Passage 1
श्रीनारायण उवाच— नतोऽस्मि नित्यं जगदीश्वरेश्वरि त्वदङ्घ्रिसन्तानकपुष्पयुग्मकम्। चिरं यदास्वाद्य रसोऽप्यहं सदा भवामि नित्योदयि दिव्यचेष्टितः॥१॥
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: “I bow eternally, O sovereign Goddess of the Lord of the universe, to the twin blossoms continuously produced by your feet. Long tasting their rasa, even I become forever renewed in divine activity.
Passage 2
असौ विधिः सर्गविसर्गयोः क्षमस्तथाहमेतत्परिपालनप्रभुः। हरस्तथा संहरणेऽस्य कोविदस्तदेतदाराधनमीशि तावकम्॥२॥
Brahmā is capable of primary and secondary creation, I am lord of its preservation, and Hara is skilled in its dissolution; all this, O Goddess, is the fruit of worshiping you.
Passage 3
अथ तत्रैव भगवान् नारायण उदारधीः। निजांशिनीं श्रीसहजां तुष्टाव परमेश्वरीम्॥३॥
Then and there, the magnanimous Lord Nārāyaṇa praised supreme Goddess Śrī Sahajā, the source of his own power.
Passage 4
विभासि नित्यैव च चरित्रधोरणीविचिन्वतां वेदपथेषु वास्तवीम्। वितन्वती ब्रह्मशिवादिचिन्तनप्रमोददां नित्यमुदारमानसे॥४॥
You shine eternally as reality to those who trace the current of your deeds along the Vedic paths, while in your boundless mind you unfold a course that forever delights the contemplation of Brahmā, Śiva, and the other gods.
Passage 5
अचिन्त्यरूपापि तथा गुणातिगाप्यवाच्यरूपापि गिरामधीश्वरैः। विचिन्तनीयासि गुणैर्मनोरमाप्यहो स्वभक्तैर्नितरां प्रगीयसे॥५॥
Though your form is inconceivable, beyond the guṇas, and indescribable even to the lords of speech, your delightful qualities invite contemplation; ah, your devotees sing you without end.
Passage 6
संख्यातुमर्हाणि न ते जगन्नुते नामानि रूपाणि च विश्वपावनि। यज्ज्ञानमात्रेण भृशं जनोऽश्नुते त्रिवर्गलभ्याधिकमर्थमुज्ज्वलम्॥६॥
O purifier of the universe, your world-praised names and forms cannot be counted. By merely knowing them, a person attains a radiant good far surpassing all that the three worldly aims can yield.
Passage 7
आदिस्त्वमेवासि च मध्यस्था वै त्वमेव चान्तस्त्रिदशाधिपाधिये। त्वत्तोऽखिलं विश्वमिदं त्वयि स्थितं त्वय्येव च ब्रह्मणि सम्प्रलीयते॥७॥
You alone are the beginning, you abide in the middle, and you alone are the end, O wisdom of the lord of the gods. From you this entire universe arises, in you it stands, and into you, who are Brahman, it wholly dissolves.
Passage 8
त्वमेव लोकेश्वरि भासि सर्वगा त्वमेव चाहं धिषणैकगोचरः। त्वमेव वित्तिस्त्वमहंपदार्थयोः सशब्दशब्दार्थपरिच्छिदाकृतिः॥८॥
You alone, O sovereign of the world, shine as the all-pervading one. You are the “I” reached by the highest understanding; you are the awareness that delimits both word and meaning in the concepts of “you” and “I.”
Passage 9
यान्येव नामानि खिलस्य वस्तुनस्तान्येव ते सर्वपदार्थरूपिणि। न हि त्वदन्यं कलयन्ति कोविदाः शब्देन चार्थेन च भाविताकृतिः॥९॥
Every name belonging to every existing thing is yours, O you whose form is every object. The wise conceive nothing apart from you, whether through word, meaning, or a form fashioned in thought.
Passage 10
उपासनं ते जगदीशि कर्मभिर्ज्ञानेन भक्त्या च विशुद्धरूपया। यस्त्वां भवे द्वेष्टि समस्तरूपिणीं सर्वं परादादमृतो हि तत्त्वतः॥१०॥
O sovereign of the universe, you are worshiped through action, knowledge, and perfectly pure devotion. Whoever hates you, whose form is all, is rejected by all and is truly cut off from immortality.
Passage 11
अतस्त्वमेवाखिलवर्त्मसु स्थिता करोषि कल्याणकदम्बकं भवे। तेजःसु यद्वत्सकलेषु संस्थितो विभाति भासा रविरेव केवलः॥११॥
Thus you stand within every path and bring forth hosts of blessings in existence, just as the sun alone, present in all luminous things, shines through their light.
Passage 12
माया प्रधानं प्रकृतिस्तथैव चाव्यक्तकल्पेत्यादिपदार्थरूपिणीम्। ब्रुवन्ति ये त्वां जगदीशि तेऽबुधा न तत्त्वतस्त्वां किमपीह जानते॥१२॥
Those who call you merely māyā, primal matter, prakṛti, the unmanifest, time, or any such category, O sovereign of the universe, are unwise; they know nothing here of you as you truly are.
Passage 13
ब्रह्मेति ये त्वां प्रवदन्ति निर्गुणं तेऽप्यञ्जसा नैव विदन्ति वस्तुतः। यतः प्रतिष्ठासि परस्य तस्य चिन्मात्रस्य सच्चित्सुखधर्मधर्मिणि॥१३॥
Nor do those who simply call you qualityless Brahman know you directly in truth, for you are the foundation even of that supreme pure consciousness, the possessor of the nature of being, consciousness, and bliss.
Passage 14
सर्वं खलु त्वय्युपपन्नमञ्जसा गुणांश्च नैर्गुण्यमपि प्रभावितम्। यथा घने सैन्धवखण्ड उज्ज्वले बहिस्तथाभ्यन्तरमेकवस्तुता॥१४॥
Everything coheres directly in you: both the guṇas and the state beyond them arise through your power. You are one reality within and without, like a solid, shining block of salt.
Passage 15
त्वमेव धर्मस्य प्रसरस्य धर्मिणी न भेदतोऽस्ति त्वयि धर्मधर्मिता। अथापि चेदस्तु यतोऽखिलात्मके भिदा पदार्थोऽपि न भिद्यते परम्॥१५॥
You alone are the bearer of every expanding property, yet in you there is no real division between property and possessor. Even if such a distinction be admitted, in you, the self of all, the category of difference never divides the supreme reality.
Passage 16
त्वयीदृशे वस्तुनि सच्चिदात्मके विरुद्धभावप्रसरोऽपि नेष्यते। अस्त्युष्णता तेजसि वारिण्यनुष्णता समुच्चितं त्वय्युभयं निरीक्ष्यते॥१६॥
In a reality such as you, whose nature is being and consciousness, even the presence of apparent opposites causes no contradiction. Heat exists in fire and coolness in water, yet both are seen gathered together in you.
Passage 17
ध्वनिश्च वर्णश्च पदं च सुप्तिङो वाक्यं महावाक्यमथागमोऽखिलः। त्वमेव हि व्याससमासरूपतः प्रपञ्च्यमेव प्रसरेण विश्वतः॥१७॥
Sound, letter, word, nominal and verbal ending, sentence, great Vedic saying, and the whole revealed canon are all you; through expansion and contraction, you alone are unfolded everywhere as the universe.
Passage 18
अनादिरेष द्रुम उद्ययौ यतो न मृग्यते मूलममुष्य तत्क्वचित्। त्वां तु प्रविज्ञाय विनिश्चितं भवेद्यत्रानिशं सन्दिहते बुधा अपि॥१८॥
This beginningless cosmic tree has risen from a root that can nowhere be found. By knowing you, however, that root becomes certain even where the wise remain forever in doubt.
Passage 19
साक्षात्कदाचित्कुरुषेऽखिलं स्वयं त्वं पुरुषद्वारतया कदाचन। निजेच्छयैवेशि कदाचिदन्यथा कदाचिदात्मैव समस्तमाबभौ॥१९॥
At times you accomplish everything directly yourself, and at times through the agency of the Supreme Person. At times, O Goddess, you act otherwise by your own will, and at times the Self alone appears as all.
Passage 20
वितत्य सर्वं च कदाचिदात्मना करोषि मातस्त्वमनुप्रवेशनम्। इत्थं प्रपञ्चे रमसे स्वनिर्मिते यतः समस्तो रमणार्थमेव॥२०॥
At times, Mother, having spread everything from yourself, you enter within it. Thus you delight in the world you have fashioned, for the whole of it exists for divine play.
Passage 21
तवैव चेष्टात्मक एष एधते कालः कलाकोटिकदम्बकप्रभुः। यः वस्तुमात्रोपरि लेढि तत्तद्गुणान् स लिह्यते चित्कलया किल त्वया॥२१॥
Time, lord of hosts of millions of moments, grows as the embodiment of your activity. It licks away the qualities of every object, yet you, as the power of consciousness, consume even time.
Passage 22
अथ स्वरूपेण चरित्रधोरणीमधिप्रमोदाटवि यद्वितन्वती। अत्युद्भूतैः क्रीडसि विश्वमुल्लङ्घ्य गुणैर्महोदारतरैः परात्परे॥२२॥
Then, in your own form, you extend the current of your deeds throughout Pramoda forest. O reality beyond the supreme, you sport through supremely exalted and generous qualities that transcend the universe.
Passage 23
विजृम्भते सा करुणात्मता तव स्वभक्तवर्गेषु तदेकजीविषु। विचिन्तयेयुः खलु ते किमन्यथा भवापवर्गेच्छुतया विरक्ताः॥२३॥
Your compassionate nature expands among your devotees, whose life rests in you alone. Otherwise, renouncing both worldly existence and isolated liberation, what else could they ever contemplate?
Passage 24
कालः स्पृशत्येव न ते विचेष्टितं सच्चित्सुखैकात्मतया परात्परम्। अतोऽस्य मूर्ध्नि स्वपदं निधाय ते क्रीडन्ति सर्वस्वभुजो भवज्जनाः॥२४॥
Time cannot touch your play, for it is beyond the supreme and consists solely of being, consciousness, and bliss. Therefore your people, possessors of every treasure, place their feet upon time's head and sport freely. Contemplation of Sahajā's Divine Form
Passage 25
नमामि ते रूपमदर्शविश्रमं कर्णावतंसीकृतरत्नमञ्जरि। महाच्छनासामणिशोभिताननं स्फुरत्कपोलालकवल्लिमञ्जुलम्॥२५॥
I bow to your form, where the very ideal of beauty finds repose: clusters of jewels serve as ear ornaments, a great clear nose-jewel adorns your face, and curling locks shine like vines along your cheeks.
Passage 26
परार्धसूर्योत्कटरूपसम्पदा विरोचमानाङ्घ्रिनखप्रभाभरम्। लीलालसालोलगतिक्रमोद्धवत्रपाविनम्रीकृतराजहंसकम्॥२६॥
The massed radiance of your toenails shines with a fierce beauty surpassing countless suns; royal swans bow in shame before the gracefully swaying progress of your playful gait.
Passage 27
सकेलिकूजन्मणिनूपुरध्वनिच्छात्रीकृतोद्यत्कलहंसनिक्वणम्। मञ्जीरिकाधोऽञ्चितहेमकिङ्किणीगणोपधिस्वैरवगुञ्जषट्पदम्॥२७॥
The playful song of your jeweled anklets reduces the proud calls of graceful swans to mere pupils. Beneath them, freely humming bees attend the rows of golden bells fitted to your foot ornaments.
Passage 28
मन्दानिलान्दोलितदुकूलकान्तरोरुस्वरज्योतिरुदग्रपीडिकम्। ताम्बूलिकामत्रमनोजघुण्टिकानिरीक्षणोन्मादितमन्मथान्तरम्॥२८॥
Fine cloth stirred by a gentle breeze reveals the rising golden radiance of your thighs; a mere glimpse of their lovely veil drives the Love-god within to madness.
Passage 29
करीन्द्रशुण्डाकदलीकलामुषोः सुजङ्घयोः कान्तिभरेण चिन्तयत्। वासोत्तरीयं तनुसूत्रनिर्मितं हेमाम्बुनिषिक्तमिवाच्छमद्भुतम्॥२९॥
The abundant beauty of your shapely legs steals the grace of an elephant's trunk and the tender plantain. Their translucent, finely woven covering seems wondrously drenched in liquid gold.
Passage 30
नितम्बबिम्बद्वितयद्युतिच्छटाविनिर्जितेन्दुसुपूर्णमण्डलम्। अधस्तरीयाम्बरपट्टदोरिकाविलम्बिगुच्छाकृतिमौक्तिकव्रजम्॥३०॥
The splendor of your two rounded hips outshines the unbroken disk of the full moon. Clusters of pearls hang from the cord of your lower garment.
Passage 31
गम्भीरनाभीह्रदमाधुरीरसप्रमग्नरामेन्दुरसीन्द्रमानसम्। तदुद्भवानेकबलीतरङ्गिणीतरङ्गनीरोत्तरलीकृतान्तरम्॥३१॥
The mind of Rāma, moon and sovereign among connoisseurs of rasa, sinks into the sweet nectar of your deep navel-lake; the many folds arising around it ripple like waves across that inner pool.
Passage 32
रोमावलीतद्गतशैवलावलीविलीनहृच्छ्रीरसिकेन्द्रपक्षिराट्। तनूदरस्थाननितान्तसंशयज्ञानस्थदोलादुलिताखिलाशयः॥३२॥
Your line of fine hair is moss upon that lake, within which the royal bird of the supreme connoisseur's heart disappears. The impossible slenderness of your waist sets every thought swinging upon a cradle of wonder and doubt.
Passage 33
उत्तुङ्गवक्षोरुहभारभावितश्रीविग्रहात्यन्तविनम्रतारुचि। अनेकमुक्तामणिहारभासुरग्रीवाविलग्नत्रिसरातिसौभगम्॥३३॥
The weight of your lofty breasts makes the lovely necklace bow deeply. Your neck shines with many pearl and jeweled garlands, while its three graceful lines possess surpassing beauty.
Passage 34
पञ्चाशुगोद्दावितलोकनिर्जयध्वानोद्धवव्यञ्जनकण्ठकम्बुमत्। अनेककोटिस्फुटचन्द्रमण्डलश्रीचौरवक्त्रच्छविसारभासुरम्॥३४॥
Your conchlike neck loudly proclaims the Love-god's conquest of the worlds. The concentrated radiance of your face steals the beauty of countless fully shining moons.
Passage 35
मुखेन्दुपूर्णामृतसर्ववासरप्रमोदिदृक्चारुचकोररोचितम्। धमिल्लमल्लीसुमनोऽभिगुम्फितमधुव्रतासादितमाधुरीरसम्॥३५॥
The full nectar of your moonlike face eternally delights the beautiful cakora birds of your beholders' eyes. Jasmine flowers woven into your hair offer their sweetness to attending bees.
Passage 36
तदेकसीमन्तितदिव्यमौक्तिकप्रकृष्टतारावलिकान्तिकीर्तिमत्। अमन्दवेणीमणिचन्द्रचन्द्रिकाप्रकाशसन्तोषितनेत्रकैरवम्॥३६॥
The single divine pearl upon your hair parting is famed for the brilliance of a splendid row of stars. Moonlight from the jewel in your luxuriant braid makes the night-lotuses of every eye blossom with delight.
Passage 37
दन्तावलिद्योतविमिश्रनिर्मलश्रीमन्दहासामलमञ्जुकान्तिमत्। दोर्वल्लिवल्गुस्फुरितांसयुग्मकप्रकाण्डनित्योदारताविराजितम्॥३७॥
The gleam of your teeth mingles with the stainless loveliness of your gentle smile. Your vine-like arms and beautifully radiant shoulders shine with unending generosity.
Passage 38
नखौघमारभ्य शिखान्तमुच्चकैरैकैकमेभिर्नयनैरुपासितम्। कटाक्षसंजीवितसर्वमारितस्मरप्रवीरप्रवरप्रमोददम्॥३८॥
From the mass of your toenails to the crown of your head, every limb is worshiped by uplifted eyes. Your sidelong glance revives all whom Love has struck and brings supreme joy to his finest heroes.
Passage 39
यद्यप्यदोऽङ्गं तव सर्वमद्भुतं तथापि मन्मानसबन्धनाय ते। सदास्तु पादाम्बुजयुग्ममुल्लसन्नखौघकिञ्जल्कसमूहरञ्जितम्॥३९॥
Although every limb of yours is wondrous, may your two lotus feet—colored by the radiant pollen of their clustered nails—forever bind my mind.
Passage 40
ध्यानाय गानाय च भक्तचेतसां प्रमोददानाय च नित्यमेधताम्। तवेदृशं सौभगमङ्गमाधुरीविमिश्रमत्यर्थमनोहरं प्रभोः॥४०॥
May this form of yours, exceedingly captivating and filled with the beauty and sweetness of every limb, flourish eternally for your devotees' meditation, song, and delight. Pramoda Forest, Eternal Līlā, and the Nurturing Families
Passage 41
प्रमोदनामाङ्कितमद्भुतं वनं लीलालयं मे हृदये विराजताम्। यदंशमात्रेण विभाति माधुरी वैकुण्ठवृन्दावनगह्वरादिषु॥४१॥
May the wondrous forest called Pramoda, the home of līlā, shine within my heart. By merely a fraction of its sweetness, Vaikuṇṭha, Vṛndāvana, Gahvara, and the other divine realms are resplendent.
Passage 42
लीलाधामविशिष्टमद्भुततमं श्रीसम्पदां मन्दिरं सच्चिद्रूपमनन्तमक्षरमयं यद्व्यापकं विश्वतः। तत्ते धाम विराजतां मम हृदि श्रीरामरामेश्वरे प्रेमानन्दमयं मनश्च वचनं सुश्रूषुनिर्वृत्तं यतः॥४२॥
O sovereign beloved of Śrī Rāma, may that abode of yours shine in my heart: supremely wondrous, distinguished as the seat of līlā, the temple of sacred splendors, formed of being and consciousness, infinite, imperishable, and all-pervading. From it arise the bliss of divine love and the fulfillment of mind and speech in loving service.
Passage 43
लीलास्तास्तव राससन्निधिमिता भक्ताखिलास्वादिता व्यक्ताव्यक्ततया प्रमोदविपिने संजायमानाः पराः। भक्तानां हृदयैकचिन्तनरसप्रेमप्रवृद्धप्रदा भूयासुर्मम जीवनाय सहजानन्दे गुणग्रामणीः॥४३॥
O Sahajānandā, may your supreme līlās be my very life: arising manifest and unmanifest in Pramoda forest, reaching the intimacy of rāsa, relished by every devotee, foremost among virtues, and increasing the contemplative rasa and love within devotees' hearts.
Passage 44
परं ब्रह्म रामचन्द्रः सच्चिदानन्दमात्रकः। यदीदृशं न प्रभवेद्भक्तानां जीवनं कथम्॥४४॥
Rāmacandra is the Supreme Brahman, consisting solely of being, consciousness, and bliss. If he were not manifest in this way, how could he be the devotees' very life?
Passage 45
प्रमोदपात्रीकृतभक्तमानसं ब्रह्मादिदेवैरपि सुष्ठु भावितम्। लीलारसानन्दमयं विराजितं समेधतां मद्हृदयैकजीवनम्॥४५॥
May that radiant bliss of līlā-rasa flourish as the sole life of my heart—making the devotee's mind a vessel of delight and contemplated with devotion even by Brahmā and the other gods.
Passage 46
नमः श्रीनन्दनाख्याय गोपराजाय धीमते। नमस्तथा श्रीराजिन्यै याभ्यां त्वं नित्यलालिता॥४६॥
Homage to the wise cowherd king named Śrī Nandana, and homage likewise to Śrī Rājinī; by those two you are eternally cherished.
Passage 47
नमस्तदावेशयुग्भ्यां वात्सल्यरसपुष्टाभ्याम्। भाग्यवद्भ्यां त्रिभुवनसौख्यदाभ्यां निरन्तरम्॥४७॥
Eternal homage to that fortunate pair, filled by your divine presence, nourished by parental rasa, and bestowing happiness upon the three worlds.
Passage 48
दशरथकौसल्याभ्यां सुखितश्रीमाङ्गल्यकाभ्यां च। त्रिभुवनसौराज्यपदप्रभाविताभ्यां नमो नित्यम्॥४८॥
Eternal homage to Daśaratha and Kauśalyā, and to Sukhita and glorious Māṅgalyakā, whose station of blessed sovereignty illumines the three worlds.
Passage 49
नमस्ते नित्यपूर्णायै लीलायै मधुरश्रियै। यदावेशवशादेतन्मिथुनं नित्यं भासते॥४९॥
Homage to your eternally complete līlā and its sweet splendor; by entering into it, this divine couple shines forever.
Passage 50
इति स्तुत्वा स्फुरल्लीलारसावेशितया मुहुः। रोमाञ्चिततनुर्विष्णुर्दण्डवत्प्रापतद्भुवि॥५०॥
Having praised her in this way, Viṣṇu was repeatedly flooded by the radiant rasa of līlā. His body thrilled with horripilation, he fell prostrate upon the earth.
Passage 51
मुहुर्मुहुः स्तुतिं कृत्वा नतिं कृत्वा मुहुर्मुहुः। कृतार्थीकृत्य चात्मानं स्वधाम समगात्ततः॥५१॥
Again and again he offered praise, and again and again he bowed. Having made himself fulfilled, he then returned to his own abode.”