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Gīta-govinda · Sarga 6 of 12

Vaikuṇṭha in Anxious Longing

Unit 6 of 12Gīta-govinda 6.1Gīta-govinda 6.1212 source entries

Gīta-govinda 6.1

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अथ तां गन्तुम् अशक्तां चिरम् अनुरक्तां लता-गृहे दृष्ट्वा । तच्-चरितं गोविन्दे मनसिज-मन्दे सखी प्राह

atha tāṁ gantum aśaktāṁ ciram anuraktāṁ latā-gṛhe dṛṣṭvā | tac-caritaṁ govinde manasija-mande sakhī prāha

English translation

The girlfriend then retuning, finding Rādhā languishing within her leafy bower, returned once more to Krishna, telling him that, though she longed for him, she would not come.

Gīta-govinda 6.2

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पश्यति दिशि दिशि रहसि भवन्तम् । तद्-अधर-मधुर-मधूनि पिबन्तम् नाथ हरे सीदति राधाऽवास-गृहे ॥ध्रुव-पदम् ॥

paśyati diśi diśi rahasi bhavantam | tad-adhara-madhura-madhūni pibantam nātha hare sīdati rādhā'vāsa-gṛhe ||dhruva-padam ||

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Rādhā sees you everywhere as drinking sweetness from her lip. Rādhā’s waiting in her house.

Prabandha 12 · guṇakarī-rāgena rūpaka-tālena gīyate

Gīta-govinda 6.3

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त्वद्-अभिसरण-रभसेन वलन्ती । पतति पदानि कियन्ती चलन्ती

tvad-abhisaraṇa-rabhasena valantī | patati padāni kiyantī calantī

English translation

Moving in her haste to meet you she takes her little steps and falls. Rādhā’s waiting in her house.

Prabandha 12 · guṇakarī-rāgena rūpaka-tālena gīyate

Gīta-govinda 6.4

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विहित-विशद-बिस-किसलय-वलया । जीवति परम् इह तव रति-कलया

vihita-viśada-bisa-kisalaya-valayā | jīvati param iha tava rati-kalayā

English translation

With bracelets of white lotus shoots she keeps alive that doubtful love. Rādhā’s waiting in her house.

Prabandha 12 · guṇakarī-rāgena rūpaka-tālena gīyate

Gīta-govinda 6.5

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मुहुर् अवलोकित-मण्डन-लीला । मधु-रिपुर् अहम् इति भावन-शीला

muhur avalokita-maṇḍana-līlā | madhu-ripur aham iti bhāvana-śīlā

English translation

As I am ornament in play, she says, I'm Krishna too in this. Rādhā’s waiting in her house.

Prabandha 12 · guṇakarī-rāgena rūpaka-tālena gīyate

Gīta-govinda 6.6

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त्वरितम् उपैति न कथम् अभिसारम् । हरिर् इति वदति सखीम् अनुवारम्

tvaritam upaiti na katham abhisāram | harir iti vadati sakhīm anuvāram

English translation

Why won't Hari haste to me? incessantly she asks her friend. Rādhā’s waiting in her house.

Prabandha 12 · guṇakarī-rāgena rūpaka-tālena gīyate

Gīta-govinda 6.7

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श्लिष्यति चुम्बति जल-धर-कल्पम् । हरिर् उपगत इति तिमिरम् अनल्पम्

śliṣyati cumbati jala-dhara-kalpam | harir upagata iti timiram analpam

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The dark she kisses, hugs the clouds, from which she thinks her Hari comes. Rādhā’s waiting in her house.

Prabandha 12 · guṇakarī-rāgena rūpaka-tālena gīyate

Gīta-govinda 6.8

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भवति विलम्बिनि विगलित-लज्जा । विलपति रोदिति वासक-सज्जा

bhavati vilambini vigalita-lajjā | vilapati roditi vāsaka-sajjā

English translation

She moans and wails and decks herself, all modesty now thrown away. Rādhā’s waiting in her house.

Prabandha 12 · guṇakarī-rāgena rūpaka-tālena gīyate

Gīta-govinda 6.9

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श्री-जयदेव-कवेर् इदम् उदितम् । रसिक-जनं तनुताम् अतिमुदितम्

śrī-jayadeva-kaver idam uditam | rasika-janaṁ tanutām atimuditam

English translation

May the pride of Jayadeva spread to all who have his taste. Rādhā’s waiting in her house.

Prabandha 12 · guṇakarī-rāgena rūpaka-tālena gīyate

Gīta-govinda 6.10

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विपुल-पुलक-पालिः स्फीत-सीत्-कारम् अन्तर्- जनित-जडिमम्-काकु-व्याकुलं व्याहरन्ती । तव कितव विधायामन्द-कन्दर्प-चिन्तां रस-जल-निधि-मग्ना ध्यान-लग्ना मृगक्षी

vipula-pulaka-pāliḥ sphīta-sīt-kāram antar- janita-jaḍimam-kāku-vyākulaṁ vyāharantī | tava kitava vidhāyāmanda-kandarpa-cintāṁ rasa-jala-nidhi-magnā dhyāna-lagnā mṛgakṣī

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In boundless ecstasy she bristles, brings a note of lamentation to her voice. On you, her great deceiver and her treasure, the fawn-eyed woman meditates and clings.

Prabandha 12 · guṇakarī-rāgena rūpaka-tālena gīyate

Gīta-govinda 6.11

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अङ्गेष्व् आभरणं करोति बहुशः पत्रेऽपि सञ्चारिणी प्राप्तं त्वां परिशङ्कते वितनुते शय्यां चिरं ध्यायति । इत्य् आकल्प-विकल्प-तल्प-रचना-सङ्कल्प-लीला-शत- व्यासक्तापि विना त्वया वर-तनुर् नैषा निशां नेष्यति

aṅgeṣv ābharaṇaṁ karoti bahuśaḥ patre'pi sañcāriṇī prāptaṁ tvāṁ pariśaṅkate vitanute śayyāṁ ciraṁ dhyāyati | ity ākalpa-vikalpa-talpa-racanā-saṅkalpa-līlā-śata- vyāsaktāpi vinā tvayā vara-tanur naiṣā niśāṁ neṣyati

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She ornaments her body, has each leaf announce your coming, makes her couch a hundred times anticipating you in love: alone this beauty cannot pass the night.

Prabandha 12 · guṇakarī-rāgena rūpaka-tālena gīyate

Gīta-govinda 6.12

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किं विश्राम्यसि कृष्ण-भोगि-भवने भाण्डीर-भूमी-रुहि भ्रातर् यासि न दृष्टि-गोचरम् इतः सानन्द-नन्दास्पदम् । राधाया वचनं तद् अध्वग-मुखान् नन्दान्तिके गोपतो गोविन्दस्य जयन्ति सायम् अतिथि-प्राशस्त्य-गर्भा गिरः

kiṁ viśrāmyasi kṛṣṇa-bhogi-bhavane bhāṇḍīra-bhūmī-ruhi bhrātar yāsi na dṛṣṭi-gocaram itaḥ sānanda-nandāspadam | rādhāyā vacanaṁ tad adhvaga-mukhān nandāntike gopato govindasya jayanti sāyam atithi-prāśastya-garbhā giraḥ

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

‘Brother, why rest beneath the bhāṇḍīra tree in the dwelling of the serpent Kṛṣṇa? Will you not come within sight of Nanda’s joyful home?’ May Govinda’s evening words—pregnant with praise for the guest and carried to Nanda by a passing cowherd in reply to Rādhā’s message—be victorious.

Prabandha 12 · guṇakarī-rāgena rūpaka-tālena gīyate