The Solar Eclipse Pilgrimage

क्वचिदथ तपनोपरागकाले पुरि निदधत्कृतवर्मकामसूनू ।
यदुकुलमहिळावृतः सुतीर्थं समुपगतोऽसि समन्तपञ्चकाख्यम्

kvacidatha tapanoparāgakāle puri nidadhatkṛtavarmakāmasūnū yadukulamahiḻāvṛtaḥ sutīrthaṁ samupagato'si samantapañcakākhyam

“Once, at the time of solar eclipse, having placed Kṛtavarmā, the son of Aniruddha, and the rest in the city, surrounded by Yadu women, you came to the holy Samanta-pañcaka.”

बहुतरजनताहिताय तत्र त्वमपि पुनन्विनिमज्ज्य तीर्थतोयं ।
द्विजगणपरिमुक्तवित्तराशिः सममिळथाः कुरुपाण्डवादिमित्रैः

bahutarajanatāhitāya tatra tvamapi punanvinimajjya tīrthatoyaṁ dvijagaṇaparimuktavittarāśiḥ samamiḻathāḥ kurupāṇḍavādimitraiḥ

“At the eclipse, the entire pilgrimage of the world had gathered there. The Yadus, the Pāṇḍavas, the gopis from Vraja: every one of those you loved was there at the same place.”

तव खलु दयिताजनैः समेता द्रुपदसुता त्वयि गाढभक्तिभारा ।
तदुदितभवदाहृतिप्रकारैरतिमुमुदे सममन्यभामिनीभिः

tava khalu dayitājanaiḥ sametā drupadasutā tvayi gāḍhabhaktibhārā taduditabhavadāhṛtiprakārairatimumude samamanyabhāminībhiḥ

“The gopis saw you again. After how many years of separation, the meeting was unbearable to all of them. They embraced you; they wept; they could not speak.”

तदनु च भगवन् निरीक्ष्य गोपानतिकुतुकादुपगम्य मानयित्वा ।
चिरतरविरहातुराङ्गरेखाः पशुपवधूः सरसं त्वमन्वयासीः

tadanu ca bhagavan nirīkṣya gopānatikutukādupagamya mānayitvā cirataravirahāturāṅgarekhāḥ paśupavadhūḥ sarasaṁ tvamanvayāsīḥ

“Yet even there, at the place of pilgrimage, you taught Vraja the doctrine of love-in-separation. 'The lord I am for you is more present in your separation than in this brief meeting,' so it was understood.”

सपदि च भवदीक्षणोत्सवेन प्रमुषितमानहृदां नितम्बिनीनाम् ।
अतिरसपरिमुक्तकञ्चुलीके परिचयहृद्यतरे कुचे न्यलैषीः

sapadi ca bhavadīkṣaṇotsavena pramuṣitamānahṛdāṁ nitambinīnām atirasaparimuktakañculīke paricayahṛdyatare kuce nyalaiṣīḥ

“By that meeting, the long pain of separation was honoured. By that meeting, the doctrine was confirmed.”

रिपुजनकलहैः पुनः पुनर्मे समुपगतैरियती विलम्बन्ऽआभूत् ।
इति कृतपरिरम्भणे त्वयि द्रागतिविवशा खलु राधिका निलिल्ये

ripujanakalahaiḥ punaḥ punarme samupagatairiyatī vilamban'ābhūt iti kṛtaparirambhaṇe tvayi drāgativivaśā khalu rādhikā nililye

“The Pāṇḍavas met you there too. The young Yudhiṣṭhira, the seasoned Bhīṣma, the warrior Arjuna: each was given attention.”

अपगतविरहव्यथास्तदा ता रहसि विधाय ददाथ तत्त्वबोधम् ।
परमसुखचिदात्मकोऽहमात्मेत्युदयतु वः स्फुटमेव चेतसीति

apagatavirahavyathāstadā tā rahasi vidhāya dadātha tattvabodham paramasukhacidātmako'hamātmetyudayatu vaḥ sphuṭameva cetasīti

“By that pilgrimage, the entire family of devotees was woven once more.”

सुखरसपरिमिश्रितो वियोगः किमपि पुराभवदुद्धवोपदेशैः ।
समभवदमुतः परं तु तासां परमसुखैक्यमयी भवद्विचिन्ता

sukharasaparimiśrito viyogaḥ kimapi purābhavaduddhavopadeśaiḥ samabhavadamutaḥ paraṁ tu tāsāṁ paramasukhaikyamayī bhavadvicintā

“When the eclipse passed, the gathering broke up. Each one returned to his appointed work. The thread was pulled tight.”

मुनिवरनिवहैस्तवाथ पित्रा दुरितशमाय शुभानि पृच्छ्यमानैः ।
त्वयि सति किमिदं शुभान्तरैरित्युरुहसितैरपि याजितस्तदासौ

munivaranivahaistavātha pitrā duritaśamāya śubhāni pṛcchyamānaiḥ tvayi sati kimidaṁ śubhāntarairityuruhasitairapi yājitastadāsau

“Lord, by such great gatherings, you keep the network of devotees alive.”

सुमहति यजने वितायमाने प्रमुदितमित्रजने सहैव गोपाः ।
यदुजनमहितास्त्रिमासमात्रं भवदनुषङ्गरसं पुरेव भेजुः

sumahati yajane vitāyamāne pramuditamitrajane sahaiva gopāḥ yadujanamahitāstrimāsamātraṁ bhavadanuṣaṅgarasaṁ pureva bhejuḥ

“Lord of the wind-house, save me by gathering me into such circles when I cannot make them by myself.”

व्यपगमसमये समेत्य राधां दृढमुपगूह्य निरीक्ष्य वीतखेदाम् ।
प्रमुदितहृदयः पुरं प्रयातः पवनपुरेश्वर पाहि मां गदेभ्यः

vyapagamasamaye sametya rādhāṁ dṛḍhamupagūhya nirīkṣya vītakhedām pramuditahṛdayaḥ puraṁ prayātaḥ pavanapureśvara pāhi māṁ gadebhyaḥ

“Save me by the same hidden network.”