Passage 1
लक्ष्मण उवाच— दृष्टास्ते विविधा लीलाः समस्तरससंगताः। रसो नाम भवद्रूपं ब्रह्मैवेदं न संशयः॥१॥
Lakṣmaṇa said: I have seen your many līlās, joined with every rasa. Your form is itself what is called rasa; this is Brahman itself, without doubt.
Passage 2
शृङ्गारवीरकरुणारौद्राद्यास्तस्य चाङ्गताम्। एकस्य चापि नित्यस्य स्थायिनश्चित्सुखाकृतेः॥२॥
Erotic, heroic, compassionate, fierce, and the other rasas are limbs of that one eternal and abiding reality whose form is conscious bliss.
Passage 3
अन्तःकरणवृत्तीनां भेदतस्तस्य वै भिदा। त्वं शृङ्गारी परानन्दरूपिणीं सहजामनु॥३॥
Its distinctions arise through the differing movements of the inner faculty. You are the lover who follows Sahajā, whose form is supreme bliss.
Passage 4
प्रमोदविपिने चैव चित्रकूटे मनोहरे। कोटिकन्दर्पसुभगः क्रीडसे त्वं रमायुतः॥४॥
In the Pramoda forest and lovely Citrakūṭa, more beautiful than millions of Love-gods, you sport together with Ramā.
Passage 5
एतदर्थमेव भुवि प्रकटोऽभूः सनातनः। सहजानन्दिनी चापि प्रमोदवनसुन्दरी॥५॥
For this very purpose you, the Eternal One, became manifest upon earth, as did Sahajānandinī, the beauty of Pramodavana.
Passage 6
अनेकरूपिणी भूत्वा त्वां वै रमयति प्रभो। सोऽयं लीलारसानन्दो दृढतां समुपागतः॥६॥
Assuming many forms, she delights you, Lord; thus this bliss of līlā-rasa has attained full solidity and permanence.
Passage 7
तस्य साक्षी त्वहं ब्रह्म त्वत्प्रकाशमयोऽक्षरः। तत्र तत्र नियुक्तोऽहं त्वया रमणकोविद॥७॥
I am the witness of that—the imperishable Brahman made of your radiance. You appoint me to each place and role, master of divine play.
Passage 8
तत्तद्रूपमुरीकृत्य लीलापरिकरोऽभवम्। अहं रसालविपिने रसालद्रुमवाटिका॥८॥
Assuming each appropriate form, I became an attendant and element of the līlā. In the mango forest I was the grove of mango trees.
Passage 9
अशोकविपिने चाहमशोकद्रुमवाटिका। तन्मञ्जरीमधुकराः पल्लवाश्चारुणप्रभाः॥९॥
In the aśoka forest I was the grove of aśoka trees, their flower clusters and bees, and the tender shoots of beautiful radiance.
Passage 10
शीतलः सुरभिर्मन्दः समीरश्चन्दनस्पृशः। कीरकोकिलकेक्याद्याः पक्षिणो मधुरस्वराः॥१०॥
I was the cool, fragrant, gentle breeze carrying the touch of sandalwood, and the sweet-voiced parrots, cuckoos, peacocks, and other birds.
Passage 11
ऋतवस्ते वसन्ताद्याश्चन्दरचन्दनचन्द्रिकाः। अहं सर्वस्वरूपेण त्वन्नियोगादिहाभवम्॥११॥
I was the seasons, beginning with spring, and the lovely sandal fragrance and moonlight. By your appointment I became everything here in every form. Source note: The photographed edition sets the first line densely as ऋतवस्ते वसन्ताद्याश्चन्दरचन्दनचन्द्रिकाः. The root is retained without silent regularization; the English follows its sequence of seasons, sandal, and moonlight.
Passage 12
स कथं तव विश्लेषं सहिष्ये रघुपुङ्गव। पूर्वमाचान्तममृतमधुना विषमुल्वणम्॥१२॥
How then could I endure separation from you, best of the Raghus? Having previously drunk nectar, must I now drink virulent poison?
Passage 13
आत्रमिष्यामि भगवन् त्वद्विहीनोऽहं ततः प्रभो। सर्वं जानाति भगवान् कार्याकार्यविवेचनम्॥१३॥
What path could I take, Lord, if I were bereft of you? The Lord knows all and discerns what should and should not be done. Source note: The source visibly prints the unusual opening form आत्रमिष्यामि. Its exact morphology is uncertain, but the appeal about what Lakṣmaṇa could do when separated from Rāma is clear from the sentence and context; the root is not conjecturally replaced.
Passage 14
वीरश्चापि भवान् क्षणो रददात् परमां मुदम्। वैश्वामित्रे यज्ञवाटे तथा भार्गवसंगमे॥१४॥
As the hero, you gave supreme joy at Viśvāmitra's sacrificial ground and again in the encounter with Bhārgava. Source note: The photographed first half is irregularly set as वीरश्चापि भवान् क्षणो रददात् परमां मुदम्. The translation follows the clearly named heroic episodes without silently rewriting the difficult printed segment.
Passage 15
सुबाहुमथने चापि सहस्ररामरूपधृक्। लङ्कायां राक्षसहतौ वीरो भूत्वा व्यरीरमः॥१५॥
In the crushing of Subāhu, manifesting a thousandfold Rāma-form, and in the destruction of the rākṣasas at Laṅkā, you sported as the hero.
Passage 16
राक्षसेन्द्रमहोदण्डतरङ्गगणमार्जिते। सिन्धोर्मध्ये दुर्गमे त्वां न व्यमुञ्चमहं क्वचित्॥१६॥
In the inaccessible ocean, swept by the great rod-like waves of the lord of rākṣasas, I never left you at any time.
Passage 17
अहं बाणाधनुश्चैव रथः पत्तिर्हयास्तथा। कम्बलः कवचं चापि तत्र तत्राभवं ह्यहम्॥१७॥
I became the arrows and bow, the chariot, the foot soldiers and horses, the covering and armor—everything required in every place.
Passage 18
स कथं मोक्तुमिच्छेयं तव सार्थं रमापते। किमर्थं तादृशो स्वादे पूर्वमस्मि नियोजितः॥१८॥
How could I wish to abandon your company, Lord of Ramā? Why was I first appointed to taste such sweetness?
Passage 19
नियोजितश्चेत्प्रभुणा न वियोज्योऽस्मि सम्प्रति। तस्मात्तव हृदयं भ्रातः स्फुटतीव च मामकम्॥१९॥
If I was appointed by my Lord, I should not now be separated. Therefore, brother, my heart feels as though it is splitting apart from yours.
Passage 20
विशीर्यन्ति ममाङ्गानि तापश्चापि प्रजायते। शून्या दिशः प्रपश्यामि न विन्दामि धृतिं हरे॥२०॥
My limbs are falling apart and burning anguish arises. I see every direction empty and can find no fortitude, Hari.
Passage 21
प्रत्यङ्गं ज्वलति वपुर्मदीयमङ्गं स्मारं स्मारमतिविसह्यमेतदुच्चैः। अग्रे भाव्यं न भवन्नागतं मे कीदृग्जातं देहजं दुःखमस्ति मह्यम्॥२१॥
Every limb of my body burns as I remember again and again; this has become utterly unbearable. If even what lies ahead has not yet arrived, what kind of bodily sorrow has already arisen for me?
Passage 22
एतत्तेऽनुचितं राम भक्ते मे दुःखदर्शनम्। तदप्यशनिपातोत्थवेदना मे दिवानिशम्॥२२॥
Rāma, it is unfitting for you to behold me, your devotee, in pain; yet day and night my agony is like that produced by a thunderbolt's fall.
Passage 23
दूरादेव वितर्कयामि भवतः संयोगजं यत्सुखं- यादृग्विस्तृतमस्ति निस्तुलतरं भक्तानुभूत्यास्पदम्। दुःखं चापि तु तादृगेव भविता विस्तारि सर्वोत्तम- प्रेमोत्थं खलु कोटिजन्मनिवहैर्भोग्यं यदेकक्षणे॥२३॥
Even from afar I infer how vast and incomparable is the happiness born of union with you, the ground of a devotee's realization. The sorrow born of supreme love will be equally vast—what multitudes of births could scarcely experience will be endured in a single moment.
Passage 24
तदहमिह सहिष्ये नैव मत्तः कदाचित्- परममशनिपाताच्चापि काठिन्ययुक्तम्। वितर रघुपते हा राम कारुण्यकोणां- दृशमसदृशं तां पापसंघातहर्त्रीम्॥२४॥
I shall never be able to endure that here; it is harder than even the supreme crash of a thunderbolt. Lord of the Raghus—ah, Rāma!—bestow upon me that incomparable, sin-destroying glance from the corner of your compassionate eye.
Passage 25
सर्वथा दण्डनीयोऽहमपराधे महत्यथ। चरणाम्भोजसंसर्गादत्रापि त्वपयातु नः॥२५॥
For my great offense I am certainly punishable in every way; yet even here, may contact with your lotus feet never depart from me.
Passage 26
अस्तु नाथ महान् दण्डः संगतस्यैव मे त्वया। असंगतस्य तु स्वामिन् महानन्दोऽपि मास्तु मे॥२६॥
Lord, let a great punishment come to me while I remain joined with you; but apart from you, master, let even the greatest bliss never be mine.
Passage 27
पशुपक्षिलतागुल्मवृक्षादिजनिमाप्नुयाम्। तत्र तत्र भवेयं ते चरणाम्भोजसंगमी॥२७॥
May I take birth as an animal, bird, vine, shrub, tree, or any other form, so long as in each place I remain joined to your lotus feet.
Passage 28
प्रमोदवनलीला च दृष्टा संस्मर्यतेऽधुना। तत्रैव देहि रामेन्दो यां काञ्चिजनिमद्भुताम्॥२८॥
The līlā of Pramodavana that I have seen now returns to memory. Moonlike Rāma, grant me any wondrous birth there itself.
Passage 29
प्रमोदवनलीला चे दृष्टा प्रेमाद्भुतस्पृशी। उच्चैर्वितर संस्थानमधो वापि प्रवेशय॥२९॥
That Pramodavana līlā, beheld and touched by the wonder of love—grant me a high station within it or admit me even into its lowest place.
Passage 30
न पुनस्तव विश्लेषो भूयान्मम मनागपि। वज्रादपि ह्यसह्यं यदात्मपातादपि द्रुतम्॥३०॥
May I never again experience even the slightest separation from you; it is more unbearable than a thunderbolt and more terrible than the body's fall.
Passage 31
सर्वमस्तु प्रभो दण्डाद् दुःखं परमदुःसहम्। मा ते लीलोपसंहारो भवतु श्रीरमापते॥३१॥
Let every supremely unbearable pain of punishment come, Lord; only let your līlā not be withdrawn, glorious Lord of Ramā.
Passage 32
लीलैव हि ममाधारो लीलैव मम जीवनम्। लीलैव मम सर्वस्वं लीलैव मम लोचनम्॥३२॥
Līlā alone is my support; līlā alone is my life. Līlā alone is my entire treasure; līlā alone is my sight.
Passage 33
मच्छरीरसुरक्षायै लीलारक्षा विधीयताम्। लीलाभावे महद्दुःखं मम राम भविष्यति॥३३॥
For the preservation of my body, let the līlā be preserved. In the absence of līlā, Rāma, immense sorrow will be mine.
Passage 34
तुलसीमालिका नाम चरणाम्भोजचिन्तनम्। नित्यं लीलारसानन्द एतद्भक्तस्य जीवनम्॥३४॥
A garland of tulasī, the divine name, contemplation of the lotus feet, and perpetual bliss in līlā-rasa—these are the devotee's life.
Passage 35
धनुर्बाणाङ्किततनु राममन्त्रं सदा जपन्। तव लीलारसानन्दी भूयासं नित्यमीश्वर॥३५॥
Bearing the marks of bow and arrow upon my body and always reciting the Rāma mantra, may I eternally delight in the rasa of your līlā, Lord.