Passage 1
श्रीराम उवाच— यत्र पूर्वं स्थितश्चान्तर्हितो लीलाप्रवर्तकः। यत एवोपगच्छामि जनदुर्गोचरत्वकम्॥१॥
Śrī Rāma said: I return to that very place where I formerly abided and into which I withdrew—the source from which I come as the initiator of līlā, inaccessible to ordinary people. Witness note: Against the primary reading यत्र, the edition records प्रमोदवने (“in Pramodavana”) in its compared Ṭīkā and Baḍau readings. The primary root is retained.
Passage 2
तत्रैवाहं पुनर्यामि व्यापके निजधामनि। इह तत्रामुत्र सदा सर्वत्र प्रतिभाति सत्॥२॥
I go again to that very place, my own all-pervading abode. Here, there, and beyond, the real shines forth everywhere and always.
Passage 3
ज्ञानिनां चापि भक्तानां नित्यलीलारसात्मकम्। आदाय परिकरं सर्वं कार्यान्ते प्रविशाम्यहम्॥३॥
When the work is complete, I enter that abode together with the entire retinue, whose essence is the rasa of eternal līlā for both knowers and devotees. Metrical note: The edition marks one pāda of passage 3 as an archaic form containing an additional syllable. The photographed wording is preserved.
Passage 4
आत्मन्येव वियोगेन चात्मानं संहराम्यहम्। निर्गुणं सच्चिदानन्दं कालमायातिरस्करम्॥४॥
At the moment of separation I withdraw myself into my own self—nirguṇa, being-consciousness-bliss, and beyond the reach of time and māyā.
Passage 5
प्रमोदवनसंज्ञं तन्मम धाम विराजते। गगनं गगनाकारं सुविशालं मनोहरम्॥५॥
That abode of mine, called Pramodavana, shines resplendent: a sky of the very form of sky, immeasurably vast and enchanting.
Passage 6
कल्याणगुणसम्पन्नं नित्यरूपं सनातनम्। सर्वर्तुसुखसंयुक्तं नानाभोगविशारदम्॥६॥
It is endowed with auspicious qualities, eternal in form, beginningless, filled with the pleasures of every season, and rich in manifold enjoyments.
Passage 7
नानालक्ष्मीविलासोत्थकोटिब्रह्मसुखोत्तरम्। तुच्छीभवन्महायोगनिरन्तरमहत्सुखम्॥७॥
Born from the play of innumerable Lakṣmīs, its bliss surpasses that of millions of Brahmās; its unbroken, immense happiness makes even the attainment of great yoga appear slight.
Passage 8
पीयूषद्रवनिर्झरमहामधुरिमास्पदम्। अनन्तगुणसम्बद्धं सर्वदोषविवर्जितम्॥८॥
It is the seat of the immense sweetness of cascades of liquid nectar, joined with infinite virtues and entirely free from every fault.
Passage 9
अनेककौतुकागारं समस्तरसरञ्जितम्। ऊधोभारभराक्रान्तैः पयःपीयूषसंस्रवैः॥९॥
It is a treasury of countless wonders, colored by every rasa, and filled with cows whose heavy udders stream milk like nectar.
Passage 10
हरिच्छाद्वरमध्यस्थैः सवत्सैः शृङ्गमञ्जुलैः। चन्द्रवर्णेतरघनश्यामैः स्वर्णवर्णमनोहरैः॥१०॥
They stand amid splendid green pastures with their calves and lovely horns—some moon-white, others dark as rain clouds, and still others enchanting in golden color.
Passage 11
अयुतप्रयुतातीतगणसौहार्दवारिभिः। एकवर्णसमाकारमुख्यपृष्ठगतापरैः॥११॥
Their friendly herds exceed tens of thousands and millions: some share one color and equal form, while principal animals lead and others guard the rear. Commentarial note: The edition glosses the dense second half as cows of one color and equal form, with principal gopālas and others serving as rear guards. That supplied sense is reflected in the English without altering the photographed root.
Passage 12
गवेन्द्रसुखिताधीशसर्वस्वापितसद्व्रतैः। गोकुलैः क्रीडनोत्साहैर्नैचिकीचक्रमण्डलैः॥१२॥
The cowherds follow the noble vow of placing everything at the service of their lord and delighting the king of cows; the herds, eager for play, gather in graceful circular companies. Source note: Passage 12 is densely set in the primary as गवेन्द्रसुखिताधीशसर्वस्वापितसद्व्रतैः / गोकुलैः क्रीडनोत्साहैर्नैचिकीचक्रमण्डलैः. Its pastoral sense is rendered closely without conjecturally replacing the unusual final compound.
Passage 13
वत्सैर्वत्सतरीभिश्च तथा वत्सतरैः शुभैः। ललाटोदितचन्द्रार्धैः साक्षाल्लक्ष्मीमहोदयैः॥१३॥
There are calves, young heifers, and beautiful young bulls, crescent moons rising upon their foreheads, each a direct and splendid manifestation of Lakṣmī.
Passage 14
इतस्ततः कूर्दमानैर्गोशृङ्गणमहोत्सवैः। हंभारवतिमधुरस्वरैरमण्डितमङ्कृतम्॥१४॥
They leap here and there in a joyous festival of bovine horns; the realm is adorned and ornamented by their sweet resounding hum-bā calls.
Passage 15
हेमाद्रिदिव्यरत्नाद्रिसानुच्छायावनावृतम्। आनन्दपर्वतानेकशृङ्गच्छायावनान्वितम्॥१५॥
It is enclosed by forests shaded by the slopes of golden mountains and divine jewel mountains, and joined with groves beneath the many peaks of the mountains of bliss.
Passage 16
सहजानन्दिनीनित्यकेलिपर्वतमञ्जुलम्। विरजाख्यसदानन्दासरयूनीरसेविभिः॥१६॥
It is beautified by the mountain of Sahajānandinī's eternal play and served by the waters of the ever-blissful Virajā and the Sarayū.
Passage 17
महाचन्द्रसरस्तोयसम्बन्धतुहिनोपमैः। सततं पवनाक्रान्तिपरागपटलाञ्चितैः॥१७॥
Those waters mingle with the water of the great Candra lake, cool as snow; constant breezes carry and spread veils of flower pollen.
Passage 18
कदम्बवनसम्बन्धान्महामधुरसौरभैः। सहजासहजेशानप्रसादसमवाप्तकैः॥१८॥
Through contact with the kadamba forest, the breezes bear an intensely sweet fragrance, received by the grace of Sahajā and the Lord of Sahajā.
Passage 19
वहद्भिरिव माञ्जुल्यभाजनं पीतमम्बरम्। रणन्मधुकरारावकिङ्किणीजालमालिभिः॥१९॥
They seem to carry a yellow garment that is a vessel of beauty, garlanded with networks of tinkling sounds and the humming of bees.
Passage 20
समीरणैः सुमधुरैरितस्तत उदीरितम्। नानारासरसोल्लासिगुणवन्मत्तगोपिकम्॥२०॥
Sweet breezes rise and move everywhere, while gifted gopīs, intoxicated by the delight of many rāsa-rasas, fill the realm.
Passage 21
गोपालबालकेलीनामाश्रयं सर्वसुन्दरम्। अनेककौतुकोत्कण्ठ्यप्रेमानन्दकलाकुलैः॥२१॥
Supremely beautiful, it is the home of the cowherd boys' games and is filled with people alive with countless wonders, eager longing, the bliss of love, and every art.
Passage 22
निरन्तरोत्साहवद्भिर्नागरैर्विविधैर्जनैः। साम्यैरपि धृतानेकनगराचारकोविदैः॥२२॥
Its varied, refined people possess unceasing enthusiasm; equal in dignity, they are skilled in the many customs of divine civic life.
Passage 23
सदा मण्डयिष्यमाणं मण्ड्यमानं च मण्डितम्। गोपैश्च गोपिकाभिश्च नागरीभिर्निषेवितम्॥२३॥
It is forever about to be adorned, being adorned, and already adorned, lovingly attended by gopas, gopīs, and accomplished women of the city.
Passage 24
अलङ्काराङ्गरागादिशृङ्गाररचनामयम्। वस्त्रभूषणवैचित्र्यविधिक्रान्तं गृहे गृहे॥२४॥
Every home is filled with arrangements of ornaments, cosmetics, and the arts of adornment, overflowing with varieties of garments and jewels.
Passage 25
श्रीरामरमणीवृन्दकृतकन्दर्पकेलिकम्। मानप्रसादनोद्युक्तश्रीरामरमणान्वितम्॥२५॥
The companies of Śrī Rāma's beloved women perform the play of Kandarpa there, while Rāma lovingly devotes himself to appeasing their tender sulking.
Passage 26
हरिनामाधारपरैर्वैष्णवैः प्रेमपालिभिः। सखीदूत्यादिविविधसमाचारनिरन्तरैः॥२६॥
Vaiṣṇavas who take the Name of Hari as their supreme support guard the ways of love, while the sakhīs remain ceaselessly engaged in messengership and many other services.
Passage 27
सहजारामसंयोगरसास्वादपरायणैः। विप्रयोगरसस्वादपरितप्तैः क्वचित् क्वचित्॥२७॥
Some are wholly absorbed in tasting the rasa of Sahajā's union with Rāma; at other times they burn in the taste of separation-rasa.
Passage 28
आकीर्णं रसिकैर्जीवैर्विशुद्धैर्नित्यनिर्गुणैः। सांसारिकजनोद्धारकरुणापाङ्गभङ्गिभिः॥२८॥
The realm is filled with rasika souls who are pure and eternally beyond the guṇas, whose graceful, compassionate glances uplift worldly people.
Passage 29
मुग्धाप्रगल्भादिभेदकान्ताजनसमावृतम्। रामप्रेमसमाचारमाङ्गल्यावत्सलोत्तमम्॥२९॥
It is surrounded by beloved women of the mugdhā, pragalbhā, and other types, and supremely cherishes every auspicious custom of love for Rāma.
Passage 30
श्रीरामगुणसंश्रावपरायणसखीजनम्। स्वाधीनपतिकाश्रीमत्सहजानन्दिनीकृतैः॥३०॥
Its sakhīs are wholly devoted to hearing and recounting Śrī Rāma's virtues, formed under glorious Sahajānandinī in her condition as the beloved whose lord is fully hers.
Passage 31
लीलाचरित्रकलनैरुद्धृतयशसाञ्चितम्। आधिदैविककालोत्थसर्वदिव्यगुणान्विताम्॥३१॥
It is heaped with renown raised up by the recounting of līlā deeds and endowed with every divine quality that appears in sacred time. Source note: The primary prints the final adjective in the feminine as सर्वदिव्यगुणान्विताम् within an otherwise neuter descriptive sequence. The witnessed form is retained rather than silently harmonized.
Passage 32
श्रीरामप्रेमकीर्तिभ्यां मण्डितं प्रतिमन्दिरम्। विस्तीर्णपणविन्यस्तनवनिध्यधिकैरपि॥३२॥
Every mansion is adorned by love for Śrī Rāma and the singing of his glory; the broad marketplaces display riches surpassing the nine treasures.
Passage 33
अनेकरूपसंचारिश्रीमद्दिव्यरमाञ्चितम्। कोकिलामधुपाराववसन्तश्रीविराजितम्॥३३॥
It is graced by glorious divine Ramā moving in countless forms, and by the splendor of spring resounding with cuckoos and bees.
Passage 34
नृत्यन्मत्तमयूरश्रीशोभाप्रावृद्धनद्यति। श्रीरामरूपमाधुर्यसहजातनुकान्तिभिः॥३४॥
The beauty of intoxicated dancing peacocks swells like the splendor of the rainy season, joined with the sweetness of Śrī Rāma's form and the radiance of Sahajā's body. Source note: The photographed first half is densely and irregularly set as नृत्यन्मत्तमयूरश्रीशोभाप्रावृद्धनद्यति. The English follows the clearly coordinated peacock, rainy-season, Rāma, and Sahajā imagery without conjecturally rewriting the root.
Passage 35
एकतः प्रावृषाकारं परतः शरदाञ्चितम्। चकोरचञ्चुपुटकाचान्तरामेन्दुचन्द्रिकम्॥३५॥
On one side it bears the form of the rainy season and on another the beauty of autumn; the moonlight of Rāma's moon is caught within the cup-like beaks of cakora birds.
Passage 36
सर्वोत्तमगुणावासं सर्वोत्तमशुभान्वितम्। सर्वोत्तमरसाभ्यक्तं महाभावविभावितम्॥३६॥
It is the abode of the highest virtues, joined with the highest auspiciousness, anointed with the highest rasa, and illumined by mahābhāva.
Passage 37
हावभावकलामूलं कुसुमाकरशोभितम्। सर्वर्तुनित्यपुरीवासं मथुरादिपुरीगणैः॥३७॥
It is the source of every art of gesture and emotion and shines as an unfailing flower garden. All seasons and the eternal cities beginning with Mathurā abide there.
Passage 38
मूर्तिमद्भिर्महोदाररामानन्दैकहेतवे। उपास्यमानं नितरां महासौभाग्यकाङ्क्षिभिः॥३८॥
Those cities appear in embodied forms and worship it intensely as the single cause of Rāma's immensely generous bliss, longing for the highest good fortune.
Passage 39
खेलत्खञ्जननिर्जेत्रसहजालिविलोचनम्। किशोरीकोटिपादाब्जनूपुरध्वनिनादितम्॥३९॥
It is watched by the playful eyes of Sahajā's companions, which defeat darting khañjana birds, and resounds with the anklets upon the lotus feet of millions of divine maidens.
Passage 40
नित्यकामदुधोत्फुल्लमहावृक्षकदम्बकम्। लतानित्यनिकुञ्जाढ्यं संकेतस्थलमञ्जुलम्॥४०॥
Its great clusters of trees eternally blossom and grant every desire; it is rich in perennial vine bowers and lovely secret meeting places.
Passage 41
अनेकवल्लीविपिननृत्यत्केकिगणावृतम्। मनोज्ञकुञ्जपुञ्जाढ्यं सकलर्तुसुखावहम्॥४१॥
Companies of dancing peacocks surround its forests of countless vines. It abounds in enchanting clusters of bowers and brings the pleasures of every season.
Passage 42
अनेकपर्वतवरस्रवन्निर्झरनादितम्। रत्नधातुमयानेकशिखरोत्तुङ्गमन्दिरम्॥४२॥
It resounds with waterfalls streaming from many excellent mountains, and its lofty palaces rise upon numerous peaks made of jewel-bearing minerals.
Passage 43
दरीमन्दिरविश्रान्तश्रीरामरमणीगणम्। कूजत्पक्षिगणस्थानवृक्षशाखाविराजितम्॥४३॥
Companies of Śrī Rāma's beloved women rest in its cave-temples, while tree branches shine as dwelling places for choruses of calling birds.
Passage 44
निर्मलाम्बुसरिद्वीचिक्षालितानेकसत्तरुम्। विचित्ररत्नसोपानयुक्तानेकसरोवरम्॥४४॥
Waves of clear-watered rivers wash its many splendid trees, and its numerous lakes are furnished with stairways of varied jewels.
Passage 45
हंसकारण्डवाद्याभिः पक्षिराजीभिराचितम्। बहुरासविलासादिकेलीनित्यरसोत्तरम्॥४५॥
Rows of haṃsas, kāraṇḍavas, and other birds adorn it. The eternal rasa of its many rāsa-vilāsas and other sports surpasses all else.
Passage 46
माङ्गल्यकाकीर्तिगानमत्तानेकपुरन्ध्रिकम्। कदम्बवनमध्यस्थवीणावेणुनिनादितम्॥४६॥
Many noble women are intoxicated by songs of Maṅgalyakā's fame, while vīṇās and flutes sound from within the kadamba forest.
Passage 47
अवाङ्मनससंस्कारं निर्गुणं च निरञ्जनम्। चिन्मात्रमानन्दमयमक्षरब्रह्ममध्यगम्॥४७॥
It lies beyond the formations of speech and mind, is nirguṇa and stainless, pure consciousness and full of bliss, established within imperishable Brahman.
Passage 48
आविर्भावावतारांशकलाव्यूहप्रसूतिदम्। नित्याविर्भावललितावतारिपदालयम्॥४८॥
It gives rise to manifestations, avatāras, portions, kalās, and vyūhas, and is the abode of the eternally manifest, graceful source of all avatāras.
Passage 49
निरंशं निष्कलं शान्तं सर्वोपनिषदीडितम्। अप्राकृतमवाच्यं चाप्रमेयमभिधातिगम्॥४९॥
It is without division, without parts, peaceful, and praised by all the Upaniṣads—supramundane, inexpressible, immeasurable, and beyond every designation.
Passage 50
नित्यैः परिकरैर्युक्तं नित्यलीलारसात्मकम्। नित्यानन्दस्वरूपं च नित्यविग्रहशोभितम्॥५०॥
It is joined with eternal attendants, composed of the rasa of eternal līlā, the very form of eternal bliss, and beautified by eternal divine bodies.
Passage 51
सर्वावतारमूलं यदविद्यैकतिरोहितम्। विद्यामात्राधिकारेण भक्तिमात्रस्फुरत्वकम्॥५१॥
It is the root of every avatāra, hidden only by ignorance; when true knowledge prevails, it shines forth through devotion alone. Metrical note: The edition labels the construction in passage 51 an archaic usage. The complete photographed wording is retained.
Passage 52
प्रमोदविपिनं नित्यं रामलीलासमाकुलम्। यस्य धाम सुप्रकाशं नित्यमेव प्रतिष्ठितम्॥५२॥
This is eternal Pramodavana, filled on every side with Rāma's līlā, whose brilliantly manifest abode stands established forever.
Passage 53
सर्वकामफलैर्भोगैराक्रीडत्स्वजनैः सह। श्रीरामोऽहं सदाऽस्ते वै नित्यं क्रीडन्ति तेन ते॥५३॥
There I, Śrī Rāma, always remain, sporting with my own people amid enjoyments that fulfill every desire; they eternally play there with me.
Passage 54
मन्मयास्तत्परं स्थानं ततोऽहं प्रकटोऽभवम्। तत्र रमामि लीलाभिः सर्वाभिः परितोऽव्यथः॥५४॥
That supreme station is wholly composed of me, and from it I become manifest. There I delight, free from every affliction, in all līlās on every side.
Passage 55
लीलापरिकराश्चापि ततो मे प्रकटा इह। सर्वानुभवसिद्ध्यर्थं साधूनां भाव्यसिद्धये॥५५॥
My līlā attendants also become manifest here from that abode, so that every sacred experience may be fulfilled and the saints' cherished intentions brought to completion.
Passage 56
दुःखस्य हरणार्थं च भक्तानां सानुवर्त्मनाम्। स्थापयित्वा पदाम्भोजं नौकावद्भवसागरे॥५६॥
To remove the sorrow of devotees who follow this path, I place my lotus feet like a boat upon the ocean of becoming.
Passage 57
प्रमोदविपिने नित्यं विहरामि परात्परम्। सीतालोकेति विख्यातं सहजानन्दिनीपदम्॥५७॥
I sport eternally in Pramodavana, beyond even the supreme. It is renowned as Sītāloka, the station of Sahajānandinī.
Passage 58
न हि मे लौकिकी व्यक्तिः परस्य ब्रह्मणः सखे। लीलापरिकराः सर्वे भवदादयः प्रकीर्तिताः॥५८॥
My manifestation, friend, is not worldly; it is the manifestation of supreme Brahman. All the līlā attendants, beginning with you, are proclaimed in the same way.
Passage 59
तत्र मां सहजाकेलिसक्तं चित्सुखविग्रहम्। स्तुवन्त्यप्राकृतैः शब्दैर्वेदा मूर्तिधराः सखे॥५९॥
There, friend, the Vedas in embodied forms praise me with supramundane words as I, the form of conscious bliss, remain absorbed in play with Sahajā.
Passage 60
सहजानन्दिनीं पूर्णां परां लक्ष्मीं सनातनीम्। आलिङ्ग्य नित्यविपिने प्रमोदवनसंज्ञिनि॥६०॥
Embracing Sahajānandinī—the complete, supreme, and eternal Lakṣmī—in the eternal forest called Pramodavana,
Passage 61
रमामि रमणैर्नित्यैः शरन्माधवसम्भवैः। सोऽयं मम परो लोकोऽस्म्यक्षरानन्दमध्यगः॥६१॥
I delight in eternal pleasures born of autumn and spring. This is my supreme world, established within the bliss of the Imperishable.
Passage 62
प्रेमानन्दमयः साक्षान्नित्यनित्यः परात्परः। एवं मे सम्भवं नित्यं प्रमोदवनलोकतः॥६२॥
It is directly composed of the bliss of love, eternally eternal, and beyond the highest. In this way my manifestation arises forever from the realm of Pramodavana.
Passage 63
यो वेत्ति स नरः साक्षान्मम भक्तिं परां लभेत्। मम रूपं च लोकं च नाम लीलां च मत्कृताम्॥६३॥
The person who directly knows my form, my realm, my Name, and the līlā performed by me obtains supreme devotion to me.
Passage 64
लीलापरिकरांश्चापि वेत्ति नित्यतया तु यः। स लभेन्नित्यलीलायां प्रवेशं नित्यधामगः॥६४॥
One who also knows the līlā attendants in their eternity reaches my eternal abode and gains entrance into nitya-līlā.
Passage 65
एवं यो वेत्ति मद्भावं तव संस्थां च मानवः। स लभेन्मे प्रेमभक्तिं प्रेमानन्दस्वरूपिणः॥६५॥
The person who thus knows my true condition and your abiding station receives prema-bhakti for me, whose form is the bliss of love.
Passage 66
एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं प्राकट्यं यत एव मे। अप्राकट्यं च यत्राहं रमामि समये सखे॥६६॥
I have explained everything to you: the source from which I manifest and the unmanifest realm in which I delight at the appointed time, my friend.
Passage 67
समयश्चापि मद्रूपः कालः परमभीषणः। आधिदैविकाध्यात्मिकाधिभौतिकसुविस्तरः॥६७॥
That appointed time is also my form: Time, supremely formidable, extending throughout the divine, inner, and material dimensions of existence.
Passage 68
सेवकः परमोऽयं मे विश्वं विपरिणामयन्। यथाहं फलसंसिद्धौ हेतुस्तद्वदयं सखे॥६८॥
It is my foremost servant, transforming the universe. Just as I am the cause of the full attainment of every fruit, so too is Time an instrumental cause, my friend.