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Joyful Dāmodara

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Gīta-govinda 1.1

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मेघैर् मेदुरं अम्बरं वन-भुवः श्यामास् तमाल-द्रुमैर् नक्तं भीरुर् अयं त्वम् एव तद् इमं राधे गृहं प्रापय । इत्थं नन्द-निदेशतश् चलितयोः प्रत्य्-अध्व-कुञ्ज-द्रुमं राधा-माधवयोर् जयन्ति यमुना-कूले रहः-केलयः

meghair meduraṁ ambaraṁ vana-bhuvaḥ śyāmās tamāla-drumair naktaṁ bhīrur ayaṁ tvam eva tad imaṁ rādhe gṛhaṁ prāpaya | itthaṁ nanda-nideśataś calitayoḥ praty-adhva-kuñja-drumaṁ rādhā-mādhavayor jayanti yamunā-kūle rahaḥ-kelayaḥ

English translation

With clouds the sky is thickened, and the woodlands darken with tamāla trees. Tonight comes Rādhā leading home a doubting someone near the Yamunā, by Nanda sent: by every path and wandering grove to tree, to win her Mādhava in honeyed sport.

Gīta-govinda 1.2

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वाग्-देवता-चरित-चित्रित-चित्त-सद्मा पद्मावती-चरण-चारण-चक्रवर्ती । श्री-वासुदेव-रति-केलि-कथा-समेतं एतं करोति जयदेव-कविः प्रबन्धं

vāg-devatā-carita-citrita-citta-sadmā padmāvatī-caraṇa-cāraṇa-cakravartī | śrī-vāsudeva-rati-keli-kathā-sametaṁ etaṁ karoti jayadeva-kaviḥ prabandhaṁ

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As speech's deity adorns this house, by grace of Padmāvatī’s turning feet, the radiance of poets, Jayadeva, tells of Vāsudeva and his Shrī.

Gīta-govinda 1.3

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यदि हरि-स्मरणे सरसं मनो यदि विलास-कलासु कुतूहलं । मधुर-कोमल-कान्त-पदावलीं शृणु तदा जयदेव-सरस्वतीम्

yadi hari-smaraṇe sarasaṁ mano yadi vilāsa-kalāsu kutūhalaṁ | madhura-komala-kānta-padāvalīṁ śṛṇu tadā jayadeva-sarasvatīm

English translation

If, passionate for Krishna’s mind, you’re keen to learn the arts of love, then hear the coaxing eloquence of Jayadeva’s tender verse.

Gīta-govinda 1.4

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वचः पल्लवयत्य् उमापतिधरः सन्दर्भ-शुद्धिं गिरां जानीतेजयदेव एव शरणः श्लाघ्यो दुरूह-द्रुतेः । शृङ्गारोत्तर-सत्-प्रमेय-रचनैर् आचार्य-गोवर्धन- स्पर्धी कोऽपि न विश्रुतः स्रुतिधरो धोयी कवि-क्ष्मापतिः

vacaḥ pallavayaty umāpatidharaḥ sandarbha-śuddhiṁ girāṁ jānītejayadeva eva śaraṇaḥ ślāghyo durūha-druteḥ | śṛṅgārottara-sat-prameya-racanair ācārya-govardhana- spardhī ko'pi na viśrutaḥ srutidharo dhoyī kavi-kṣmāpatiḥ

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Umāpatidhara causes words to bloom, Sharana dazzles with his lightning thought. Dhoyī’s lord of poets, Govardhana has his love skills, Shrutidhara fame, but Jayadeva is both deep and pure.

Gīta-govinda 1.5

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प्रलय-पयोधिजले धृतवान् असि वेदं विहित-वहित्र-चरित्रम् अखेदम् । केशव धृत-मीन-शरीर जय जगदीश हरे [ध्रुव-पदम्]

pralaya-payodhijale dhṛtavān asi vedaṁ vihita-vahitra-caritram akhedam | keśava dhṛta-mīna-śarīra jaya jagadīśa hare [dhruva-padam]

English translation

When world was water, you became a tireless vessel of the Vedas. You, in Pisces form, Keshava: conqueror of the world, Hari!

Prabandha 1 · mālava-gauḍa-rāgeṇa rūpaka-talena giyate | aṣṭāpadī

Gīta-govinda 1.6

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क्षितिर् अतिविपुलतरे तव तिष्ठति पृष्ठे धरणी-धरण-किन-चक्र-गरिष्ठे । केशव धृत-कच्चप-रूप जय जगदीश हरे

kṣitir ativipulatare tava tiṣṭhati pṛṣṭhe dharaṇī-dharaṇa-kina-cakra-gariṣṭhe | keśava dhṛta-kaccapa-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hare

English translation

When this heavy earth you carried on your callused tortoise back, how venerable you were, Keshava: conqueror of the world, Hari!

Prabandha 1 · mālava-gauḍa-rāgeṇa rūpaka-talena giyate | aṣṭāpadī

Gīta-govinda 1.7

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वसति दशन-शिखरे धरणी तव लग्ना शशिनि कलङ्क-कलेव निमग्ना । केशव धृत-सूकर-रूप जय जगदीश हरे

vasati daśana-śikhare dharaṇī tava lagnā śaśini kalaṅka-kaleva nimagnā | keśava dhṛta-sūkara-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hare

English translation

A blemish on the hare-marked moon, the earth became as on your tusk: you held us when a boar, Keshava: conqueror of the world, Hari!

Prabandha 1 · mālava-gauḍa-rāgeṇa rūpaka-talena giyate | aṣṭāpadī

Gīta-govinda 1.8

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तव कर-कमल-वरे नखं अद्भुत-शृङ्गं दलित-हिरण्यकशिपु-तनु-भृङ्गं । केशव धृत-नर-हरि-रूप जय जगद्-ईश हरे

tava kara-kamala-vare nakhaṁ adbhuta-śṛṅgaṁ dalita-hiraṇyakaśipu-tanu-bhṛṅgaṁ | keśava dhṛta-nara-hari-rūpa jaya jagad-īśa hare

English translation

With nail on lotus hand you cut the bee-like Hiranyakashipu. What a lion-man, Keshava: conqueror of the world, Hari!

Prabandha 1 · mālava-gauḍa-rāgeṇa rūpaka-talena giyate | aṣṭāpadī

Gīta-govinda 1.9

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छलयसि विक्रमणे बलिम् अद्भुत-वामन पद-नख-नीर-जनित-जन-पावन । केशव धृत-वामन-रुप जय जगद्-ईश हरे

chalayasi vikramaṇe balim adbhuta-vāmana pada-nakha-nīra-janita-jana-pāvana | keśava dhṛta-vāmana-rupa jaya jagad-īśa hare

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A marvellous dwarf, Keshava, you outwitted Bali: from your toenail water poured to bless the people: conqueror of the world, Hari!

Prabandha 1 · mālava-gauḍa-rāgeṇa rūpaka-talena giyate | aṣṭāpadī

Gīta-govinda 1.10

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क्षत्रीय-रुधिर-मये जगद् अपगत-पापं स्नपयसि पयसि शमित-भव-तापम् । केशव धृत-भृगु-पति-रूप जय जगद्-ईश हरे

kṣatrīya-rudhira-maye jagad apagata-pāpaṁ snapayasi payasi śamita-bhava-tāpam | keśava dhṛta-bhṛgu-pati-rūpa jaya jagad-īśa hare

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Bhrgu's lord, you made in blood of Kshatriyas the people bathe. As evil left, the heat declined: conqueror of the world, Hari!

Prabandha 1 · mālava-gauḍa-rāgeṇa rūpaka-talena giyate | aṣṭāpadī

Gīta-govinda 1.11

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वितरसि दिक्षु रणे दिक्-पति-कमनीयं दश-मुख-मौलि-बलि रमणीयम् । केशव धृत-राम-शरीर जय जगद्-ईश हरे

vitarasi dikṣu raṇe dik-pati-kamanīyaṁ daśa-mukha-mauli-bali ramaṇīyam | keśava dhṛta-rāma-śarīra jaya jagad-īśa hare

English translation

In Rāma's body, you have hurled around you heads of Rāvana, a blessing of the war, Keshava: conqueror of the world, Hari!

Prabandha 1 · mālava-gauḍa-rāgeṇa rūpaka-talena giyate | aṣṭāpadī

Gīta-govinda 1.12

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वहसि वपुषि विषदे वसनं जलदाभं हल-हति-भीति-मिलित-यमुनाभम् । केशव धृत-हल-धर-रूप जय जगद्-ईश हरे

vahasi vapuṣi viṣade vasanaṁ jaladābhaṁ hala-hati-bhīti-milita-yamunābham | keśava dhṛta-hala-dhara-rūpa jaya jagad-īśa hare

English translation

You carried beauty as a cloud and shone as wielder of the plough that struck with fear the Yamunā: conqueror of the world, Hari!

Prabandha 1 · mālava-gauḍa-rāgeṇa rūpaka-talena giyate | aṣṭāpadī

Gīta-govinda 1.13

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निन्दसि यज्ञ-विधेर् अहह श्रुति-जातम् सदय-हृदय दर्शित-पशु-घातम् । केशव धृत-बुद्ध-शरीर जय जगद्-ईश हरे

nindasi yajña-vidher ahaha śruti-jātam sadaya-hṛdaya darśita-paśu-ghātam | keśava dhṛta-buddha-śarīra jaya jagad-īśa hare

English translation

Kind as Buddha, you refused to take the sacrificial life of animals despite our customs: conqueror of the world, Hari!

Prabandha 1 · mālava-gauḍa-rāgeṇa rūpaka-talena giyate | aṣṭāpadī

Gīta-govinda 1.14

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म्लेच्छ-निवह-निधने कलयसि करवालं धूम-केतुम् इव किम् अपि करालम् । केशव धृत-कल्कि-शरीर जय जगद्-ईश हरे

mleccha-nivaha-nidhane kalayasi karavālaṁ dhūma-ketum iva kim api karālam | keśava dhṛta-kalki-śarīra jaya jagad-īśa hare

English translation

In Kalki's body you became a sword to scourge the foreign people, comet-like in fire, Keshava: conqueror of the world, Hari!

Prabandha 1 · mālava-gauḍa-rāgeṇa rūpaka-talena giyate | aṣṭāpadī

Gīta-govinda 1.15

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श्रि-जयदेव-कवेर् इदम् उदितम् उदारं शृणु सुखदं शुभदं भव-सारम् । केशव धृत-दश-विध-रूप जय जगद्-ईश हरे

śri-jayadeva-kaver idam uditam udāraṁ śṛṇu sukhadaṁ śubhadaṁ bhava-sāram | keśava dhṛta-daśa-vidha-rūpa jaya jagad-īśa hare

English translation

You, in a decad form, Keshava, are the comfort of our life. Hear the poet Jayadeva, conqueror of the world, Hari!

Prabandha 1 · mālava-gauḍa-rāgeṇa rūpaka-talena giyate | aṣṭāpadī

Gīta-govinda 1.16

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वेदान् उद्धरते जगन्ति वहते भूगोलम् उद्बिभ्रते दैत्यं दारयते बलिं छलयते क्षत्र-क्षयं कुर्वते । पौलस्त्यं जयते हलं कलयते कारुण्यम् आतन्वते म्लेच्छान् मूर्च्छयते दशाकृति-कृते कृष्णाय तुभ्यं नमः

vedān uddharate jaganti vahate bhūgolam udbibhrate daityaṁ dārayate baliṁ chalayate kṣatra-kṣayaṁ kurvate | paulastyaṁ jayate halaṁ kalayate kāruṇyam ātanvate mlecchān mūrcchayate daśākṛti-kṛte kṛṣṇāya tubhyaṁ namaḥ

English translation

To he who bore the world, who raised the Vedas, Bali, demon and Kshatriyas killed: Paulastya's victor, compassion's spreader, wielder of the plough and scourge of foreign races: Krishna, your ten faces: reverence.

Prabandha 1 · mālava-gauḍa-rāgeṇa rūpaka-talena giyate | aṣṭāpadī

Gīta-govinda 1.17

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श्रित-कमला-कुच-मण्डल धृत-कुण्डल ए कलित-ललित-वन-माल जय जय देव हरे [ध्रुव-पदम्]

śrita-kamalā-kuca-maṇḍala dhṛta-kuṇḍala e kalita-lalita-vana-māla jaya jaya deva hare [dhruva-padam]

English translation

Held within the rounded breasts of the goddess of the lotus, garlanded and forest-decked: victorious you are, Hari!

Prabandha 2 · gurjarī-rāga-niḥsāra-tā1ābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 1.18

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दिन-मणि-मण्डल-मण्डन भव-खण्डन ए मुनि-जन-मानस-हंस ज् अय जय देव हरे

dina-maṇi-maṇḍala-maṇḍana bhava-khaṇḍana e muni-jana-mānasa-haṁsa j aya jaya deva hare

English translation

A jewel of our day abroad, who gives existence and our death, the spirit moving Mānasa: victorious you are, Hari!

Prabandha 2 · gurjarī-rāga-niḥsāra-tā1ābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 1.19

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कालिय-विष-धर-गञ्जन जन-रञ्जन ए यदुकुल-नलिन-दिनेश जय जय देव हरे

kāliya-viṣa-dhara-gañjana jana-rañjana e yadukula-nalina-dineśa jaya jaya deva hare

English translation

Yadu's lineage, people pleasing, bane of venomed Kāliya, ruler of the sun and lotus: victorious you are, Hari!

Prabandha 2 · gurjarī-rāga-niḥsāra-tā1ābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 1.20

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मधु-मुर-नरक-विनाशन गरुडासन ए । सुर-कुल-केलि-निदान जय जय देव हरे

madhu-mura-naraka-vināśana garuḍāsana e | sura-kula-keli-nidāna jaya jaya deva hare

English translation

Garuda-aided, you have vanquished Madhu, Mura, Naraka: you caused to play the other gods: victorious you are, Hari!

Prabandha 2 · gurjarī-rāga-niḥsāra-tā1ābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 1.21

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अमल-कमल-दल-लोचन भव-मोचन ए त्रिभुवन-भुवन-निधान जय जय देव हरे

amala-kamala-dala-locana bhava-mocana e tribhuvana-bhuvana-nidhāna jaya jaya deva hare

English translation

Eyed as is the petalled lotus, releasing us from this existence, three-world dweller and its end: victorious you are, Hari!

Prabandha 2 · gurjarī-rāga-niḥsāra-tā1ābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 1.22

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जनक-सुता-कृत-भूषण जित-दूषण ए समर-शमित-दश-कण्ठ जय जय देव हरे

janaka-sutā-kṛta-bhūṣaṇa jita-dūṣaṇa e samara-śamita-daśa-kaṇṭha jaya jaya deva hare

English translation

Hung as ornament for Sītā, still you conquered Dūshana, quelled the war and Rāvana: victorious you are, Hari!

Prabandha 2 · gurjarī-rāga-niḥsāra-tā1ābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 1.23

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अभिनव-जल-धर-सुन्दर धृत-मन्दर ए श्री-मुख-चन्द्र-चकोर जय जय देव हरे

abhinava-jala-dhara-sundara dhṛta-mandara e śrī-mukha-candra-cakora jaya jaya deva hare

English translation

You, supporting Mount Mandara, look as clouds do, a chakora at the moon of Lakshmi's face: victorious you are, Hari!

Prabandha 2 · gurjarī-rāga-niḥsāra-tā1ābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 1.24

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तव चरणं प्रणता वयम् इति भावय ए कुरु कुशलं प्रणतेषु जय जय देव हरे

tava caraṇaṁ praṇatā vayam iti bhāvaya e kuru kuśalaṁ praṇateṣu jaya jaya deva hare

English translation

If bowed we must be at your feet. then bless us to become the most obedient among adorers: victorious you are, Hari!

Prabandha 2 · gurjarī-rāga-niḥsāra-tā1ābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 1.25

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श्री-जयदेव-कवेर् इदं कुरुते मुदम् ए मङ्गलम् उज्ज्वल-गीतं जय जय देव हरे

śrī-jayadeva-kaver idaṁ kurute mudam e maṅgalam ujjvala-gītaṁ jaya jaya deva hare

English translation

Let these praises by the poet Jayadeva be auspicious, as befits a deity: victorious you are, Hari!

Prabandha 2 · gurjarī-rāga-niḥsāra-tā1ābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 1.26

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पद्मा-पयोधर-तटी-परिरम्भ-लग्न कश्मीर-मुद्रितम् उरो मधुसूदनस्य । व्यक्तानुरागम् इव खेलद्-अनङ्ग-खेद- स्वेदाम्बु-पूरम् अनुपूरयतु प्रियं वः

padmā-payodhara-taṭī-parirambha-lagna kaśmīra-mudritam uro madhusūdanasya | vyaktānurāgam iva khelad-anaṅga-kheda- svedāmbu-pūram anupūrayatu priyaṁ vaḥ

English translation

Madhu's killer, clasped upon the lotusgoddess's exhausted breasts, has caught her mark of saffron in his fondest loving: may you follow in his sweated drops.

Prabandha 2 · gurjarī-rāga-niḥsāra-tā1ābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 1.27

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वसन्ते वसन्ती-कुसुम-सुकुमारैर् अवयवैर् भ्रमन्तीं कान्तारे बहु-विहित-कृष्णानुसरणाम् । अमन्दं कन्दर्प-ज्वर-जनित-चिन्ताकुलतया वलद्-बाढं राधां सरसम् इदम् ऊचे सह-चरी

vasante vasantī-kusuma-sukumārair avayavair bhramantīṁ kāntāre bahu-vihita-kṛṣṇānusaraṇām | amandaṁ kandarpa-jvara-janita-cintākulatayā valad-bāḍhaṁ rādhāṁ sarasam idam ūce saha-carī

English translation

So went Rādhā in her passion, flowerlimbed, throughout the spring. Seeking Krishna’s forest haunts she felt the love-god’s longing, which the girlfriend fanned in her and said:

Prabandha 2 · gurjarī-rāga-niḥsāra-tā1ābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 1.28

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ललित-लवङ्ग-लता-परिशीलन-कोमल-मलय-समीरे । मधुकर-निकर-करम्बित-कोकिल-कूजित-कुञ्ज-कुटीरे विहरति हरिर् इह सरस-वसन्ते नृत्यति युवती-जनेन समं सखि विरहि-जनस्य दुरन्ते ॥ध्रुव॥

lalita-lavaṅga-latā-pariśīlana-komala-malaya-samīre | madhukara-nikara-karambita-kokila-kūjita-kuñja-kuṭīre viharati harir iha sarasa-vasante nṛtyati yuvatī-janena samaṁ sakhi virahi-janasya durante ||dhruva||

English translation

See the clove-tree with its creepers in the warm malaya breeze. Hear the honey bee and cuckoo murmuring in cottage glade. Look to Hari in the spring time, dancing with his youthful women: endlessly the hurt encircles one who's solitary, my friend.

Prabandha 3 · vasanta-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 1.29

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उन्मद-मदन-मनोरथ-पथिक-वधू-जन-जनित-विलापे । अलि-कुल-सङ्कुल-कुसुम-समूह-निराकुल-बकुल-कलापे

unmada-madana-manoratha-pathika-vadhū-jana-janita-vilāpe | ali-kula-saṅkula-kusuma-samūha-nirākula-bakula-kalāpe

English translation

Traveller's brides are rent by passion; much they wander in their pain to see bakula flowers contented with their swarms of honeybees. Look to Hari in the spring time, dancing with his youthful women: endlessly the hurt encircles one who's solitary, my friend.

Prabandha 3 · vasanta-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 1.30

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मृग-मद-सौरभ-रभस-वशंवद-नव-दल-माल-तमाले । युव-जन-हृदय-विदारण मनसिज-नख-रुचि-किंशुक-जाले

mṛga-mada-saurabha-rabhasa-vaśaṁvada-nava-dala-māla-tamāle | yuva-jana-hṛdaya-vidāraṇa manasija-nakha-ruci-kiṁśuka-jāle

English translation

Garlanded with leaves, tamāla trees are overcome by musky scent: as love-god's nails, kinshuka buds must lacerate the youthful heart. Look to Hari in the spring time, dancing with his youthful women: endlessly the hurt encircles one who's solitary, my friend.

Prabandha 3 · vasanta-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 1.31

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मदन-महीपति-कनक-दण्ड-रुचि-केशर-कुसुम-विकाशे । मिलित-शिलि-मुख-पाटल-पटल-कृत-स्मर-तूण-विलासे

madana-mahīpati-kanaka-daṇḍa-ruci-keśara-kusuma-vikāśe | milita-śili-mukha-pāṭala-paṭala-kṛta-smara-tūṇa-vilāse

English translation

Keshara trees with golden pistils reign as sovereign of the spring, and bees the arrows lovers take from trumpet quivers of their flowers. Look to Hari in the spring time, dancing with his youthful women: endlessly the hurt encircles one who's solitary, my friend.

Prabandha 3 · vasanta-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 1.32

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विगलित-लज्जित-जगद्-अवलोकन-तरुण-करुण-कृत-हासे । विरहि-निकृन्तन-कुन्त-मुखाकृति-केतक-दन्तुरिताशे

vigalita-lajjita-jagad-avalokana-taruṇa-karuṇa-kṛta-hāse | virahi-nikṛntana-kunta-mukhākṛti-ketaka-danturitāśe

English translation

How the young karuna flowers laugh at prudishness, and spears of sharp ketaka buds attack the separated, lovelorn one. Look to Hari in the spring time, dancing with his youthful women: endlessly the hurt encircles one who's solitary, my friend.

Prabandha 3 · vasanta-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 1.33

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माधविक-परिमल-ललिते नव-मालति-जाति-सुगन्धौ । मुनि-मनसाम् अपि मोहन-कारीणि तरुण॥-करण-बन्धौ

mādhavika-parimala-lalite nava-mālati-jāti-sugandhau | muni-manasām api mohana-kārīṇi taruṇa||-karaṇa-bandhau

English translation

When air is thickly wreathed with jasmine, and fragrant mādhavī will catch the notice of the forest hermit, what will youth then not commit? Look to Hari in the spring time, dancing with his youthful women: endlessly the hurt encircles one who's solitary, my friend.

Prabandha 3 · vasanta-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 1.34

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स्फुरद्-अतिमुक्त-लता-परिरम्भन-मुकु१इत-पुलकित-चूते । वृन्दावन-वीपिने परीसर-परिगत-यमुना-जल-पूते

sphurad-atimukta-latā-parirambhana-muku1ita-pulakita-cūte | vṛndāvana-vīpine parīsara-parigata-yamunā-jala-pūte

English translation

Here tendrils of the atimukta clasp the bristling mango buds, and all around the Brindavan is watered by the Yamunā. Look to Hari in the spring time, dancing with his youthful women: endlessly the hurt encircles one who's solitary, my friend.

Prabandha 3 · vasanta-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 1.35

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श्री-जयदेव-भणितम् इदम् उदयति हरि-चरण-स्मृति-सारम् । सरस-वसन्त-समय-वन-वर्णनम् अनुगत-मदन-विकारम्

śrī-jayadeva-bhaṇitam idam udayati hari-caraṇa-smṛti-sāram | sarasa-vasanta-samaya-vana-varṇanam anugata-madana-vikāram

English translation

At the feet of radiant Krishna Jayadeva decorates the spring returned to forest haunts enriched with every hue of love. Look to Hari in the spring time, dancing with his youthful women: endlessly the hurt encircles one who's solitary, my friend.

Prabandha 3 · vasanta-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 1.36

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दर-विदलित-मल्ली-वल्लि-चञ्चत्-पराग- प्रकटित-पट-वासैर् वासयन् काननानि । इह हि दहति चेतः केतकी-गन्ध-बन्धुः प्रसरद्-असम-बाण-प्राणवद्-गन्धवाहः

dara-vidalita-mallī-valli-cañcat-parāga- prakaṭita-paṭa-vāsair vāsayan kānanāni | iha hi dahati cetaḥ ketakī-gandha-bandhuḥ prasarad-asama-bāṇa-prāṇavad-gandhavāhaḥ

English translation

The wind that hums like arrows brings to hearts the frank ketaka tree — inflaming them as forest clothes itself with jasmine’s pollen scent.

Prabandha 3 · vasanta-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 1.37

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उन्मीलन्-मधु-गन्ध-लुब्ध-मधुप-व्याधूत-चूताङ्कुर- क्रीडत्-कोकिल-काकली-कलकलैर् उद्गीर्ण-कर्ण-ज्वरः । नीयन्ते पथिकैः कथं कथम् अपि ध्यानावधान-क्षण प्राप्त-प्राण-समागम-रसोल्लासैर् अमी वासराः

unmīlan-madhu-gandha-lubdha-madhupa-vyādhūta-cūtāṅkura- krīḍat-kokila-kākalī-kalakalair udgīrṇa-karṇa-jvaraḥ | nīyante pathikaiḥ kathaṁ katham api dhyānāvadhāna-kṣaṇa prāpta-prāṇa-samāgama-rasollāsair amī vāsarāḥ

English translation

The bees attack the mango shoots, the cuckoo’s fever in the ear: sweet days when travellers will think how breaths were tangled into one.

Prabandha 3 · vasanta-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 1.38

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अनेक-नारी-परिरम्भ-सम्भ्रम- स्फुरण्-मनोहारि-विलास-लालसम् । मुरारिम् आराद् उपदर्शयन्त्य् असौ सखी समक्षं पुनर् आह राधिकाम्

aneka-nārī-parirambha-sambhrama- sphuraṇ-manohāri-vilāsa-lālasam | murārim ārād upadarśayanty asau sakhī samakṣaṁ punar āha rādhikām

English translation

Again her girlfriend told her: see there, Rādhā, how he wantons, friends with all. So Mura's enemy, embracing many: how that trembling eagerness invites.

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Gīta-govinda 1.39

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चन्दन-चर्चित-नील-कलेवर-पीत-वसन-वन-माली । केलि-चलन्-मणि-कुण्डल-मण्डित-गण्ड-युग-स्मित-शाली हरिर् इह मुग्ध-वधू-निकरे विलासिनि विलासति केली-परे ॥ध्रुव॥

candana-carcita-nīla-kalevara-pīta-vasana-vana-mālī | keli-calan-maṇi-kuṇḍala-maṇḍita-gaṇḍa-yuga-smita-śālī harir iha mugdha-vadhū-nikare vilāsini vilāsati kelī-pare ||dhruva||

English translation

With sandal smeared the darkish body, garlanded, with yellow clothes. With jewelled earrings on the cheeks, now to and fro the smiling goes. Carelessly the women play.

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Gīta-govinda 1.40

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पीन-पयोधर-भार-भरेण हरिं परिरभ्य सरागम् । गोप-वधूर् अनुगायति काचिद् उदञ्चित-परम-रागम्

pīna-payodhara-bhāra-bhareṇa hariṁ parirabhya sarāgam | gopa-vadhūr anugāyati kācid udañcita-parama-rāgam

English translation

Burdened there by heavy breast is one embracing passionately. And here another, simple herder, sings in elevated key. Carelessly the women play.

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Gīta-govinda 1.41

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कापि विलास-विलोल-विलोचन-खेलन-जनित-मनोजम् । ध्यायति मुग्ध-वधूर् अधिकं मधुसूदन-वदन-सरोजम्

kāpi vilāsa-vilola-vilocana-khelana-janita-manojam | dhyāyati mugdha-vadhūr adhikaṁ madhusūdana-vadana-sarojam

English translation

Yet another, young and artless, dreams of Krishna's rolling glances. Sees in Madhu's killer's gaze the features of his handsome face. Carelessly the women play.

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Gīta-govinda 1.42

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कपि कपोल-तले मिलिता लपितुं किम् अपि श्रुति-मूले । चारु चुचुम्ब नितम्बवती दयितं पुलकैर् अनुकूले

kapi kapola-tale militā lapituṁ kim api śruti-mūle | cāru cucumba nitambavatī dayitaṁ pulakair anukūle

English translation

Someone to his ear has spoken, kissed him sweetly on the cheek: and someone shows her splendid buttocks, as he bristles with delight. Carelessly the women play.

Prabandha 4 · rāmakarī-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 1.43

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केलि-कला-कुतुकेन च काचिद् अमुं यमुना-जल-कूले । मञ्जुल-वञ्जुल-कुञ्ज-गतं विचकर्ष करेण दुकूले

keli-kalā-kutukena ca kācid amuṁ yamunā-jala-kūle | mañjula-vañjula-kuñja-gataṁ vicakarṣa kareṇa dukūle

English translation

Someone sporting, skilled and eager, along the slopes of Yamunā: now through water-cane she's led him, beautiful, her hand on dress. Carelessly the women play.

Prabandha 4 · rāmakarī-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 1.44

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कर-तल-ताल-तरल-वलयावलि-कलित-कलस्वन-वंशे । रास-रसे सह-नृत्य-परा हरिण-युवती-प्रशशंसे

kara-tala-tāla-tarala-valayāvali-kalita-kalasvana-vaṁśe | rāsa-rase saha-nṛtya-parā hariṇa-yuvatī-praśaśaṁse

English translation

Hands are clapping, bracelets softly syncopate with bamboo flute. Round they go, the women dancing: one attracts by praising him. Carelessly the women play.

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Gīta-govinda 1.45

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श्लिष्यति काम् अपि चुम्बति काम् अपि काम् अपि रमयति रामाम् । पश्यति स-स्मित-चारु-तराम् अपराम् अनुगच्छति वामाम्

śliṣyati kām api cumbati kām api kām api ramayati rāmām | paśyati sa-smita-cāru-tarām aparām anugacchati vāmām

English translation

One by one he takes and kisses these most beautiful of girls. And then another, all surpassing, smiles and beckons, leads him on. Carelessly the women play.

Prabandha 4 · rāmakarī-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 1.46

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श्री-जयदेव-भणितम् इदम् अद्भुत-केशव-केलि-रहस्यम् । वृन्दावन-विपिने ललितं वितनोतु शुभानि यशस्यम्

śrī-jayadeva-bhaṇitam idam adbhuta-keśava-keli-rahasyam | vṛndāvana-vipine lalitaṁ vitanotu śubhāni yaśasyam

English translation

How marvellous this secret rapture Jayadeva grandly tells: through Brindavan they go on dancing: noise it round in Krishna's name. Carelessly the women play.

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Gīta-govinda 1.47

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विश्वेषाम् अनुरञ्जनेन जनयन्न् आनन्दम् इन्दीवर- श्रेणी-श्यामल-कोमलैर् उपनयन्न् अङ्गैर् अनङ्गोत्सवम् । स्वच्छन्दं व्रज-सुन्दरीभिर् अभितः प्रत्य्-अङ्गम् आलिङ्गितः शृङ्गारः सखि मूर्तिमान् इव मधौ मुग्धो हरिः क्रीडति

viśveṣām anurañjanena janayann ānandam indīvara- śreṇī-śyāmala-komalair upanayann aṅgair anaṅgotsavam | svacchandaṁ vraja-sundarībhir abhitaḥ praty-aṅgam āliṅgitaḥ śṛṅgāraḥ sakhi mūrtimān iva madhau mugdho hariḥ krīḍati

English translation

The love-god’s festival of darkened body draws them garlanded as lotus blooms. How freely, through their limbs, the comely Vraja women sport with Hari in the spring.

Prabandha 4 · rāmakarī-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 1.48

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निजोत्सङ्ग-वसद्-भुजङ्ग-कवल-क्लेशाद् इवेशाचलं प्रालेय-प्लवनेच्छयानुसरति श्री-खण्ड-शैलानिलः । किं च स्निग्ध-रसाल-मौलि-मुकुलान्य् आलोक्य हर्षोदयाद् उन्मीलन्ति कुहूः कुहूर् इति कलोत्तालाः पिकानां गिरः

nijotsaṅga-vasad-bhujaṅga-kavala-kleśād iveśācalaṁ prāleya-plavanecchayānusarati śrī-khaṇḍa-śailānilaḥ | kiṁ ca snigdha-rasāla-mauli-mukulāny ālokya harṣodayād unmīlanti kuhūḥ kuhūr iti kalottālāḥ pikānāṁ giraḥ

English translation

From pent with snakes in sandal trees, the mountain breezes plunge in Himalayan snows, and, sweet and loud, the cuckoo's coo coo callings come from topmost shoots of mango trees.

Prabandha 4 · rāmakarī-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 1.49

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रासोल्लास-भरेण विभ्रम-भृताम् आभीर-वाम-भ्रुवाम् अभ्यर्णं परिरभ्य निर्भरम् उरः प्रेमान्धया राधया । साधु त्वद्-वदनं सुधा-मयम् इति व्याहृत्य गीत-स्तुति- व्याजाद् उद्भट-चुम्बितः स्मृत-मनोहारि हरिः पातु वः

rāsollāsa-bhareṇa vibhrama-bhṛtām ābhīra-vāma-bhruvām abhyarṇaṁ parirabhya nirbharam uraḥ premāndhayā rādhayā | sādhu tvad-vadanaṁ sudhā-mayam iti vyāhṛtya gīta-stuti- vyājād udbhaṭa-cumbitaḥ smṛta-manohāri hariḥ pātu vaḥ

English translation

Fresh editorial translation from the Gīta-govinda root text, corrected edition 2.00 authority

May Hari protect you. Rādhā, made unsteady by the fullness of the rāsa and blinded by love, clasped him tightly to her breast. Saying, ‘Well done—your face is nectar,’ she used a song of praise as her pretext and kissed him with irresistible ardor, stealing his heart.

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