Aśvamedha-khaṇḍa · Chapter 45
Sourceगोप्य ऊचुः अधरबिम्बविडंबितविद्रुमं मधुरवेणुनिनादविनोदितम् ॥ कमलकोमलनीलमुखांबुजं तमपि गोपकुमारमुपास्महे ॥१॥ श्यामलं विपिनकेलिलम्पटं कोमलं कमलपत्रलोचनम् ॥ कामदं व्रजविलासिनीदृशां शीतलं मतिहरं भजामहे ॥२॥ तं विसंचलितलोचनांचलं सामिकुड्मलितकोमलाधरम् ॥ वंशवल्गितकरांगुलीमुखं वेणुनादरसिकं भजामहे ॥३॥ ईषदंकुरितदंतकुंडलं भूषणं भुवनमंगलश्रियम् ॥ घोषसौरभमनोहरं हरेर्वेषमेव मृगयामहे वयम् ॥४॥ अस्तुः नित्यमरविंदलोचनः श्रेयसे हि तु सुरार्चिताकृतिः ॥ यस्य पादसरसीरुहामृतं सेव्यमानमनिशं मुनीश्वरैः ॥५॥ गोपकै रचितमल्लसंगरं संगरे जितविदग्धयौवनम् ॥ चिंतयामि मनसा सदैवतं दैवतं निखिलयोगिनामपि ॥६॥ उल्लसन्नवपयोदमेव तं फूल्लतामरसलोचनांचलम् ॥ बल्लवीहृदयपश्यतोहरं पल्लवाधरमुपास्महे वयम् ॥७॥ यद्धनंजयरथस्य मण्डनं खंडनं तदपि सञ्चितैनसाम् ॥ जीवनं श्रुतिगिरां सदामलं श्यामलं मनसि मेऽस्तु तन्महः ॥८॥ गोपिकास्तनविलोललोचनप्रांतलोचनपरंपरावृतम् ॥ बालकेलिरसलालसं भ्रमं माधवं तमनिशं विभावये ॥९॥ नीलकण्ठकृतपिच्छशेखरं नीलमेघतुलितांगवैभवम् ॥ नीलपंकजपलाशलोचनं नीलकुंतलधरं भजामहे ॥१०॥ घोषयोषिदनुगीतवैभवं कोमलस्वरितवेणुनिःस्वनम् ॥ सारभूतमभिरामसंपदां धाम तामरसलोचनं भजे ॥११॥ मोहनं मनसि शार्ङ्गिणं परं निर्गतं किल विहाय मानिनीः ॥ नारदादिमुनिभिश्च सेवितं नंदगोपतनयं भजामहे ॥१२॥ श्रीहरिस्तु रमणीभिरावृतो यस्तु वै जयति रासमण्डले ॥ राधया सह वने च दुःखितास्तं प्रियं हि मृगयामहे वयम् ॥ १३॥ देवदेव व्रजराजनन्दन देहि दर्शनमलं च नो हरे ॥ सर्वदुःखहरणं च पूर्ववत्संनिरीक्ष्य तव शुल्कदासिकाः ॥१४॥ क्षितितलोद्धरणाय दधार यः सकलयज्ञवराहवपुः परम् ॥ दितिसुतं विददार च दंष्ट्रया स तु सदोद्धरणाय क्षमोऽस्तु नः ॥१५॥ मनुमताद्रुचिजो दिविजैः सह वसु दुदोह धरामपि यः पृथुः ॥ श्रुतिमपाद्धृतमत्स्यवपुः परं स शरणं किल नोऽस्त्वशुभक्षणे ॥१६॥ अवहदब्धिमहो गिरिमूर्जितं कमठरूपधरः परमस्तु यः ॥ असुहरं नृहरिः तमदंडयत्स च हरिः परमं शरणं च नः ॥१७॥ नृप बलिं छलयन्दलयन्नरीन्मुनिजनाननुगृह्य चचार यः ॥ कुरुपुरं च हलेन विकर्षयन्यदुवरः स गतिर्मम सर्वथा ॥१८॥ व्रजपशून्गिरिराजमथोद्धरन्व्रजपगोपजनं च जुगोप यः ॥ द्रुपदराजसुतां कुरुकश्मलाद्भवतु तच्चरणाब्जरतिश्च नः ॥१९॥ विषमहाग्निमहास्त्रविपद्गणात्सकलपांडुसुताः परिरक्षिताः ॥ यदुवरेण परेण च येन वै भवतु तच्चरणः शरणं च नः ॥२०॥ मालां बर्हिमनोज्ञकुन्तलभरां वन्यप्रसूनोषितां शैलेयागुरुक्लृप्तचित्रतिलकां शश्वन्मनोहारिणीम् ॥ लीलावेणुरवामृतैकरसिकां लावण्यलक्ष्मीमयीं बालां बालतमालनीलवपुषं वंदामहे देवताम् ॥२१॥ गर्ग उवाच - इति स्त्रीभी रुदंतीभी रेवतीरमणानुजः ॥ आविर्बभूव चाहूतस्तासां मध्ये च भक्तितः ॥२२॥ इति श्रीगर्गसंहितायां हयमेधखण्डे रासक्रीडायां पञ्चचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः ॥४५॥ हरिः ॐ तत्सत् श्रीकृष्णार्पणमस्तु ॥
gopya ūcuḥ adharabimbaviḍaṃbitavidrumaṃ madhuraveṇuninādavinoditam || kamalakomalanīlamukhāṃbujaṃ tamapi gopakumāramupāsmahe ||1|| śyāmalaṃ vipinakelilampaṭaṃ komalaṃ kamalapatralocanam || kāmadaṃ vrajavilāsinīdṛśāṃ śītalaṃ matiharaṃ bhajāmahe ||2|| taṃ visaṃcalitalocanāṃcalaṃ sāmikuḍmalitakomalādharam || vaṃśavalgitakarāṃgulīmukhaṃ veṇunādarasikaṃ bhajāmahe ||3|| īṣadaṃkuritadaṃtakuṃḍalaṃ bhūṣaṇaṃ bhuvanamaṃgalaśriyam || ghoṣasaurabhamanoharaṃ harerveṣameva mṛgayāmahe vayam ||4|| astuḥ nityamaraviṃdalocanaḥ śreyase hi tu surārcitākṛtiḥ || yasya pādasarasīruhāmṛtaṃ sevyamānamaniśaṃ munīśvaraiḥ ||5|| gopakai racitamallasaṃgaraṃ saṃgare jitavidagdhayauvanam || ciṃtayāmi manasā sadaivataṃ daivataṃ nikhilayogināmapi ||6|| ullasannavapayodameva taṃ phūllatāmarasalocanāṃcalam || ballavīhṛdayapaśyatoharaṃ pallavādharamupāsmahe vayam ||7|| yaddhanaṃjayarathasya maṇḍanaṃ khaṃḍanaṃ tadapi sañcitainasām || jīvanaṃ śrutigirāṃ sadāmalaṃ śyāmalaṃ manasi me'stu tanmahaḥ ||8|| gopikāstanavilolalocanaprāṃtalocanaparaṃparāvṛtam || bālakelirasalālasaṃ bhramaṃ mādhavaṃ tamaniśaṃ vibhāvaye ||9|| nīlakaṇṭhakṛtapicchaśekharaṃ nīlameghatulitāṃgavaibhavam || nīlapaṃkajapalāśalocanaṃ nīlakuṃtaladharaṃ bhajāmahe ||10|| ghoṣayoṣidanugītavaibhavaṃ komalasvaritaveṇuniḥsvanam || sārabhūtamabhirāmasaṃpadāṃ dhāma tāmarasalocanaṃ bhaje ||11|| mohanaṃ manasi śārṅgiṇaṃ paraṃ nirgataṃ kila vihāya māninīḥ || nāradādimunibhiśca sevitaṃ naṃdagopatanayaṃ bhajāmahe ||12|| śrīharistu ramaṇībhirāvṛto yastu vai jayati rāsamaṇḍale || rādhayā saha vane ca duḥkhitāstaṃ priyaṃ hi mṛgayāmahe vayam || 13|| devadeva vrajarājanandana dehi darśanamalaṃ ca no hare || sarvaduḥkhaharaṇaṃ ca pūrvavatsaṃnirīkṣya tava śulkadāsikāḥ ||14|| kṣititaloddharaṇāya dadhāra yaḥ sakalayajñavarāhavapuḥ param || ditisutaṃ vidadāra ca daṃṣṭrayā sa tu sadoddharaṇāya kṣamo'stu naḥ ||15|| manumatādrucijo divijaiḥ saha vasu dudoha dharāmapi yaḥ pṛthuḥ || śrutimapāddhṛtamatsyavapuḥ paraṃ sa śaraṇaṃ kila no'stvaśubhakṣaṇe ||16|| avahadabdhimaho girimūrjitaṃ kamaṭharūpadharaḥ paramastu yaḥ || asuharaṃ nṛhariḥ tamadaṃḍayatsa ca hariḥ paramaṃ śaraṇaṃ ca naḥ ||17|| nṛpa baliṃ chalayandalayannarīnmunijanānanugṛhya cacāra yaḥ || kurupuraṃ ca halena vikarṣayanyaduvaraḥ sa gatirmama sarvathā ||18|| vrajapaśūngirirājamathoddharanvrajapagopajanaṃ ca jugopa yaḥ || drupadarājasutāṃ kurukaśmalādbhavatu taccaraṇābjaratiśca naḥ ||19|| viṣamahāgnimahāstravipadgaṇātsakalapāṃḍusutāḥ parirakṣitāḥ || yaduvareṇa pareṇa ca yena vai bhavatu taccaraṇaḥ śaraṇaṃ ca naḥ ||20|| mālāṃ barhimanojñakuntalabharāṃ vanyaprasūnoṣitāṃ śaileyāguruklṛptacitratilakāṃ śaśvanmanohāriṇīm || līlāveṇuravāmṛtaikarasikāṃ lāvaṇyalakṣmīmayīṃ bālāṃ bālatamālanīlavapuṣaṃ vaṃdāmahe devatām ||21|| garga uvāca - iti strībhī rudaṃtībhī revatīramaṇānujaḥ || āvirbabhūva cāhūtastāsāṃ madhye ca bhaktitaḥ ||22|| iti śrīgargasaṃhitāyāṃ hayamedhakhaṇḍe rāsakrīḍāyāṃ pañcacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ||45|| hariḥ oṃ tatsat śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇamastu ||
English translation
His invocation in praise of Krishna through Gopanganas and the appearance of Krishna among them.
We worship Gopikumara Shyamsundara, the Gopis who shame the red-haired monkeys in their parades and delight in playing the melodious Murli Nada, whose face is as soft and dark as Neelkamal. We pay obeisance to Manmohan Shri Krishna, whose angakanti is sambali, who is fond of forestry, whose limbs are gentle, whose eyes are as beautiful and vast as a cheerful lotus, who fulfills the wishes of the devotees, who is the cooler of the eyes of the fairies. We reflect on the flutist Madhava, whose eloquence is particularly lively and whose gentle limbs adorn the semi-developed lotus, whose fingers and mouth are adorned with the flute. Those whose teeth are as bright as a sprouted kundakalika, who are the jewels of Brajbhoomi, endowed with auspicious charms for the entire universe, who takes heart from his words and grace, it is in that beautiful attire in Sriharike that we are seeking Gopanganas. May Lord Kamalnayan Shyam-Sundar, whose form is worshipped by the gods, whose nectar of the feet and feet is consumed continuously by the sages, bless us all. We always consume Sriharika, who organizes wrestling with gopas, who have defeated great and clever warriors in battle, and who is also the revered deity of all yogis. We worship Shyamsundar, who is like a rising new cloud, whose lush expanse takes away the splendor of the exuberant lotus, who blindly steals the hearts of the Gopanganas and whose eyes despise the splendor of the new Pallavas. May the serene radiance that is the beauty of Arjuna's chariot, the instant fragmentation of all accumulated parpokas and the life of the Vedic speech, always sparkle in our hearts. We meditate day and night on Madhava, whose sight-tradition falls on the thorax of gopikas and the province of fickle lochons, and who wander around in the lust for child-sports. We sing hymns to Shyamsundara with blue hair, whose head is adorned with a crown of sapphire (peacock) feathers, whose limbs (kanti) are likened to blue clouds, whose eyes are adorned like blue lotuses. We sing the essence of Kamalnayan Sri Krishna, the young women of Vraja, whose lilas and splendours are always sung, who play the Murli in a gentle tone, and who are the abode of immaculate treasures. We sing hymns to Nandagopanandan, the enchanting and exquisite rainbow bearer who has left the human form of Gopanganas and the sages like Narada, whom he always devours. Surrounded by innumerable amusements, Sri Hari conquers the rasmandal, the very same beloved Shyamsundar, we are searching for Brajavanita in the forest, grieving with Radha. Oh dear God! Brajrajnandan! Green! Give us the perfect vision, the One who takes away all sorrows. We are your bond-servants. Embrace us by looking at us as you did before. May Lord Srihari alone be able to save us all, who had assumed the form of the supreme supreme complete Yajnavaraha to redeem this earth from the waters of Ekarnavaka and had torn apart the demon named 'Hiranyaksha' with his sharp beard. May Lord Krishna be the refuge of us Gopis in this inauspicious Vela, who willingly appeared in the form of Prithu from Ven's right hand, exploited this earth with the consent of Manuki along with the gods, and protected the Vedas by assuming the form of Matsya. Ahhh! May the Supreme Lord, who, during the churning of the ocean, in the form of a turtle, carried the mighty mountain Mandrachala on his back and punished the demon Hiranyakashipu, who, in the form of a lion, was about to take the life of his devotee, with the death penalty, may he be the ultimate refuge of us all. May Lord Krishna be our protector, who snatched the kingdom of Trilokika from them with the interest of King Baliko Baliko - three pags of land - and wandered the earth showing favor to sages by sowing treachery, who have appeared in the form of Yadukulatilaka Balaramji and who in the same form had thought of plunging the Kauravapuri Hastinapur by ploughing it into the Ganges. May we always have a special fondness for those who raised Giriraj Govardhan and saved the animals of Vraja and also protected Brajapati Nandarayaki, other Gopajans and us Gopanganas, then those who kept the shame of Drupadrajakumari Panchali in the life-saving assembly from the calamity caused by the Kauravas. May the feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Yaduvamsa Vibhushan, who completely protected us from the poison of all the Pandavas, from the terrifying fire of Lakshagriha, from the great weapons and from the many calamities, be a refuge for all of us. We pay obeisance to the child-like deity, who wears a forest garland, peacock feathers, and beautiful hair, wears Vrindavan flower ornaments, is adorned with a peculiar tilak made by Aguru and Kasturi, etc., always drawing the hearts of devotees, for the distribution of Leelamrit and Venunadamrit, the only Rasik whose form is Lavanyalakshmi, and Angakanti is blue like Bal Tamal. * 1-21 | (Ashwamedh Khand Chapters 41 to 45)
Srigarji says - Rajan! When the weeping gopasundaris were thus invoked with devotion, Shyamsundara Krishna, the younger brother of Revatiramana Balarama, appeared among them. 22.
Thus the forty-fifth chapter titled 'The Arrival of Lord Krishna in the Context of Sri Rasa Krida' was completed in the Ashvamedha Khanda under the Srigarga Samhita. 45.
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