः प्रियसङ्गम एव सदा वसतु। इत एव भवत्वनिशं भवते ह्यबलाजनदुःखभरो विदितः॥२८॥
May she, renowned like the radiance of your own body, always remain in loving union with you. Let it be so without cease, for through her the heavy sorrow borne by women becomes known to you.
Passage 29
अपि नोदय तं स्पृहणीयुगणे भवती परिवेत्तु दशां खलु नः। अथवा विदितेदृशदुःखदशा किमु वेत्स्यति नित्यविलासपरा॥२९॥
May Your Ladyship, the desirable one within the pair, nevertheless show us compassion and fully understand our condition. Or how could she, absorbed in eternal play, know such a state of suffering?
Passage 30
स्वजनेषु तथापि परां करुणां परिपालय लोकपतेर्महिषी। निजनित्यविलासयुतं दयितं परिदर्शय नो नयनोत्सवदम्॥३०॥
Even so, consort of the Lord of the worlds, maintain supreme compassion for your own people. Show us your beloved, joined with you in your eternal play, who grants a festival to our eyes.
Passage 31
जनकस्य जगत्प्रणयैकजुषः करुणारसकोमलितात्महृदः। तनया भवतीति मनांसि च नः खलु विश्वसितं भवति त्वधुना॥३१॥
You are the daughter of Janaka, whose heart is softened by the rasa of compassion and who is wholly devoted to love for the world. Therefore our minds now truly place their trust in you.
Passage 32
इह वां सुरतान्तधृतश्रमयो- र्मनुवारिकणाञ्चितविग्रहयोः। सुखदायि पटुः परिरम्भकरः परिवाति मरुद्बहुभाग्यभृतः॥३२॥
Here a greatly fortunate wind blows upon you two, who bear the weariness of completed lovemaking and whose bodies are marked with fine droplets of perspiration. It is expert at giving pleasure and bringing about embrace.
Passage 33
असकौ ननु सौरभसारभरः परिवाति मुहुर्मरुताकलितः। यदिहोदयते कलकल्पलता- युतमल्पतरोरधिकः पटिमा॥३३॥
Surely this concentrated abundance of fragrance, gathered by the breeze, wafts again and again. For here a surpassing potency arises from the tender tree joined with the wish-fulfilling vine of every art.
Passage 34
अयि वामविधे व्रजवामदृशां कलयिष्यति भूरि कदा नु भवान्। सहजं सहजेन मनोत्सवदं युगलं खलु दम्पतिभावयुतम्॥३४॥
O Lady who ordains the beloved’s left side, when will he grant the fair-eyed women of Vraja the abundant sight of the innate couple, naturally festive to the mind and endowed with the mood of husband and wife?
Passage 35
रघुनन्दनदर्शनदानकृते मुनयेऽत्रिसुताय नमोऽस्तु च नः। पुनरेव नमोऽस्तु रघूद्वह ते वरदाय निजात्मवरोत्तम हे॥३५॥
We offer reverence to the sage, Atri’s son, who granted the sight of Raghunandana. Again we bow to you, scion of Raghu, best giver of boons, who grants your own self as the highest boon.
Passage 36
पुनरेव नमोऽस्तु वधूमणये निमिवंशमहोत्सवदायिदृशे। इतराभ्य इदं खलु दत्तवती प्रणयेन धनं स्वरहस्यमपि॥३६॥
Again we bow to the jewel among brides, whose sight grants a great festival to Nimi’s line. With love she has truly given this treasure, even her own secret, to other women.
Passage 37
त्रिजगल्ललनौघशिखामणये पुनरेव नमोऽस्तु नमोऽस्तु च नः। सहजात्मसुखाकृतये सहजा सहजात्मचिदाकृतये हृतये॥३७॥
Again and again we bow to the crest jewel among all the women of the three worlds: Sahajā, the embodiment of the self’s innate bliss, the embodiment of the self’s innate consciousness, and the one who has stolen our hearts.
Passage 38
सहजा महिषी रतिरात्मसुखा प्रमदा पुरुषां जगेदकजनिः। अथ चिल्लतिकापि च चिन्निधिरि- त्यवगच्छ नवात्मकनाम मनः॥३८॥
O mind, know her ninefold name: Sahajā, Mahiṣī, Rati, Ātmasukhā, Pramadā, Puruṣā, the sole Mother of the world, Cillatikā, and Cinnidhi.
Passage 39
श्रीर्माया मदना सरस्वतिपरा तारात्रया पद्मजा त्रैलोक्येश्वरवृंहिताङ्कसदनस्था सच्चिदानन्दिनी। पञ्चात्मा निखिलप्रपञ्चरचनाचातुर्यगा तुर्यगा तुर्यातीतकला परावरतरा सीता सिता चासिता॥३९॥
She is Śrī, Māyā, Madanā, supreme Sarasvatī, the threefold Tārā, and lotus-born. Seated upon the ample lap of the Lord of the three worlds, she is Saccidānandinī. She is the fivefold Self, skilled in fashioning the entire manifest cosmos, and she moves in the fourth state. She is the power beyond the fourth, surpassing higher and lower: Sītā, the white one, and the dark one.
Passage 40
इति बहुविक्लवातुरहृदो व्रजवामदृशः प्रसभतरं विलप्य करुणास्मरवाणरुजा। वत वत सम्भ्रमेण बहुवीक्षितशून्यदृशः सुभगतरस्वरेण रुरुदुर्विजने विपिने॥४०॥
Thus the fair-eyed women of Vraja, their hearts deeply bewildered and afflicted, lamented with increasing force, wounded by Love’s pitiless arrows. Alas, alas: in their agitation their empty eyes searched everywhere, and they wept in exceedingly lovely voices in the lonely forest. --- Thus ends the thirty-third chapter, “Rāma’s Rāsa,” in the dialogue of Brahmā and Bhuśuṇḍa in the Śrīmad Ādi Rāmāyaṇa. Textual notes The chapter begins on source leaf 278, occupies leaves 278–282, and ends with passage 40 and its complete colophon on physical PDF page 283. All forty passage numbers are sequential in the edition. The scan controls याध्वसहस्रं in passage 3, the split निधेहि तमाम् in passage 6, नस्तव in passage 10, निभालयसे in passage 23, and मरुद्बहु in passage 32 against defects or misdivision in the auxiliary transcription. The difficult printed openings अपि नोदय तं स्पृहणीयुगणे (29) and असकौ (33), along with हृतये (37), are retained rather than silently emended; their English follows the prayer’s immediate syntax and sense. Sanskrit compounds and sandhi have otherwise been normalized only where word division introduced no textual choice.